towerofanimus | Will you or won't you

Will you or won't you

Characters: Anybody and everybody
Setting: Floor 1, before noon
Summary: Riki's offered a way to help keep the Tower powered a little longer. Obviously this is going to cause a lot of discussion and debate so let's CONSOLIDATE
Warnings: Nothing as of yet. Possibly eventually, so keep an eye on subject lines and I 'll try to change to reflect any developments

[No doubt Riki's announcement would be polarizing, but the instructions themselves were clear: Floor 1 at noon if you want to help out. And if you want to meet people, try to talk them in or out of it? Or hell, maybe even just talk about the revelation on who is behind those explosions? Well, this is as good a place as any for that too.

Just remember to be careful near the staircase]

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Yeah... I'm going to have words with Riki if they don't.

[As serious and worrisome as the situation is, he cracks a smile and pulls her close.]

Thought it was because you like me.

[Because he has to keep their spirits up even now.]

Only if there's something left of Riki to talk to.

[And the flash of threatening anger is proof enough that Elena could be frightening.

And then its gone, replaced with a snickering smirk, giving his chest a nudge with her shoulder.]

Tch....that was an after thought. You've seen how much more flexibility I get in this thing. It helps that you and the other's wore my modesty down to a nub.

Bein' surrounded by four men all day in and out, I can imagine.

[She's getting a hug whether she wants one or not, because he needs the feeling of contact and warmth. At least he's not howling in pain because of the cracked rib he had previously, but that means he's died recently, too...]

You're a tough nut, El.

Living together in Healin left little room for personal space. I can't count how many times we all ended up walking in on one another in some form of undress.

[The hug isn't fought, but she's carefully moving her left arm out of the way, making it look like she's trying to brush her hair back behind her ear. Though...the fact that he's not making any sound of discomfort...]

I'm the culmination of experiences, training, and careful mentoring. I'm a tough nut because you helped me be that way. And speaking of tough nuts... [Her right hand moves, knocking against his chest as if it were a door.] How're you holding up?

Better'n I was. The explosion kinda took me out all of a sudden so I didn't even get a good look what happened that first day.

[He's ignoring the part about Healin because it makes him uncomfortable discussing something he didn't even remember.]

Do ya need the other half of that hi-potion?

[And he doesn't care if Diarmuid is going to strangle him for that, Elena's arm is more important than his rib now.]

That doesn't sound like it was too pleasant. I take it your ribs are fully recovered then.

[Not that she's entirely pleased as to how they were healed, but better to be healed than still in pain.]

No, I'm fine. Better hold on to it for when you really need it. Or the kids, depending on how they get back after this attempt.

[Because there's no way she's going to waste a resource when she didn't have to. Her arm would finish healing on its own, in time. Unless she ended up dead because of something Jason or Ruana threw at them.]

[Lineface.]

And then you're gonna tell me it's not our anniversary tomorrow.

Seeing that we were married on the 30th, and not on the 29th, then yes. I'm going to say that tomorrow isn't our anniversary.

[Is this semantics? Maybe. And she's returning that lineface flawlessly.]

I said I'm fine. You're going to have to trust me on that.

Elena.

[He's grinning now, widely. He's got her now and there's no way he isn't going to take advantage of it.]

Today is Wednesday, the 29th.

....W-What?

[That wasn't right. She'd looked at a terminal earlier today, hadn't she? Or was that yesterday? Elena honestly couldn't remember and she was now suffering because of it.]

That can't be right. When did I loose a whole fucking day?

[Notice that color creeping in her cheeks? Pretend you don't.]

Don't worry, El. I didn't forget.

[And he's just going to lean down and peck her on that red cheek of hers.]

But I don't think this's the time to celebrate...

[There's something actually rather terrifying about loosing track of a whole day, especially given the Tower. She's somewhere between huffing and having a conniption fit when the kiss on her cheek serves as a perfect calming agent, the worked up energy exhaled in a heavy breath.]

Neither did I, just so you know.... [And after a quick check of their surroundings.] Mmmm. No, its not. We've got to talk to the kids. Seen Rick or the others around here?

Yeah, they're here. I haven't talked to a lot of them because I don't think I'm gonna convince them to not go.

[He makes a face.]

I'm already pretty ticked off anyway.

....I don't think so either. Maybe its time we step back, let them make their own decisions. Right or wrong, they'll learn.

[Her good hand reaches out, the back of her fingers lightly brushing against his cheek.]

Don't be. Eventually we'd get to this point where they'd make a decision and stand firm on it. All we can do now is be there for them, either to congratulate them on their success or catch them when they fall.

[A lot of the tension melts out of him at her touch, but he still shakes his head.]

I'm not at them... just that this happened. That they're asking us to fix their problems after everything they've done to us.

Mmm...

[Fingers move deftly over smooth skin until she's got his nose between the index and middle finger. Giving a playful shake, she then lets go, all fingers curled in save the index, whose pad hovers parallel to the tip of her nose.]

The balance is shifting. So far they've had no need for us to help them with anything. Then Dax came forward. Now Riki. I can't put my finger on it, but that's when everything started to change. I may be on to something or maybe I'm totally off base. I just...have a feeling that this isn't coincidence.

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Stubbornness is a go

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