Locked in a Room

[dishevelment]

Who: Everyone stuck in Pride HQ
What: This load of crap.
When: Nov. 1-5
Where Pride HQ
Warnings: Pg-13 minimum because Carnies. Tag if it gets over that.


Everyone got the same call-- and now we're all stuck in HQ with no hint of release in sight.

The reason? No one knows.

How are you coping?

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[honeywithpoison]

[ Something was not quite right in the air tonight. Richard was restless, and there was a weight missing - a weight at his hip, a weight in his hand - which was strange. His heart was beating hard, adrenaline pumping, as though he'd just finished a great sort of exercise (and he'd won, of course he'd won, except he had no clue as to what he might have won) so he was doing the only thing he could come up with to burn it off. He moved.

Like checking on his bandmates. Just in case. Finding Nariko tied up at the carnival had not been a good experience. He wanted to ward off damage before it happened to his people to those under his protection to the people who mattered.

So here he was, with a bottle of water settling down by Koumei's head. ]

Are you all right?

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[dishevelment]

Can't sleep, [Koumei muttered, barely shifting his tired body so he could peer at Richard from his pile of pillows, blankets, and mass of unruly hair.] Can't get my brain to stop working-- too many sodas, I think.

[He buried his face once again in the pillow with a half-hearted groan, truly wondering if caffiene overdose was what was responsible for his strange dreams. The setting seemed almost akin to a war drama, but some of the people he had seen within were almost like creatures out of the haze of a fever.

It was small comfort that his dreams weren't related to the fiasco at the Carnival. It was bad enough finding Yuffie tied up with bombs strapped to her; he couldn't imagine what he would have done if it were Terry or Nariko.]

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[honeywithpoison]

[ No, it was Richard who'd gotten Nariko, and the potential of getting her burned to death. But it was easier, since the had gotten her out, Richard and Max and Kido. He'd caught a glimpse of how furious she had been with their captors, at the exit, too far to stop her - but Luci had been there for that, so he guessed that had worked out, too.

For now, he leaned a shoulder against the wall. ]

You do know that people say if you stay in bed when you can't sleep, it'll get even harder to fall asleep, don't you?

[ Careful, cautious taunting? Yes, yes he was. ]

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[dishevelment]

That's why I'm not in bed, [Koumei replied, equally pointedly.] I'm in.....somewhere not my bed.

[Frankly, he wasn't quite paying attention anymore. The restlessness was getting to him, but he didn't feel much urge to do...anything.]

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[honeywithpoison]

Quite the accomplishment.

[ The mockery faded just a little bit from Richard's voice. ]

What do you usually do, when you can't sleep? I could try a lullaby, though you'll have to deal with a slight rhythm addition. Probably my hand against my thigh, or something like that.