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thecapitol2014-06-25 10:30 am
ka_sera_sera) wrote in thecapitol2014-06-25 10:30 am
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Who| Roland Deschain and the Signless
What| talking
Where| D12
When| after Signless' death and after Roland's begun TB treatment
Warnings/Notes| none so far
After seeing Signless' death, Roland gave it a little time. He doesn't know how much time a person might need after something like that, but there's just as much danger in letting it sit for too long, so he doesn't. He doesn't know much about Signless' life here, what he does, where he spends his time, but he figures the district number he'd seen on the back of the man's jacket is a good place to start and so this morning finds Roland leaving the elevator and making his way into district 12's common room. There's a dark cloth tucked in his front jacket pocket, though he needs it much less often than he had before beginning treatment, and out of the back pocket of his pants spills a mess of light blue yarn. He'll look through the common room first, then the kitchen and the tribute rooms. There's a little fear niggling at the back of his mind that he won't find him in those places or anywhere, that Roland's few allies in this place will all start going the way of Cuthbert, but there's no true reason to think that and so he ignores it. Just starts to wander through the place, looking for those familiar features.
What| talking
Where| D12
When| after Signless' death and after Roland's begun TB treatment
Warnings/Notes| none so far
After seeing Signless' death, Roland gave it a little time. He doesn't know how much time a person might need after something like that, but there's just as much danger in letting it sit for too long, so he doesn't. He doesn't know much about Signless' life here, what he does, where he spends his time, but he figures the district number he'd seen on the back of the man's jacket is a good place to start and so this morning finds Roland leaving the elevator and making his way into district 12's common room. There's a dark cloth tucked in his front jacket pocket, though he needs it much less often than he had before beginning treatment, and out of the back pocket of his pants spills a mess of light blue yarn. He'll look through the common room first, then the kitchen and the tribute rooms. There's a little fear niggling at the back of his mind that he won't find him in those places or anywhere, that Roland's few allies in this place will all start going the way of Cuthbert, but there's no true reason to think that and so he ignores it. Just starts to wander through the place, looking for those familiar features.
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But before Signless had thanked him he'd asked him to stay. Roland leans against the side of the couch, looking Signless over and trying to decide whether the question came from politeness or from need. "I could stay a while, if you wouldn't rather go over all the footage alone."
(*magazine)
((ooc: also, is there more for them to go over or shall they fade soonish?))
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"But I'd understand if you'd rather not."
((Sure, we can fade out after this if you like!))
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To be honest, he has been avoiding the arena reruns. There's no way, though, to completely avoid them. And even if he does take advantage of the polite excuse Signless had given him to leave Cuthbert will still be dead, replays of that death will still be near-impossible to avoid, and someone Roland thinks of as his - even distantly - will be sitting alone in this room, watching Capitolites thrill over footage of himself hurting people he cares about.
Some people need to be needed, Roland'd been told, long ago. He wasn't one of those people then, and thinks probably he still isn't. Not quite.
Roland lowers himself to sit back beside Signless, nods at him. "This sort of thing's probably best done in company, anyway."
He doesn't need to be needed. But it helps.
((aaaaand... fade))