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snowblindrpg2016-05-30 05:18 pm
heroproceeding) wrote in snowblindrpg2016-05-30 05:18 pm
[log] Let the walls break- What we have they cannot take [Closed to Sad Losers]
Characters: Kunsel (deus_ex_phs), Zack (heroproceeding), Zell (swatsflies), and Jim (rattlingthestars)
Location Building 141 [Post Office]
Date: Evening/Night of Day 122
Summary: THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN. And finding each other again after TERRIBLE THINGS HAPPENED INHOGWARTS SNOWHELL. As usual. TIME TO GET THE WHOLE GANG TOGETHER AGAIN.
Warnings: Likely lots of mentions of character death. Snot. More snot. Blah blah serious business.
[ BOO HOO HOO GHIBLI TEARS EVERYWHERE AGAIN.
MAKE YO' OWN TOPLEVELS, BITCHES. ]
deus_ex_phs), Zack (heroproceeding), Zell (swatsflies), and Jim (rattlingthestars)Location Building 141 [Post Office]
Date: Evening/Night of Day 122
Summary: THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN. And finding each other again after TERRIBLE THINGS HAPPENED IN
Warnings: Likely lots of mentions of character death. Snot. More snot. Blah blah serious business.
[ BOO HOO HOO GHIBLI TEARS EVERYWHERE AGAIN.
MAKE YO' OWN TOPLEVELS, BITCHES. ]
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Upon entering the post office with time ticking away towards lockdown, Zell drops his bags off in the office. They methodically search the place to ascertain that they were completely alone. Zack and Kunsel weren’t waiting for them, which stifled some of the happiness. That would have been too easy for this place. He murmurs a they will be here and it’ll be okay to Jim for both of their sakes.
He sets up Mochi in the lounge with his food, so he can act as an alarm when someone comes in from the front. Then he’ll snag his bag and start pulling out the pan, whisk, and numerous other instruments to use as an alarm system. Pulling out the zip ties and velvet ribbon to tie things together.]
We can make use of the keys to your heart. [He’s keeping his tone light as he clinks a spork against the pan.] Let’s set up the back door first.
[With Mochi as their guard for the front and there still being people to be wary of in downtown. Keeping Jim focused on something that isn’t the flashing warning of lockdown approaching comes first. Corralling his boyfriend to the back office to get that situated. He’s not sure how long they work on rigging their own door chime, but it feels like a matter of minutes.
Mochi, meanwhile, has been hyper aware of every sound ever since the jewelry store incident. Life is hard when you’re a cat and things explode in a shower of glass out of nowhere. At the sounds of snow crunching and someone’s hand touching the door, Mochi immediately goes to investigate with a loud meow and moving to the door to trip people by weaving in and out of their legs.. What a good alarm.
Peeking out of the office to see the front door is opened. He knows he should proceed with trepidation, but they were expecting the rest of their family and Mochi was greeting whomever it was so it can’t be bad news, right?]
Jim. [He will make sure his boyfriend is good by nodding towards the hockey stick.] Someone’s here. [And he knows Jim will have his back if it’s someone bad. Giving a reassuring smile before he moves out of the office and hopping over the counter that once separated the clerk from the lounge.] Yo! Zack? Kunsel?
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The quiet post office brings down Jim's good mood as he exchanges a glance and soft words with Zell. The last time they'd come through here hadn't ended well, and there's a part of Jim that wants to head out into the ice spires to make sure Zack and Kunsel are going to make it on time.
He's quiet as they set up their alarm system, though he appreciates what Zell is trying to do in the face of the too-quick passage of time.
He looks up sharply at the first noise from Mochi, tense and unwilling to be hopeful just yet, and grips his stick. He follows quickly after Zell, but manages to slip around him to lead rather than cover the rear.
From their line of sight, the doorway is empty, and it's too quiet except for Mochi. Jim hefts his stick much the way he had in Zack's dream and shifts into one of the stances he's learned. ] If it's not, you should know we're armed!
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And he couldn't have had a better man to have his back in this.
So, he doesn't hesitate to stand tall if not coiled and ready to spring at the slightest note of danger as he shines his tablet into the threshold while he raises the knife. Nor does he hesitate to flick that light towards the loud thud of someone making a landing on the floor. The glare he gives flares with the that extra touch of mako as he gets ready to deal with whatever trouble's about to cause him. He doesn't have time for this shit. Four days has been four days too long and anyone who gets between them is just asking for it at this point.
Those thoughts crash as soon as he hears those shouts. Others flood in as soon as the light catches exactly who he was hoping to see. There's just the shortest pause as his expression falls mixed, unreadable in the way all his thoughts suddenly mishmash. But eventually, he does land on one thing: ] You two been practicing? Form's gotten a lot better.
[ He steps forward then as he starts to slide his knife back into his belt- and probably a good thing, too. Because next thing he knows, he's yelping and staggering forward. Mochi, that gosh darn cat, just had to decide to come up and rub against his legs. Never mind he was trying to navigate across the room to the other two at the moment.
Guess that's what he gets for not paying attention to him. He'll get to you soon, too, fur ball! ]
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Whoa, careful there, Zack. No one wants to scrape you off the ground.
[Maybe he's teasing, but his voice is far too warm, and he's not even looking at the other man. No, it's the two teens in front of him that have his attention now. The sight of them, alive and well, minus a few minor cuts and scrapes, makes relief and joy swell inside of him.]
Hey.
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He’ll pulls himself out his thoughts as he sees something glinting in the dim light. A knife? Moving quickly to get to Jim’s side, preparing to attack anyone who tries to go near.
Then relief floods his system as he hears their familiar voices. It’s Zack and Kunsel! There they are. Alive without gas masks over their faces. They were really there and not just wandering some where downtown without the kids or laying on top of shattered glass in a pool of blood. They were really there with them.
Seems like Mochi missed them just as well. Laughing as Zack nearly kisses the floor, Zell moves in to pretty throw himself at both of the SOLDIERS.] What’s with this place making you want to kiss the ground? [That is said to Zack as he wraps an arm around him to pull him close.]
We can show you just how much we've been practicing later. [There is an undercurrent of warmth as he says that. He really wants to show how much they have improve. He really wants them to see how much Jim has improved. Right now isn't the time. Not with the pair of Soldiers looking worn out from booking it as fast as they could to get back to them both.
Zell lifts his other arm to make sure Jim had room in the hug, too. No one is escaping, and they still had long enough to hug for a few minutes before needing to worry about the door.]
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The familiar voices take all the tension out of his body, though, as he relaxes and lowers his stick. His knees are a little weak with the relief, and he might've started crying or said something sappy except then Zack tripped over the cat and everyone made fun of him.
Spoilers: the laughter looks a little like crying, anyway, and he's wiping his eyes sneakily with his sleeve before he charges in, pulling Kunsel into the hug from the other side and leaning into it. He can't help but running his hand over his friend's back, just to check that it's real - they're here, and Kunsel has no sign of the glass in his back except the mending on his coat. ]
Hey. [ He can't exactly manage a joke about faceplanting, but hopefully his smiling makes up for it. ] You two were cutting it kinda close. Just waiting to make an impressive entrance?
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Of course, that's all lost anyway when Zell tugs him into that hug. It's a hug he stumbles into, hands a bit more hesitant than usual to find their purchase. Eyes following his own movements as he places them. His hold's light but gradually growing the tighter. just like the smile that's gradually rising with it. It's hard not to when the ones surrounding him are so infectious. Perhaps that hug's not as tight as he usually would hold onto them though...
Doesn't stop him from huffing a bit in mock offense. ] Of course. Gotta make a grand entrance. Makes things interesting. Right, Kuns?
[ Though after all the... not so wonderful excitement they've had lately, really, something less panic-inducing might have been better off for them. But details. He reaches back with his free arm, glancing as he does, to curl it around the fellow SOLDIER, bringing them full circle. Then his eyes are searching them from one face to the other and back until he finds himself murmuring: ] It's good to see you, too.
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What's a dramatic return without a dramatic entrance? Besides, you two don't have much room to criticize us for making you worry after you went off and got the last key without us.
[He murmurs that goodnaturedly, not trying to take them to task. Just ribbing them a little, now that the danger has passed.]
Idiots.
[But he's smiling too much for that to be an insult.]
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The hesitance and care Zack puts into reciprocating the affection is a little odd, but it doesn’t register quite yet to Zell. He’s too busy absorbing the fact that their family was back together again. Reaching to touch Zack’s face carefully to feel that it’s actually real. No more masks, or freaky morse code. No more wondering if they left the pair behind or if they are wandering in the wrong direction. He knows what they said on the tablet, but the tablets and network can’t be trusted completely.
Moving his hand from Zack to Kunsel to try to touch that helmet.] It’s real. [His words come out in almost a whisper. His breathing becomes shaky as he repeats it. They are there. Everything really did happen and it’s hitting him all at once because the dream effects were no longer an issue and he didn’t have to focus on moving on and keeping Jim safe.] Everyone is here.
[Then he’ll concentrate on what’s actually being said again. His hand around Jim twitches a bit with words spoken. He doesn’t need to translate, but breaking the habit of something he’s been doing since that night is hard.]
Yeah, and we did it! You should have seen Jim. [Let’s give all credit to amazing boyfriend]
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Even so he feels the twitch of Zell's hand, familiar by now with the way he needed to tap out the dots to understand what was happening around him. That's why he nods, ignoring the praise in favor of a murmured: ] It's real.
[ But, just to make sure, he's shuffling them around a little to let Zell feel out Kunsel and claim his own hug from Zack. ]
And it's over now. [ No more traps, Jim hopes; the hotel key seems like the treasure. ] We're idiots with a key to the inn.
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-and freeze at the sight of hand suddenly to face. He remains still and watching as Zell traces over him from bony cheek to stubby jaw, until he seems satisfied and lingers on to Kunsel. It's only then that he moves if not without first giving Zell a fuller embrace with both arms and the slightest squeeze. Then, he's carefully unwinding himself from him if not without a nod because yes, it's definitely real. He might not be able to take it all of that real, himself, but Zell could certainly likely feel the warmth he radiates, his racing heartbeat, and the rise and fall of his chest.
The same feelings Jim can pick up on the moment he goes for his own hug. Zack's hands are again careful, finding their placement warily and not immediately squeezing as tightly as he usually would. It's a slow build up instead, carefully getting tighter as he looks up just enough to get his sights on what he next plans. ]
You two did good. [ And he actually does mean it. They worked together and got that key and that takes a lot. Especially after all they've been through. Especially after... that.
Doesn't stop Zack from reaching first to lightly ruffle Jim's hair before reaching over to give Zell the same treatment. Nothing rough like usual, but there as he mumbles with a slight ache. ] Just- don't scare the hell outta me like that again.