( long wait. long wait. natalie doesn't know what to say, precisely — yes she went home, yes she climbed the mountain, yes she got a fucking ping from someone for rescue. yes, yes, yes.
now she's here. so did any of it matter anyway? )
i got a signal. back in the wilderness. i heard a guy.
( saved them? maybe she played a part. she wasn't the one stuck in camp, dealing with shauna. she just — she did what anyone would do. she did what had to be done. (like shauna, that way — the job no one wants, the role no one wants to fill. alone on a mountain, screaming. ))
no come on. van did most of the work i just pressed a button. did the plan go over ok? we're really
i mean i dont know what all THIS is but back there? we're free trav. i swear. i'm getting you out. i'm getting all of us out.
[better she was spared the hunt, that she hauled the old machine up that mountain. she didn't have to see or do what they did, circled around the fire while shauna basked in delusions of grandeur.
he doesn't respond for a few minutes. nat deserves this win, at least.]
you did it though. Holy shit we're going home. Finally we can get out of that place. I don't care what this place is right now we know it's possible to leave
( travis' happiness is, as always, nat's drug of choice. )
i'm okay. but listen we have to group up and lose shauna. she knows what happened. she's gonna come after me and when she doesn't find me she's gonna go after you.
any ideas? i guess we could go camp out in the woods though that feels ( very literary ) kind of ironic and shitty
no we're not hiding. but laying low while she settles in is different. i don't want to go poking at a bear you know? just a couple days. we can hang out with spike in the crypt. i don't think shauna will go looking there. if she does
( i'll kill her. i'll rip her eyes out before i ever let her touch you. )
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so it happened to you too? You went home?
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( long wait. long wait. natalie doesn't know what to say, precisely — yes she went home, yes she climbed the mountain, yes she got a fucking ping from someone for rescue. yes, yes, yes.
now she's here. so did any of it matter anyway? )
i got a signal. back in the wilderness. i heard a guy.
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what.
Someone heard you.
We're getting out of there??
[his mind goes where hers does - they're here and trapped, even if it's better than the hell of winter.]
You saved us
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no come on. van did most of the work i just pressed a button.
did the plan go over ok? we're really
i mean i dont know what all THIS is but
back there? we're free trav. i swear. i'm getting you out. i'm getting all of us out.
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he doesn't respond for a few minutes. nat deserves this win, at least.]
you did it though. Holy shit we're going home. Finally we can get out of that place.
I don't care what this place is right now we know it's possible to leave
Are you okay? Where are you?
[more importantly: where is shauna.]
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i'm okay. but listen
we have to group up and lose shauna. she knows what happened. she's gonna come after me and when she doesn't find me she's gonna go after you.
any ideas? i guess we could go camp out in the woods though that feels ( very literary ) kind of ironic and shitty
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I can handle Shauna. We're not hiding. We find Jackie and we stick together. I'm not letting her near you after what she did
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no we're not hiding. but laying low while she settles in is different. i don't want to go poking at a bear you know?
just a couple days. we can hang out with spike in the crypt. i don't think shauna will go looking there. if she does
( i'll kill her. i'll rip her eyes out before i ever let her touch you. )
she won't
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[deep breath, travis.]
Okay. Couple days in a crypt really cool. I'm bringing booze down there