02- From Bad to Worse

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[Jack appears on the Astral plane, his coat gone. The front of his shirt is covered in blood, and he looks more dazed than anything, half wondering half stumbling. He mumbles to himself as he walks, an almost blank look on his face] Their dead. I couldn't even save Rhys for Gwen, and now so man people are dead. Why doesn't the blood come off......

[ooc: *cough* Do to his recent interaction with Simm!Master, Jack's mental state has gone from somewhat bad but manageable, to  a few steps from just loosing it completely. Which, of course, reflects on his reality, which in turn makes things worse >>

Oh, and just for the record; any post before this is basically pre!return, so he'll be his normal self there u-u]

Comments

[lamb_of_gold]

Death is the fault of time, Captain.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

Not this time; they were killed by aliens we ourselves had captured.

[lamb_of_gold]

I still fail to see how that is your fault.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

We were the ones in charge of the Weevils, should've been able to stop them.

[lamb_of_gold]

By the logic I think you're trying to prove, then I would have been a murderer at Seven. Unless the death was ordered by you, or preformed by our own hands, it is not your fault, nor will it ever be.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

I coud've stopped it, saved at least one of them...

[lamb_of_gold]

Hindsight is ever perfect, Captain, but we cannot linger on the past. It will not change, try as we might.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

That doesn't stop us from wanting to.

[lamb_of_gold]

It does not, but you cannot let it tie you down.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

Can't forget, either.

.....I need time, that's all.

[lamb_of_gold]

[Vanishes from the plane and comes back with two cups of tea. Wordlessly hands one to Jack]

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[takes it and gives him a slight nod, sipping the warm liquid]

[lamb_of_gold]

I apologize - I'm not one given to being particularly comforting.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[shakes his head] You've done more than enough; I'm not the easiest person to work with.

[lamb_of_gold]

Ah, but you're far from the hardest, Captain.