Event Log | Days 18-20

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WHO: K, Squalo, Taissa, Chloe & Cat
WHAT: Cabin fever, but inside a jail. The above get stuck after seeking shelter from the storm.
WHEN: Days 18-20
WHERE: VII.C.25 AKA Martin's Jail™
WARNINGS: None yet, please add them to toplevels and I'll update this as necessary.
NOTES: Make your own toplevels within and tag around for shenanigans and bad times.

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Chloe shrugs. “There could be a collector market. It showed me this goofy-ass plastic skull once that turned out to be some niche Magic 8 Ball shit they made for like, three months in 2013. Got twelve hundred US for it.”

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Taissa can't help but smirk. "I think you might have sped up its depreciation but I guess you can't put anything past eBay users. Where were you planning to go after Malaysia? If there's already a plan?"

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“Yeah, well. The, uh, skin is still pinging so it must be worth something.”

A question for later. Probably right now the magnet is the most valuable part of it. With the needle they could make a compass.

The answer to the next question is so embarrassing and she should probably lie, but: “I've got these nerd friends - you know D and F Fortunes? History Channel archaeology shit. They're filming a dive in the same area and I promised I’d help out with their kid until they're done.”

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She laughs. "Babysitting?"

Taissa dangles the toy's skin in front of Chloe's face playfully. "Should I be worried for this kid?"

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Chloe’s goddaughter, but that's more embarrassing so she won't say it. She's not even catholic.

“She’s a baby,” Chloe laughs. “She won't know the difference. Maybe if it's still worth something it can go to her college fund.”

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She drops the leftover squid stuffie back into Chloe's lap. "If she comes out of it untraumatized let me know, maybe I can hire you next as an au pair."

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“Oh my, asking me to move in already?” Chloe can't help teasing a little.

“Totally different skill sets, though. As long as you know how to do the stuff babies need, you can interact with any baby. Older kids it actually matters what you say.”

Nate and Elena have a big list of things she's not supposed to talk about with Cassie but it's not like she’ll actually remember any of this anyway.

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"Well, I just thought a woman like you deserved somewhere with a real door instead of a crazed Italian man with an axe." She motions her head in Squalo's direction.

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“God.” Chloe rolls her eyes. “At least at some point he’ll probably pass out? Maybe we can leave him here.”

K probably wouldn't go for it, sadly.

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"I'm not sure I'd mind it, but the moment he does pass out I'll finally be able to get some sleep," Taissa says, uncharacteristically without thinking. She really is tired and having someone guarding the door who might split her in two if she tries to leave isn't exactly making her comfortable sleeping in this place.

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Chloe shifts awkwardly. “You know I'll watch out for you, right? If he tries anything I'll knife him. Problem solved.”

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Tai actually finds that kind of touching in a way that she won't admit because she can only handle being one kind of fucked up at a time right now. She rubs a hand across her face. "The problem is after we fall asleep."

She hates this. But how much longer can she handle this alone? Between running on as little sleep as possible and reality itself beginning to no longer conform to what she thought it was, her sanity is probably hanging on a thread.

With a heavy sigh she finally lets out, "I sleepwalk. Not-- all the time, and not in a long while until recently. I think it might be exacerbated by stress."

Yes, she definitely hates this. The forced vulnerability. Admitting to someone else AND herself that she might not have absolutely everything under control. Ugh.

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Ah, there's the missing piece. The reason why someone who has been so calm in life-or-death survival situations seems so weirdly agitated at night. And really, who knows how Squalo might react to that, considering that he's already accused Chloe of being a mole for the guy he’s so freaked out about.

“Okay. Well, I checked the cell doors already -” she had considered locking Squalo in the puke cell but never mind that now - “and they're electronic lock only, so that's no good since we don't have power. I don't think I can block you in like we did at the old camp unless I sleep on top of you, and if you might throw me across the room, then no thanks.”

Her leg is finally starting to heal, the last thing she needs to do is fuck it up again.

“If we put something across the door, would it wake you up? Like an alarm.”

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"It might, if it made enough noise or was jarring enough..." Taissa considers. Her sleepwalking episodes are so strange and it unnerves her not to know what she's fully capable of in those moments.

"I had an old girlfriend who used to have to tie me up." She has to smirk in spite of everything. "I think if you were on top of me I might just want to stay awake."

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Chloe can't help but laugh. This whole situation really is ridiculous. “Really? Even with the axe murderer staring at us through the door?”

K would probably be chill and Sam’s a cat, but Squalo would absolutely be Not Chill.

“I did find a rope earlier if that's the route you want to take, but K has a towel that he let me use earlier. He’d probably let me take it if I tell him I want an alarm ʼcause Squalo’s got me freaked out. Tear it into strips and tie some of the trinkets I found to it and it’d make some noise.”

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"It just screams romance," she says dryly.

"Do you really think K will buy the excuse? The alarm sounds like a good idea if the cat will leave it alone." If she wakes up from the only sleep she can get with the cat using the thing as a new toy, she might lose it. She adds, with an increased seriousness, "I don't want anyone other than you knowing about this if I can help it."

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Chloe nods. If it was her with the sleepwalking problem she’d want to keep it quiet too. Pretending weakness to K would be embarrassing but she does still owe Taissa for keeping her name off the radios before.

“Well, in case you didn't notice he did threaten to hit me a bunch of times. I don't think K will ask questions if he thinks it'll get him some peace.”