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Backdated: Egret 26
Who: Renee and OPEN
What: An injured redheaded dumbass has visitors?
Where: Medbay/infirmary/what have you
When: Early on Egret 26, after the train chaos is somewhat abated.
Things were more than a bit hazy after Renee had gotten back to the train. She was...not entirely sure what had happened, but she had been told that she'd taken a really good hit to the head. And yeah, this looked like where you ended up when you were off the working roster. She's been through here before--though usually, she isn't the one in the hospital bed.
So this is both disconcerting and disappointing, to her. She blinks--a lot, as her vision hasn't exactly cleared, yet, and Renee is still nursing a hell of a headache. Yeah, she's not hallucinating, this is still the med bay, such as that is.
"Anyone get the number of what hit me?" she asks, plaintively. Save from what little she does recall? She did this to herself. Worse, she remembers just who was with her when she fucked herself up.
"Is Prisoner okay? Anyone see him lately?"
What: An injured redheaded dumbass has visitors?
Where: Medbay/infirmary/what have you
When: Early on Egret 26, after the train chaos is somewhat abated.
Things were more than a bit hazy after Renee had gotten back to the train. She was...not entirely sure what had happened, but she had been told that she'd taken a really good hit to the head. And yeah, this looked like where you ended up when you were off the working roster. She's been through here before--though usually, she isn't the one in the hospital bed.
So this is both disconcerting and disappointing, to her. She blinks--a lot, as her vision hasn't exactly cleared, yet, and Renee is still nursing a hell of a headache. Yeah, she's not hallucinating, this is still the med bay, such as that is.
"Anyone get the number of what hit me?" she asks, plaintively. Save from what little she does recall? She did this to herself. Worse, she remembers just who was with her when she fucked herself up.
"Is Prisoner okay? Anyone see him lately?"
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That might've taken her a moment, because the ol' brain wasn't really firing on all cylinders at the moment, but Renee blinked at the younger girl for a moment. "I happened to me, but to be fair, I didn't expect the train to yank us back. I was flying for that big cloud of black crap, and Prisoner was with me, but then...poof, and I cut out just in time to avoid being a big splat on the train ceiling."
Technically, they still had been a splat on the train ceiling, but less bad than it could have been...
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"I'm glad you managed to stop in time.." She doesn't want to think about the alternative.
Even if Renee already said 'a big splat on the ceiling'. Nope! Don't want to think about it!
"I know our watches started beeping, but the train really should've given us more of a warning.. It's really sad that people got hurt because of how everything happened. You're way too nice to get hurt."
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"Yeah, me too," Renee admits. She's more worried about the rest of the people on the train, after all. She's the expendable one--not that anyone's asking her. She wouldn't admit it out loud, anyway, but she knows it's true in her soul.
"I don't know if I'm way too nice," Renee says, but she chuckles at that. It's not like she hasn't tried to be more polite at least around Madoka. Partly because the girl just inspires that, and, well. She does inspire Renee to want to be better, at least a little bit."
"Can't help but wonder what all that was about, though. Even when it makes my head hurt," she jokes.
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(The whole being more polite around Madoka deal sure helps with that though.)
She's quiet for a slight moment before continuing. "Has anyone told you anything yet? I mean.. I don't think anyone has gotten a definite answer yet from the train about what happened, but a lot of people seem to have some idea of what might have happened."
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"Curufin mentioned having a vision about it when he was here, but I think my brain's been rattled enough that it didn't quite make sense." And she knows darn well that even if Tony and Ignis didn't try to tell Madoka flat out, the girl is quiet enough--and smart enough--to pick it up. She's a little pitcher with big ears, and in truth, that's something Renee values. That she's astute and picks up on stuff like that.
"If you wanna fill me in, I'm all ears. Maybe it'll make more sense this time." Nothing against Curufin at all--Renee's certain it's the way her brain got scrambled that's prevented her understanding.
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As to what happened.. The girl folds her hands together as she thinks.
"I don't think anyone is sure yet what those dark shadows were that appeared back in that other world.. But most people seem to think the train probably pulled us back here because whatever it was, it was much too strong for us. That if we tried to fight out there, we might have.."
.. died. She doesn't even want to say the word out loud. She briefly bites her lower lip, shaking her head.
"A-And some other people think that maybe the train pulled us back because it was scared and wanted to flee. I guess that means they're assuming the train itself has feelings, but.. um, if it's a train that can pull in people from different worlds, I guess it wouldn't be too strange if it had feelings..?"
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"That kind of seems legit, you know? I scrambled my brain, but I know the train seemed to be booking it pretty darn fast, before Cal and Prompto got me here." It was a bit blurry, but sometimes, she remembers the dumbest thing. At least here, Renee can say the train moving fast had her paying attention because of her powers.
"Anyway, you're a nice kid, and I worry that if I didn't watch myself, I might make you feel bad. And I don't want you to feel bad, ever, okay? It's not sweet, I just..."
Renee just knows how much of a jerk she can be, but she also realizes if she said that, despite it being true? Madoka would probably fall all over herself, telling Renee she wasn't.
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That's exactly why she gives Renee a half-surprised look at those last words.
"How would you make me feel bad though, miss Renee?" It sounds so genuine too. Like Madoka just has zero idea of what that Renee could possibly do to make her feel bad. It's not like it's happened before, right? "T.. There's no way that could happen! So please don't worry about it.."
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Renee's position is harsh, thanks to her own life, but she can't bring herself to be that way to Madoka. She knows the girl will learn eventually--such things always happen. She doesn't have to be the one to burst that bubble.
"Just...trust me, okay? I'm not worrying about it, per se." Okay, that's a lie, because Renee is. "I don't wanna shelter you, but I'm trying to protect you a little." Life's not perfect. Renee does realize that Madoka probably knows, and yet...she's still a kid, let Madoka be a kid just a bit longer, life, okay??
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".. okay. I do trust you.." In general, that is. So it'd be rude to not trust her on this either, huh..? "But.. still.. It is very kind of you to want to protect me, even if it's just a bit. No one is forcing you to, after all. So it makes me happy."
Is Madoka aware pretty much most of the train would be ready to bust kneecaps the moment anyone was mean to her? It's hard to tell, considering how grateful she sounds just for what Renee is saying now.