[MINGLE] Great Shakes

[sixthiteration]

WHO: EVERYBODY
WHERE: EVERYWHERE
WHEN: 13 July (afternoon, main quake) - 14 July (morning, last aftershocks)
OPEN TO: ALL - MINGLE
WARNINGS: Potential injuries, PTSD, and anxiety

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The sun is still high when the earth begins its initial, almost benign sway, but seasoned villagers know well enough that what follows will be far from gentle. Vibrations ramp up swiftly, exponentially, until within the space of a few seconds, the whole world is shaking — Dishes pinging down from shelves, young trees sifting free of the earth, shingles dislodging and tumbling like rain.

After 20 seconds, the worst is done, and after 30 the shaking has ebbed completely. Some will have escaped relatively unscathed, but others will not have been so lucky...

...and the aftershocks are still to come.

Comments

[super_seal]

"Not by choice of course, but yeah, we do. We share a house in the village by the lake with my younger sister, Mary."

Steve had an idea of what Danny was actually asking though and while he could provide an answer he didn't have any reasonable explanation to give along with it.

"They are the only two I knew prior to coming here. We're all from Hawaii, well technically Mary lives in L.A., but we're not all from the same time. Mary is from 2011. I'm from 2012, and Danny is from 2015." He sighs and shrugs. "It's all very surreal. In Danny's time, Mary and I are both around and neither of us, as far as Danny knows, ever mentioned anything like this." It was frustrating for Steve because he had no idea exactly what that meant.

"However this place is able to exist, it's also not technology or capabilities available from where I'm from." Although if the Observers are time travelers, then that could explain it, but it could also indicate other worlds being involved, (Steve hasn't met Bull as of this conversation yet either).

[theimmortalweapon]

Danny listened, his eyebrows furrowing together as his mind tried to wrap around what Steve was telling them. "You mean that you go home and don't remember any of this?" That seemed really fucked up but more than that, Danny wasn't sure how someone would manage that. Were their minds being messed with?

His frown deepened as he considered the repercussions. Claire had mentioned being here for awhile but Danny had seen her recently. He also didn't remember the same things that she did, so maybe it was their times.

"That's messed up."

[super_seal]

"Well, that's the thing. I've been here just under a year, but according to Danny's recollection, I wasn't ever missing long enough to accommodate that kind of time away." It bothered Steve that none of this really made sense and that not only didn't he not have answers, there was no place for him to find them either. "For the me he knew back home, this simply never happened."

It was frustrating and didn't make any sense. Did the Observers return him to the exact moment they took him after wiping his memory of these events only? Or was this all happening more like a dream and all in his head. Which made him wonder if it was happening at all. It felt real, but then so had his time in the simulation and that hadn't ended up being real after all. Whoever was doing this to them, was messing with them in ways Steve could only guess at, and he didn't like it one bit.

"That's putting it mildly."

[theimmortalweapon]

Danny put out a hand. "Look. I don't really get it, only that Claire said that I did thinks that I don't remember back in New York." It was easy for him to accept things at face value and thinking about it would make his head hurt.

He was still feeling a little shaky from the earthquake and looking uncertain. "I should head back and sit down for a second." He felt the pressure against the side of his head but shook it away.

[super_seal]

"There aren't any answers." Holding out his hands he shrugged helpless and frustrated, and gave a quick shake of his head. "Whoever has done this, wants us to be in the dark. We can speculate, but there's not much else we can do."

At the last comment from Danny, Steve took another hard look at the other man and concern spread across his features. He held out a hand, ready to catch him or grab on to him should he start to waiver. "Buddy, you don't look very good. Are you sure you didn't get hurt in that quake?"

Moving in closer to be there if needed, he asks, "Where's your place? I'll help you get back... Or maybe we should head to the infirmary?"

[theimmortalweapon]

Danny shook his head. "It's at the inn. I should be able to make it just dine." They weren't that far away from the building and if Steve wasn't sure of Danny's ability to walk then he could watch him walk most of the way from where they're standing.

"Thanks." He flashed Steve a brief smile. "I'm sure I'll see you around."

He hoped anyway.

[super_seal]

"I'm sure," Steve said while returning the smile, although his had a touch of concern for the other man laced in his. "Take care of yourself. If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask."

While technically he couldn't speak for anyone else, everyone else had always been very helpful and kind from his perspective so he feels confident in throwing it out there.

As Danny walks away, Steve does in fact watch him go. After a couple of steps he continues to head in the direction he was going before he encountered Danny, but also continues to keep an eye on the other man making sure he gets to where he's going. Or at least close enough to it.