When Janie mentioned them, Julian looked at the cuts on his arm. They started to hurt now that he had noticed them, but didn't seem deep.
"It's alright, nothing serious." To emphasize that, he got up, picked up his gun and handed Janie hers.
"Shouldn't we have a look around to check if there are more of these things before we leave?" It didn't occur to him yet that sunlight might have become a problem again.
"I think they're gone." Janie said, realizing that she no longer felt at
home. "If I am right, we need to go, before the sun comes up."
She stood, and held a hand out for him "Everything feels different,and we
have been here longer than we think. Those monsters affected time as well
as the reality here."
Janie held Julian's hand, and was very worried. She wanted to get him to
safety, and make sure that he was okay. She also wanted to make sure that
the world was okay.
What bothered her the most is what she and Julian shared, and if he'd feel
the same way about her.
"I don't know how long, I'm tired and can't tell... but we need to get out
of here right now. Do you want me to teleport you, or do you want to run
to the boat?"
He worried about just the same, but standing in the middle of ruins with no idea how the outside world looked like now, he felt they had another problem to solve first. He didn't want to let go of Janie's hand, though.
"I'd like to have a look at the town first, see if anyone needs our help ... can you teleport us there?"
"We only have a few minutes, and then we'll have to go inside so I can take
care of you." Janie said, after a moment. "Hold on. I'm not very good at
this when I'm tired."
She teleported the two of them to the town, which was also full of ruins,
and wandering people.
He held Janie's hand tightly, not solely out of fear for getting lost. When they arrived in the town, he remained close to her, looking around. Even though he had already guessed what would await them here, seeing it for real was a shock, and worst of all was the sight of the formerly so happy people.
"Oh Janie … what will become of them now?" he said quietly, his voice full of sorrow.
"Do you want to stay here and help them rebuild before we go home?" asked
Janie "I'd planned to call a few teams and help them with rebuilding and
forming an infrastructure. To make this world their own. And set up an
agency base here. I don't know what else, whatever they need. But this
isn't how it should be, and it won't be. They're going to have their world
back... do you still remember, or have the same, um, feelings? I do, so
they must. All that's left is what is real."
"Perhaps we should stay and help, at least until the teams are here …" He felt as if they owed it to these people, even though he wasn't sure whether their help would be welcome. And he was glad that Janie obviously had been thinking the same and had already come up with a plan. A good one, in his opinion.
Her words finally made him stop looking at the ruined town and wandering people, instead he turned around to Janie.
"I do, too", he answered, a little anxiously. "I mean. I do remember and … I do feel the same. So … it was real, wasn't it?"
Julian closed his eyes and returned the kiss, shutting out the ruins and everything else but Janie for a moment.
But the rising sun soon reminded him of their situation and the burning sensation on the exposed parts of his skin made it clear that this illusion was gone, too.
"Oh no..." She said, realizing that the sun was rising. The only thing
that she could do was to teleport Julian to the Rift Raft, but she wasn't
sure that she could do it. Slowing down time earlier had really tapped
into her energy reserves, and the world going back to it's normal time made
her feel uneasy.
Janie held Julian tightly, before teleporting him to her boat. "I'm sorry."
She collapsed against him, relieved that they were both safe and inside the
boat.
"Are you alright? You got hurt, and the sunlight-" Janie forgot what she
was going to say, and closed her eyes for a few seconds. "I can't lose you,
Julian. Not ever."
"I won't go, I promise. It takes more than a few monsters and the sun to change that."
Feeling her collapse, Julian carefully sat down with Janie right where they were standing, and looked at her worriedly, unsure whether it was just exhaustion or something worse.
"The monsters messed with time." Janie began to explain "I could see that,
when I slowed them down. They fed off of our energy. I'm tired, but
there's so much to do."
She leaned against Julian, not wanting to get up. "There's bandages in the
bathroom, just... I need a minute to get them."
"Don't worry about that. You should get some sleep. I'll take care of things for a while."
Julian was relieved that Janie just seemed to suffer from the exhaustion and nothing worse, but she sure needed some rest. He placed an arm under her knees to pick her up gently, then got up a little less gracefully than usual, intending to carry her over to her bunk.
Julian put Janie down on her bed and started spreading the blanket across her.
"Yeah, it will. Along with, uh, a drink. Don't worry about me." He smiled reassuringly, even though he started to feel the results of the past events as well.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2013-10-19 05:50 am (UTC)"You're bleeding." Janie said, sounding very concerned. "Can you walk? We have to get back to the boat."
The monsters were gone, but it was near dawn. Janie was worried that Julian would no longer be able to walk in the light.
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Date: 2013-10-19 10:48 am (UTC)"It's alright, nothing serious." To emphasize that, he got up, picked up his gun and handed Janie hers.
"Shouldn't we have a look around to check if there are more of these things before we leave?" It didn't occur to him yet that sunlight might have become a problem again.
(no subject)
Date: 2013-10-19 01:29 pm (UTC)"I think they're gone." Janie said, realizing that she no longer felt at home. "If I am right, we need to go, before the sun comes up."
She stood, and held a hand out for him "Everything feels different,and we have been here longer than we think. Those monsters affected time as well as the reality here."
(no subject)
Date: 2013-10-19 07:20 pm (UTC)"... you're right. If everything is back to normal, that must have changed, too. How long do you think it was?"
He reached for Janie's hand, wondering how real things had been, too.
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Date: 2013-10-19 07:25 pm (UTC)Janie held Julian's hand, and was very worried. She wanted to get him to safety, and make sure that he was okay. She also wanted to make sure that the world was okay.
What bothered her the most is what she and Julian shared, and if he'd feel the same way about her.
"I don't know how long, I'm tired and can't tell... but we need to get out of here right now. Do you want me to teleport you, or do you want to run to the boat?"
(no subject)
Date: 2013-10-19 07:37 pm (UTC)"I'd like to have a look at the town first, see if anyone needs our help ... can you teleport us there?"
(no subject)
Date: 2013-10-19 07:42 pm (UTC)"We only have a few minutes, and then we'll have to go inside so I can take care of you." Janie said, after a moment. "Hold on. I'm not very good at this when I'm tired."
She teleported the two of them to the town, which was also full of ruins, and wandering people.
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Date: 2013-10-19 08:11 pm (UTC)He held Janie's hand tightly, not solely out of fear for getting lost. When they arrived in the town, he remained close to her, looking around. Even though he had already guessed what would await them here, seeing it for real was a shock, and worst of all was the sight of the formerly so happy people.
"Oh Janie … what will become of them now?" he said quietly, his voice full of sorrow.
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Date: 2013-10-19 08:41 pm (UTC)Janie was quiet as she looked around and formed a plan.
"They'll rebuild." She said, finally "Life won't be perfect, but it never is... and I don't think these people have anywhere else to go."
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Date: 2013-10-19 08:54 pm (UTC)He couldn't stop staring, and remembering how it once had been, even though he knew it hadn't been real, was heartbreaking.
(no subject)
Date: 2013-10-19 08:59 pm (UTC)"Do you want to stay here and help them rebuild before we go home?" asked Janie "I'd planned to call a few teams and help them with rebuilding and forming an infrastructure. To make this world their own. And set up an agency base here. I don't know what else, whatever they need. But this isn't how it should be, and it won't be. They're going to have their world back... do you still remember, or have the same, um, feelings? I do, so they must. All that's left is what is real."
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Date: 2013-10-19 09:21 pm (UTC)Her words finally made him stop looking at the ruined town and wandering people, instead he turned around to Janie.
"I do, too", he answered, a little anxiously. "I mean. I do remember and … I do feel the same. So … it was real, wasn't it?"
(no subject)
Date: 2013-10-19 09:30 pm (UTC)"Yes... with us. It was real." Janie said, looking Julian in the eye. "None of those feelings have changed for me."
She glanced at the sky, and panicked. Any moment now, the sun would rise.
(no subject)
Date: 2013-10-19 09:44 pm (UTC)"They haven't for me either. Not at all."
He knew they were running out of time, but still he had to take Janie into his arms and hold her close, right here and now.
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Date: 2013-10-19 10:41 pm (UTC)Janie felt safe and well loved in Julian's arms, and never wanted to be anywhere else. She kissed him, forgetting about running out of time.
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Date: 2013-10-19 10:53 pm (UTC)But the rising sun soon reminded him of their situation and the burning sensation on the exposed parts of his skin made it clear that this illusion was gone, too.
"Janie ... we have to go", he said quietly.
(no subject)
Date: 2013-10-19 11:05 pm (UTC)"Oh no..." She said, realizing that the sun was rising. The only thing that she could do was to teleport Julian to the Rift Raft, but she wasn't sure that she could do it. Slowing down time earlier had really tapped into her energy reserves, and the world going back to it's normal time made her feel uneasy.
Janie held Julian tightly, before teleporting him to her boat. "I'm sorry."
(no subject)
Date: 2013-10-19 11:42 pm (UTC)"No, don't be. It was my fault for wanting to stop at the town ... thank you for bringing us back here. Running to the boat would've been worse."
Parts of his skin were reddened from the sunlight, but he knew from experience that it wouldn't last long.
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Date: 2013-10-19 11:48 pm (UTC)She collapsed against him, relieved that they were both safe and inside the boat.
"Are you alright? You got hurt, and the sunlight-" Janie forgot what she was going to say, and closed her eyes for a few seconds. "I can't lose you, Julian. Not ever."
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Date: 2013-10-19 11:59 pm (UTC)Feeling her collapse, Julian carefully sat down with Janie right where they were standing, and looked at her worriedly, unsure whether it was just exhaustion or something worse.
"Did you get hurt, too? Do you need anything?"
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Date: 2013-10-20 12:05 am (UTC)"The monsters messed with time." Janie began to explain "I could see that, when I slowed them down. They fed off of our energy. I'm tired, but there's so much to do."
She leaned against Julian, not wanting to get up. "There's bandages in the bathroom, just... I need a minute to get them."
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Date: 2013-10-20 12:30 am (UTC)Julian was relieved that Janie just seemed to suffer from the exhaustion and nothing worse, but she sure needed some rest. He placed an arm under her knees to pick her up gently, then got up a little less gracefully than usual, intending to carry her over to her bunk.
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Date: 2013-10-20 06:52 am (UTC)Janie was going to protest, but then she got a look at Julian's red skin.
"Will rest help you too?" She sounded very concerned, even thought she was tired.
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Date: 2013-10-20 10:09 am (UTC)"Yeah, it will. Along with, uh, a drink. Don't worry about me." He smiled reassuringly, even though he started to feel the results of the past events as well.
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