028 [audio]

[tanvirus]

[The one time he actually decides to use the elevator, something goes horribly wrong. That figures.]

Remy--Herz--

You guys okay?

Was anybody on 9 because...because I think it's gone. Whole damn thing.

Shit, I need to--

[He's just going to start going to people's rooms and checking on them now, thank you very much.]

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[ttlynotawizard]

I'm fine.

[It's quick and abrupt. When Remy says he is 'fine', things are not fine.]

[tanvirus]

You sure?

Want company?

[That's a thinly veiled "let me come see if you're really fine it will make me feel better"]

[ttlynotawizard]

Half of my bar's gone as is the other thing I use to occupy my time.

You're welcome to come to my room. It's still in one piece.

[tanvirus]

Yeah, yeah, okay. I'll be there...

Shit, I don't know. Soon.

[He's taking the stairs because like hell he trusts the elevators now.]

[gunsandhonor]

... Gone?

[tanvirus]

Yeah, I. I dunno, Gav, it's just. It's not there.

Are you okay?

[gunsandhonor]

What the hell did they do...

[He sucks in a breath.]

I'm... in one piece. You?

[tanvirus]

I don't know. I don't want to know. Fuck.

I'm in one piece, I'm just kinda....

Wasn't really a pleasant sight, y'know?

[brynkitten]

[It's just luck that Bryn wasn't on nine when the deck disappeared. She's there half of her day and is definitely seeing this as a close call.]

I'd left the library about an hour before it...Tan, are you okay?

[tanvirus]

Yeah, no, I'm fine, I'm just kinda...rattled, y'know?

I was gonna stop in for a drink and something to eat and I mean...half of Sergei's is just gone.

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[havea_heart]

[Herz isn't really sure how he got onto the floor just outside Sergei's, deck 10. He does know he feels horrible, he's shaking, he's scared. His stomach is in knots. His heart is pounding in his ears.

He didn't have a relapse, did he? Over what? Why can't he remember what happened?

Lying on his side, half curled into the fetal position doesn't really seem quite where he wants to be, but instinctively he knows sitting up would Be A Bad Idea.

He wishes he were somewhere else. Being unable to move, being unable to think clearly, being scared to begin with...

Herz really doesn't like any of this.]

[tanvirus]

[Tan is actually getting ready to head back up-decks to start checking people when he sees Herz.

Who looks anything but "okay".]

Herz! Shit!

[They're not that far apart, but he jogs to close the distance anyway, dropping to his knees.]

Hey. Hey, Herz.

[havea_heart]

[Breath heavier than he realizes, Herz turns his head towards the sound. He sees Tan, or thinks he does. Right now he's reminding him of someone else, but for the life of him, he can't remember who. It's someone scary.

He's just ridiculously scared right now, so it's likely nothing.

The teen reaches for him, needing something to hold. He gets the front of his shirt and tightens his fist around it.

Help?]

[tanvirus]

[Shit shit shit, that doesn't seem good. As long as Herz isn't bolting, though, that's better than nothing, right? Right. Sure.

Yeah, he has no idea what he's doing.

Tan wraps his arms around Herz and shifts his weight, tugging his friend upright...ish.]

C'mon, man. Let's get out of here before something else goes poof on us.