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iwillcatchup ([personal profile] iwillcatchup) wrote in [community profile] nexus_crossings2018-09-05 07:33 pm

When Life Slows Down

It is a major downer for Peter to have a leg cast right now. His whole life seems to be crawling along at a snail's pace. He is used to being the first to class... but is now the last. He is used to living life in the fast line... but is now stuck behind some senior going half the speed limit. And he feels like he is that senior.

And he can't focus right. Which is why he was headed to his hide-away in the attic, and took all that effort to drag himself up one step at a time...

When his head popped up in a whole new area that definitely was not the attic. His eyes went wide as sights and sounds surrounded him, and he was not even all the way out into the Nexus plaza yet.

He tosses his crutches onto the ground of the plaza, then pulls himself all the way up out of the hole in the ground that is his Nexus portal. And sits there on the ground for a moment. His eyes seem to move very quickly surveying everything around him.

He doesn't seem concerned about moving off the ground right now. His finger tap quickly on the floor beside him. More than anything in the world he wants to see everything... visit every Nexus shop... sample every exotic treat. But the cast has him contained. Sullen and contained.

"What would be your version of 'being between a rock and a hard place'?"
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[personal profile] readvondaniken 2018-09-06 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Um." That wasn't that hard a question. Palmer was between a rock and a hard place right now. He was sure he was missed back in Antarctica, and he wanted to let his workmates know he was okay - although Childs was there to take over mechanic duties and Palmer had a sneaking feeling that he'd be safer if he chose to stay in the Nexus. He could move in here, set up shop, make an honest living. From now on he'd be working for himself and himself alone.

He doesn't even know how to get back to the Outpost. He'd panicked when the dog came in and scrambled into the nearest closet to hide when it went for him. Cowardly? Yes, but he's sure it also saved his life. As intimidating and huge as the Nexus is, Palmer is happy to be alive.

"Let's say you had folks back where you came from who you're pretty sure miss you. However, if you went back to see 'em you'd probably get killed."
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[personal profile] readvondaniken 2018-09-06 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know whether it's allowed or not, to be honest. I mean, it would mess with time, but I could also save a lot of lives. The other guys are my friends. I can't just leave 'em to that monster."

Palmer doesn't really know a way home. Maybe, if he did, he could arm himself to the teeth and take care of that monster of a dog when he came back. Then the other guys would owe him big time.

"But I'm not sure if I can stop it, or if there even is a way home."

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[personal profile] fiveofnone 2018-09-06 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Some random guy sitting on the floor in a cast isn't enough to attract Caspar's attention. That question, however, gives him pause. It's not every day someone asks something legitimately interesting around here.

"How about between a black hole and a gun in my face?" Not his most hopeless moment, but it's one that he's willing to talk about.
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[personal profile] fiveofnone 2018-09-06 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Caspar makes a face. "Nothing. I just lay there like a chump, bleeding out. My sister saved my life." Which he ultimately learned to appreciate, although at the moment he didn't care either way.

"How about you? What's your rock and a hard place? Gotta tell you, though, gunshot is way less brutal than a black hole, unless you're going for the novelty."
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[personal profile] shieldborne 2018-09-07 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Having to choose between friends," Steve says. It slips out before he can think twice and conclude this is not a discussion he wants to have with anyone, let alone a stranger.

Something about this kid does seem vaguely familiar, though.

He shakes his head grimly. "Never mind, that's a hell of a long story. You okay there, pal? I could get you a chair."
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[personal profile] shieldborne 2018-09-10 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Laid up and getting bored, huh?" Steve's going to try to sidestep his recent history for the moment, although really he should probably discuss it with someone some day soon.

"Hold on a sec." He makes a quick jog over to pick up an actual armchair--one that should probably require two guys to move comfortably--and brings it over. He sets it carefully within a few feet of the kid and then offers his hand. "I mean, I can pick you right up if you want, but I don't want to just manhandle a stranger without asking..."
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[personal profile] anticdispossession 2018-09-08 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Between the eyes of the audience and Ellen," Geoffrey said after he'd parsed the question and its implications. The words tripped off the tongue, making it seem more like a trifle than anything serious. Only something reserved in his gaze hinted at something more. "Why?"

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"You could say that," Geoffrey said. Better Peter than him; Geoffrey is reluctant at defining Ellen.

"Are you making a collection?"

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[personal profile] houmaprotector 2018-09-09 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
"...Saving the woman I loved at the cost of my own body."

So sayeth the big green figure watering the overgrown planters in the nexus's courtyard. He's got multiple vines watering multiple plants all at once growing out of the plant matter of his body. One lifts above his head, still holding the can.

"My apologize."
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[personal profile] houmaprotector 2018-09-09 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"That was my reaction." He nods mutely, passively, "It wasn't without it's...costs however."
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[personal profile] hybriddino 2018-09-09 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
The Indoraptor thinks for a moment. He's stumped. A rock and a hard place? Was that a twoleg figure of speech? He knows the basics of human language, but metaphors and similes escape him sometimes. He clicks a claw on the ground as he toys with the phrase. A rock and a hard place. Neither one sounded like great places to be. Was that what it meant? A choice between two bad choices? He gives a happy growl on figuring out the answer to the twoleg's question.

He scrawls an answer on the ground for the injured twoleg.

I choose the rock. I can climb on rocks. He demonstrates, holding out wickedly hooked claws.
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The Indoraptor makes a huffing noise that is his equivalent of laughter. This twoleg is funny, and he does have a sense of humor - although the gentler kind of joke is something he's not exactly used to, it's also something he can appreciate.

He likes this twoleg. He gives the closest he can to a smile before he writes an an answer.

Smooth ground is harder to walk on. It breaks.

If there's one thing he's learned, he's never going to set foot on glass again.

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[personal profile] pirateangelbaby 2018-09-12 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Thor's still getting used to the oddness of this place, its strange shifting streets and the multitude of species that call it home. Humans crawling out of holes in the floor are not exactly something he's been warned about, and it draws his attention pretty much right away, wary until he sees the cast.

Ah, this boy is no threat.

His question gives Thor pause, though. His most recent example is still a bit fresh to give, he feels. "I once had to choose between pursuing my heart, or my duty to my people."
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[personal profile] pirateangelbaby 2018-09-12 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
"I chose my people, and she chose hers," he says simply. There's more to it than that, more than he's saying, certainly. But that's for him to know, and keep to himself, preferring to pretend as though it no longer troubles him as deeply. "It was for the best."

He offers one strong hand to the boy. "Surely a chair will be more comfortable," he suggests, effortlessly shifting the subject.

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