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Duke Crocker ([personal profile] betterthanaplan) wrote2020-07-25 10:43 am
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Haven, Maine, over the weekend

The last time Octavia had been to Haven, she'd gotten arrested and Gloria had had to go yell at the Chief of police.

The last time Duke had been to Haven, he'd gotten arrested and Gloria had had to go yell at the Chief of police.

They could both be forgiven for being a little nervous pulling into the harbor now, even without the "let's go meet our mutual therapist in person" part of the deal.

[for one! NFB due to distance]
okteiviakom: ([neu] something genuine)

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[personal profile] okteiviakom 2020-07-26 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia crossed over onto the dock as Duke moved away, watching him but keeping Nathan in her peripheral vision. Had to watch them, both but for different reasons.

More or less, anyway.

"Shut up," she told Nathan, cold and assertive - and one hundred percent sure it wouldn't do anything.
okteiviakom: ([neu] second dawn sinner)

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[personal profile] okteiviakom 2020-07-26 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia wanted to ask if he was okay.

But she knew he wasn't, even without asking. So instead, she cast a glance around. "Maybe," she said. "Though I feel like if we were about to get swarmed, it would've started happening already."
okteiviakom: ([neg] cold cold heart)

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[personal profile] okteiviakom 2020-07-26 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia squeezed her eyes shut for just a second. But very tightly.

"I shouldn't hit him until he shuts up."

Not a question. She was just telling herself that.
okteiviakom: ([neu] at least it's quiet)

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[personal profile] okteiviakom 2020-07-26 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia glanced down at Nathan. "You're wasting your breath." And then back up at Duke, with a little shrug. "It's worth a shot."
okteiviakom: ([neu] battles won battles lost)

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[personal profile] okteiviakom 2020-07-26 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia already knew she was going to be having another round of nightmares, and none of this had even happened to her.

(This time.)

She watched Duke walk away, and then locked everything down again, crossing her arms.
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - pissed)

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[personal profile] seaoftroubles 2020-07-26 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're just like he is, aren't you," Nathan hissed with a giggle. "You feed on people."

[I'M NOT SORRY]
okteiviakom: ([spec blodreina] blood must have)

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[personal profile] okteiviakom 2020-07-26 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia turned to look at him, her gaze ice cold. Her voice was no warmer, and all edge.

"And don't you forget it."
okteiviakom: ([neg] bitch no)

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[personal profile] okteiviakom 2020-07-26 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice going, trouble. Octavia might've been a little nicer without that last comment.

But now she grabbed the rag, and yanked Nathan's head back, and stuffed the rag in his mouth with very little care for anything except shutting him up and not actually suffocating him in the process.
okteiviakom: ([neu] postapocalyptic supermodel)

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[personal profile] okteiviakom 2020-07-26 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
He would not hear any disagreeing from Octavia, no.

"As soon as this is done, can we just... go?"
okteiviakom: ([neu] head on straight on)

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[personal profile] okteiviakom 2020-07-26 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia looked down at Nathan.

"Are you back?" she asked. She didn't want the gag to be removed only for him to start spewing more goading.
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - annoyed)

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[personal profile] seaoftroubles 2020-07-26 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Nathan scowled at her, saying something muffled through the rag. He tugged -- gently this time -- on the chains, the frown growing ever deeper.

"You got hit by a trouble," Duke told him. "We're your babysitters."

Nathan's response to that was still muffled, but pretty easy to translate anyway.

"Yeah. Same to you, buddy."
okteiviakom: ([neu warpaint] brighter tomorrow)

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[personal profile] okteiviakom 2020-07-26 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia looked like she wanted to roll her eyes, but didn't.

"You realize you're not getting free until you play nice, right?"
okteiviakom: ([neu] locked lips)

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[personal profile] okteiviakom 2020-07-27 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Octavia's bar for niceness from Nathan was set to him not being openly hostile for about ten seconds, so that had been met, now.

So she removed the rag, yes.
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - thinking)

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[personal profile] seaoftroubles 2020-07-27 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Where's Audrey?" Nathan asked, embarrassed and annoyed, but not quite his full belligerent self. "Did she go after Lilly on her own?"

Duke rolled his eyes. "Does it look like we have that information, Nathan? She wasn't exactly long on details."
okteiviakom: ([neu] tribe leader)

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[personal profile] okteiviakom 2020-07-27 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Don't even know who Lilly is," Octavia agreed. "But she said she thought she knew who gave you this bout of crazy before she dumped you on us, so..."
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - thinking)

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[personal profile] seaoftroubles 2020-07-27 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
Nathan paled slightly and looked down at himself. His mouth tasted like grease and blood. And it hadn't slipped his notice that Duke was bleeding.

"What did I do?"

Duke shrugged. "Threw punches, called me names. The usual."

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