voidtreckerexpress | But is the suitcase yummy?

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But is the suitcase yummy?

Who: Najaran and Duo
Where: Baggage car
When: backdated to the day before the mission
What: Najaran returns for hiatus, tries to eat her way out of a box....
Warnings: possible violence and gross mentions? Probably nothing worse than that.

Najaran blinked a few times. It was dark. She could feel Goligan in her hand, but beyond that she had no clue where she was. A year ago there would have been screaming and kicking and lashing out at everything she could reach, which seemed to be everything as where she was was small as well as dark.

But since then she'd been kidnapped by the Black Cepters reviving the Lord of Flies. She'd been trapped in the Bisteam mushroom room. She'd been kidnapped by the people her Master sent to fetch her. She'd had to feed some of Grubel's more terrifying cards. She was no longer the little girl she was a year ago.

Now she knew how to get out of a trap. Well... She knew a way that had worked most times so far...

Najaran turned her head to the nearest wall and somehow managed to find just enough protrusion of... something... that she could get her mouth around. She then proceeded to attempt to chew her way out of the trap.

Hey, it worked on a Bind card, it worked on magic mushrooms trying to smother her....

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Duo sat, perched, on a stack of crates, doing his very best not to fall asleep. Or be sick. Some weird chick kept coming in and smoking and it was disgusting, but he kept his mouth shut. So long as she didn't bother him, he wouldn't throttle her...

Maybe he was getting a little cranky.

He rubbed at gritty eyes and tried to remember how many days he'd been coming here, waiting for Najaran to show up. They all blended together now. But once he realised she'd vanished like he had, he'd made it his single-minded mission to wait for her. Sleep was pushed to the side. Eating was generally pushed to the side. Most everything was pushed to one side so that he could ensure he was there when she came back... Since she hadn't left when the others did. And since she hadn't left, that had to have meant she was still waiting...

And he waited to.

Duo thought that maybe he was going a bit crazy when he heard a sound that, for a moment, sounded like rats in the walls. Rustling. And then... crunching? He looked around and blinked tired eyes, slowly pushing off of the crates as he did. It took a precious few seconds for him to hone in on the sound. When he did he found the suitcase, a tell-tail lump moving it, telling him someone was inside. Or a giant rat. But more likely someone.

He fell to his knees and was quick to get it open, unzipping the thing all the way around to then lift the lid.

"Naja? Shit, Naja it's you! Are you alright?" The relief was palpable, his smile wide as he pushed the lid aside.

Bright light. She squinted against it and looked up as best she could, eyes watering a bit. "Duo?" she asked confused. "Who kidnapped us this time?"

Goligan gave a little snore.

Duo sat down heavily beside the suitcase and gave a low bark of a laugh.

"The train... Pretty much the train did." How or why, he had no idea. But that was about as much as he knew. The train would summon, vanish and then either send you packing or bring you back all packed up.

She squirmed her way out to sit beside him. She was stiff and sore all over. "Again?" She asked, confused. "How did the train kidnap me from the train...?" She frowned and reached for his forehead. "Are you okay?" Was he sick? He looked like he needed a few dozen good meals and a week worth of sleep.

"Ah-ha no, no I'm good!" Duo pulled away from the hand and immediately hopped to his feet... swayed for a second but soon danced away to grab up the suitcase and hefted it up and out of the way so people wouldn't fall over it.

"I'm great! Just glad you're back! I dunno how the train does it, they call you and then you vanish. Your name turns gold on the roster. And if you don't leave when we stop for more people, you show up here. It's kinda weird, dontcha think?"

He was acting... very oddly...

"Are you sure you don't have a fever?" she asked, concerned. She stood, despite being stiff, to check on him. Of course, she had a staff to support her.

Goligan woke up as she leaned her weight on him. "How lost did you get us this time?" he asked, "the luggage cart isn't anywhere near to the quiet car, Najaran!"

"101% sure I don't have a fever!" He chirped happily. No, no fever here. In fact, if anything, he was a little chilly after sitting in the luggage car for hours without a blanket to keep him warm. But the cold had helped keep him awake. If he'd been nice and cosy warm he could have risked dozing off. And wouldn't that have sucked?

"Not Naja's fault this time, Goli! Blame Ol' Faithful here." He patted one of the shelves of the train and grinned. "The train likes to vanish people whenever it feels like it."

"Did you drink a whole jug of juice that was out too long then?" she asked.

"Only you would do something like that, Najaran..." Goligan said, dryly.

"Maybe we should take you to the medical car, just in case," she said to Duo, ignoring the jibe. She was seriously worried about him.

Duo... sighed. He sighed and he laughed and he turned to Najaran with a small smile.

"I'm fine, honestly. Just... haven't been sleepin much is all." The why wasn't really important of course. In fact the less he talked about that the best for his mental health! "I don't need to go to medical. Just some rest."

She blinked, then nodded, accepting that. "Then let's go get you tucked into a bed somewhere. I can tell you a story if you want, to help you sleep."

Goligan rolled his eyes, clearly thinking she was being childish, but not arguing.

Duo's smile softened into something a lot more affectionate then, but he still shook his head.

"Don't take this the wrong way, but no can do. But..." He took a few steps closer to her and lifted a hand to drop onto her shoulder. "How're you feeling? I know when I came outta my suitcase I just needed to rest. You okay?"

"Mostly?" she asked. "Worried about my friend." She reached up to put her hand over his. "If not medical and not a bed time story, maybe a good meal?" She knew lots of foods that made people sleepy. If he was having trouble falling asleep... she was sure they must have some shrimp after all that sea food they brought aboard, right?

"Wouldn't say no to a coffee!" He said with a laugh. "But if you're hungry we can go find you something or other?" And maybe a little something for him. A slice of toast would do him just fine.

"Oh I had that once," she said, remembering.

"You... you what? NAJRARAN! You know you're not allowed coffee!"

She wilted a bit. "Well yeah, but I was too asleep to remember that when he gave it to me..."

Duo gave the stick a funny look.

"Uh... Might regret askin.. But why? Is there something wrong with it on your world?" Maybe it was some kind of narcotic? Wouldn't that be insane?

"Do you really want to see Najaran with that much more energy?" he asked, blandly.

She huffed.

"... Maybe?" Duo grinned, a bit of his chaotic nature showing there. Would it really hurt that much? Maybe it would be fun, in the right instances.

"See, I knew I liked you," she said to Duo before making a face at Goligan.

"Aw, shucks." He laughed but made a note not to give let her try the coffee he had in his pack. Maybe once they got back on the train he could show her one of those fancy, foamy coffees that taste of everything BUT coffee. That should work, right?

"So we're going to go get food and coffee?"

"Naja...."

"Sure, why the hell not?" He gave a little tilt of his head, indicating that Najaran should follow him from the luggage carriage. Duo would lead the way through the carriages, avoiding people where he could, and head to the kitchen. Food and a fancy coffee for Najaran. He could do that without hurting himself he was sure.

She went with him, concerned about him, but happy to be with her friend. It was nice to have a friend!

Duo was quiet as he walked with Najaran, just focusing on getting to where he needed to be in one piece. Once there though, he smiled and headed straight for the coffee machine.

"How do you like it? Sweet? Milky?"

"I don't know," she admitted as she went to get them food. "How is it usually made?"

"Lots of different ways... But... I'll try and make you something good."

And so, Duo set about making something that was less coffee, more sweet and milky... and with whipped cream on the top. Thanks to Kaito he now knew that was a thing they had and he was happy to get to use it now.

Her head shot up at the sound and she held Goligan defensively with one hand, the food gathered in her other arm. "What was that? Are we under attack?"

Whipped cream cans, another new thing for Najaran...

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But is the suitcase yummy?

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Realise that I had a brain fart and tagged you with the idea this was a mission thread. Oops!

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