We are the champions

[skinners_box]

Who: Everyone
When: Thursday night
Where: Station Alpha Omega
Summary: Val has given the all clear
Rating: PG?
Warnings: Eh, no idea, sarcasm and disbelief?

Just in case people want to have in person reactions to the news that they can now breathe without fear of imminent destruction.

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[In a little corner somewhere way out of the way]

[minx_of_disco]

[She hasn't felt so tired in years.

Milla is sitting on the ground, hugging her knees and resting her head against the cool metal wall, keeping her eyes closed. Some blood is smudged on her cheek and her skin is streaked with sweat, but for once, she really doesn't care.

It's over. It's over.

But it doesn't feel over.]

[action]

[akadoubletake]

[Squirrel Girl's been flighty since the announcement, from place to place, checking on anyone she sees. Milla's no exception. She might even hear the swift pitter-patter of her approaching if she listens closely, before Doreen crouches down at her side.]

Excuse me, miss?

[action]

[minx_of_disco]

[lkjsdfa

Milla goes rigid, forcing her eyes open and looking at the girl kneeling by her. Smile, Milla. Smile. You have to. Everyone counts on you to smile.

But... she can't.]

Darling?

[action]

[akadoubletake]

[Squirrel Girl manages a smile for both of them, and attempts to curl her tail behind her so it's less visible. She's still fresh to the facility, the trauma hasn't set in for her yet. Being laughed at was still worse than anything this place would do to her. ]

I... saw you, so I thought I'd check to see if you were okay.

[Just inside the showers]

[daddys_hit_girl]

[Anyone passing by the showers might unintentionally drop in on a somewhat one sided conversation.

"somewhat" because one side of the conversation is just crying, the sound of someone still half trying to stay quiet, but failing]

Shhh. Shhh, you...you had a good spot. You almost made it.

But I can't...I'm not the only one who's going to come and clean off. And I can't keep them from... Because you guys did some bad stuff. And there's a lot of people who really want to-

I'm sorry. I'm sorry, ok? No, no, you can't come with me, they'll take you away from me and-

Look...Look, I can...I can make it really quick.

C'mere. No, c'mere, it'll only hurt a little bit.

[The sobs go on for a few more seconds. There's no sound of a scuffle. Abruptly, they cut off, and Mindy comes out of the room with a blank expression on her face, blood spattered on her clothes and skin. Some of it looks fresher than the rest]

[kryptonsson]

[Just as Mindy comes out he'll find a certain superhero waiting for her. His looks says all. He'd heard it... and he wasn't happy about it.]

How merciful of you to make it fast.

[daddys_hit_girl]

[Mindy looks up at him, her mask dangling from her hand.

That hadn't been the first of today, not by a long shot. But it had been the first she'd looked in the eye, the first she'd talked to, or been without the mask for.]

Yeah.

You know what, it was. She died in a couple seconds. D'you know what would have happened if I tried to take her out of there? One of the fucking gods would have taken her away from me and she would have been alive for days.

[kryptonsson]

Or I would have been able to protect her. We would have been able to keep her alive, there wouldn't have been another death to add to the list.

[He sighed and reached to run his fingers through his hair.]

You're just a kid... you- you shouldn't have to fight. Let alone kill.

[harry_b_dresden]

[Harry slumps against the wall, letting out a long breath and letting himself slide down to the floor.

He lets out the kind of laugh that people always tend to have when tension, adrenaline and flight-or-fight is ripped out from under their feet. His voice sounds tired and worn]

[sufferheir]

[Harry isn't the only one feeling that way, though Karkat definitely isn't laughing. He's just completely exhausted and more than a little shell shocked. At least the danger is over, for the moment. As far as he can tell.]

[He just spots Harry down by the wall and wanders over, not saying anything at first. He crosses his arms and leans back again it, beside him. He's got blood on his clothes, but at least most of it doesn't seem to be his.]

Hey.

[harry_b_dresden]

[Harry takes a second to calm down]

H-hey. Sorry about that...adrenaline does that sometimes. [He shakes his head]

Still hanging in there, Karkat?

[sufferheir]

[IT'S OK he's understand, for the most part. Anyone could get a bit weird after a two day adrenaline high.]

Yeah well I didn't die so that's cool I guess. [He glances down at him, and then away again.] How did it go? I mean...I'm assuming well because none of us have been blasted into vapor by the millions of explosives in this place, but...

[Near the incinerator]

[kryptonsson]

[Everybody's happy. Everybody is relieved, overjoyed, calm... there's a lot of different reactions, but most go towards happiness.

However, one Superpowered alien isn't exactly on his best moment. Because he knows what they did to get to this point. He knows all the blood that was splattered, all the broken bones... he knows all the lives they had to end. And no matter what people tell him, he knows the truth.

It wasn't worth it.

You'll find superman punching the walls next to the incinerator, causing visible dents. Try to calm him down? Piss him off even more?]

[Near the incinerator]

[hurtandscared]

[Welp, it's not like Alessa's going to try to piss him off, but she is sort of dragging along the lower half of a body destined for the incinerator. That might elicit a reaction.

Alessa looks up at the angry alien, looking like any old eight-year-old... except that she has a smudge of blood on her nose and on her sleeves.

But she has flower barrettes on and flowers weaved into her braid, so that makes it all better, right? ...Right?] Superman? What's wrong?

[kryptonsson]

[Oh, dear. The flowers would make it better if it didn't accentuate the fact that she is still a kid. A kid, dragging a body- half a body.

This is exactly what Clark had feared that would happen.]

...Did you kill that person?

[hurtandscared]

[Oh, if only you knew. This is the least of what she's done.]

I think so. It's kind of hard to tell after they pile up, you know?

[She puts the legs she was dragging it by down, taking her braid and playing with the tip.] You didn't tell me what's wrong.

Random hallway

[gingerbatgirl]

[She's finally able to leave the place where the hackers were working. She's exhausted and her eyes hate her for spending two straight days staring at endless code strings but right now it all seems worth it. She could go back to her room, shower and take a nap but she doesn't want to. Instead she wants to explore, help clean up where she can and check on the people who weren't in the room with her. She's walking down a random hallway, observing the state the rioters left it in] What a mess. [But they're alive and that's really all that counts]

[notasidedick]

[Arms slink around her waist as he keeps in step with the other.

He rests his chin on her shoulder quietly.] We still got a lot to do, huh? How you holding up.

[gingerbatgirl]

[She glances over her shoulder at him, pressing a kiss to his forehead before looking straight ahead] A lot. There's clean up, getting this place back together, deciding what we want to do next...it might take a while.

I'm tired but I'll live. How are you doing?

[notasidedick]

I'm the same. I think I'll start helping with cleaning though. As much as I'd like to rest...

[He looks at the carnage.]

I'd like to get this place a little cleaner. I don't really want to keep seeing all these bodies around.