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[ukase]

[Rumlow had just woken up after been sent back to the cryostasis tubes for a time. He was paler than usual, still shaking off the effects if the way he had to clench a hand around his thigh was any indication, but he was as presentable as one could be with a shiver or two.

And maybe - just maybe - the fact he had gone back to cryo once shifted a little of his cocksure attitude when it came to his place.]

Cryostasis the second time round isn't nearly as fun as the first. Makes me sympathetic to someone I used to know who spent too much time a popsicle. And I heard there was a dragon that showed up? I'm not used to missing out on the action. Anyone care to give me an update on how that went?

[He sat up straighter suddenly, his nose twitching and then he sneezed rather violently into a hand. Normal stuff, really. Except that the little bits of spittle that landed in his hand apparently had solidified into what looked like shards of glass that jammed into his hand.

Needlessly to say, he dropped his communicator.] Son of a bitch...!

[Guess who discovered a new power that came with the new wakefulness from cryo.]

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un: avreya; private audio

[krasnaya_vdova]

Are you okay?

[It's her first question, even as she wants to ask him where are you?. She's sure that she's not supposed to miss him, feel lonely, but he was gone and she couldn't help her awareness of it.

However, that way that he sneezes glass shards into his hand? That sort of takes priority.]

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[ukase]

...well, I'll live. This is probably just some weird cryo side-effect... I think.

[He sounded off a sigh, but she was a familiar voice and that was nice.]

You at the station? Seems awful crowded up here.

[krasnaya_vdova]

Well, I've got a first aid kit, if you want me to take a look at it.

[She keeps it mostly casual, but Rumlow's probably sharp enough to tell that she wants to see him. She's just glad that he's awake again, that he's not another face she walks past and can't touch.]

Yeah, everyone is, I think? With what happened with the dragon, the Natha froze time down on the planet, and they pulled all of us refugees back to the station until they can fix it.

[ukase]

[He can tell that she's worried; she's not that great about hiding her feelings, especially with someone that knew her well.]

Might not hurt. There's some blood, but it's mostly the surprise. [Act cool. Be cool.

He wanted to hear more about the dragon issue. He was so mad that he had missed it!]

So... all the refugees are up here, but the native population is still frozen down on the surface?

[krasnaya_vdova]

You think you can make it to my room, or should I come to you?

[Her tone is a little bit teasing, trying to cover over the worry and just how glad she is to see him again. And she will happily tell him all that she knows about the dragon, even if she hadn't been entirely useful in that regard, mostly doing what she could to help the people.]

Yeah, that seems to be about the size of it, as far as I'm aware. General plan seems to be clean things up and fix the mess in the meantime. Seems like things are going to get messier once it all comes out, though.

[ukase]

That depends. You haven't told me where your room is, but if you do, I know how to navigate well enough.

[He was picking glass out of his hand, dropping each shard in the trash and wondering how the hell any of that happened. Of course, removing the shards made his hand all bloody and that was just a completely different mess.]

Kind of interesting they can freeze the natives in their tracks and make them way for a clean up. With that kind of power, one would think they would do something more useful.

[krasnaya_vdova]

[She'll send him her room number, and some reference points, just to be sure.]

There you go. I'll be waiting.

[Her tone is a little bit playful, even if she's clearly given up any pretense of not being glad to see him.]

And you have a point- though I think one of the more interesting things about the Natha is the strange limits there seems to be on their power. It almost answers the question of why they'd need people like us.

[She's even wearing the hair clips he got her for her birthday. She maybe even gets a little cleaned up before he gets to her door, though she'd never admit to it.]

[ukase]

[He checked the coordinates on a map and headed towards the room number that she had given him. He was a bit more careful when the urge to sneeze came up or even a cough, aiming away from himself but no more mishaps so far. Probably a freak incident!]

Sometimes get the feeling we're their little puppets on some kind of social experiment. They have way more power than they let on, and yet, we can't even mention them in public or anything when we're on the surface.

[He chatted to her as he walked, moving through the space station and looking for familiar faces. He found her door before he found anyone that he recognized in the halls.]

Knock knock. [He knocked on her door at the same time and shut off his communicator.]

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[poolhall_killer]

[At first, Venom's about to respond regarding the dragon and the anguish it caused. But then he hears the curse and sneeze... and glass shards?]

Rumlow? Are you all right?

[ukase]

I've been better, but I wouldn't say I'm terrible.

[He's more surprised than anything. This... wasn't what he expected when he staggered out of the cryo area. And now here he was trying to pick glass shards out of his hand.]</small.

[poolhall_killer]

This is going to sound off, but did those shards come out of your hand?

[He doesn't appear to be bleeding, so he hasn't offered his healing services. That and he's still a bit hesitant to use them on people after the whole dragon thing.]

[ukase]

...er no, I think they came out of my nose...

[He's not entirely certain, but they definitely didn't develop out of his hand. There was some blood beginning to well up around the shards still literally stuck in his flesh, but not as much as one might expect.]

[poolhall_killer]

Out of your nose?

[That's disconcerting. Is there a disease that turns one's nose against itself, manifesting as glass??

There's no polite way of saying "ewww" so he holds back.]

Do you require medical assistance?

[ukase]

Maybe? It happened a bit fast...

[Which was to say he hadn't entirely paying attention to a simple sneeze until it had resulted in this mess. Now he was trying to figure how what the hell had happened.]

Maybe this is some weird freaky cryo-thing? And I think I'll keep the hand, so surgery won't be necessary.

[poolhall_killer]

It's possible.

Where are you, at the moment? I can stop by to take a look.

[And maybe help pick out the glass provided there's no blood on Rumlow's hand.]

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[sweetwater]

[ Cheryl regards him with wide-eyed bewilderment. ] That's not normal.

[ as if he might have thought coughing up glass was ordinary. ]

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[ukase]

Ya think?

[Don't mind the sarcasm. It isn't personal; he just automatically flips to it when off his game.]

Any other detective details you'd like to share, Mr. Holmes?

[sweetwater]

[ she deserved it, really. ]

I'm more of a Nancy Drew.

That didn't happen to you until after you went back into the pods?

[ukase]

Her books weren't half bad, I guess.

[He shrugged his shoulders. This definitely wasn't a thing before his most recent trip into cryostasis.]

No, I had no special or weird things that I could do before being put back under.

[sweetwater]

[ she nods. another weird thing about their weird new home. cool. cool. cool. ]

Are you scared?

[ukase]

[He's seen too much weird shit in his time to even consider fear a necessary emotion at this point.]

Nope, can't say that I am. Maybe if I grow a head out of my ass, I will be. I would hate to have a smart-ass after all.

[sweetwater]

[ Cheryl laughs. ] Better a smart-ass than a dumb-ass, don't you think?

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[pluspetitpoete]

[Oh, it's him. That terribly upsetting man who tried to tell him not to be so cheerful. The good thing is, Jehan is not a petty person. In fact, this looks rather painful, and he frowns sympathetically.]

That looks terribly uncomfortable. You might need tweezers to get them all out? Poor man...

You did miss a dragon, though, it's true.

[ukase]

[Ugh, it's this guy. He's waiting for the mouthy defense to show up yelling and shit. Oh well, this one was easy to push around to a degree.]

Poor man, huh? I've had a lot worse than a glass-filled sneeze, kiddo. Have you had more than a paper cut before?

[The dragon news does cause him to frown. He really wanted to see that.] Just my luck.

[pluspetitpoete]

Well it sounds very uncomfortable, nonetheless. Is the glass in your nose as well, or does it turn to glass when it comes out?

[He rubs at his eyebrow with his thumb. Apparently this is a competition now.] I was shot. If that's any consolation, or helps to build whatever mental image you had of me.