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withtheoldbreed) wrote2015-01-05 07:52 pm
withtheoldbreed) wrote2015-01-05 07:52 pm
d-day + 52 ✯ video
[It's relatively early in the morning when Sledge clicks on his video feed, and he looks tired, maybe even exhausted. It's also obvious he's not in his own cabin - the room behind him looks more like a shack, and although it might not be as clear, he's sitting on the floor, half leaning against the legs of a cot. One of Snafu's arms is visible, hanging limply off the side of the cot like he's just asleep.]
... Snafu's in a coma. [The word sits uncomfortably in his mouth, and it kind of shows in his face. He's read about barge comas obviously, thanks to Chromie's welcome packet, but it's one thing to read about it, another to try shaking your buddy awake and not be able to, no matter how hard you try.
He takes a breath and steels himself, trying to push it back and get what needs to get done, done.
(Except his eyes still look pretty dead, but that's not really anything new.)]
I'm gonna need a hand getting him to the infirmary.
[Private to Kieren]
I thought it'd be better than just leavin' him here. [It's what the pamphlet suggested, anyway, and he sort of feels more comfortable leaving his friend with people who can monitor him and make sure he doesn't get worse (if that's even possible?), but he still sounds uncertain. Like maybe this - making decisions about his friend's well being - is overstepping.
Which is weird to think about someone you've pretty much been physically stuck with for over a month, but here we are.]
... Snafu's in a coma. [The word sits uncomfortably in his mouth, and it kind of shows in his face. He's read about barge comas obviously, thanks to Chromie's welcome packet, but it's one thing to read about it, another to try shaking your buddy awake and not be able to, no matter how hard you try.
He takes a breath and steels himself, trying to push it back and get what needs to get done, done.
(Except his eyes still look pretty dead, but that's not really anything new.)]
I'm gonna need a hand getting him to the infirmary.
[Private to Kieren]
I thought it'd be better than just leavin' him here. [It's what the pamphlet suggested, anyway, and he sort of feels more comfortable leaving his friend with people who can monitor him and make sure he doesn't get worse (if that's even possible?), but he still sounds uncertain. Like maybe this - making decisions about his friend's well being - is overstepping.
Which is weird to think about someone you've pretty much been physically stuck with for over a month, but here we are.]
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[He nods, anyway.]
You won't have to. He's not - I don't know what he is, exactly, but he's not hopeless. I wouldn't be sitting here if he was.
[Part of the point, after all, is Amy. Even if he didn't care about Snafu even a little bit, he'd have to have some kind of hope, for Amy.]
I think I'm starting to see what you see in him. Even if he does say some awful things.
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Gene isn't really sure of what to make of Kieren's reaction - that's just what they call people who've been in the Pacific too long, who act weird and are kind of fucked up, but not badly enough to need to be evacuated or sent to Banika for help - so he half brushes it aside as hope flares cautiously when the other warden says he thinks they'll be okay.
... But then Kieren says that, and Gene grimaces slightly.]
Sorry. [It's not like he has control over it, and it's not like he's really got control over Snaf's behavior, but. He still feels responsible, somehow.]