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Corporal Randel Oland ([personal profile] toten_sie) wrote in [community profile] lastvoyageslogs2020-04-24 09:28 am
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Operation Seven: Unscathed

WHO: Randel and Misty, Randel and you
WHAT: waking up...undamaged
WHERE: Misty's cabin, Randel's cabin, greenhouse
WHEN: end of April
NOTES: Some minor warnings for body horror. If you'd like a starter, or to plot for something, feel free to ping me on plurk @ yarnzipan

[closed to Misty]
He wakes up with a scream.

Part of that is the fact that he'd been dozing instead of coma-ing for the last hour or so, which invariably held nightmares only made worse by the substance he's submerged in. The mud, the feel of it... it's not too different from the blood in his nightmares, so his brain plays unfortunate tricks that have him flailing in the tub and screaming as he wakes up.

But that's really not the only thing for him to notice. Just give him a second.


People might notice something about Randel, something that doesn't even entirely register at first: no scars. Randel's cheek, his nose, his hands... he's wearing his linen shirt and his usual pants and some soft slippers he'd put together in the arts and crafts room a while back since this place seemed a little soft for his combat boots.

But most importantly: no scars.

As a result, you'll see him at the pool more often. You'll see him in the greenhouse, of course, helping with the food production farming. You'll find him in his cabin again, taking care of his too many cats (and if you want one, you can ask!) and he's seen often enough in the cafeteria, loading up, eating his fill, looking... revitalized. And a little awkward about it, but mostly better.
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[personal profile] shadowsran 2020-04-24 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Fortunately and very much intentionally, she's not far enough to miss it. It'd be impossible, really, with her cabin layout. Ambrose perks an ear, largely accustomed to strange vocalizations. Misty drops what she's doing - quite literally, there's a book thudding onto the floor - and teleports in, unwilling to waste so much as a second.

He's awake. Not ideally so, but awake, that is him moving and for a moment the shock of it does in any attempt at speech. Only a moment.

"Hey-!" Whether it's to get his attention off the frightening thing or just probing for a reaction to further prove this is in fact real, she couldn't say. It is at least abundantly joyful. Towels are being hastily offered. "It's alright! You're safe. Had me worried sick, but nothing's hurting you."

A hug can wait until he's steadier on his feet.
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[personal profile] shadowsran 2020-05-01 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
He's clothed, but she had foresight enough that there's a clean outfit on standby. Her experience with coma aftermath is limited to posts people make when they've presumably had time to themselves. Presuming it's not quite comparable to death, she's not sure where his head's at. Proceeds carefully, just in case.

"That was me. You were in a coma for awhile, and-- part of it was me getting worried, a lot of people went down around the same time and that seems to end up with half of 'em disappearing. Was hoping maybe your odds would be better if you were close by, with something going on. And then all the scars, whatever internal damage you must have going on...seemed like I could get two birds with one stone? It'd be a lot harder and a lot slower any other way. You're safe, nothing weird happened on board, I kept an eye on the cats, all that's fine. Do you feel groggy or anything? Hungry?"
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[personal profile] shadowsran 2020-05-01 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"It is, and don't be. I say that a lot, but, seriously don't be. The boat doesn't give anybody a choice about it, I'm just glad you're up." It's not proof they're out of the woods yet - Ben had been up, before he left - but it's far, far superior to the coma. "I've just got fruit and snack stuff lying around, but I could run to the dining hall if you want anything heftier-?"
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[personal profile] shadowsran 2020-05-24 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
A wise call. It's a not-insignificant portion of her that frets he'll vanish if he goes ten minutes without eyes on him. She nods, making for the door. "I'll give you a couple minutes to clean up. Don't worry about mess, I'm serious, mud's never hurt anything in here and having you up and moving's more important."

There's thankfully a dog to tend while she waits. Petting's as useful as she can hope to be until the relief subsides.
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[personal profile] shadowsran 2020-05-24 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
A drawer slides open in a nightstand off to his left, containing exactly that.

"Clothes and then food. Easy stuff. No stress."

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[personal profile] onlyeverdoubted 2020-04-25 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
There are things it's smart to be aware of for purposes of self preservation--tension, moods, incipient catastrophes looking for a scapegoat. But scars? Scars require actually looking at people rather than carefully ducking around them with your eyes on the ground. Bodhi thrives on rough impressions, patterns that have more to do with pace, voice, presence. On one of his self-indulgent trips to the greenhouse, just to be around some real, luxuriously numerous living things, he gets the impression that means Randel. One he finds fundamentally unthreatening.

"Morning." Which makes it very hard to tell if he's noticed anything missing. He doesn't like to pry, even to suggest there's something to pry about.
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[personal profile] onlyeverdoubted 2020-05-02 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
This is interesting. Not the mechanism--that's too personal a question, and the answer is probably weird barge shit. When literal magic is a possibility, curiosity can feel a bit futile. More immediate is that a positive change happened, and probably one that required a degree of opting in, and he is not at all sure how much he shoulder react.

"You're--how're you?" There. Normal human interactions.
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[personal profile] onlyeverdoubted 2020-05-25 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, that..." That's one barge weirdness that hasn't visited him personally, so he's not quite sure what to say here. "Musst have been rough on her? And you." The last bit is a guess. Presumably if somebody is just unconscious, nothing is hard or easy. But the idea of it seems pretty awful.
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[personal profile] tetractys 2020-04-25 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Bill is just here to make a nuisance of himself at the coffee station with a mug that says PARTY GRRL in sparkly letters. But - he does a double-take when Randel goes by on his way to sit down, followed by appearing out of thin air directly across from him.

"YOUR FACE!"
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[personal profile] tetractys 2020-05-02 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
"WARDENS CAN JUST DO THAT? ... YEESH."

Bill adjusts his tie, nervously.

"HATE TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD CHANGE IF THEY'RE NOT FEELING NICE."
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[personal profile] tetractys 2020-05-24 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
"WHAT? MAGIC?"

Like hippie magic? Is that just a thing on her world, maybe?

"YEAH, DON'T YOU? WARDENS, HISTORICALLY, HAVE TURNED THEIR INMATES INTO ANIMALS FOR FUN, Y'KNOW. JUST BECAUSE IT HASN'T HAPPENED IN AWHILE DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T."
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[personal profile] tetractys 2020-06-06 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"NO?"

Doesn't understand.
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[personal profile] tetractys 2020-07-01 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
"WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING TO SOMEONE THEY HATE, THEY REMEMBER IT LATER AND GET ALL BENT OUT OF SHAPE ABOUT IT."

Luke has explained this!

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