Litchi Faye-Ling (
not_meatbuns) wrote2010-08-05 01:28 am
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Rebel 21 [Action | Accidental Voice]
[After a couple days of absence, Litchi is back from her short trip home. And, as always with her, it's a bath tub that she's landed in. One Yellow Thirteen's bath tub, to be precise. And she's not in the best shape.
Resounding not only through the apartment, but over the journals, is the sound of the tub cracking as if under a tremendous amount of pressure. Litchi lets out a pained whimper, curling into a ball as best she can despite one arm being tangled in the shower curtain.
The Boundary has cut loose. And Litchi is absolutely terrified.
The journal picks up another quiet groan before she falls silent.]
[[ooc: Backdated to a couple hours before the earthquake!Also, sorry for unannounced disappearance for the update ;;]]
Resounding not only through the apartment, but over the journals, is the sound of the tub cracking as if under a tremendous amount of pressure. Litchi lets out a pained whimper, curling into a ball as best she can despite one arm being tangled in the shower curtain.
The Boundary has cut loose. And Litchi is absolutely terrified.
The journal picks up another quiet groan before she falls silent.]
[[ooc: Backdated to a couple hours before the earthquake!
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[Thirteen edges over to the hole that formed in the floor, and looked down quickly. Closer to the staircase at the end of the hall, the fall was sheer all the way down. The drop would've probably killed them if they fell there... it was a good thing they stopped when they did. But closer to the middle of the hallway? The third floor is still stable for the moment. But they have to move fast.]
Come on, we don't have much time. Down to the third floor!
[Thirteen beckons Litchi over and begins lowering himself down to negate most of the drop. He barely keeps his balance when he lands with the shaking. He'll turn to help Litchi land more softly and help her down.]
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There! We're almost there!
[The fire escape. Oh god, she's never been so happy to see one. Stumbling slightly, but with renewed determination, she heads right for it. Almost out...!]
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But now, he's focused on getting down the steel ladders and helping Litchi along where he can.
Unfortunately, the bolts holding the fire escape in place are beginning to shake loose. The fire escape shudders violently and Thirteen struggles to hang on as it begins peeling away from the wall.]
Litchi, get ready to jump! It's not going to hold!
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She's not even fully aware of what she's doing until she's halfway through it. With a "RETURN!", she calls Mantenbou. She's not sure where in the world it is, but it's going to be on its way any moment...
...And Lao Jiu is taking the liberty of amplifying the magic to shift the rapidly approaching bo staff into its Four Winds state, letting the flow of the Boundary's power continue to rise...
Every muscle in her body straining, but relieved when she can hear Mantenbou spinning wildly beneath them, kicking up a fairly strong updraft, Litchi glances over at Thirteen with a nod. She's not sure just how much help these wings are going to be with this drop, but she's getting ready to flap like hell.]
Ready?
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You go first! I'll be right behind you!
[When Litchi jumps, he'll follow an instant later. Thirteen succeeds in jumping down into the vertical updraft, spreading his wings and flapping them as well as he can to slow his fall.]
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Once Thirteen is safely to the ground, Lao Jiu gets to reining the Boundary in again. Mantenbou stops its spinning and drops abruptly to the ground. Litchi is seeing stars, both from falling so gracelessly and from the strain. But they're free, and that's the only thing that matters.]
A-are you alright, David?
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Still, he pushes himself up and glances over to Litchi, and offers a hand to help her stand.]
Y-yeah. I'm fine. Are you? That was quite a fall.
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Y-yes, thank you. I'm alright. Just a little sore, is all.
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Oh shit.
[And without any other hesitation, he pulls Litchi close to him and ducks his head. He immediately, rather forcefully, turns both of them away so only his back is exposed to the incoming wave of dust and debris.]
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What were you-- Are you okay?!
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Of course, the back half of him is covered in dirt, grime, and dust of all kinds now.]
Yeah. [He coughs again.] I'm fine.
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You shouldn't have... You could have been seriously injured...!
[And now even Lao Jiu is coughing. As much as Litchi is trying to hold on to being irritated... it's actually starting to be kind of funny.]
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...Better than both of us.
[He coughs again, and then that turns to a half-hearted laugh when Lao Jiu lets out his little coughs.]
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Oh, David...
[She instinctively goes to reach for her handkerchief to give him... and realizes that she doesn't have it. Half cough, half laugh.]
...What a mess.
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...I can't believe... we just did that.
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[Absently reaching up to brush some of the crumbled plaster from his hair, she gives him a small smile.]
Hopefully we'll never have to do it again.