A Fortunate Arival

[despairing_hope]

[Arriving on Base]

[He was vaguely aware of waking up inside a small capsule. If he was to describe it he would liken it to one of those escape pods you see in scifi films. He might have had more to describe if he hadn't been violently jerked out of one perceived reality to another. After all, it was a little hard to go from a rather unpleasant state to suddenly waking up in a small capsule and being attacked by some horrible sea monster.]

Oh what bad luck!

[But as soon as he said that much a laser fired out and monster got distracted going somewhere else. before he knew it something was shooting him out and directly towards the base. Though his legs were a little wobbly, and he definitely needed a moment to gather himself it didn't take too much effort to board. As soon as he walked in he smiled cheerfully.]

It was lucky after all!

[Med Bay]

[Despite a safe arrival he was not in a good state. Being stationary for the minimum of a month, the maximum of who even knows is hard on the body, especially Nagito's body. For the time being he was simply resting in one of the beds, though trying to get up every so often to move around. However, staying here was troubling him. He had taken measure of himself, it was someone else. A person that worried him.]

I guess my assumption was true then....

[Did that mean he failed? He had to know... he had to know if his plan had been successful, if he had saved them! Still... if he was here....

He lifted up his left arm and stared at the hand there. That hand that didn't belong. A woman's hand with red nails....]

This really is unlucky in the end.

[Library]

[It was later at night and Nagito had more or less made camp in the room. There wasn't anywhere else for him to go. Taking a private room didn't feel right, and he couldn't bare the thought of sharing it with others. However, he liked the idea of being where all the books in this place were. He could read them at leisure, and unless someone told him he couldn't stay... well, it was a free space, right?]

Comments

[gnasher]

[Rin watches the other guy closely, feeling a little thrown, for some reason. he's never met a coma patient recently reanimated, but... this doesn't seem right. he's just too calm. maybe he's from one of those worlds where fucked up shit happened a lot, but still]

...It's not important. I'm aiming to be the best swimmer in Japan, not the best fighter, is the short version, I guess.

[there were a lot of things in the ocean that didn't see him as a friend, despite the similar dental situation]

[despairing_hope]

Oh! I read about someone who was the best swimmer in Japan once. It was a bit of a tragedy.

[But she survived so it was a happy ending.]

So it's safe to assume that you were attacked swimming outside? That makes being down here just a bit more unnerving.

[gnasher]

[a bit of a tragedy? what? he wants to push further, but realises his swimming obsession is probably not what this guy needs, on top of everything else]

[staring at that rice]

You don't have to worry about that yet. Going off-base would be stupid in your condition. We're safe here, for now.

[he tried to make it less ominous, but he... doesn't really like to lie, so here's a sort of approximate uncomfortable truth]

[despairing_hope]

Perhaps.... But, have you ever considered the amount of pressure that's all around us? It takes very little for such a structure to collapse in on itself.

Ah! But, we need to believe that it won't, because being hopeful about this situation is what's important.

[And, he had rice... things were fine. He wasn't lucky right now.]

[gnasher]

[arches an eyebrow; Rin's a practical kind of guy, he's not that easily given over to panic]

You don't have to worry about the structure. It's currently being reinforced by an expert architect -- in addition to all the work that was recently done after a hurricane. This place is only getting stronger by the day.

[he's not sure it comes down to hope, as much as hard work, really -- facts would probably put this guy's mind at ease more, wouldn't it]

[despairing_hope]

Nothing is infallible.

[He didn't add more to that.]

[gnasher]

Obviously not, but what the hell use is a thought like that?

[leans back in his chair, crossing his arms before remembering -- ow, his stupid cut. uncrosses them, adjusting the bandage]

Things are messed up enough here, without constantly turning the ratios of life and death accidents in your head. They're high, of course they are, we're on an alien planet. But that's just gonna paralyze people.

[despairing_hope]

...

[How should he put it... did he even want to explain it?]

I really shouldn't be here then.

[gnasher]

None of us should be here.

[he thinks it's just a comment about the scariness of the place; most newcomers were pretty thrown, after all]

But we make the best of it. -- I can help you get through your first couple weeks. Other people will, too.

[despairing_hope]

Ah... for someone like me... it's probably better to ignore me. I'm sure nothing good will happen if you get too close.

[gnasher]

The base isn't that big. There's not a lot of choice in being close or not.

[yeah, overkill on the self-deprecation, definitely. maybe he was a shut in? he was so pale]

[despairing_hope]

That's....

[Unfortunate. But in a way, maybe that would be fortunate? He was starting to worry more. No, it should be fine. Right now was neither lucky or unlucky.]

Well, I will just believe in Hope that everything works out fine then. After all, it's already quite the thing to be here.

[gnasher]

What do you mean?

[that almost sounds like... here is better than where he was]

[despairing_hope]

I didn't expect to be alive, so it's interesting to be sitting here.

[gnasher]

"Interesting"? Seriously?

[he shouldn't be nosy but -- ]

What happened? What kind of situation were you in, before you woke up here?

[despairing_hope]

I was dead. Or, I had died. At least I thought I had died. Or, experienced what it would feel like to die. Whether or not my body would have actually died is a mystery.