017 μ ACCIDENTAL VIDEO→INTENTIONAL VOICE
Sep. 25th, 2011 03:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unsureazure[The Dreamberry turns on at a rather awkward angle to show the surface of a dilapidated brick wall against the backdrop of the gray war-torn sky, with rubble everywhere. Somewhere a short distance away, sounds of gunshots, clangs of metal, blasts, and other sorts of sounds made from fights. After a few seconds of that dreary scenery, a splash of blue is added as Noel comes into view, having just been launched into that wall by an off-screen assailant. She yelps out in pain as her back impacts heavily against the hard surface, and sinks onto the ground beneath her.
She really shouldn't have let her guard down when she thought it was safe enough to make a call... That ended up with one of those Nightmare Soldiers managing to ambush her. Mowing down groups with her proficiency in gunkata was one thing, but one on one was a whole other story when she's taken by surprise. To make matters worse, Bolverk's potency in sensing danger had significantly weakened in the Dreamscape, so she had to rely more on her senses... Something she's not used to and rather scared of doing.
But, she can't give up just yet. She had people she needed to find... people she needed to protect. She can't allowed to be defeated here. Noel quickly springs up to her feet, and rushes off-screen again. After more sounds of an intense struggle ensue for several more minutes, both Noel and her opponent come to view as she kicks the Nightmare Soldier in the jaw, then strikes him on the head with the barrel of her right gun, knocking him to the ground. Seeing that the Nightmare Soldier is still moving, she fires a single blast at him, rendering him unconscious.]
... I'm sure you'll be able to move after a few days. But I must warn you, don't get in my way again.
[With that, Noel drags herself over to retrieve her Dreamberry, clutching at the left side of her waist with a wince. Even though she had won over that fight, it's obvious it had given her some pretty bad injuries. There were plenty of noticeable cuts and bruises on her, the most serious one probably being obvious. On top of that, all this fighting during her search was wearing her out. She sighs heavily as her hand covers the camera, and the feed abruptly shuts off.]
[VOICE; FILTERED TO HOUSEMATES ON SIDE A]
[It's several minutes after that accidental video when Noel places this call. Her condition hasn't improved at all, and her persistence to keep searching without rest despite that just made her grow more weary. Of course, she didn't want anyone to worry, so she keeps the call audio-only:]
I'm sorry this is so late, but... Please. Tell me where you are right now and if you're all right. I'm... still trying to find you all...
She really shouldn't have let her guard down when she thought it was safe enough to make a call... That ended up with one of those Nightmare Soldiers managing to ambush her. Mowing down groups with her proficiency in gunkata was one thing, but one on one was a whole other story when she's taken by surprise. To make matters worse, Bolverk's potency in sensing danger had significantly weakened in the Dreamscape, so she had to rely more on her senses... Something she's not used to and rather scared of doing.
But, she can't give up just yet. She had people she needed to find... people she needed to protect. She can't allowed to be defeated here. Noel quickly springs up to her feet, and rushes off-screen again. After more sounds of an intense struggle ensue for several more minutes, both Noel and her opponent come to view as she kicks the Nightmare Soldier in the jaw, then strikes him on the head with the barrel of her right gun, knocking him to the ground. Seeing that the Nightmare Soldier is still moving, she fires a single blast at him, rendering him unconscious.]
... I'm sure you'll be able to move after a few days. But I must warn you, don't get in my way again.
[With that, Noel drags herself over to retrieve her Dreamberry, clutching at the left side of her waist with a wince. Even though she had won over that fight, it's obvious it had given her some pretty bad injuries. There were plenty of noticeable cuts and bruises on her, the most serious one probably being obvious. On top of that, all this fighting during her search was wearing her out. She sighs heavily as her hand covers the camera, and the feed abruptly shuts off.]
[VOICE; FILTERED TO HOUSEMATES ON SIDE A]
[It's several minutes after that accidental video when Noel places this call. Her condition hasn't improved at all, and her persistence to keep searching without rest despite that just made her grow more weary. Of course, she didn't want anyone to worry, so she keeps the call audio-only:]
I'm sorry this is so late, but... Please. Tell me where you are right now and if you're all right. I'm... still trying to find you all...
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Date: 2011-09-29 07:27 am (UTC)Though, Elliot gets points for actually asking. Leo can't help but smile a little knowingly, but he refrains from teasing even if there is something on his tongue.]
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Date: 2011-09-30 05:48 am (UTC)Enveria... It's a short walking distance from the hospital.
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Date: 2011-09-30 04:11 pm (UTC)[It... really was them. A sense of relief crashes down Noel, and her weapons vanish. Ignoring the pain from her injuries, she promptly pushes herself off the ground and staggers towards them.
... She'll be reaching out and pulling both of them into a tight, one-sided group hug.]
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Date: 2011-10-01 07:50 pm (UTC)He wanted to call her an idiot again, and berate her for worrying about them when she was doing so poorly, and for even thinking for a second tat she should have come to find them when she was obviously hurt. He would have, if she hadn't just staggered straight up to them. Panicking, he thought she was about to collapse and reached out to catch her, only to get pulled into the hug, and finding himself awkwardly half-hugging her back.]
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Date: 2011-10-01 08:43 pm (UTC)The hug is... unexpected. The way she moves isn't, at all, or the way she reacts otherwise, but the hug... He understands that she's relieved and all but what even.
He far from half-hugs her back. He just tenses a little and stands absolutely still, so very awkward.]
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Date: 2011-10-02 04:51 am (UTC)... Or not, because Noel quickly remembers what happened whenever she came into physical contact with someone back in her world. Oh no, she got so caught up with her emotions that she didn't think twice about hugging them!]
I... I'm sorry!
[She quickly pulls back rather violently, as if she just embraced a heated iron or something. She ends up losing her balance, and falls backward.]
Owww...
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Date: 2011-10-05 02:47 am (UTC)You MORON! Why didn't you call us sooner if you were hurt?! Have you been like this the whole time?!
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Date: 2011-10-05 05:09 am (UTC)[Well. That works too.
Leo stays on his feet, keeping an eye on the surroundings. He'll just leave that to Elliot.]
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Date: 2011-10-06 11:59 pm (UTC)S-Stop calling me that! Anyway, that's not it... I tried calling you guys much earlier, but then I got ambushed. I'll be fine, though. Really!
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Date: 2011-10-07 04:06 am (UTC)[Even if he had noticed, he wouldn't have cared if she didn't want him touching her. She was hurt, and she was hiding it. In his mind, she wasn't allowed to refuse help right now. Once she was securely upright, Elliot sat back, looking over Noel and really taking in how run down she looked. It was obvious. She was exhausted, and injured... But she was alive.
... If he had any less restraint, he would have hugged her again in relief, and the mere fact that he even considered doing that came as a complete shock.]
How bad is it?
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Date: 2011-10-07 05:45 am (UTC)[Yep, looking at you, Elliot. Not that Elliot has ever gotten any really dangerous wounds (aside from that... one... thing that started everything--) he would still always say that he was fine even when obviously in pain and everything. They're an idiot's words, yep.]
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Date: 2011-10-07 06:13 am (UTC)Protip: No she isn't.Well, it looks like she won't be able to win this one either.]
I-I'm sorry... but really, I've had worse than this.
[You don't want to know.]
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Date: 2011-10-07 06:22 am (UTC)[If she was hiding it, then it was probably bad. And no, she still wasn't allowed to refuse.]
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Date: 2011-10-07 09:35 am (UTC)Yep, these two fit each other.]
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Date: 2011-10-09 09:59 pm (UTC)Eh?
[That confused squeak is all he's getting from her. No way, man. Her nerves causes the hand covering the gash on her left side to press harder, and she winces. Even then... no way, man.]
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Date: 2011-10-10 12:27 am (UTC)[He sees that hand. Firmly, he's reaching to pull it away.]
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Date: 2011-10-11 12:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-11 10:58 pm (UTC)[As Noel protested, Elliot is successful in pulling her hand away, and the palm side of her glove is revealed to be stained with red. Though the wound isn't too serious, it's deep enough for it to be debilitating.]
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Date: 2011-10-12 01:46 am (UTC)[He lets her hand go, only to start pulling off his coat and tearing it for bandages.]
And you say you're not an idiot.
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Date: 2011-10-13 04:07 am (UTC)[He can do this all day.]
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Date: 2011-10-13 06:22 am (UTC)Because I'm not one! Geez...
[She sighs again. Well, she does owe them an apology, at least.]
Though, I'm really sorry for causing so much trouble... It's just that when I couldn't find you guys, I panicked and... [She trails off. They know the rest of the story.] I-I mean, I was really worried, you know? Both of you are very important to me as friends, plus... I don't want anything horrible to happen to you two anymore.
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Date: 2011-10-13 06:43 am (UTC)What if you'd gotten yourself killed?! You think that would have been any better?! Did you even once think about what that would do to m--- us?! After we've been looking for you all this time?!
[He realized damn well what he'd nearly said a few moments before. It was selfish, but he'd been thinking about her constantly over the past few days, whether he admitted it or not. Finding her injured was bad enough. If she'd been dead... He didn't even want to consider that.]
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Date: 2011-10-13 06:59 am (UTC)It's not trouble.
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Date: 2011-10-13 07:26 am (UTC)Shut up she is totally menacing. Raaawwwrrrrr.Her? Getting killed? That would never happen. Did he forget what she is? This was practically just a scratch to her! At least, she'd like to think so...Despite those facts... He had a point there. It wasn't like she could control what anyone else thought of her. To make him worry like that... Noel felt like she failed as a friend.
... And this is the part where she's about to cry. Again.]
I... I'm sorry...
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Date: 2011-10-16 07:42 am (UTC)[He watches her for a good moment, taking in every emotion he can see. Finally, after she apologizes, he lets out a sigh and reaches up to flick her on the forehead.]
Don't apologize. Just don't do it again, all right?
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Date: 2011-10-16 08:03 pm (UTC)Hurry up, Elliot.]
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Date: 2011-10-17 06:04 am (UTC)[Noel let our a startle whine when he flicked her forehead, and quickly lifts a hand to rub it. Now, that was something she didn't expect him to do. She frowns, her cheeks reddening a bit. Geez, don't treat her like a kid... Even if she was reacting like one.]
... O-Okay.
[However, the lighthearted feeling dissipates as a light buzzing courses through Noel's brain. Bolverk was sending warning signals to her mind again... Right, she had nearly forgot that just because they managed to regroup, they still weren't safe.]
Um, we better hurry...