The Cape Rouge, Port of Fandom, Monday
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Bolstered with caffeine thanks to the Perk, Duke had returned to his boat to see just how much damage his younger self had managed to wreak over the weekend. The place was a wreck, especially the galley, with weapons (that had been toys, which was reassuring and terrifying in equal measure) strewn about wherever wee!Duke had happened to drop them, and a sticky film of grape jelly coating pretty much everything. He'd thankfully been quick enough even as a ten year old to keep the small fire he'd started trying to use the waffle iron contained to a very small space, so that wouldn't take much more than replacing the outlet and maybe resanding part of a cabinet.
And, as predicted, there were five pizzas, two giant cookies, and a rather unholy amount of Pepsi leftover in his fridge. Also, most of a frittata, at least half a serving of beef stew, and several stale and/or smashed cookies. He fed those last items to the porgs, who were all terribly pleased to see him, and set about making the Rouge a proper home again.
He had the door to the deck propped open to air out the smell of small semi-feral boy and to be able to hear if Octavia -- or anyone else -- came around. And, well, if he ended up humming some Violent Femmes under his breath while he did, well. Not everything he remembered from being a kid was a bad memory.
[expecting one, but also open]
And, as predicted, there were five pizzas, two giant cookies, and a rather unholy amount of Pepsi leftover in his fridge. Also, most of a frittata, at least half a serving of beef stew, and several stale and/or smashed cookies. He fed those last items to the porgs, who were all terribly pleased to see him, and set about making the Rouge a proper home again.
He had the door to the deck propped open to air out the smell of small semi-feral boy and to be able to hear if Octavia -- or anyone else -- came around. And, well, if he ended up humming some Violent Femmes under his breath while he did, well. Not everything he remembered from being a kid was a bad memory.
[expecting one, but also open]
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Date: 2019-11-19 11:59 pm (UTC)"Teamwork," he said, picking up a strawberry and taking a bite. "Makes the world go 'round."
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Date: 2019-11-20 12:14 am (UTC)... And apparently two of those in a row were enough to finally annoy her into putting down what she was eating so that she could unzip her hoodie and peel it off. Even though it was oversized and baggy on her, the tank top underneath still meant less fabric over the tattoo.
She tried not to be obvious about her little sigh of relief as she settled back down. "Can't wait to have a functional arm again."
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Date: 2019-11-20 12:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-20 12:39 am (UTC)Maybe she couldn't do polite, but she could do quietly sincere.
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Date: 2019-11-20 01:45 am (UTC)Duke gave her a salute and went to grab the coconut oil from his pantry. "What have you been using on it so far?"
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Date: 2019-11-20 01:59 am (UTC)She stopped chewing on the inside of her bottom lip as soon as she realized she was doing it.
"Some kind of ointment I was recommended."
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Date: 2019-11-20 02:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-20 02:17 am (UTC)But then so was the word that followed, too. And soft. "Sha."
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Date: 2019-11-20 02:55 am (UTC)"Has it started to itch yet?" he asked after a moment. "Or is it still just sore?"
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Date: 2019-11-20 09:49 am (UTC)That was Octavia's main takeaway from this.
She drew her hair over her other shoulder, and tilted her head away, for the part that traveled up to the side of her neck. "Still mostly just sore," she said. "But getting there."
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Date: 2019-11-20 02:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-20 03:13 pm (UTC)Because she stubborned her way through things, and dealt with the consequences as they came.
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Date: 2019-11-20 03:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-20 03:41 pm (UTC)"Think this is the most care I've ever actually put towards healing."
That was true on a few levels. More than she realized, too.
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Date: 2019-11-20 05:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-20 05:35 pm (UTC)And that he'd wanted to help her through it.
"I just know they were a big deal. Every warrior had tattoos."
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Date: 2019-11-20 06:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-20 06:27 pm (UTC)She shook her head. "Not many. And not for very long. I... spent some time around the Seconds from the other clans, especially the ones from Azgeda and Sangedakru, but that's it. We were deep in Trikru territory."
And deep in a war between them and Skaikru for most of her time on the ground, no less.
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Date: 2019-11-20 07:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-20 08:04 pm (UTC)Probably.
"Don't know," she said. "It means Ice Nation. But Trikru is sometimes just Trikru, and sometimes Trigedakru, and sometimes just Trigeda, which means 'forest'. Maybe Azgeda do the same thing amongst themselves."
She and Atohl hadn't exactly chit-chatted enough for that to come up.
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Date: 2019-11-20 08:09 pm (UTC)"Guess that makes sense. If they want to call themselves Azgeda, I am definitely in no position to argue."
Even setting aside the part where he would never meet any of them, telling people what to call themselves was rude.
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Date: 2019-11-20 08:40 pm (UTC)She had a healthy respect of all the clans, to be honest.
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Date: 2019-11-20 08:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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