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exsiliumlogs2012-12-21 11:34 pm
gamora) wrote in exsiliumlogs2012-12-21 11:34 pm
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the water is rising ; ( closed )
Date & Time: after the zombies, before christmas?
Location: a/the swimming pool
Characters: gamora & collette
Summary: awesome ladies swimming and meeting each other for the first time
Warnings: none
[ She hadn't swam, actually swam in years. There hadn't been time recently, and beyond that there hadn't been an opportunity. Finding out that the Hold had a swimming pool had been a perfect opportunity to apply some of her restless energy that she couldn't spend in the training rooms or hadn't taken out on any unfortunate animated corpse. Five mile swims - back and forth and back and forth. It wasn't the same as swimming in the ocean, but it was good enough.
This morning found her in the water once again, steady strokes as the muscles remembered the proper forms required. Focused on the task at hand, and resolutely not thinking about the consequences of the disappearance of one metaphysical sorcerer from Exsilium. The problem was the fact that she couldn't tell if it was his own doing or simply something the Initiative did. Gamora considered the likelihood of him returning without letting her and Quill know how to do it themselves or bring them with to be a very slim one but he'd always been needlessly messianic. If he felt that returning to meet his fate was the better option, he would have done it. Still, Adam's absence meant they were down their best way to get out of this place in a timely manner.
D'ast him. With a grimace, Gamora pushed off from the edge again, falling into a backstroke that left her scowling at the ceiling. ]
Location: a/the swimming pool
Characters: gamora & collette
Summary: awesome ladies swimming and meeting each other for the first time
Warnings: none
[ She hadn't swam, actually swam in years. There hadn't been time recently, and beyond that there hadn't been an opportunity. Finding out that the Hold had a swimming pool had been a perfect opportunity to apply some of her restless energy that she couldn't spend in the training rooms or hadn't taken out on any unfortunate animated corpse. Five mile swims - back and forth and back and forth. It wasn't the same as swimming in the ocean, but it was good enough.
This morning found her in the water once again, steady strokes as the muscles remembered the proper forms required. Focused on the task at hand, and resolutely not thinking about the consequences of the disappearance of one metaphysical sorcerer from Exsilium. The problem was the fact that she couldn't tell if it was his own doing or simply something the Initiative did. Gamora considered the likelihood of him returning without letting her and Quill know how to do it themselves or bring them with to be a very slim one but he'd always been needlessly messianic. If he felt that returning to meet his fate was the better option, he would have done it. Still, Adam's absence meant they were down their best way to get out of this place in a timely manner.
D'ast him. With a grimace, Gamora pushed off from the edge again, falling into a backstroke that left her scowling at the ceiling. ]
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( Major means important, or at least more present than others. Collette finds herself wanting to know more. )
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[ Her tone is not directed at Collette, but more towards the races themselves. Too busy fighting amongst themselves to be much good to anyone when they need to be, and when they finally do act - it's too late to be of much good to anyone. ]
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( As far as answers go, that one sends Collette laughing, taking a break from twenty questions to resume a more concentrated swim.
Good to know aliens were annoying to each other all across the universes. It has a certain normalizing effect. )
maybe one day i'll learn not to typo (this is a lie)
Minutes pass before she speaks again, pausing against the wall. ]
Take it your invaders weren't bipedal.
[ She doesn't wait for a response before kicking off again. ]
<3 i do worse and never catch a thing
More like slugs. Or blue centaurs with scythe tails. The Hork-Bajir are kind of bipedal! They use their tails like kangaroos, for extra support. Then there are the Taxxons... they have dozens and dozens of feet.
( She shivers. )
And hundreds of teeth. Eugh!
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And all of these tried to invade your planet?
[ She keeps swimming, but doesn't expect an answer until she comes back closer to Collette. The idea of Earth being important enough to have more than a few alien races fighting over it in any universe itches at her - but maybe something was different about the Earth for her. ]
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The ones working with or controlled by the Yeerks, yeah. The Yeerks had the Hork-Bajir enslaved, and the Taxxons worked with them 'cause they thought at first the Yeerks could help them? It didn't work out like either of them planned.
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[ She pauses at the edge of the pool, standing instead of treading water. ]
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( Thanks, Andalites. )
Not taking a chance on others at all can lead to failure sure as anything else.
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[ A shrug, and Gamora pulls herself out of the water. She'd been swimming long enough before Collette came and could feel the ache beginning. ]
Not so bad in war, I'll give them that.
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Kind of good to have a few that last through a war before falling apart. Even if they're not really there, thinking they might be one day can be pretty powerful.
( Illusions and beliefs being what they are. )
You've been at war before?
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[ It's, surprisingly enough, not the most terrible thing she's been involved with. But a good chunk of the universe decided to go and die so it's up there. ]
I ran special ops.
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You're totally amazing, aren't you?
<small>( And she shakes her head. )</small>
Okay, an Annihilation War sounds pretty horrible. Annihilation of everything?
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Near enough. Billions died, we were losing.
[ They'd taken down flarking Galactus. Losing was an understatement. ]
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When did that change? Or is that when you're from?
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[ She never did get to have 'congratulations on defeating Annihilus with your bare hands' sex with Rider. D'ast. ]
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Talk about one way of putting a permanent end to things. Or at least that brand of thing. What've you been up to since then?
( More than asking idly, she looks and sounds sincerely curious. )
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[ A shrug, and she says it like it's no big deal. A twist of her hair to get rid of the excess water before she lets that fall down around her shoulders. ]
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( She laughs, shaking her head. )
You make it sound like it's no big deal.
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[ It's no big deal if it's practically your job. Until a good chunk of them died and they disbanded and Gamora was reminded of why she really hates the universe. ]
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( Nothing says sticking together forever better than the breaking apart party. )
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[ C'mon Collette she thought that was obvious. ]
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( Come on Gamora it's not the obvious it's the explanation it's always the story! )
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[ THAT'S ALL THE STORY SHE'S GETTING. ]
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( Such is the seriously sucky side of war. )
Definitely tosses a wrench into operations.
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[ She's died once or twice. It was one of the best times of her entire life. ]
You get used to it.
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[ Standing up, and tossing her towel in whatever publicly provided bin the Initiative has. ]
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( Collette lifts a hand to wave at Gamora. )
Hope to see you around again, swim partner!
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[
Just main characters unless you're Mar-Vell and then you're kind of forever dead.]Suspect I will if you're here in the mornings.
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