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Thomas ([personal profile] wegotarunner) wrote2015-02-09 11:47 am

Day One, Greenie.

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[Thomas arrives on the deck of the ship with a look of weariness not only on his features, but one that's settled into his shoulders. Chuck's carving is still clutched tightly in his hand. There's still blood on his clothes. On his hands. His face is streaked with dirt and sweat and blood from a cut above his eye and another on his cheek.

So this is the Barge.

He looks up at the sky with wide eyes, momentarily distracted by the sight and forgetting the events of the last few hours. But only momentarily. He blinks himself out of his dazed stupor and rubs a hand over his face. It takes him a moment to get his bearings. The first thing he needs to do is find his room, and take a long, hot shower. Change his clothes. Get something to eat. It's been hours since he last ate anything and his stomach isn't happy about it.

And then he's going to explore the Barge, find out where everything is. Figure out what to do from there. He's sure there's a lot to learn about this place, about the people he's now sharing space with. He's not completely thrilled about having to meet a whole slew of new people. People who won't know him, who will probably treat him like an outsider. Like he's not to be trusted.

Truthfully, he's still not sure should be. He remembers Newt's words. That who he used to be doesn't matter, it's who he is now that counts. And he can't save them if he focuses on things he can't do anything about. He has to stay focused.

For Newt. For Minho. For Teresa. For Alby. Ben. Even for Gally.

But most of all, for Chuck.]


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[Thomas appears on screen looking better than he had only an hour ago for those who ran into him on the way from the deck to his room. He's cleaned up, all the blood and sweat and dirt gone from his skin. The cut above his eye and the one on his cheek are still there but they look a little less angry now. He also looks a little hesitant, like he's not sure about this.]

Someone said I should introduce myself.

I'm Thomas.
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[personal profile] withtheoldbreed 2015-02-10 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
[All stuff Gene's been through before, and there's still nothing even close to judgment in his face or expression as he regards the other guy. It's something like resigned concern, mostly, because he knows there's not much he can do or say that's going to really help make this any easier, but-]

You should have a shower or a bathtub in your cabin. [Or both, or maybe neither, if he comes from somewhere that doesn't have those.

Based on his clothes, he'd guess he does have one.]
Change of clothes, too. It'll help.

[Not much, but it'll help. He's speaking from experience.]

I'm sorry.
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[personal profile] withtheoldbreed 2015-02-11 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Because this is a lot to wrap your mind around without a lotta warning.

[And he knows how surreal it all feels after you've gone through something that's left you covered in someone else's blood.]

I had a key in my pocket when I got here. [Which he hadn't realized at first, because his uniform's got lots of pockets and he had a lot of other things on his mind at the time. But:] It should be somewhere familiar. I recognized my door.
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[personal profile] withtheoldbreed 2015-02-11 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
[It's a simple enough question, really, but Gene still looks confused when Thomas asks it. How could you not ever have had a door?]

What do you mean?
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[personal profile] withtheoldbreed 2015-02-13 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Well. That just really gives Gene more questions to ask, but he bites his tongue a little. Now isn't the time to be peppering him with questions when he's still covered in blood and looking more than a little shell shocked.]

I can help you look? [Even if it might wind up taking a while.] But if you'd rather eat first, I can show you where the mess hall is.
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[personal profile] withtheoldbreed 2015-02-19 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Hey, that's more considerate than some people can be in this situation. Good for you, Thomas.]

Alright. [Fair enough. Gene's definitely not arguing.] Cabins're this way.

[He points towards the door to below decks, and takes a step or two in that direction, glancing back at Thomas to make sure the new guy's following him.]
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[personal profile] withtheoldbreed 2015-02-21 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Private Eugene Sledge, United States Marine Corps. [He offers the rank and the organization half out of habit and half just as a way to explain why he's dressed the way that he is, although he's sort of not sure Thomas knows what that is.] You?
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[personal profile] withtheoldbreed 2015-02-24 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Gene doesn't push for anything else. If Thomas doesn't want to share, or doesn't have anything else to add, that's fine. It's his business.

But he does glance back over his shoulder at him again, and cautiously throw out the offer for more conversation as they head down the stairs.]
Where were you, before the Admiral got you?
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[personal profile] withtheoldbreed 2015-03-01 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
No. [He doesn't think so, anyway. Odds are, no.] What was it like?
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[personal profile] withtheoldbreed 2015-03-06 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Why?

[It's probably a stupid question to ask - from what he's said so far, Thomas hasn't made it sound like he'd know much about the why - but he's curious.

Although by the way...]


You see anything familiar, lemme know.