[log] Disappear [closed]

[thewarningafter]

Characters: Stephen, Peter, Bucky, and Steph
Location: The area that once contained building 279
Date: Morning 265
Summary: This building is pining for the fjords
Warnings: Mass confusion

[279: THIS BUILDING DOES NOT EXIST.

This looks like any place in Norfinbury that doesn't have anything there: just empty snow and rubble. When a person tries to traverse it, they will realize that they've gone around the area instead of through it after they have gone around.]

Comments

[thewarningafter]

[Stephen watches her for a couple seconds, squinting at the path she takes. He looks down at his own footprints again, turning in place as a thought occurs to him that his directional sense can't quite parse. Stephen squeezes his eyes shut and shakes his head,
but when he opens them again it's all still there. He trudges after Steph, raising his voice.]

We're going around it.

[spoileralert]

What?

[ She turns to stare at him, confused. ]

What are you talking about?

[thewarningafter]

We're not -- none of these footprints are in a straight line. You see it? Tell me you see that.

[spoileralert]

[ She looks down at the snow and peers at their footprints. ]

What the-- Oh my god. We're going around it.

[thewarningafter]

[It's hard to convince his brain of what he's seeing even now, but Stephen's more and more confident in his conclusions.]

It's still there. It has to still be there, we just can't perceive it.

[spoileralert]

[ She considers this, hands on hips, for what seems like a really long time. ]






If we can't perceive it how the hell are we supposed to blow it up?

[thewarningafter]

I'd say the key word in that question is 'supposed to.'

[spoileralert]

Fair. But still.

[ She just wants to blow something up, is that really so much to ask? ]

[thewarningafter]

...The maintenance tunnels come up underneath it.

[spoileralert]

So? What, you think I have supplies for a big enough bomb to blow up more than half a wall?

[thewarningafter]

So if you got underneath it you could bomb the trap door.

[His hands are shaking worse as he speaks, but he doesn't seem to acknowledge it.]

[spoileralert]

Didn't Kunsel and them try that already? The trap doors are reinforced.

[thewarningafter]

From above, yeah.

[spoileralert]

[ She rubs her head tiredly. ]

I have places to be, I don't have time to run around looking for a way in from underneath. I just stopped by to see if it was really gone. Mission accomplished.

[thewarningafter]

[Stephen shakes his head, getting a little annoyed now.]

You're the one who wanted to blow something up.

[spoileralert]

I have a short attention span and some anger issues.

[thewarningafter]

I'm getting that.

[He pauses, breathing in and then out slowly. He wants to ask her to stay with him -- can't bear the thought of needing to make conversation, but can't stomach being alone, either. The former wins out.]

I've got someone I need to meet. Couple of someones.

[spoileralert]

Me too.

[ Rubs her temple, trying and failing to stave off a headache. She probably should have eaten breakfast. ]

Be careful out there.

[thewarningafter]

Yeah.

Yeah, you too.

[He's reluctant to go even though he's the one who made the excuse. Stephen looks around one last time, puffing out a breath visible in the cold air, and turns to trudge away north.]