theresnodoor: (morph - Lucy (dragon))
Rachel ([personal profile] theresnodoor) wrote in [community profile] shatterverse2009-02-16 11:45 am

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There's an interesting little group making their way toward the Cooper farm. It consists of three smallish dragons and what looks like an enormous ball of light.

No one's said much on the way back. For Rachel, it's out of frustration. They took it down and that's a victory, but they didn't get the father, the guy that started the whole thing, and that's making her tack it down as a failure.

But she'll mention that when they land.

[identity profile] whoiwasmeant2be.livejournal.com 2009-02-16 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
For Tobias the silence is mostly a product of his conflicted state of mind. He and Rachel had been separated during the fight, and that was eating at him. It was all the worse for how close he suspected she'd come to serious injury.

He's not sure what he'll say to her when they land.

If anything.
littlestcooper: (look to the sky)

[personal profile] littlestcooper 2009-02-16 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
When they land...

Well, Lucy heads inside to the kitchen for an apple.

[identity profile] selflesslight.livejournal.com 2009-02-16 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Val plants herself straight onto one of the upstairs balconies, shakes off her armour, and goes straight to the bathroom for a shower or twelve.

[identity profile] whoiwasmeant2be.livejournal.com 2009-02-16 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
Tobias is mid-morph when she speaks, and he waits until he's done before responding.

<What do you mean?>

[identity profile] whoiwasmeant2be.livejournal.com 2009-02-16 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Tobias freezes in mid feather-ruffle. <You didn't see him?> And he talked to her? That sounded... not good.

[identity profile] whoiwasmeant2be.livejournal.com 2009-02-16 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
<And he got away...>

That brought back some terrible memories.

[identity profile] whoiwasmeant2be.livejournal.com 2009-02-16 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
He bobs his head slowly.

<Did sound... similar?> Evil? Insane?

[identity profile] whoiwasmeant2be.livejournal.com 2009-02-16 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
<But a dangerous one,> Tobias points out. <I saw that thing...> Melding with her... or something.

[identity profile] whoiwasmeant2be.livejournal.com 2009-02-16 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
<Rachel,> Tobias knows this is the wrong approach, but, <This isn't the fight we know. You're going to get hurt.>

[identity profile] whoiwasmeant2be.livejournal.com 2009-02-16 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
<You need to be more careful.>

Somehow he makes a bad thing worse. He just said "you" instead of "we".

[identity profile] whoiwasmeant2be.livejournal.com 2009-02-16 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
It's too late for him to take it back. Apologies never go well between the two of them.

<That's not what I meant,> he says calmly. Even if it was what he meant. <It's just that we don't know this world. These threats.> The thing is that they don't know how to fight here.

[identity profile] whoiwasmeant2be.livejournal.com 2009-02-16 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
<You could have died out there!> Tobias snaps. He suspects that it was closer than she'll admit.

And the worst part is that he wasn't there to watch her back. That's what scares him the most. Her dying. Again. Leaving him. Again.

[identity profile] whoiwasmeant2be.livejournal.com 2009-02-16 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Tobias turns away. Because he doesn't know. He doesn't want her to change, he knows that. But if she doesn't change she's going to get herself killed again. She burns so bright, but that can't last forever.

He's not sure what he'll do if... when it happens all over again.

[identity profile] whoiwasmeant2be.livejournal.com 2009-02-16 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
<I know,> he says quietly.

He takes a deep breath and morphs human.