Fifth Splinter ♡ Accidental Video|Action ♡
Mar. 3rd, 2014 09:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
heartsplintered[The feed is dark at first, and there is more sound than anything else. Specifically, a metallic shhhing!! sound, over and over and over again, dull thuds as whatever is making the metallic sound connects with something, and then a grunt as its user extracts it to start the process all over again.]
[A moment later, Dirk's Riolu, Roxy, swims into the feed and makes a concerned sound at it, and the video is shifted to show the source of the sound.]
[It's Dirk, and the repetitive sound is him continually rushing at and slashing up trees in a clearing of a forest area somewhere outside of Violet City. Occasionally he'll embed the weapon-- a crudely-made sword, wrapped by hand in haste from one of his Skarmory's feathers --into the trunk of a tree and have to yank it back out.]
[He has no idea the feed is even on, nor does he seem to realize that his hands are bleeding from the poorly-wrapped weapon.]
[A moment later, Dirk's Riolu, Roxy, swims into the feed and makes a concerned sound at it, and the video is shifted to show the source of the sound.]
[It's Dirk, and the repetitive sound is him continually rushing at and slashing up trees in a clearing of a forest area somewhere outside of Violet City. Occasionally he'll embed the weapon-- a crudely-made sword, wrapped by hand in haste from one of his Skarmory's feathers --into the trunk of a tree and have to yank it back out.]
[He has no idea the feed is even on, nor does he seem to realize that his hands are bleeding from the poorly-wrapped weapon.]
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Date: 2014-03-04 03:14 am (UTC)If anyone is still watching the feed, eventually Jane comes into it and sits down. She can't disturb him. Not when the severity of their friend situation just took a plummet. They were all together again and only for such a short time. She can understand that this is his outlet.]
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Date: 2014-03-04 03:18 am (UTC)[It's then that he notices the Cubone's quiet sniffling, and turns slowly to look at Jane.]
...fuck. Jane, I'm sorry. How long have you...?
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Date: 2014-03-04 03:21 am (UTC)[She wipes at her eyes and goes back to rocking the Cubone. He's even quietened down at Dirk's ferocious outburst.] Is this about what I think it's about? [She can't just...come out and say it.]
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Date: 2014-03-04 03:26 am (UTC)What? I'm just rusty. Haven't had a sword in a while, you know?
[But even as he says it, he's moving quietly over to where Jane and her inherited Cubone are sitting, laughing softly.]
...yeah, probably.
[He flops down next to her.]
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Date: 2014-03-04 03:31 am (UTC)[She moves the Cubone to her lap and points his hands.] Hold them out. [She takes the kit out and starts rummaging through it, hacing to wipe her eyes every so often.]
I'm sorry, Dirk.
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Date: 2014-03-04 03:21 am (UTC)Were the trees talkin' shit, or is there some other reason you're giving them the ass-whooping of a lifetime?
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Date: 2014-03-04 03:29 am (UTC)You know trees. Always hating on the gay guy.
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Date: 2014-03-04 03:58 am (UTC)[ She tsks slightly, but still looks concerned. ]
Nah, but really, what's up?
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Date: 2014-03-04 04:24 am (UTC)Jake's gone.
[Flatly.]
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From:video; A MILLION YEARS LATE I AM SO SORRY
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Date: 2014-03-04 07:24 pm (UTC)But she's gone through that kind of reckless destruction in response to heartache before, and even if she doesn't know what is actually bothering him, she can't quite leave it be completely.]
I have some cord you can use to wrap the base of the blade. I'll leave it by your room.
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Date: 2014-03-04 07:29 pm (UTC)Thanks.
Sorry you had to see that.
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Date: 2014-03-04 08:02 pm (UTC)[There's a pause, then she sends a second message:]
Do you want to fight something that hits back? I'll spar with you.
[Dave did that for her when Sasuke disappeared, and she appreciates that more than she could ever really put into words.]
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Date: 2014-03-05 05:55 am (UTC)You offering?
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Date: 2014-03-04 07:51 pm (UTC)What happened?
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Date: 2014-03-05 05:56 am (UTC)When the gear gives you an error message when you try to contact someone, there's pretty much no other explanation beyond them being gone, right?
I'm not overlooking something that's going to make me look like a stupid ass?
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Date: 2014-03-05 05:59 am (UTC)No, even when their gear is broken or destroyed, the account itself remains active. It only becomes disabled when a person leaves.
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Date: 2014-03-05 06:40 am (UTC)The timing makes me think that someone is laughing at me for this.
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Date: 2014-03-05 02:29 am (UTC)Dirk! [She's running up to him and firmly grabs his wrist. Not to stop him but-] You don't want your hands getting infected from not taking care of them. I imagine your hands are very important. We do so many things with them that they can get easily infected. [She takes out a water bottle and a hand towel from her bag and starts wetting it.] Clean your hands and then we can use disinfecting spray and get them wrapped up.
[Jade knows Jake is gone, but she's not going to be put off because of it.] We don't want you hurting yourself. You're a very close friend to us.
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Date: 2014-03-05 05:58 am (UTC)--Christ. Harley, what are... [He processes her words and looks down at his hands, frowning.] ...ah. [His shoulders sag.] ...yeah, uh. Yeah. Okay.
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Date: 2014-03-05 07:58 am (UTC)It's okay. [She sprays some disinfecting spray on his injuries when she's sure they're clean and starts wrapping his hands up carefully. Not too tight, but firm.] There! You might have to be careful if you want them to heal faster. But for good measure- [Jade pulls Dirk into a big hug.] When my friends get sad, I always wanted to hug them, but I couldn't. But I can now that I can see them face to face! [And so she is gonna give Dirk a hug!!!]
I was told I've been here before and that I left! That people come and go and sometimes it's a little sad, but that also means that people will show up here again. They might not remember being here before, but they'll come back. So we should look forward to Jake coming back to us instead of being down that he left in the first place!
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Date: 2014-03-08 04:51 pm (UTC)[But he follows up with a dry chuckle and brings an arm up around her shoulders.]
You're sweet, Jade. And I'm an asshole for being so thoughtlessly upset about this when you're like... his actual family and stuff. [A squeeze to her shoulders.]
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Date: 2014-03-05 02:49 am (UTC)You know if you'd asked me I'd have showed you how to make that into a better blade.
[He can guess what it's about. It doesn't take a rocket scientist or a smart man to know.]
Or you could have said, hey Dave I need to fight something you want to spar? And I'd have went sure man, let's knock the shit out of each other.
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Date: 2014-03-05 06:00 am (UTC)[Finally, he turns to look over his shoulder at him.]
...I didn't even think about it, I just. Got angry and came out here.
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Date: 2014-03-05 06:08 am (UTC)I know a better solution if you're up for it.
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Date: 2014-03-05 06:42 am (UTC)Sure. Yeah, okay.
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