jumpscares | out of place, out of space & time

▶ WHO: river tam + u
▶ DATE: all of august! come at me boos.
▶ WARNINGS: none, really
▶ SUMMARY: out and about, river tests the radios, hangs out on the compound, "lives" in houses in the Hallows, learns how her radar gift works, listens to everyone's thoughts. you know, the usual.

[ a: i radio heaven, i get mixed signals ]

[ it's quiet where you are, and perhaps your mind has begun to wander or perhaps it's just river's mind that's wandering, but there's a soft tapping against the speaker and then her voice: ]

Did you receive a gift, too?

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[ b: i move the antenna, i switch the channels ]

[ river is nosing around a few places: the garage on the compound, the residences in the hallows during the day, keeping near the gates at night with a small radar-style device that she adjusts and tilts her head in time with the beeping. come say hello. or stand there long enough, and she might say hello instead. ]

[ c: i lie in this bed, my satellite dish ]

[ sunset approaches and one thin teenage girl is curled up in a corner of the radio tower's main room, apparently sleeping. you're welcome to wake her. ]

[ d: is there room in the universe for one last wish? ]

[ choose your own adventure! ]

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[Without a clear mission, an absolute set of orders, the Soldier is left floundering. He keeps to what he knows: patrolling the compound, watching the people who claim to know him from a distance and up close, and keeping his sniper lookout from his perch on the wall. He'd managed to claim a radio for himself, but he was wary of using it. Most of the time, it stayed silent, strapped to his utility belt.

On one of his passes through the compound, he nearly runs into her in the garage. She's small, strange looking, and he startles back for a moment, staring at her, before attempting to move on without a word.]

Wait. [ whether he does, or not, will tell her something. if he doesn't, then he's decided she is not worth his time, and that's fine - she can find a way to bother him later. if he does...

she assumes he will, and plants herself in his way. she narrows her eyes, considering. ]

A set of parameters can be applied. You watch them; they may still vanish beneath your gaze. She proposes a trip. A major city. Supplies, ammunition, questions, possibly answers. She needs another pair of eyes.

Yours are good.

[The command comes just quickly and sharply enough that he stops in his tracks before he can think to ignore her. And he almost keeps moving after that, but then she keeps talking, and... well her words are strange, but he understands.

His brow furrows a little, though.]

You don't know me.

[So why would she want him with her, is the question. How can she trust him? How can he trust her?]

If you want to bring one of the some that do, you can. [ a shrug. she knows that's not what he means, and she knows they're alone in this garage, so she puts her hands behind her back and tilts her chin up at him. ]

Good at keeping secrets. Better still at knowing them. You've no reason to play the villain now - the strings aren't being pulled. There is nothing there, and there is everything there, where the secrets exist, and there yours to keep and hers to ignore. If there is a danger, there is a warning, and she's good at dodging.

[His brow furrows further as he frowns at her. What she's saying... doesn't make sense this time.

And yet...

His mind is warring with itself, and there's flashes of... memories? Thoughts? He doesn't know.

It hurts.

He's not a villain. He never has been. He is... he was... HYDRA's weapon. He just follows orders. There's nothing evil about that. They told him... they told him he was helping mankind.

And the rest... the rest he doesn't even know.

His head hurts. He shakes it, puts a hand to his forehead.]

Stop.

out of place, out of space & time

here i am, finally - b

sob i'm literally the slowest creature my apologies

no worries!

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