Reacting to that excursion announcement

[be_seeing_you]

Who: Number 6 & some closed, some open
What: He needs to talk to some people about that new sign-up sheet
When: November
Where: Various places
Warnings: General discussion of tortures that were done to him by the village


[Open]
He is at Friday's desk and he is scowling at that sign-up sheet so hard it looks like he's trying to develop laser vision so he can burn it through. That wording... "Hope to be seeing you!" He does not like that one bit. He's been here far too long to believe it could just be a coincidence. But now he has to sign up for it, doesn't he?


[Closed To Ava]
Later that evening, he is pacing their cabin, hands fidgeting at his sides so rapidly it's a shock he doesn't develop a cramp. He hasn't been this agitated in quite some time.

"I don't like that sign-up, Ava. I don't trust it."


[Closed to Ari]
A short text will come through to her the day after that sign-up sheet is posted:

Lieutenant,
There is something I need to speak to you about in private. Would you be willing to meet me in my cabin?
-P. Starr


[Closed to Erin]
A text will arrive for her the day after the sign up sheet is posted:

Have you seen the new excursion sheet? Has it been read to you yet?
-P. Starr


[Wildcard]
Hit me!

Comments

[decohere]

"You're the bravest man I know," she firmly disagrees. "And you don't have to prove that by putting yourself through harm. These excursions are by choice, and nobody gets to make that for you." She stands, circling around behind him to give his shoulders a rub.

"I rather be with you," Ava expresses. "I did see a glimpse of that place in your memories. But. If you rather me stay behind, I will." She'd hate it, but she'd sit it out if it made him more comfortable.

[be_seeing_you]

"Mmmm," his wings sag slightly as his shoulders relax under her. "You're right, of course. But. I still feel I need to go. If it is what I fear then... there will be questions afterward. I'd rather be there to see what they saw, know what they know so I can explain."

He turns to look at her over his shoulder, "At least this time, I will know you for who you are. I won't ask you to stay behind. I may... need you. To face this."

[decohere]

"If it's what you fear. Maybe this is the closure you need?" Ava suggests.

"We're a team," she agrees resolutely, pressing a kiss to the side of his face as he turns it toward her. She's relieved that he does want her with, after all. She'd have respected it either way, but being left behind as he faces down his past... seems more difficult than all the times she's had to watch him die.

[be_seeing_you]

"Maybe it is..." Maybe it will help just knowing he had the courage to face it again. He isn't running from his past any longer.

"We are." He leans his head into her, there's a resolute acceptance in his tone. "We belong together, no matter where we go. Even there."

[decohere]

She places a soft kiss to his knuckles in devotion. "If we met there. They never would have been able to stop us," she tells him confidently.

[be_seeing_you]

Despite his worry, that soft kiss tugs the corners of his mouth into a smile. "You're right. Nothing would have kept you from me."