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Dinadan Palmer ([info]sonoftheatom) wrote in [info]dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-02-28 23:56:00


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Entry tags:dinadan palmer, petra gardner, plot - "blackest night"

It Tolls For Thee
Dinadan Palmer straightens up, stepping off the back of Thomas Dinawa, the older man's heart in his hand. The Lighter Than Air Society had holed themselves up in Professor Kettering's basement again, like they almost always did. It had made them very easy to find, and the fact that each and every one of them had babysat him made them easy to dispose of. Dinadan has the vague sensation that he ought to say something pithy, but with the cessation of that bubbling noise he doesn't have an audience left to appreciate it. So he says nothing, but walks across the blood-slicked floor to the telephone.

This has been a good start, but there's someone special he thinks he ought to go look in on. He dials Petra's number without hesitation, the dead not having the worries and distractions of the living to cloud their memories.

After Petra, New Morlaidh, he thinks as he raises the phone to his ear. Won't Mother be surprised.

The phone rings.



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[info]gal_gardner
2011-03-01 01:56 pm UTC (link)
Petra had just barely escaped from her mother. She hadn't been attacked, a black ring had just... FOUND her, and turned her into that nightmare. She'd been able to hold off the undead by freezing them, but her mother just swam through it. Only the fact that she was faster in the air had gotten her away.

Her phone rings, and she picks it up in a hurry after seeing the caller ID.

"Din? Sweetie, are you okay? The world's going nuts!"

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[info]sonoftheatom
2011-03-02 03:36 am UTC (link)
"I'm okay," Dinadan answers, injecting the worry that would have colored his voice in life into his words. "Are you okay? Are you somewhere safe?"

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[info]gal_gardner
2011-03-02 02:29 pm UTC (link)
"I just had to ditch my zombie mother somewhere in the stratosphere over Ohio, so I'm pretty fucking far from 'okay' right now, but I'm in one piece..." Petra manages a weak laugh.

"I'm at Warriors. A bunch of the staff and locals barricaded themselves in the basement and I sealed the doors for them. I'm trying to get hold of some of the other League members before I head out. Do you need help?"

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[info]sonoftheatom
2011-03-02 11:23 pm UTC (link)
"Well, I'm not technically part of the League, but I don't exactly want to be alone right now either," Dinadan says. "Shall I come over and lend you a hand?"

A hand through the chest that is.

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[info]gal_gardner
2011-03-02 11:47 pm UTC (link)
"Only if you think it's safe for you to travel. It's okay if you need to lay low." Petra says insistently.

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[info]sonoftheatom
2011-03-03 12:59 am UTC (link)
"I'd be coming through the phone," Dinadan answers. "I think it'll be safe enough."

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[info]gal_gardner
2011-03-03 01:04 am UTC (link)
"I'll call you from a land-line and you can head right over. See you soon." Petra hangs up, then dials his number over one of the phones in the restaurant, before putting it down on the counter.

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[info]sonoftheatom
2011-03-04 11:31 pm UTC (link)
Dinadan hangs up and smirks as she does exactly what she'd said she would. It's awfully sweet how much she trusts him.

He crawls out of the ear piece on the other end of the line and makes a show of staggering into a crouched position as he hops down onto the desk and starts to grow to "human" size. So long as she doesn't get a really good glimpse of the chest wound where Jai ripped his heart out, the blood and his otherwise-undamaged body might even disguise the fact that he's already dead...

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[info]gal_gardner
2011-03-04 11:43 pm UTC (link)
Yes, that might have worked a lot better if she weren't Petra GARDNER. Paranoia doesn't come close to detailing all the apocalyptic scenarios Guy taught her responses for; and that was just for dealing with boys. Let alone zombies.

She's on the other side of the room from the phone, and advances cautiously, but her gaze is stern.

"Din. Let me look at you." She's going to get a good look at him before she gets any closer. Either she's going to confirm he's alive, or she'll get a look at whatever medical attention he needs. The fact that he called himself 'okay' on the phone doesn't match up with his act right now either.

(WILL)
(HOPE)
(LOVE)

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[info]sonoftheatom
2011-03-07 07:40 pm UTC (link)
Dinadan pulls up a sheepish sort of smile from his memories.

"It's okay, the blood's not mine. Barbarian prince, remember? I'm just a little out of breath." He concentrates a little, just enough to fill in the hole in his chest, then hops off the edge of the desk and spreads his arms wide to demonstrate that he's "uninjured". "Still not as good at traveling the phone lines as I should be, you know?"

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[info]gal_gardner
2011-03-08 09:35 pm UTC (link)
She advances slowly, still cautious. "Din... what the hell's going on outside?"

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[info]sonoftheatom
2011-03-09 02:00 am UTC (link)
"Your guess is as good as mine," Dinadan says, lowering his arms and taking another few steps toward her. "I think I saw Jai running around earlier, but I hid."

Closer, closer...

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[info]gal_gardner
2011-03-09 02:41 am UTC (link)
"What kind of zombies are we dealing with? I didn't get the chance to really look them over, the ones I handled already. Are we talking infectious disease or some kind of magic? Isn't this closer to what you science types would deal with?"

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[info]sonoftheatom
2011-03-09 05:48 am UTC (link)
"Like I said, your guess is as good as mine," Dinadan answers, still moving closer and closer. "I don't think it's a disease, though. The ones I saw weren't too interested in biting anyone."

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[info]dareyoutorun
2011-05-15 12:28 am UTC (link)
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