28th Hangover - Actions Have Consequences [Phone | Action]

[hisnameisthecaptain]

[So, the fight against the Postman ended as these fights always do.

Still, long after it was over. Long after the pain has faded from memory. The Captain was still no where to be found! About a week later The Captain finally reappears. First with a phone call.]


[Phone | Unfiltered to Everyone]

Hey, this is Captain ☠☠☠☠.

The Postman is a lot tougher than he seems and he's a ☠☠☠☠.

Also, ☠☠☠☠ it. Unless your name is Elsa Bloodstone, I work alone. Don't bother calling me, I'm not going to be here.

[Click! Hangs up and leaves.]


[Action | Around Town]

[The Captain heads to his favorite place to escape, the bar. Though he stands outside it for a long moment before changing his mind and walking away.

He'll wander aimlessly around town. His eventual destination is Makeout Point since it's a nice view. Sitting up there and watching the town as he tries to think.]

((Name where you run into him if you tag. He can be wandering past anywhere.))

Comments

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I told you to be careful . . . Do you need me? Or . . . ?

[Is it already too late?]

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

No, I'm fine now. It was pretty quick.

[Lies, but the details are fuzzy by now.]

Do me a favor though? Find this kid named Charlie and make sure she's okay? She probably doesn't have any injuries but I don't think she'll be doing too good.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Of course. ... Do you know where she lives?

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

No... not really. She refers to herself as Misfit or Bat girl sometimes. Says, "Dark Vengeance" or some other stupid thing.

[He left before her call to the town sometime after this.]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . I'll try to find her, then. She was with you at the Post Office, too?

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she was there.

[That was a mistake.]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . .

I really don't think anyone ought to go up against them anymore. . . . Not alone, or even with a few other people . . .

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

They haven't put me down for good yet. I rather go alone then see others get ☠☠☠☠ up because my plans are stupid.

Why does excitement start with the same two letters as exhaustion

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

But why do you want to keep going at all? Fighting like that . . . That can't be the answer.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Because that's what I do.

I give up, I'm just that guy at that bar who has crazy stories.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

That guy doesn't get hurt or killed very often, though . . .

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

No, that guy doesn't.

That guy get's killed after letting everyone else die first.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . I don't think it has to be that extreme. . . . If you're going to keep on doing this, then . . . Don't work entirely alone, OK? Let me know whenever you need to and I'll be there whenever.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[Let him know...

That sours The Captain's mood more.]

I'm not dragging kids along when this town does it worse.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[Lucas shakes his head a little.]

I know you wouldn't want to put me in danger. But . . . I want to be near. Enough to hear you if you've been hurt.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

That's nice of you but they're not going to let you help me if I'm losing.

Look, I don't really think I am going to make the plans anymore. I'll let someone else decide where I should fight and I'll go fight it. That way, no one else gets hurt.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[Oh. Actually, that's what he had been going to suggest next. Lucas nods.]

If we're going to fight . . . You're right. It should be strategized together so this doesn't keep happening.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

No one really wants to include me, they all think I'm just an idiot. ☠☠☠☠, aliens thought I was cool once.

Elsa's back though. She'll bring me along when she figures this out. She's seen what I can do.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[Lucas regards him solemnly for a few seconds before nodding.]

I think you're cool.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

... Thanks Lucas.

[That seems to break the last bit of anger he has going.]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I'm not that smart, but if I ever have any plans that need fighting, I'll let you know.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Thanks. If you need a super hero to back you up I'll always be around.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

And you know that's the same for me, too.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know.

Thanks.