Nobody expects the Strider Inquisition

[shenunigans]

Who: Closed to Rose, Bro and Dave
What: A three prompt log in which Bro and Dave bust into prison, save a Rose, live the drag life and get their asses hauled back for interrogation and a family vacation in prison.
Where: The prison, Femme dela Femme drag club and back to prison.
When: Beginning of Jailbreak and then five days later.
Warnings: Cursing, talk of torture and murder and peacekeeper brutality. Bro stripping.

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[shenunigans]

Dave doesn't think much of the way she leans against him, it isn't a burden to him to help her out. He'd be crazy to think she wouldn't be a little roughed up when he found her. He's still riding the wave of relief he feels at knowing she's still alive, he'd been fearing the absolute worst.

Still, he can't linger to think on it and Bro is right to be urgent. He can see the clarity hitting Rose and he gets her closer to Bro, giving him a discreet nudge as if implying things might go better if maybe he picked her up or something.

"We can argue about how there was literally no other option for us later." There's urgency in his voice and he darts his eyes between them.

[plushaeusrumpified]

"Like I've never been called that before," he murmurs quietly, though he knows she doesn't truly mean it so his feelings aren't even bothered. Mostly he's just trying to keep the small talk going so that she doesn't feel threatened by him and his peacekeeper uniform, because that would just make the situation difficult.

It doesn't take long for him to get the hint from Dave, and with a brief nod he's putting the helmet back on and moving to pick her up. He knows carrying her probably looks hella suspicious, but at this point they don't have very many options. "I think I'll skip that conversation, because from my point of view this was the obvious course of action and I don't gotta defend myself. Also I'm a grown-ass man and can do what I want."

With that, he'll heft Rose up into a more comfortable position and set off at as fast a pace as he can without jostling her too much. "Eyes peeled, bro." He can't keep as good of a look out with Rose in his arms as he could before, so he's gonna rely on Dave here more than he has the last few hours.

[arosewiththorns]

"There were other options," she says, faintly, and she knows in truth that it's a lie. She knows that Dave would never consider the option she means, knows it like she would never consider it for anyone by her. Rose knows she's expendable, she knows what call she would make, but she knows Dave doesn't have it in him to turn his back like that. And in truth, there's something in her that likes that. That likes being reminded that someone out there, even if it's just one person, thinks she's worth saving.

Well, two people now, she realises, as Bro moves closer and while she can't help the way she stiffens at his touch she doesn't fight him. It's just hard being touched in general, when the past few... days, weeks, she's no longer sure but time has passed, and that time has been hard. So she lets him lift her, doesn't protest that he shouldn't bare her weight or that she can walk. Arguing that will just waste time and so she looks down, away from white and helmets and hidden faces, focusing on her own hands and her voice is barely more than a whisper as she says, "Thank you."