[Thread] Aftermath

[the_one_samurai]

Who: Samurai Jack, Charlie
What: Charlie takes refuge in Jack's room.
Where: Section 1, Room 8
When: March 22ish
Warnings: Shouldn't be any, really.

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[bellatrixshadow]

Charlie made her way to Section 1.

She had gone through and tried to evacuate everyone she thought should get out. She had spent quite some time coordinating, making sure everyone got where they needed to go, salvaging supplies from the gardens of the bottom five or so levels. And just when she had hoped it might all have been for naught, just when she hoped she could return to that little bed that, at least for now was her own, she ran into fast moving water in the stairwell.

So she was definitely staying in Jack's room, if he still wanted her to.

The slightly damp Charlie--whether from sweat or spray from the flood, she was too angry to know or care--emerged onto the housing level on Section one. She made her way over to room 8--it was 8, wasn't it?--and knocked.

And she stood there, waiting, her long hair tied back and weighted down with perspiration, her face wilted, makeup running slightly.

She did everything she was supposed to do. She'd evacuated more people than this before. So why did she feel so tired?

[the_one_samurai]

Jack answered the door immediately. The girl looked worn out, but it was the kind of wear he had seen before: it was purposeful, needed. In a way, Jack honestly respected the girl a lot more for doing this. He had done this himself many times, and that there was somebody else doing it made him feel a bit better about the people here.

"Come in please. You look quite tired. I will give you a towel, and I have tea cooking now. This may sound...displeasing to you, but where I am from it is quite unhappy to have a woman so worn out in these circumstances. You must have the heart of a true warrior in you."

[bellatrixshadow]

"Thanks," Charlie answered, making a little face. "I was in too much of a hurry to see how bad the flood was and I almost got swept away," she noted.

But then she made a face at his comment, unsure of how to respond. Address why it's so bad for a woman, or thank him for the warrior comment? she just gave a nasal "hrmph," somewhere between gratitude and indignation.

[the_one_samurai]

"It could happen to anyone," Jack replied. "I could see how it might make you flustered."

At the look on her face, Jack stopped, and bowed low. "I apologize. I did not mean to say something to show you disrespect. In my world it was not often that women were warriors, but that did not mean they were weak. It was...my mother that led me out to our kingdom the day the demon took my father, and also presented me with the sword. I cannot imagine what went through her mind, when she gave up her son to be raised by strangers who would train him and push him to his limits every day. In the future I met many strong women warriors as well. In truth, it is not the gender of the warrior that matters, but their strength and sense of righteousness."