01 | voice | day 23 | afternoon

[bloodyamericans]

[ There's a pause as Sophie tries to think - given that she's just woken up (or rather been rudely awakened) and is a little hungover... ]

Hardison? Why do I have one of your game things on me?

[ Because it had to be Hardison! ]

And why am I naked? I was- [ Pause ] Oh.

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[distinctive_guy]

[Thank God that Eliot had been scanning the networks ever since the power out started and caught this.

That's a very distinctive voice.

One that shouldn't be here.

And how many people knew to call that name? Okay, after they've been here for so long, Eliot expected several people to. But still.

Eliot freaked out.]

SOPHIE!!??

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[bloodyamericans]

Exactly how many others do you think that would think Hardison had done this? Although I don't know how he managed to do the transport.

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[distinctive_guy]

Nevermind that! Can you find shelter?

[There happens to be a blizzard blowing outside.]

We're on our way.

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[bloodyamericans]

Find shelter? I don't know where I am.

[ She's going to step on the spot to try and keep warm and she turns and looks ]

Well make it quick.

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[distinctive_guy]

Said we're comin'!!

[Eliot had to keep her talking just to make sure she was staying active. Although it wasn't her fault, he might be slightly annoyed she was here in such a crisis. Or that she was here at all.]

Why're you naked anyway??

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[bloodyamericans]

[ There's no need to get nasty, honestly she's just freezing her arse off out here ]

I happen to sleep naked.

[ Sometimes. In hot countries. After sex ]

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[distinctive_guy]

[Not to sound stalkerish or anything, but...] I've seen you sleep, Soph. Ya don't sleep naked.

[Really, he was just trying to keep the conversation going as he and Hardison rushed to rescue that freezing ass.]

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[bloodyamericans]

You haven't seen me every night.

[ And if he challenged that? That would be stalkerish ]

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[distinctive_guy]

I've... [Open mouth, thought better of it and scowled instead. No, he hasn't seen her every night, but he has seen her more often than she knew. Better not tell her though.]

That's not the point! You're a thief! Don't you dress in case you need to run in the middle of the night?

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[bloodyamericans]

Not this night. Look, we'd finished a job, it was fine.

[ Although she hadn't exactly been thinking about needing to run ]

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[distinctive_guy]

[He also wasn't thinking in the way grifters were either.]

Sophie, when we get you outta this mess. No sleepin' naked on this island, alright? You're dressed ready to leave. Anytime.

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[bloodyamericans]

So this isn't Hardison's fault and his little game thing?

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[distinctive_guy]

I'd have killed him already if it was. [No joke. If Hardison made him go through what he did in the past three months as a game, he really would have killed him.]

No matter what they say, this ain't a game, sweetheart. Try to keep movin' and conserve body heat till we get there.

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[bloodyamericans]

[ She's about to say something to that but the freezing cold (and numb pain) is distracting her from that. She can berate the boys (and thankingly hug them) later when she's warmer ]

Just how far are you? [ She'll be walking on the spot now, trying not to make it look like she's walking in circles - she doesn't need to look crazy as well as naked ]

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[distinctive_guy]

[Thankfully the white out blizzard would keep her mostly obscured from other people, or that no one would be foolish enough to be out there to see her. Unfortunately, it also made her hard to spot for the boys.]

Not far. [He hoped. He wasn't sure how accurate Hardison's map was with nothing to track Sophie, and he hoped it wasn't going to be off. Sophie wouldn't last much longer.]

Do you see buildings anywhere?

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[bloodyamericans]

Through this snow? [ So she's being a little more critical than necessary but she's looking anyway ]

Faintly. I can't tell how far they are.