055 - There were no survivors (None found alive)

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She appears on the plane looking worn, but healthy, dressed in plain white scrubs. More than that, she seems totally calm. There’s a couch--it looks almost clinical in its state of neat disuse. Misaki tosses a doctor’s coat over the back of the couch and lays down on the couch itself, resting her arm over her eyes. Her hand has a loose bandage on it and, believe it or not, there’s a faint edge of gray showing at one temple.]

[It’s been a long week. And it’s not over yet.]

Comments

[didorothy]

You beat a doctor over the head and then stole their clothing and their couch. I'm afraid I'm going to have to arrest you.

[except he sees those bandages and he's worried]

[lamb_of_gold]

[And up wanders a 12 year old]

[contract_star]

...Misaki? [Hei has been fretting.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She peeks at him from under her arm and smiles.] It'll never get to trial.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[...oh for--]

...Mu?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[limp wave] Hello.

[contract_star]

[Sympathetically,] Long week?

[lamb_of_gold]

Hello.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

What happened?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She sits up, veeeery slowly.] Unfortunately so.

[lamb_of_gold]

I came back, thats all.

[contract_star]

You hanging in there?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Came back--but. You're younger again. [Forgive her, Mu, her brains are a bit scrambled.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

More or less. [Shifty cop is shifty.] What about you?

[lamb_of_gold]

It's been five years since I was here last...

[contract_star]

[ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN?] I'm fine. The Constellation has already spirited away two Contractors and put them on planes out of the country. [Definitely not saying where.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

F--oh. Ohh.

[Well. At least it makes more sense now. She flops back onto the couch.]

[lamb_of_gold]

Misaki, right?

What happened.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[ALWAYS, HEI. ALWAYS.] Constellation. [She smiles again at the name.] So what does that make you? The Dog Star? [Searches a moment for the word, because... man, it's been a while.] Polaris?

[This is accompanied by a bit of fiddling with her hand-bandage, as it's coming loose. She shrugs and pulls it off-there's not much underneath, just a few scrapes.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Yes. That's me. [Lord, of all the times for Mu to go tiny on her--]

A lot. Most of it deeply involved in my reality's current situation and politics.

[contract_star]

[Chuckles.] Polaris, I suppose, though we haven't gone far enough to giving everyone star names yet.

[He's watching her.] Is your hand alright? ...Where did you get the doctor's coat, anyway?

[lamb_of_gold]

Are you hurt?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

It's fine. I... [Er.] Punched someone. Rather hard.

[Ignoring the latter question for the moment]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Not badly. Mostly just tired. What about you? Are you all right?

[lamb_of_gold]

Alright.

I am fine.