[After parting from him and Meryl, Enya never did return to the Clubs dorm. Maybe it's not unusual - she slept there this morning after crashing out sometime in the wee hours of the night - but...
...the thing is there's also someone lurking up on the roof, and sharp ears will hear shuffling and sniffling.
Wolfwood will find her up there, tucked next to the chimney, with a cold mug next to her and red-rimmed eyes. She's a quiet crier.]
[ he’sd just come up here to check that no one was hurt, honest. If some loser wanted to go cry on the roof at night, that was their prerogative.
Except, when he crept up to check, he hadn’t expected it to be a kid, and certainly not this kid in particular. For a minute, he pretends he doesn’t see her, just goes to a nearby ledge to vape like a loser. It is to give her a chance to escape if she doesn’t want to talk, or a chance to gather herself up first if she does. ]
[Oh god no, of all people. She was so quiet!! She didn't even come up here to cry, she was just going to have some alone time and drink her stupid tea and then--!]
...really are feelin' better if yeh can climb up here, yeah?
[But she's got to say something or he's going to think the worst. Like that she can't handle stuff!]
. . . you know I wouldn't be OK otherwise, yeah? Roughhouse like that'd be curtains for most folks here.
[ he doesn't want to rub it in, it's pretty clear the kid's upset but . . . well, it'd be irresponsible not to make sure they're all on the same page ]
[In the end she chickens out because what if it's super rude to ask someone why they didn't die when they were killed??? Nobody she knows is here to tell her the etiquette on that!]
I had some ideas, but . . . [ shrugs ] I'm man enough to admit she's the brains of the operation. I'd trust her with that kinda power before I'd trust m'self.
[empty mug forgotten in her lap, Enya tries to stifle her laughter (or at least keep the volume down out of consideration for the other Pawns that might be trying to get some shuteye).]
Oh, quiet! I'm nothing like bein' hit by a van.
[well, if Nicholas and Meryl met like that and they're this close, then maybe Enya doesn't have to worry so much about having ruined everything.]
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Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-12 11:39 pm (UTC)...the thing is there's also someone lurking up on the roof, and sharp ears will hear shuffling and sniffling.
Wolfwood will find her up there, tucked next to the chimney, with a cold mug next to her and red-rimmed eyes. She's a quiet crier.]
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-12 11:43 pm (UTC)Except, when he crept up to check, he hadn’t expected it to be a kid, and certainly not this kid in particular. For a minute, he pretends he doesn’t see her, just goes to a nearby ledge to vape like a loser. It is to give her a chance to escape if she doesn’t want to talk, or a chance to gather herself up first if she does. ]
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-13 12:06 am (UTC)...really are feelin' better if yeh can climb up here, yeah?
[But she's got to say something or he's going to think the worst. Like that she can't handle stuff!]
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-13 12:27 am (UTC)Hah, I bounce back pretty quick. How about you?
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-13 12:37 am (UTC)Yeah. Me too.
...I'm glad we had enough to buy that medicine. I was worried about yeh.
[She was scared.]
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-13 01:07 am (UTC)Nah, I’m tough. But I ain’t sayin’ you don’t pack one helluva punch. Gotta use that power a lot?
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-13 01:35 am (UTC)Didn't think I'd be usin' it here at all. Except the Labyrinth sounded good, so I thought... but my stuff's all gone so I can't go yet.
[scrubs her sleeve across her eyes]
S'okay though. Yer supposed to help people who need it. As long as yer all right, it's good. I'm real, real glad that yer tough.
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-14 01:51 am (UTC)[ he doesn't want to rub it in, it's pretty clear the kid's upset but . . . well, it'd be irresponsible not to make sure they're all on the same page ]
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-14 05:13 am (UTC)[It hadn't been. She had spoken to Meryl and nothing had happened. But what if it had.]
People-- normal people are fragile. I didn't forget, yeh know.
It wouldn't have mattered if it weren't my fault or not, they'd still be dead. And I can't fix it.
[She's quiet, wiping her face on her sleeve again, before looking up at him.
She wants to ask.]
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-14 11:28 pm (UTC)Mm?
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-14 11:53 pm (UTC)[In the end she chickens out because what if it's super rude to ask someone why they didn't die when they were killed??? Nobody she knows is here to tell her the etiquette on that!]
It's just. Not very fair that that all happened.
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-15 12:25 am (UTC)[ waits one more moment, then sits down next to her ]
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-15 12:51 am (UTC)[picks up her cold mug of tea]
Is Meryl okay? She was really upset.
[goes to take a sip, makes a face, and fishes a moth out]
Is she yer girlfriend?
[tosses the moth off the roof and sips]
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-15 01:02 am (UTC)Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-15 01:33 am (UTC)One of them contract things? Hope yeh trust her, yeah? But it... I think she's got yer back. She pointed her gun at me and all.
[why does she sound cheered by that!!]
...not yet. I thought I'd get my things back faster if I worked and got money. So I focused on that instead.
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-15 02:12 am (UTC)[ and here he is costing her more money. let's all feel guilty about everything for ever. ]
I trust her more'n anyone. She's earned at least that much.
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-15 02:38 am (UTC)[she's bound and determined to pull a silver lining out things, isn't she!]
That's good. I can think of... maybe one or two people I'd make a contract with, but they didn't come with me.
...Have yeh thought about what yeh wanna do? If one've yeh makes it to Queen?
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-15 03:26 am (UTC)Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-15 03:37 am (UTC)How did you two meet? Have yeh known each other a long time?
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-19 10:06 pm (UTC)Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-19 10:48 pm (UTC)Her van??
[trying so hard not to laugh]
S-so I'm not even the worst thing that's ever hit yeh! Pfft--
[it's no use! she's cracking up, but at least not in a mean way]
Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-20 02:05 am (UTC)Re: Night 5: Clubs Dorm, rooftop
Date: 2024-11-20 02:27 am (UTC)Oh, quiet! I'm nothing like bein' hit by a van.
[well, if Nicholas and Meryl met like that and they're this close, then maybe Enya doesn't have to worry so much about having ruined everything.]
Did yeh have to take yer medicine then, too?