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savetheearth2014-06-13 10:46 pm
healspec) wrote in savetheearth2014-06-13 10:46 pm
[Ravi/Anais] - Blackout
Who: Ravindra & Anais
When: June 11th, during the blackout
Where: LSR clinic
What: Ravi & Anais get caught in the blackout just before the clinic closes for the night.
The clinic was slow tonight. Only one patient in the past hour, and now half an hour 'til close. Aaron had gone home early to take care of something, assured by Ravi that he had things covered. On a night as slow as this, Ravi didn't think anything worth Aaron's time was going to happen. So it was just him and Anais right now, alone in the empty clinic, waiting out the clock until they could lock up and go home. Ravi would've sent her home too, if not for how late it was and the part of town they were in. He fully intended to escort her home, or at least as far as the decent side of the city.
None of this was particularly unusual. Ravi was sitting at the front desk, keeping an ear out for the door while reading through one of the books he'd echoed back. (The clean one. Surprisingly clean for what was obviously a religious text, actually.) It was quiet. Routine. Peaceful, really.
And then the lights flickered, and the telltale hum of electricity faded as the clinic went dark.
This wasn't a hospital. They didn't have life support systems that needed to be hooked up to a backup generator. Hell, they couldn't afford a backup generator. When the lights went out, the place stayed dark. No illumination from the streetlights outside, only the faintest sliver of moonlight through the windows, barely enough to cast the waiting room chairs into silhouette and definitely not anywhere near enough to illuminate anything past the front desk.
Ravi looked up, and immediately cast around for Anais, not that he'd be able to see her anyway. "Anais?" he called out, surprisingly strong and clear considering the usual low mumble he spoke at. He was ex-Army, he could muster up a sergeant-grade voice when he needed to. Ensuring the safety of your charge, that qualified.
When: June 11th, during the blackout
Where: LSR clinic
What: Ravi & Anais get caught in the blackout just before the clinic closes for the night.
The clinic was slow tonight. Only one patient in the past hour, and now half an hour 'til close. Aaron had gone home early to take care of something, assured by Ravi that he had things covered. On a night as slow as this, Ravi didn't think anything worth Aaron's time was going to happen. So it was just him and Anais right now, alone in the empty clinic, waiting out the clock until they could lock up and go home. Ravi would've sent her home too, if not for how late it was and the part of town they were in. He fully intended to escort her home, or at least as far as the decent side of the city.
None of this was particularly unusual. Ravi was sitting at the front desk, keeping an ear out for the door while reading through one of the books he'd echoed back. (The clean one. Surprisingly clean for what was obviously a religious text, actually.) It was quiet. Routine. Peaceful, really.
And then the lights flickered, and the telltale hum of electricity faded as the clinic went dark.
This wasn't a hospital. They didn't have life support systems that needed to be hooked up to a backup generator. Hell, they couldn't afford a backup generator. When the lights went out, the place stayed dark. No illumination from the streetlights outside, only the faintest sliver of moonlight through the windows, barely enough to cast the waiting room chairs into silhouette and definitely not anywhere near enough to illuminate anything past the front desk.
Ravi looked up, and immediately cast around for Anais, not that he'd be able to see her anyway. "Anais?" he called out, surprisingly strong and clear considering the usual low mumble he spoke at. He was ex-Army, he could muster up a sergeant-grade voice when he needed to. Ensuring the safety of your charge, that qualified.
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designated adult omgHe's so tense that he starts when she touches his sleeve. His head snaps around to see her and he feels like an idiot for jumping like that. Of course it was just Anais. Fuck, she probably lost all faith in him for letting himself be startled by something so simple. Ugh. (It was such a tiny jump she probably didn't even notice in the first place. Thanks anxiety.)Distract. He tries to play it off like it didn't happen. "I know," he says, looking ahead again as he switches the light to his non-dominant left hand so he can reach under his shirt and pull out a throwing knife with the right.
That feeling of vague directionless sorrow, while not smothering, is omnipresent. The fact that it seems to have no source, that he feels it pressing in on him without calling up any personal associations, makes him think it's external. And that brings on another pulse, which happens to be a rather unpleasant memory, and he shakes it off and moves forward again, even more wary now.
The first open exam room is where the crying sound seems to be coming from. He seems collected, but he's nervous as hell and he doesn't want to look around that corner for fear of what he might find. The term "Astral beast" rings from his memory, and he doesn't know what that is exactly, but he's really not in a hurry to find out. But Anais, and the clinic, and his responsibility to Mordin and Aaron... He takes a deep breath and turns the corner, knife up and ready to throw, light flashing across the room.
He thought he was ready for it, whatever 'it' was, but he was definitely not. A ball of light, glowing softly, coalesces into the faint shape of a woman crying, sitting on the exam table. It's not a solid shape, more an impression through curves and posture, and it is definitely the creepiest damn thing he's ever seen. He immediately backpedals, pressing his back up against the opposite wall, but stays at an angle where he can see clearly into the room and keep his eyes on the...whatever that is.