[RL - Lockon, Nena, Tieria, CB as a whole - Damage Control is my middle name!]

[timey_wimey]

[To say that the past few days had been... interesting... would have been an understatement even by the Doctor's standards. Dealing with unstable and unsavoury people was part of his everyday life, but when said person was someone you saw as a son, under the effects of a virus, it was rather different. Especially when said person was also intent on apparently wrecking all his relationships.

Including the one that he was already wrecking by sheer virtue of his own obliviousness.

Still! Damage control was in order, and since he wasn't in the mood to have any part of the might of Celestial Being brought down against him - and since he was also pretty sick of the obliviousness and moping of certain people who he would not name - he was now busily piloting the TARDIS towards Lagrange point 3, circa 2309.

If truth be told, he'd known this would probably be coming for a while, he thought glumly. Even if this visit was temporary, he knew it was only a matter of time now before Lockon also left the TARDIS for good to go back to the organisation. He hadn't thought it would be quite like this, but... he still wasn't relishing the thought of him leaving, whatever way it happened.

No point in thinking about that though, not when there was going to be some sort of 'throwdown' once they got there. He busily piloted the TARDIS, throwing a final lever so that it materialised right on the Lagrange base.]

Well, here we are.

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[lockon2urheart]

[Alright, he could understand not wanting to be caught up in something when they needed to get to Tieria quickly, before he did himself or any more property some damage. But really? This was the best way she could think of? He stared at her with one raised eyebrow ...and then practically facepalmed at the Doctor's eagerness. Pick your battles, Lockon. You're outnumbered.]

Fine. Doesn't it make sense for Nena to go first, since she knows the way? At least, presumably.

[trinities]

[ shakes her head, grinning, and points at him ] You're going first! Your shoulders are broadest, so if it gets too tricky to crawl through, we'll know right away! Then me, so I can give you instructions, then the Doctor. Ready?

[timey_wimey]

No arguments here.

[lockon2urheart]

[...siiigh.]

For the record, this is a really bad idea.

[Headshake, and then it's down to the ground and ...only somewhat hesitantly... heads on into the vent.]

[trinities]

It's an awesome idea! This is how Shiro got around when we were still hiding him from Tieria. [ crawls in after him~ ] Go straight, then it's the second right!

[timey_wimey]

Shiro? That's your boyfriend, right? [Sounding mildly interested, crouching down and crawling in through the vents after Nena~]

[lockon2urheart]

[I'm just going to concentrate on getting out of these vents as quickly as possible, okay. Staying out of the conversation and just crawling, focusing on following the directions.]

[trinities]

Then there's gonna be a ladder, we have to climb that and it's the first left after. And yep, you've got it! He snuck around here for a while before we figured that Tieria didn't actually care for whatever reason.

[timey_wimey]

Tieria didn't care, hmm? [... not that the others can see it, but the Doctor is looking thoughtful with his crawling right now.] So much for level 7 secrecy and all that, although to be fair, I suppose I did mess that up a bit last year anyway.

skipping miri's go cause she's out and lockon's just crawling :>

[trinities]

Yeah, I never really figured out why! Maybe it's cause Shiro can worldhop, so he's pretty useful to have around. Plus he's not really smart enough to be a spy, you know? [ but she sounds a bit distracted, as if she's considering something, and then apparently comes to her conclusion as she reaches forward and pinches Lockon's bottom. Hey, you only live once. ]

OMG HOW COULD YOU SKIP ME YOU DIRTY WHORE ;A;

[lockon2urheart]

?! [Might have only been listening/paying attention with half an ear, but it's hard not to notice something like that. Jumps in surprise, at least as well as he can on all fours in a cramped ventilation shaft (which isn't very well, he manages to hit his head on the ceiling, ow) and tries to twist his neck to glare at her as much as possible.]

What do you think you're you playing at?!

OMG WHY DO YOU ALWAYS CALL ME NAMES

[trinities]

What? It was there, I wanted to see how nice it was!

OMG WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DESERVE THEM

[lockon2urheart]

You wanted -

[angry sigh, and face forward again. More important things than an argument right now.]

Focus, will you. And stay away from my ass.

[-oh hey, there's the ladder. brb climbing it.]

OMG BE MATURE ADULTS, YOU TWO

[timey_wimey]

[The Doctor's eyebrows shot up at that exchange, attempting to merge with his hair. He would have facepalmed if he weren't busy crawling through the vents, if only to hide the smile threatening to play over his lips. Instead, he settled for an eye roll.]

Behave, you two.

OMG NO U

[trinities]

Don't worry, I'm done now~ [ climbs up the ladder behind Lockon ] So after the turn, just keep going until I say so, we're almost there!

OMG SHE STARTED IT

[lockon2urheart]

That's a relief. [muttered]

[CLIMB CLIMB {insert acapella version of snake eater here} and crawl crawl

crawl crawl

crawl crawl]

OMG I DON'T CARE WHO STARTED IT, I'LL FINISH IT

[timey_wimey]

[climb climb climb the ladder behind you two. and we're crawling~]

OMG U HOR

[trinities]

[ and here we are! Stops just after a grate in the bottom of the tunnel and slides her fingers under the edges to lift it up, standing it on one side of the tunnel. She holds onto the edges of the new exit and jumps through it, the reduced gravity meaning that she lands gently on her feet before kicking off and moving to one side ]

Come on, it's just down this hall!

OMG HDU

[lockon2urheart]

[It's a little odd to try to get used to reduced gravity again after a year away from it, so his landing isn't as graceful as Nena's, but he does manage to land upright. He mimics Nena's kick-off movement, following her with a determined expression. Out of the vents, it was easier to focus on why he was here in the first place.]

And he's definitely there, right?

OMG PUT A SOCK IN IT

[timey_wimey]

[Manoeuvring himself out of the vent and following the other two's movements - not exactly gracefully, but it's perfectly acceptable, like he's moved about in zero-g before. Once out of the vents, he straightens up and looks around with a curious air.]

[Reasonably:] Why wouldn't he be?

:X

[trinities]

He's in there, I checked!

[ it's just a few doors down, and she pauses facing the door for a moment before it slides open, revealing the dark room inside. She moves to the side and jerks a thumb inward ]

He's all yours, Lockon.

:X

[lockon2urheart]

[He nods, looking into the dark room rather than at her.] Right.

[With a quick look over at the Doctor - ] I'll see you later, Doctor. [ - he moves on into the darkened room.]

[Quietly:] Tieria?

SIIIIIIIGH YOU LOT.

[nonesodangerous.livejournal.com]

[Tieria's office is pitch dark. His desk has indeed been flipped - the room looks like it's been ransacked. Shredded paperwork floats in the air like a blizzard stopped in time. It is silent.

Tieria himself is in the very corner of his office, down against the floor, behind an overturned chair. He'd be invisible in the darkness if it wasn't for the very, very faint sputtering glow of his eyes. He doesn't have anything to connect to anymore, but it doesn't stop his subconscious from trying. The intensity rises and falls slowly, but the glow is nothing like it once was, and in a few more months, it'll go out entirely. He's not aware of it, and it's not visible in the light, but in this thick darkness it's all that's able to be seen of him.

He doesn't move. He just stares at the doorway, unflinching.]

DON'T JUDGE

[lockon2urheart]

[The faint light coming from the doorway isn't nearly enough to illuminate the room, let alone Tieria's corner, but it's enough to just about make out the state of the room. Lockon's attention, however, is mostly focused on the strange glowing eyes in the corner. Not being familiar with Tieria's Veda connection ability up close, he has no idea what the lights are. But this is supposedly where Tieria is, dark or not, so...]

...Tieria? You in here?

[...this is ridiculous. He's just going to grope around on the wall behind him for the light switch right now, without looking, because he's still keeping a curious eye on the lights.]

/JUDGES

[nonesodangerous.livejournal.com]

[Closing his eyes, there's a soft thmp as Tieria lets his head fall against the chair in front of him. He knows he's cornered. So he tries to curl in on himself even further, become smaller, even more invisible. He tries to draw the chair toward himself without making a sound, but there's a faint screech as it drags against the metal floor panelling.]