Event: Quarantine

[animusmods]

Characters: any characters trapped in rooms during the event
Setting: dormitory level rooms
Format: any
Summary: An unexpected series of explosions has trapped residents in the dorm rooms with no power and no way to get out. Try to communicate with the outside, deal with being stuck in a small room with other people... Deal with the really strange things that seem to be happening, too.
Warnings: typical Animus horror event warnings

[There are several more explosions, and the sound of things falling and crumbling outside. The dorm rooms themselves don't collapse or cave in, but the furniture and trunks and nightstands may be rattled and knocked about. Eventually, the lights flicker and go out entirely, leaving everyone in the dark. There are small red emergency lights lining the floors, but they don't seem to have come on all the way, and flicker on and off eerily.

After maybe twenty minutes everything falls silent. However, if you try the door, you'll find you can't get out...]

Comments

[puppy_lancer]

...Oh.

[He falls silent.]

...Sorry.

[irreverence]

Don't worry about it, fuck all knows I don't.

[It's easier not to think about, and she rubs at his thigh absently.]

Besides, it's not like it was all bad.

[puppy_lancer]

Alright.

...If I can help it, you'll have more good memories than bad from now on.

[irreverence]

[She laughs, hiding her face in her crossed arms for a moment before looking up at him again.]

...you're sweet. But I wouldn't go making statements like that in a place this.

[puppy_lancer]

Hey, I'm a hero. I can get a lot done. And if I can't, I'll at least try.

[irreverence]

My, so much effort for little old me?

[Her shoulders rise a bit beneath his hands, and she chuckles warmly- this kind of fondness of a person's attitude is new for her. She's sort of enjoying it.]

If I were standing, I assure you, I'd be swooning.

[puppy_lancer]

Then, fair maiden, take comfort in the fact that you're lying down.

[He has a mischievous look on his face.]

And on my lap, no less.

[irreverence]

[She turns over partway, pressing the back of a hand dramatically to her forehead.]

Truly, you are a fine gentleman indeed to have anticipated the swooning you would impart upon my poor heart.

[She reaches up and teasingly clips the underside of his chin with a knuckle.]

And so I am in your lap. The ideas people might get...!

[puppy_lancer]

[He takes one hand off her back to hold her outstretched hand and kiss the same knuckle tapping him on the chin.]

If you won't mind them getting ideas, neither will I.

[irreverence]

[She snorts a bit and sits up, throwing her legs over one of his thighs and settling properly into his lap, tipping sideways to lean against his chest. She draws her hand away only so she can tug his down to her lap, and shrugs.]

If I cared about what anyone thought, I'd wear different clothes and do something with my hair.

[She leans up and very, very covertly nips at his neck.]

Let 'em think what they want.

[puppy_lancer]

[He wraps his arms around his waist and then, bending down, pecks her on the forehead.]

I agree with that.

[One hand goes up to tease at one of her dangling bangs.]

And your hair is just fine. It's unique.

[irreverence]

[She scoffs at him for what feels like the hundredth time, tilting her head to replace her forehead with her lips.]

Well, I guess you would be the one person whose opinion I might consider caring about so. Glad you like it.

[She raises a hand to tug on his ponytail.]

Gotta say, yours is pretty nice though. Very... grab-able.

[puppy_lancer]

[He yelps a little when she tugs on it.]

Hey, come on, not fair!

[irreverence]

What?

[She tilts her head.]

I didn't pull that hard, did I?

[puppy_lancer]

Nah, I just...remembered someone who would pull hard.

[irreverence]

Oh?

[She drops her hand and leans against him a bit more, curious.]

Who's that?

[puppy_lancer]

Archer. And Misaya did it too.

[irreverence]

Why the hell's Archer pulling anyone's hair, much less yours?

[Then with the slightest bit of a sulk to her tone-]

...who's Misaya?

[puppy_lancer]

He likes to be annoying.

[His expression softens. A lot.]

She was my first Master. A kid some years younger than you. And she was tough. Enough to keep me in line.

[irreverence]

...yeah, I can see that. He's kind of a dick.

[Oh that makes her feel something unpleasant in her chest when he thinks about this girl and looks like that.]

Do you miss her?

[puppy_lancer]

A lot. Her and my second Master both.

[He closes his eyes.]

They were...they were very special.

[irreverence]

How special?

[And if her turning in his lap to face him is awkward she doesn't care, peering up at him curiously. She's never actually seen someone get this emotional over people.]

[puppy_lancer]

Very special. Like...my family or something.

[His voice trembles just a little. They were precious to him. And now they're all gone.]

[irreverence]

I see.

[The thing is, to her the word 'family' is people who share the same genes as her. Who live with her, but... are just other people to her, for the most part. She even considers some of them as close as she's willing to concede to 'enemies'.

The word means much more than that to Cu Chulainn though, and she purses her lips for a moment before awkwardly slipping her arms around him, tugging him down against her.]

Look at it this way- you've got new family with your brother and all, right?

[puppy_lancer]

[He hugs her back, giving her a little squeeze.]

Yeah, my brother. And there's not one day that passes that I'm not grateful that he's in this place with me.