Zompania Draft: Coming Home

[frost_jewel]

Who: Anyone drafted to Zompania, or recruited as reinforcements, or left behind in the village. SO. Everybody!
What: The draftees and reinforcements return to the village.
When: May 26, early early in the morning
Where: Back in Luceti
Summary: Most draftees and reinforcements return to Luceti in the very early hours; now, instead of a medevac site for the draft, the village is a welcome (?) refuge from the nightmare of Zompania for its own. There's a high likelihood it still looks a lot like it has in the past few days; those in the fight didn't even get a chance to shower before returning.

(This is the place for all your post-draft trauma and reunions and every other thing. Have fun! And don't forget to entry-tag your character.)

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[searches_forhim]

"You've been on the moon?" Jane was nearly to the point where statements such as that had stopped surprising her. If a flying monkey showed up, she'd just shrug at this point.

"If it's too hard to talk about, you don't have to. From the little bit Steve told me it sounded pretty horrible."

[touchofrogue]

Rogue nodded. "The Malnosso scientists have a base up there. It's supposed ta be their safest place."

She let an eyeroll speak for her eloquently. "And now they've got an amusement park up there too, believe it or not."

It was easier to talk about this than the other. She didn't know quite how to talk of the other.

[searches_forhim]

Jane immediately wanted to go up there. She was always eager for new experiences, and new science to learn about. What better place than on the moon?

"Can anyone go? It sounds amazing, amusement park or not." Leave it to Jane to change the topic before the previous topic has even been explored. Her trains of thought tend to resemble bunnies more than locomotives - they bounce all over the place.

oh gosh, I'm sorry - this somehow managed to get lost D8

[touchofrogue]

"Uh..." Rogue wasn't exactly prepared for Jane's rapid change of subject. "Well, last time everyone in the village went up there. So... yeah? But I can't say I see that happenin' any time soon."

It's ok!

[searches_forhim]

Jane was used to people having trouble following her train of thought. It rarely worked in a linear fashion.

"That's a shame. You'd think they'd take everyone who fought, as a way of saying thanks. Everyone could really use a bit of fun, don't you think?"

thanks! ^^;

[touchofrogue]

Rogue ran one hand through her hair and gave Jane a wry look, because although Rogue didn't hesitate to share her full and honest opinion, especially when asked, she was at least aware when it was about to jar somebody. And Jane had probably

"I think people could more likely use a week's worth of sleep and some therapy. And I'm pretty much 100 percent sure that the Malnosso couldn't care less what we need. The last time we were dragged up there, it was ta celebrate an enclosure becomin' full Malnosso -- show us our glorious future an' all that."

[searches_forhim]

Leave it to Jane to be unintentionally insensitive. Rogue's words brought her back to reality a bit, and she realized that she was minimizing what those who'd fought had been through.

"Well... maybe after some time has passed." Jane thought back on how she'd made it through after her father had died. In a way she'd never dealt with the grief. She'd instead devoted herself to continuing the work he'd started, making it her own, and making it the most important thing in her life.

"I'm sorry if I come off like a jerk. I just... I know there's nothing I can say or do to help and I hate it."

[touchofrogue]

"Don't worry about it," Rogue said, and she meant it. If there was one thing that she'd become good at discerning, with most people, it was whether or not there was malice aforethought. In this case,, she was far too tired to even be offended. Jane was probably just coping with what she'd heard the best way that she knew how.

Rogue began to slowly stand. "We all need some sleep. Things'll get better in a week or so."

When our dead are back.

[searches_forhim]

From Rogue standing up, Jane took 'we need some sleep' to mean Rogue herself. Jane could only nod. Her heart was tired, but her body was still wide awake. She would stay, and try to help any others who arrived in worse shape than Rogue.

"Hey, you're welcome to come crash at my place. You don't have to be alone while we wait." Staying together could be a good thing for both of them. Who knew, by the time Thor and Loki returned, she and Rogue could be the best of friends.

"Regardless, I hope you don't mind if I check on you later. Survivors have to stick together, right?"

[touchofrogue]

Oh. That was an unexpected kindness. She paused for a moment, trying to clear the fuzz from her mind.

"Thanks, but I've gotta stick with my team for now. I reckon you haven't met them yet, since I usually stay at--"

She experienced a sudden and strange inability to say Loki's name. Her lower lip quivered with the effort of shutting her mouth so no ridiculous sounds of loss would escape. He'd be back. He'd be back in a week, and everything would be okay.

[searches_forhim]

Jane could see that Rogue had figured out exactly what had prompted her to make the offer. Jane couldn't imagine living without Thor, yet still staying in his home, amongst his things. She didn't know of the horror Rogue had witnessed but she understood the reality of going on without the one you loved, even temporarily.

"They can come too. There's no way to make this easy, but if not having to go home can make it easier..." It was up to Rogue, of course. Only she knew what she was dealing with specifically.

"Why don't we just focus on getting you cleaned up? I'm sure some of my clothes will fit you. Then you can go find your team or whatever else you want to do."

[touchofrogue]

Rogue took a deep breath. And another. She couldn't quite look at Jane - she understood that the other woman was wanting to help - probably needed to feel like she could do something. But Rogue wasn't up to guarding herself in front of others right now, and certainly not around a human who she could hurt so badly with an accidental touch.

"That's real kind of you. But it's not safe for you ta get real close to my skin," she said, not caring if it had or hadn't been explained, she usually guarded the exact nature of her mutation carefully, but Rogue was just too tired. "So helpin' me clean up ain't exactly a good idea. I'm just gonna head back to the X-House."

[searches_forhim]

Jane hadn't meant literally helping her. Even wounded she thought Rogue could shower on her own. So Jane took Rogue's response as a sign that she wanted to be alone. She probably needed to, or at least needed to be with people who had been through the same thing she just had. No matter how good Jane's intentions were, she would never understand completely.

"Okay. I might stay here a little longer, so if you need anything, just come find me. And don't be surprised if I show up later to check on you." It was the least she could do, for the girl that Thor's brother loved.