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Dakki Sigal ([personal profile] photonicfighter) wrote2011-10-05 02:37 am

Chapter 4 - Can I Still See The Light?

[A - Action, downtown, mid-morning/afternoon]

[It's important for a housewife to go grocery shopping. The household had to eat, didn't it? Even the nanoceran-plated member of the family wasn't exempt. Dakki's heart really wasn't into it today, though. You might find her staring off into space and leaning on her cart, can in hand, lost in thought.]

[B - Action, Rec Center, afternoon]

[With her shopping done and safely tossed in nano-storage, Dakki is off to take care of the next part of her plans for the day. She had to take a look at that "Rec Center" that Quinn had told her about! she wanted to assess the size of the facilities, equipment, and just how she'd go about getting use of a big room for a few hours each week.

Fitness and self-defense classes need to be held somewhere. Preferably somewhere indoors. Wasn't winter coming? Putting it in her backyard wouldn't do.]


[C - Action, Closed to 458 Stone Street, evening]

[Supper tonight at the Gatt household was... not really supper at all. Dakki had left out a loaf of fresh sliced bread and fillings for sandwiches, and had announced a weak "serve yourselves", before retreating to the backyard.

She had unfolded a lawn chair and sunk back into it, staring bleakly up at the sky. Tonight was as good a night as any to get her mope on. Aurica had become so distant. This body was only continuing to fail her. For the first time in a long time, she was not an expert and did not know the absolute best thing to do. She didn't even know the worst thing to do. She was utterly at a loss... but not ready to admit it and seek help.

Sunset was nice. Even a fake sunset in an alien sky was something pretty to watch. She'd do that. Watch the sunset and wait for this to pass.]

A.

[identity profile] brotherseyes.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Nina's happy to see Dakki again, in the same aisle at the store she is. The other woman looks a little preoccupied, though, so Nina approaches a little bit hesitantly.]

Dakki?

[identity profile] brotherseyes.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nina laughs a little at the display, but not cruelly.] It's good to see you too! I'm doing alright.

[She means it. Since the zombie outbreak, Nina has been far more subdued than before, and it probably shows. In her eyes, in her mannerisms. But despite that, she's doing alright.]

What about you? You seemed like you were thinking about something.

[identity profile] brotherseyes.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
Ah? You mean Mayfield didn't put her into a human body when she arrived here? Or is she treated like your pet?

C

[identity profile] nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Having known Dakki for as long as he has, Gat can tell right away something is wrong when he sees how she's acting. After watching her head into the backyard (and enduring a cheerful quirp from the drone daughter), Gat follows suit.]

[By the time he gets out onto the back patio, Dakki's already watching the sunset from her lawn chair. He stands where he is for the moment, looking over in her direction.]

Dakki? What's goin 'on?

C

[identity profile] nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah. That's not like Dakki at all. There's a few seconds pause before Gat answers.]

Th' town's gettin' to ya, ain't it?

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[identity profile] richtighammer.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Thor is a little confused by the Rec Center. Why on earth would anyone make a building specifically to perform activities that should take place outside? Who escapes the sun to train for battle?

He's walking about the inside with a perplexed look on his face, poking his head into empty rooms and pausing to watch exercise classes with unmasked contempt.

He may or may not run headlong into Dakki, distracted as he is by disapproving of this entire venture.

8DDD

[identity profile] richtighammer.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Thor is startled out of his confusion by the appearance of... someone he's never seen before. He frowns, glances over his shoulder to make sure that she is not pointing behind him, and looks back at her, trying to put a name to her face.

This is unsuccessful. He stops in the middle of the hallway and regards her with suspicion.]


Seek you the son of Odin?

HOORAY

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[identity profile] emperorsangel.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Make your own facilities fit for the size of a Primarch. At least, that is what Sanguinius did. Enough room to fit him, his wings, and a lot of spare space.

SWORD PRACTICING WAS WHERE IT WAS AT. With his massive Blade Encarmine, he focused on his precision, nearly on par with his brother of perfection, Fulgrim. Yes, practicing was the greater part of his day.]

[identity profile] emperorsangel.livejournal.com 2011-10-06 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Noticing someone watching is easy enough for him. He stops, reverses the blade, and tosses it in its red armored sheathe.]

Can I help you?

C is for Chen who is coming to Dakki's rescue!

[identity profile] spinningorange.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
(Chen wasn't bothered so much by the evening's "supper;" she was bothered by how distant she seemed to be all the while. Almost Aurica distant. It didn't take instincts to notice that something was getting to her. That's why when she noticed her keeping to herself in the backyard by that silly little dog house, Chen decided to find out what was wrong.

As was usually the case for cats getting people to open up to them, she had to get Dakki's attention and hold it. This would be easy enough to manage. After all, how could anyone ignore a cat brushing up against your legs? She didn't think Dakki would, so that's exactly what she did.)

Re: C is also for Cute!

[identity profile] spinningorange.livejournal.com 2011-10-06 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
(Chen allows it, easily. She knows that having someone to hug and talk to helps you feel better, the same sort of thing she did with Ran. She hopped on to Dakki's lap to make it easier for her to pet her.)

I'm alright. I'm just wondering why you're out here all alone and not with everyone inside. I'd understand if it's because of the drone lady; she scares me, too.

C.), After Gat & Chen

[identity profile] dclassreyvateil.livejournal.com 2011-10-10 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Of course, Aurica was standing nearby the backyard entrance on the inside, listening in on Gat and Chen's conversations. It was so much just to hold everything in as she listened, as well as to make her presence a secret as the housemates went back and forth between Dakki and the house.

With her not!mom alone again, she considered going to her but hesitated, wondering if it would only bring more hurt to each other. Eventually though, she stepped outside and walked up to her, sulking like a wounded cat as she did so, eyes downcast.]

Dakki...

[identity profile] dclassreyvateil.livejournal.com 2011-10-21 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[The night was just beginning, but the sound of crickets (http://www.youtuberepeat.com/watch/?v=3huJaa0nBqo) orchestrated the background to accommodate those stars in the sky. A relatively quiet night otherwise, for talking.

She looked at the chair, two small packages held behind her back. When a moment happens, Aurica went over and opened it, placing the packages there as she dragged it over. Then she slowly sat down, taking care not to mess them up. She presented one to Dakki silently.]