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eachdraidh2015-02-01 10:54 pm
greenies) wrote in eachdraidh2015-02-01 10:54 pm
third trial. (unseelie locked.)
[ hello, network! have you grown tired of thomas yet? i hope not. the feed begins with two teenagers, both fairly grimy looking. though minho seems to be in and out, thomas is the one cupping the locket in his hands to speak into it; a table with a miniature version of caer scima is visible in the background.
thomas, as usual, isn’t quite sure how to start this thing. ] Hey. [ #nailed it ] Tensions are getting pretty bad right now. [ captain obvious. maybe minho should talk. ]
Really? [ yeah, somebody isn’t the greatest at social media. minho appears with a bunch of rolled up papers in one arm, the other going to drop over thomas’ shoulder. ] I don’t think anybody noticed that, Tommy. [ dryly ] So, let’s just cut to the chase - getting people to safety before the klunk comes crashing down.
[ if thomas’s ears pinken in a little, he covers it with a roll of his eyes, clapping minho on the bicep to get him to move. he does, if reluctantly, going to gather up more of their work. the moral of the story quickly becomes that both of these boys don't trust much of anything. ] Minho and I have been mapping out the surrounding areas of Caer Scima out to Quendi and a few places beyond that. If the Unseelie lines hold and the castle’s safe--great. If not, then it’d be smart to get your shuck butt out of the surrounding area as soon as possible. Where I'm from, nothing's sacred, no matter how safe it feels.
Between the two of us-- [ he glances at minho, who salutes with one of his rolled up maps ]--three of us, with Teresa-- we can run people out a few at a time using the fairy rings, but we’re going to need help.
[ minho takes this moment to come up behind thomas again, right against his back to peer down into the locket. ] This includes people with safe places for refugees to head to. We’ve got some places we can go, but depending on numbers… well, better to have as many spots for people to go as possible. Nobody needs to make a target out of themselves with everybody from the castle in one building. [ minho ruffles the back of thomas’ hair as he draws back. ]
I don’t think anybody fighting this war wants this kind of bloodshed. [ thomas sounds a little bitter for a second. ] I don’t want any more bloodshed. The more lives we can save with this, Shardbearer or not, the better. If you’re in Caer Scima and want a way out, reply back, and privately. We can set up an exchange, or show you the quickest routes away from the castle and to some kind of safety. Even if it feels like it's too late, just--contact one of us, and we'll find a way to get you out.
[ minho pipes up one last time from behind him: ]
Just stay safe, regardless of what you’re doing. Nobody needs to die ‘cause they did something stupid.
[ thomas nods, and the feed cuts. ]
{ thomas is in dark green, minho is in blue. most responses to this post will be from thomas-- minho's mun is out of commission for surgery after today. however, if you want min specifically, feel free to ask! }
thomas, as usual, isn’t quite sure how to start this thing. ] Hey. [ #nailed it ] Tensions are getting pretty bad right now. [ captain obvious. maybe minho should talk. ]
Really? [ yeah, somebody isn’t the greatest at social media. minho appears with a bunch of rolled up papers in one arm, the other going to drop over thomas’ shoulder. ] I don’t think anybody noticed that, Tommy. [ dryly ] So, let’s just cut to the chase - getting people to safety before the klunk comes crashing down.
[ if thomas’s ears pinken in a little, he covers it with a roll of his eyes, clapping minho on the bicep to get him to move. he does, if reluctantly, going to gather up more of their work. the moral of the story quickly becomes that both of these boys don't trust much of anything. ] Minho and I have been mapping out the surrounding areas of Caer Scima out to Quendi and a few places beyond that. If the Unseelie lines hold and the castle’s safe--great. If not, then it’d be smart to get your shuck butt out of the surrounding area as soon as possible. Where I'm from, nothing's sacred, no matter how safe it feels.
Between the two of us-- [ he glances at minho, who salutes with one of his rolled up maps ]--three of us, with Teresa-- we can run people out a few at a time using the fairy rings, but we’re going to need help.
[ minho takes this moment to come up behind thomas again, right against his back to peer down into the locket. ] This includes people with safe places for refugees to head to. We’ve got some places we can go, but depending on numbers… well, better to have as many spots for people to go as possible. Nobody needs to make a target out of themselves with everybody from the castle in one building. [ minho ruffles the back of thomas’ hair as he draws back. ]
I don’t think anybody fighting this war wants this kind of bloodshed. [ thomas sounds a little bitter for a second. ] I don’t want any more bloodshed. The more lives we can save with this, Shardbearer or not, the better. If you’re in Caer Scima and want a way out, reply back, and privately. We can set up an exchange, or show you the quickest routes away from the castle and to some kind of safety. Even if it feels like it's too late, just--contact one of us, and we'll find a way to get you out.
[ minho pipes up one last time from behind him: ]
Just stay safe, regardless of what you’re doing. Nobody needs to die ‘cause they did something stupid.
[ thomas nods, and the feed cuts. ]
{ thomas is in dark green, minho is in blue. most responses to this post will be from thomas-- minho's mun is out of commission for surgery after today. however, if you want min specifically, feel free to ask! }
action;
[ He leans back on his heels so he can see them from his spot, careful not to disturb the model. They're going to have to tear it down, but who knows if they'll be able to take it with them. If they'll have the time. ]
But I'm not gonna say it wouldn't be worth trying to talk to them. Just so long as it doesn't put you in danger. [ Using one of his self-bound journals, he reaches to tap Teresa on the knee before he foists it off on Thomas so that he can go back to digging. ]
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[ but she's grinning a bit either way, already knowing that calling out their obvious concern won't make them take it back or y'know, quit worrying, so she won't bother. besides, shocking no one, she doesn't hate it. ]
That being said, if either of you go and get yourselves captured by Seelie troops during all this sneaking around, I'm not going to do a single thing to try and get you back. Nope. You're on your own.
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Aren't you supposed to be some kind of knight in shining armor? Since apparently I'm not allowed to do it. [ thomas looks up at her, the tease just faint. he's kind of making heart eyes, a little bit. ] We'll figure out our own prison break.
#swags out
Bag packed, he gets his weapons and cloak, setting himself up and just... Watching them for a second. This is nice. This is his.
He'd like to come back to it tonight.
So he steps over, ducking in and lifting Thomas' chin to kiss him. It's nothing long, but he does linger before pulling back - just to swoop in to give Teresa the same kiss, though he touches her cheek instead. And just like that, he gives them both a satisfied look and backs towards the door. ]
For good luck. Some of us have to go be knights in shining armor for other people. Stay out of trouble until I get back.
[ Minho winks, then turns in a flourish of his cape and saunters out. ]
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there's some kind of argument bubbling up inside Teresa, almost right away.
maybe not an argument. but a protest, maybe.
just this hey-! kind of thing, because Minho's kissing Thomas and it stirs something in her, of course it does. she's been kissing Thomas. Thomas has been kissing her. there's no way she wouldn't have a reaction to Minho kissing him. but it's not all bad, it's definitely not a bad reaction. so it's probably a good thing she doesn't get a chance to voice that reaction, because she's not sure wha she would even say anyway. it would have been a mess. an embarrassing mess of trying to explain that that was confusing and she's not mad but maybe warn her or something. maybe they've been kissing too, this whole time. has she not noticed it?
well, she's noticed something. but Minho and Tom had always been close. it was easy to be around that, to not read into it or anything too crazy.
but instead of giving her a chance to react, he's moving over to kiss her too, and that doesn't make anything better at all. not in the brain department, at least. her killzone fritzes out, in a way, in that a second ago everything was hey-! and now it's just
white noise, thumpa-thumpa heartbeat.
and then he's pulling away and talking and there's a "be safe" she wants to voice, but instead she's just kind of staring. like an idiot. the door shuts behind him and the only thing that snaps her out of that stupid stare is the silence, weirdly enough ]
Did he just-? [ kiss us? because finishing those kinds of questions telepathically isn't cheating at all ]
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minho's apparently got game.
he's left blinking like a deer caught in headlights as minho kisses teresa, too (what) and then just like that, he's gone. the door makes a final shutting noise and thomas stares at it more, his face turning redder and redder as he tries to process everything that's happening.
his mouth's tingling. slowly, thomas nods his head, once, twice, still staring off into the distance. and then, like the genius he is, the first thing out of his mouth is a flat: ] What. [ ...yeah, that's. that's all he's got. ]
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Can he do that?
[ it's a legitimate question, really. ]
I-
[ she shuts her mouth with a huff through her nose, because some part of her is maybe a little mad. mad that she didn't see that coming, mad that he thinks he can just kiss them. kiss her. kiss Thomas. in front of each other! there's really some kind of rule against that, she's sure. but she's mostly mad because she's not furious or jealous or anything like that, and that's confusing. it's really confusing.
but eventually she turns to look at Thomas, and she can't help but snort a laugh because what is that face ]
Has he ever kissed you before? I've never kissed Minho. I never thought he- It never- [ she's not cutting short or anything, she's just kind of trailing off ] Who just leaves after doing something like that?