Duke Crocker (
betterthanaplan) wrote2024-05-01 11:35 am
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Aboard the OceaNyx, Wednesday afternoon
History said that the weirdness in town had probably abated by now, but Duke and his partners had quietly agreed to stay at sea a bit longer. Let things with them settle a bit more, before inviting Fandom chaos back in.
Unfortunately, Fandom chaos wasn't the only kind they had to worry about.
Duke had been feeling increasingly ill as the days went by, and by Wednesday morning, he heaved himself over to the wheel only to pretty much collapse into his seat, panting.
How could just existing be this draining??
[for those on the boat with him, and slow play. NFB due to distance.]
Unfortunately, Fandom chaos wasn't the only kind they had to worry about.
Duke had been feeling increasingly ill as the days went by, and by Wednesday morning, he heaved himself over to the wheel only to pretty much collapse into his seat, panting.
How could just existing be this draining??
[for those on the boat with him, and slow play. NFB due to distance.]
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Duke stared down at his feet some more and hoped Lucifer would hurry up with that scotch.
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He handed Duke one glass without a word.
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Although she looked up just enough to watch Lucifer's hands, now.
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He took the glass and all but cuddled it. Every line of his body was screaming about holding himself as small and contained as possible.
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Then he poured himself three.
"It's all right," he said. "You can move them near me."
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She moved to finally get up. Slow, careful -- and decidedly not in Duke's direction. The last thing she needed right now was him flinching away from her.
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“I’m dealing.”
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Because Octavia was slipping away right now.
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“It’s a process.”
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They’d come out to have a good time and were feeling various levels of attacked right now!
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"And whose fault is that?" he said flatly.
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He downed the contents of his glass in order to suppress it. Poured himself another one. Downed that too.
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“Go ahead and yell. Might make you feel better.”
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Another pour.
"At this point it would just be needless repetition."
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Duke tossed back the rest of his scotch. The burn felt right in a way he didn’t want to look at too closely.
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Duke, you beautiful idiot.
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Or he’ll stick his hands in his armpits. It was symbolic and dumb, but it felt better right now.
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"That's what you want to do with the situation," he said. "She wants to do something else. You're not even considering it. That's the minute amount of control we are talking about here."
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