<> <> <> * Katherine is there! She's got her eyes half-closed. Maybe she's sleepy after all the sitting around. * Katherine 's ears twitch. Then again, maybe she's not. * Rochelle is thoroughly unconscious! For a while, but we'll assume that while has passed, since there'd be no mini if she stayed like that the entire time. * Katherine stands up and walks over to all the vitals reading machines, and looks them over for the umpteenth+1 time. * Rochelle opens her eyes, slowly, and then blinks at the ceiling. This is followed by her gaze darting left to right, and she catches sight of Kat and relaxes, settling on her. * Katherine turns her head to look at Roch and she smiles a little at her. It's a nice un-sarcastic smile. "Hey, welcome back to being awake, Roch." * Rochelle blinks once. "Hey." Her voice is a little hoarse; maybe it was all the screaming. "That kinda sucked." * Katherine looks down a little, then over at her. "I can only imagine. I mean, Nightmares every night, sure, but... usually I stopped screaming after the first ten seconds." * Rochelle shrugs. She wriggles her fingers a little, maybe to test they still work. "Yeah. Uh." She glances, but nobody's around. * Katherine picks up the medical chart and waves it at her. "Don't worry. I'd call in the doc now that you're awake, but all he'd tell you is that you're probably really really tired. And they're all scared of me." * Rochelle sighs. "Okay." There's a pause. "Did I punch anybody?" You tried to hurt Thren, but... He's okay? Last time I remember, I punched Zak. * Rochelle snickers a little. "In the face." * Katherine looks down again, then at Roch with a weak smile. "You didn't really get at hiim. Now, if you'd had claw..." * Rochelle nods. This isn't the first time? Oh, christ, Roch. I don't really remember the last time. I think it was... * Rochelle winces a little. "When I was five? Or something." Oh. Maybe it happened later, but Zak had to remind me. * Katherine tries to be comforting, which mean a little light hand grabbage. "Aha. Thren was really worried. Dealing with it sorta knocked him for a loop more than any actual hitting, but you're OK, and so's he." * Rochelle looks down at Kat grabbing her hand. She blinks, then says, "He was in my head. I remember... uh, grabbing that. It's hard to describe that kind of thing." * Katherine nods a little. "I did get that impression, yeah. That's what he does, and his mind sorta... shut off." She looks nervous at saying that. ... Shut off? * Katherine says nervously, "Well... the noise... sorta stopped. I could tell he wasn't even listening. Almost like he wasn't there. I bet he really put it on the line." She smiles a little, and handsqueezes. He didn't have to. I would've been okay. * Rochelle pauses, then adds, "I think." He doesn't think so, but that's the kinda guy he is, I think. * Katherine chuckles. "But you'd know that better than me." Yeah. Probably a good thing he did it. * Katherine nods a little. "It really got him spooked, though..." she pauses, then says softly, "I'm sorry." * Rochelle blinks. "For what?" * Katherine sighs, then says, with a sorta soft look, "Thren... told us what happened. Or what he thought happened. It was scary stuff." * Rochelle stiffens a little, and she looks into the distance, but she forces herself to relax. "Oh." * Katherine squeezes Roch's hand and says, "It's OK. Nobody took it badly." She frowns for a second. "Well, except Vera, but she's still bitching about something. She doesn't get what it's like." * Rochelle sits up a little and nods. "Yeah. I figured she knew something anyway." * Katherine shrugs. "Who knows. She's like half the people I ever knew. Doesn't tell anyone anything, but gets really pissy when they don't tell her everything." She pauses for a second, then says, "Eh, that doesn't really matter right now. I'm just glad you're OK." Yeah. * Rochelle thinks for a second, then says, "We've got to go in that thing. I do, anyway." * Katherine chuckles a little. "See, that's what I tried to tell Thren, but he thought that you saw what would happen if you did go and... well, it was damn confusing." Um. Yeah. About that... blank. He told you about that? * Katherine nods and rubs Roch's hand. "Yeah..." * Rochelle doesn't seem to notice. She's looking into the distance again. "It's gettin' closer. I think it ends when I go in. But when I started thinking about... leaving, going back to the streets." (Ends? Starts? Roch's language is confusing.) (I get it, I think.) Nobody came back. * Katherine winces, then sighs. "I won't argue with your gut, Roch." She smiles a little. "You survived in TC, you've gotta have a good one." (Brett wants to know if Vera's allowed to show in the mini.) (I don't care, but she's going to have to deal with Kat's hackles, and she will have to have been guided. ^_^;) (There's no way to get around in sigasp otherwise.) * Rochelle nods. "It was morning, I think. One of those things showed up and..." She grimaces. "Never mind." (How good's Kat's hearing? ^^) (Good. -2 bonus on all hearing checks.) (And the room's pretty quiet.) * Katherine handrubs. "Don't worry about it. I'll have to pick Vernon on what the hell we're actually doing... but I think I'll be there." She chuckles to herself. ( Invite Dicey? ) (Dicey's not awake right now.) (Yeah, he's dead.) ( Fair warning: Ping is bad. ) ( Like, 2 min bad >.> ) (Okay, so what am I rolling? _WHY_ am I rolling? >_>) ( You're not. I am ^^ ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Vera (2d6-2) and gets 6. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Vera (2d6) and gets 9. ( K. ) ( But you might wanna roll hearing checks o/~ ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6-2) and gets 8. (HA count? ;P) ( Yeah. It's hearing :P ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rochelle (2d6-2) and gets 4. (Yay, I beat Kat!) (_I_ missed it. Roch didn't. THIS is why you don't roll in minis. @_@) (You just go with type. @_@) (Anyway.) (Roch's tennis hit.) ( Bah. Rolling is fun ^^ ) d2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rochelle (d2) and gets 2. Yeah. * Rochelle pauses for a moment, then, "So everybody knows?" Sounds like it's starting to sink in. * Katherine nods a little. "Well, as much as Thren could tell, I think. We never actually said it specifically, but... everyone was drawing the right conclusions, you know?" Even Leo. Yeah, but- fuck, okay, he's got a radio in his head. * Katherine nods. "Yep. He really jived with the 'blank spot' concept being weird, although 'radio silence' to 'scary things'..." she gestures widely. * Rochelle nods. She opens her mouth to say something, then blinks and points at the door. * Katherine 's ears twitch. (Would I get another roll, or do we just give it to me? ^_^;) * Vera bursts into the room, now that everything's gone all quiet. "Yo." * Rochelle almost visibly relaxes. "Hey Vera." * Katherine doesn't even turn. "Vera." She's holding Roch's hand in a comforting manner. Her chart's on a chair, and her signs are stable. Yep. That's me. What's going on? Eh, I was takin' a walk, got lost, and found my way here. So's your head alright now? * Rochelle nods. "Yeah. Kat told me I didn't hurt anyone, either." * Katherine nods slightly and her ears twitch again. Nah. Mostly you just laid on the ground and screamed a lot. Well, you also clawed Thren, but I don't think he minded. * Rochelle nods again. "It wasn't very fun." What'd you see? I mean, we've got the general idea, but did you actually SEE anything? Like, something you could shoot at, or something? * Rochelle takes a breath. "I-" She stops for a second, then says, "Have a seat and close the door." * Vera shrugs. She kicks the door shut and grabs a nearby chain, swiviling it around backwards and leaning on it. (And I afk too!) * Katherine just sorta stands there holding Roch's hand and takes an idle look at the vitals, which are still good. She mutters under her breath. ( I ruined Kat's chances for sex ;_; ) * Rochelle waits until Vera does that, then she looks ahead - not at anyone, really, and the slits in her eyes get a little wider as she unfocuses. "I saw a blank. Thren told you about it, I think." Yep ( There's still time. And you have three appearance. >_>) It was gettin' closer, until I started thinking of leaving. Y'know, let you guys do it. Go back to the streets. Figured maybe everything wouldn't end if I did. ( Oh, I meant with Roch. Nah, I was just gonna hide and watch, but I got caught ;_; ) (Voyeur. ;P) (Deserved catching. c.c;) ( You can't see me! I've got a hat! ) (Not even Kat's that bad. Dunno about Roch o/~) And when you thought of that, it pounced on you? Guess you could say that. Uh... I usually... Anyway, you guys didn't come back. It was like it actually happened. I think I was dead for a while. No part of me was in that elevator until Thren got through. Usually- It was morning, and I was back on the streets. One of those things showed up. From Kat's apartment, remember? * Katherine is silent. She seems troubled. Giant ape guys, gotcha Kinda, only worse. They're worse when they're here. They were... yeah. All around. And one of them got me. They were gettin' everyone. Could feel it. * Rochelle pauses for a moment, then adds, "They like eating the insides first." * Vera nods. She doesn't look too disgusted by the thought, either. * Katherine mms softly, then says, "Damn. And I thought Bugs were bad." Definite capital sound on the bugs. Like the alien type. Yeah. How were they doing... y'know, what they did. And did they have weapons? * Rochelle blinks, then shakes her head. It looks like she was trying not to relive that. "Not sure. Didn't notice. All I knew was..." She winces. "There was nothin' I could do." Hm. Well, that kinda sucks. Could say that. I think I'm going on this ride. Well, Vern seems to think my firecracker could blow a hole in them, so... Maybe, but you didn't come back. * Vera shrugs. "Maybe I was still over there, kicking their asses." * Vera chuckles. "Hell, I've been in deeper shit than this." * Katherine chuckles a little to herself, then looks over at Vera. "So, changed your mind again?" If you were, you kinda doomed Mars. Oh. Damn, sorry. * Rochelle shrugs. She leans back. "I just hope it doesn't happen." Nah. And even if it does, I can say I tried to stop it in the afterlife. * Katherine looks over at Vera with a small smirk. "Good and fatalistic. If everyone comes along, we might not have to deal with that, though. Sorta what I'd prefer." Leo's not gonna like it much. * Rochelle is silent for a moment, then shrugs. "I'll talk to him, if I gotta. And if they let me out of here." Pause, then a faint laugh. "Fuck, now everyone's gonna ask me to explain stuff." * Katherine snickers. "Ah, they can wait." Nah. Thren explained most of it already. And what he didn't we can figure out. Spent too much time around one group... Not like there's a lotta choice anyway. * Katherine chuckles. "Hey, it was a few months. That's a good run." * Katherine squeezes Roch's hand. "And for Leo, one visit with his sisters upstairs and I think he'll figure out where his priiorities are. Family's good for that. So don't worry about that anyway." You're tellin' me. I miss when my opponents were human. Even if they had powers or cybernetics or stuff like that. * Rochelle nods at Kat, then says, "Maybe I'll get a prophetic vision of plans for the universe's biggest alientrap or somethin'." * Katherine snickers. "Nah, that's Sig-Asp's job. Drugs in the water, you know" Really? Wonder who their supplier is. Got me. I don't talk with Vernon enough to want to risk it. Besides. He might actually tell me that wasn't a joke, and then I'd be really worried. * Rochelle nods again, faintly, and closes her eyes. "Yeah, but armadillos?" * Katherine smiles weakly. "I think he'd say, 'Being crazy in a crazy world is the sanest thing you can do.'" She squeezes Roch's hand again. "Still need some sleep?" * Rochelle sounds only half there. "Tired." That sounds like a yes. * Katherine nods slightly and lets go of Roch's hand, then looks over at Vera. "Yep." She gestures doorward and walks a little in that direction. * Vera gets up. "Yeah. See ya." * Rochelle doesn't respond. Must have fallen asleep already. * Katherine walks Vera out for a sec, and closes the door behind them. (I was actually planning on talking at Vera for a line or two, if you're still awake. ^_^;) ( "I hate you!" "Well I hate you too!" "Fine!" "Fine!" [Mini End] ) (Ha.) ("Your mom's ugly!" "Yours is, too!" "I don't remember my mom!" "Well, I do!" "!") * Katherine says, once they're outside, "Yo, Vera." Yeah? Were you listening at the door? Not for very long. * Katherine nods slightly, then says with a faint chuckle, "Next time, try knocking. S'Good for communication." Her ears twitch. Figured I'd wait for the right time. * Katherine quirks an eyebrow, then shakes her head. "Forget it. Next time you want to know something, just ask." * Vera shrugs. * Katherine whips around and shakes her fist at a poor doctor trying to sneak into Roch's room, who runs off. Then she turns back around. "So, are we staying here or did Vern kick us out?" Nah, he got us rooms. It's more likely he'd try to keep us in than throw us out. (I have a guard dog. Kat's a dog! Hettie said so!) (Grr!) * Katherine nods. "Yeah, well, that just makes it easier for everyone." Anders is around, Leo's family is around, and Roch doesn't have to get dragged around before whenever this shit's going down. * Vera nods. And she smokes, too. "As long as nobody has anything they need to do off the base." Well, that's what the bowls are for. Or you could just ask Vernon. I mean, what are you gonna do? Run from ATC? * Katherine chuckles a little, more to herself than anything, at that. Weren't we doing just that not so long ago? We were? * Vera smokes. "Something like that. I think." She shrugs. "Don't really remember." ... I remember stealing something from them that they wanted us to have anyway. That's... sort of like running. * Vera nods. "There ya go." * Katherine looks back at the room, then at Vera. "Well, I'll see you later, then. I'm going to go be very glad I got a book for this." An' I got a full pack of cigs. Ciao. * Katherine waves a little, then her ears twitch and she slips back inside Roch's room quietly. (Kat leaves, Vera goes back into the room and kills Roch with her shiny gun. That'd explain the blank spot.) * Vera smokes! XD * Katherine sits and reads! (Shall I end it? ^_~) (Sure.) * Vera smokes! XD * Rochelle sleeps! For completeness' sake. * Vera smokes! XD <> <>