that's good . y' can come closer , that's fine .
not stopping any time soon .
[ she smiles at them . it's soft . continuing .
strum , hum , strum, hum ... ]
[ that's nice ... she's smiling , checking on them every once in a while .
the song finishes , so now she's just strumming random melodies that come to mind . ]
you like it .ᐣ the music .
guess that's a no ...
well — I don't mind y' being here , I just —
[ sitting on the ground — a good distance away . ]
'm just gonna ... play my guitar . I don't wanna stop you from , whatever it is you're doin' .
[ oh .ᐟ that's — that's new . she was just about to play her guitar and now there's someone at her ( semi - permanent ) home . ]
... can I help you — .ᐣ.ᐣ
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀﹙ gently taking her hands , holding onto them . ﹚
now , close your eyes .
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀﹙ she's done this before and it worked , , , hoping it'll work this time . ﹚
[ she tilts her head , looking at her hands , and then her .
she's a bit confused , but curious , smiling right back . ]
sure , yea .
[ placing her hands onto hers . ]
mm , , ,
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀﹙ blinking , lips twitching into a smile . ﹚
yeah , , it / does / feel right .
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀﹙ thinking , then , holding out both hands . ﹚
i wanna try something .
I usually do that — only because I don't have much to numb it .
I'd do what you do , but —
[ she puts her hand out — and a small fire comes from it . ]
I'd end up burnin' myself . that's why its different .
"I figured as much since you were just- rawdogging the needle like that. Even then, I assume you'd just- wanna get it over with instead."
He replied, chuckling softly as he crossed his arms.
"You can, huh? Well- I am curious as to *how* different, y'know?"
[ she just kinda — stepped over that body , honestly . she felt bad but — something in her also told her she shouldn't . ]
just these —
[ she shows the files in her hands to him . ]
I just took whatever had the name ' project halcyon ' on it .
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's cool you can do that , y'know . I can too , but — its a bit different .
[ she if she could do what he did , she would have done that a while ago . pulling the needle out of herself and tossing it in the trash as she talked . ]
[ she watched him — the heat was helping , a relaxing sensation filled her muscle . ]
well , duh — but ... thanks . that helps a lot .
[ she smiles at him softly , injecting herself right on the spot , with a sigh . ]
definitely helps with the pain ...
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"Trust, if I didn't want to help, I wouldn't be asking...(💧)"
He commented, hovering his hand over the area she was trying to inject herself in as heat emitted from his hands in attempt to relax the muscle
no point in checking to see if the other rooms had anything — she figures this was all she needed .
soon , she made her way to the staircase too meet him — hopefully she wasn't too late . ]
[ It was something — most of this stuff she figured as much .
portals and such , but — dangerous .ᐣ he couldn't be — she knew what danger was .
... right .ᐣ
no time to think on it now — she scooped up the files she had gotten , rushing out of the office .
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[ it made mention of the mam being dangerous -- that he needed to be caught and contained as soon as possible . ]
[ of course , this being a smaller research station , there was not a whole lot in terms of useful information -- but it was definitely something . ]
she finds a few folders on the project .
she stares at it for a few seconds , in her hands . she shouldn't look — it's not her business .
but ... maybe , a little peak wouldn't hurt . ]
[ she heard the tumble of the other guy down the stairs — honestly it spooked her for a moment .
but hey — pretty cool he could just take a guy down like that .
back to the rooms , she figured the best way to find anything on the project was he office .
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[ the office space had two seats and a decent sized filing cabinet against the wall . the computers were both locked -- and so was the filing cabinet , but that one could probably be picked . ]
so , she decides to check there first . ]
locked ...
[ at least she's good with picking locks for the cabinets — she gets them open using her pen she always used for writing .
comes in handy .
searching through each cabinet —
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