Realistic or Modern The Shipyard

[Nyxione]

David finding Q under the bed?

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David opened his eyes and stared at the blurry ceiling above him. Sleep was something that didn't come to him often when he wanted it to; which was why when it does decide to come to him when he wills it, he would make the most out of it and rest as much as he could--but that was in the past now, back when he could still sleep in and not worry about what the next day would bring. Now he made sure to be up early--sleep or no sleep. Prison life wasn't easy. Falling asleep had already been an arduous task for him before, but it became even harder once they were behind bars. One needed to keep an eye open, remain vigilante at all times. But they weren't in prison, now were they? They were out of there. They were safe now.


Safe. He closed his eyes as he let the word sink in. Were they really safe though? It didn't feel like it. David opened his eyes again. The same cream coloured ceiling he was staring at mere seconds ago greeted him. For some reason, David thought he was going to see a bleak grey instead, thought that maybe this was all just a dream he was having. He shook his head and sat up. His hand then mechanically went over to where his glasses lay on the bedside table and put them on. It was time to wake up the others. David got up from his bed and walked to the door, tying his hair as he did. It was longer that it was four years ago. Up-keeping his appearance wasn't exactly a high priority for him in prison. He wasn't trying to impress anyone, so why should he be bothered? He did, however, get the occasional haircut when he felt that his hair was getting too long, but for the most part he didn't. He really should cut some of it off, but David found that he somewhat liked it at it's current length.


Just as he was about to open the door and step out into the hall, David abruptly stopped and turned around as he remembered something. Quickly turning around, he walked back to where his bed was and crouched down to look under it. He remembered how Q had a habit of sleeping under his cot, he knew that old habits don't die easily; David simply had to check. Turns out he his was right. It was just as he thought. A sigh escaped through his lips at the sight before him. There he was. Q. He looked at the grown man under his bed. David wasn't annoyed to find him there, he was worried.


"Q..." David reached out and shook him a bit. "Q, wake up. It's morning. Please don't tell me you slept there all night," He already knew that was exactly what happened but found the need to say it nonetheless. "It's not good for you."

 

[Kade]

AHHHHH, YOU ACTUALLY WROTE IT, I'M SO HAPPY!!!!! Lol, I love ficlet trade.

 

[Kade]

NY sent me home with the flu. I haven't had the flu since I was a teen. I forgot how much it knocks you on your ass. I hurled seven times in an eight hour period, like almost every hour on the half hour like clockwork. Suuuuuuck.

 

[Nyxione]

NY sent me home with the flu. I haven't had the flu since I was a teen. I forgot how much it knocks you on your ass. I hurled seven times in an eight hour period, like almost every hour on the half hour like clockwork. Suuuuuuck.

Ohmy o__o That sounds horrible :c


Get well soon, Kade!

 

[Aes]

Pinky promising is a thing, lol. I used it in the other fic too and thought it was cute.
(What would be cuter would be David waking up the next morning to find Q under his bed, lol.)

I actually still use pinky promises in real life with my close friends sometimes lol You don't mess around with pinky promises.


On the Wikipedia page, there's a creepy rhyme for it as well:


"In the United States, the pinky swear has existed since at least 1860, when Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms listed the following accompanying promise:


Pinky, pinky bow-bell,


Whoever tells a lie


Will sink down to the bad place [sic]


And never rise up again.[1]"

NY sent me home with the flu. I haven't had the flu since I was a teen. I forgot how much it knocks you on your ass. I hurled seven times in an eight hour period, like almost every hour on the half hour like clockwork. Suuuuuuck.

That's awful. How you feel better really soon>.<

 

[Kade]

That's a creepy rhyme, lol.


Yeah, still kinda queasy but I was able to eat a little something last night and kept it down so I think it's just a little bug. Probably be totally fine by tomorrow if I take it easy today. Good thing my job consists of being mostly on the internet so I can work from home instead of going to the office.

 

[Kade]

(I honestly have never handled a gun in my entire life. This is just from watching videos. Correct me if I did anything wrong.)

Oh, I would not have guessed that, lol. I've shot many a gun. You did good for the basics (from what I know, anyway. I don't know as much about handguns as I do rifles, mostly just shot other people's handguns after they prepped them for me).


Are the characters actually shooting these (ie, are the guns loaded right now, or are they just dry firing them)? That's important to know before I make my next post.

 

[Alecto]

Oh, I would not have guessed that, lol. I've shot many a gun. You did good for the basics (from what I know, anyway. I don't know as much about handguns as I do rifles, mostly just shot other people's handguns after they prepped them for me).

Oh, well at least I didn't botch anything up too badly if that's the case.

Are the characters actually shooting these (ie, are the guns loaded right now, or are they just dry firing them)? That's important to know before I make my next post.

I didn't mention it, did I? I checked all the handguns Ana listed, and all of them have full magazines. So, yes, the guns are loaded.


Edit: I also hope you feel better soon, Kade.

 

[Kade]

Oh, thank you. I'm feeling much better already. Nothing some prescription strength ibuprofen, some good chicken ramen w/ginger in the broth, and a lot of sleep couldn't handle. I tend not to stay down for too long when I'm sick. Glad to know that goes the same for little flu bugs as it does for my general colds. I also learned my meeting got cancelled tomorrow, so I actually don't have to go to the office all week. Basically I can kick it at home until I go to my kennel job this weekend, and I would imagine I'll be 100% by then.

 

[Kade]

David's such a gentleman when he wants to be, lol. I love it.

 

[Nyxione]

That's David; an arsehole with manners and questionable morality, but is highly reliable xD

 

[Kade]

It needed a finisher, lol. Our lil future AU trilogy 1x1. Fun times! @Nyxione).

Troubled Integration: Part 3

Q woke up slowly, only half registering that he was being touched and not panicking about it. That meant his subconscious mind already realized whoever was touching him was fine, which meant there was no need to startle awake. His brain was smart. If he wasn't freaking out, it had to be David or Dio. He was fine as long as it was David or Dio.


"Hm?" he muttered sleepily as whoever was shaking him kept talking at him. Oh, David. His hand was warm on Q's shoulder.


"I said this isn't good for you," David repeated.


Finally coming the rest of the way into consciousness, Q looked around himself and remembered where he was. "Oh," he mumbled, rubbing at his eyes. "Yeah, I was..ugh, I was having nightmares. Sorry."


Stretching as much as he could in the small space, he waved David out of the way so he could crawl out, hopping just slightly on his bad leg as he pushed himself back to his feet. There was once a time when David or Dio would've tried to steady him, or at least would ask if he was okay. That was a long time ago. They'd all learned by now that he'd walk it off and be fine. Just like having a bit of morning arthritis. At twenty-two. No big deal.


"Ah!" Q slapped his palm to his forehead. "I think I broke my computer."


"The one Jess just gave you?" David asked, arching his brow at him.


Q cringed, nodding. "Yeah. I didn't mean to. I mean I did, but I wasn't really thinking straight. I was freaking out a little bit."


"It happens."


"I know. It shouldn't though. Not anymore. I shouldn't let that happen anymore. I need to...I need to not let myself freak out. Don't let me freak out, okay? If you see me freaking, you need to, I don't know, hit me or something."


"Q--"


"No, no, it's okay. I won't even get mad. Just, like, a good slap. I won't even cry." He backed his way towards the door as he spoke, finger tapping at his thigh, head nodding at his own brilliant plan. "Yeah. Tell Dio, too. You can both just take turns slapping me until my head's back on straight. That'd be fun, right?" Chuckling a bit self-consciously, he turned and skipped back out into the hall, heading towards his room before he could say or do anything else to further embarrass himself. David tried to call after him, but he ignored it.


"Just a little PTSD," he snorted, sliding back into his own room. "Stop talking to yourself."


Sighing, he ran his hand through his hair as he looked at the laptop on the floor. He'd knocked it pretty far. Ah well, at least it would give him something constructive to work on. He hadn't worked on anything mechanical in years. Almost. There was that one time Carter let him fix his phone on the downlow. That had been fun. He missed Carter. He hoped the nice guard was okay.


Sitting crosslegged on the floor, he pulled the laptop towards himself to inspect the damage. Yeah, he could fix it. One good thing about electronics was that their basic build didn't change much over time. He could fix that, and then slowly tinker with the hacker coding later, ease his way back into the cyberworld with simple things. He could do this.


"Of course you can." Snapping his jaw shut, he sighed loudly. "Stop. Talking to yourself."


Ugh! This was too hard. Scrubbing his hand down his face, he snatched up the computer and stormed out of his room, not caring that he was still in his pajamas. They weren't cartoon pajamas. He'd have to fix that. He missed having cartoon pajamas. He also missed talking to people who understood what he was saying. Besides himself.


He would start with Ria. She would know. She would get it. They could maybe work on fixing the computer together, and then hash out the coding as a team. Yes. Start with his friend. Start with someone who would definitely get it.


The fact that he kept his back pressed firmly to the wall the entire way down to her room slipped his mind. That was something he could fix later.


"Juuust need someone to talk to. Step one."


Someone to talk to, and someone to hit him when he was being weird. He'd be back to his old self in no time. He was sure of it. All he had to do was knock on Ria's door.


All he had to do was knock.


All he had to do...

 

[Kade]

.....more RP goals??? Holy crap.

 

[Kade]

It's not out of the realm of possibility, lol. I did have him shove a bolt through someone's eye in prison.... Scare him enough and he'll defend himself.

 

[Kade]

.....and then there's goofing around with dubsmash....


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My face claim, guyz. My fav person. Right here. He's legit eighteen. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

 

[Kade]

He was the last person she would trust having a gun.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Poor Q, lol.

 

[Aes]

.....and then there's goofing around with dubsmash....
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My face claim, guyz. My fav person. Right here. He's legit eighteen. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

My friend is obsessed with BTS; it's insane, lol. She won't stop singing Fire and Dope so I'm avoiding her at the moment.


Also idk what to do with Charlotte. I don't want to interrupt the heart to heart between Javid, but I don't think she's in the mood for a gun lesson like Q is.

 

[Nyxione]

Also idk what to do with Charlotte. I don't want to interrupt the heart to heart between Javid, but I don't think she's in the mood for a gun lesson like Q is.

Javid is a thing now? xD


Maybe she could talk with Dio? Dio's still in the kitchen, right? There's also Erika in her room and Dakota in the living room with Alex c:


Speaking of characters, anyone know what happened to Ellis, Mira and EV? Are they still coming back? o:

 

[Reine]

Javid is a thing now? xD
Maybe she could talk with Dio? Dio's still in the kitchen, right? There's also Erika in her room and Dakota in the living room with Alex c:


Speaking of characters, anyone know what happened to Ellis, Mira and EV? Are they still coming back? o:

^^ I don't know how I feel about that right now.


I dropped off EV because she wasn't becoming a significant part of the plot. I think Mira and Ellis are gone, but you'e right, Dakota's free, @Aes.

 

[Kade]

We're also pretty much free to puppet Alex for the time being too (who's with Dakota right now), so there's that. Kace is also kind of fun to tinker with.

 

[Kade]

Anyone still alive over here?

 

[Nyxione]

Anyone still alive over here?

Still here o/ Just waiting for posts to come in

 

[Kade]

Me too, lol. I'm like, "I can't moooove." I almost decided to just puppet Alex for a post so I could do something, lol.

 

[Nyxione]

Meanwhile I was tempted to make a new character xD Though integrating new characters seem difficult to do at this point.

 

[Kade]

We could BC 1.5 - Adventures in Moon Prison. Lol!