Megan Grey
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TC 249 Script
🕑 Added 2024-08-12 07:59:04 +0000 UTC249
del wakes up
Flashbacks to Lars’s smile and immediately flinches back in the bed, clawing at the sheets.
Rhaast: Chill, Kid. It’s alright, you’re good, you’re safe.
D: L-Lars -
R: arrested, crazy fucker. Took some pill beforehand and they haven’t managed to get a word out of him since. Say he’s locked up and just laughing the whole time.
Del shudders, looking around at the room. realises where he is.
D: this is -
R: The Wastelands. The City wasn’t doin’ you any good, so I brought you to the last place you seemed…alright.
Del exhales, looking out the window at the town.
R: (clears his throat) you’ve, uh, got someone who’s been waitin’ on ya to wake up -
opens door and Lulu rushes in, eyes wide
L: is he awa -
stops and stares at Del.
D:...Lulu? You’re…alright? You’ve been here, this whole time?
Lulu walks forwards and straddles him on the bed, head down
D: what -
L: (starts hitting his chest, angry) you - left - me - here - and - I - didn’t - know - where - you - were - or - if - you - were - ok - or - (tears falling) I didn’t know - I didn’t know -
Del softly grabs her hand, stopping her.
D: you…were waiting for me?
L: you flew off, then I heard about your squad being shot down and I - then I heard you showed up at the Eagle wedding, completely fine - and i told myself that at least you were alive. you’ll come back, you wouldn’t leave these people here. then you didnt come back.
D: i…didnt realise…I…
L: no. i imagine there’s quite a few things you didn’t realise.
lulu stands and walks towards the door, rhaast looking impressed.
L: get up. You're expected at headquarters.
D: what? with who -
L: if you’re going to stay here, you’re going to work. and the Resistance needs all the help it can get.
Del walking with Nol, Seaka and Rhaast in the Resistance canyon.
D: and you’re…fine with them being here?
S: We have been trading supplies with their ship, it seemed a natural step to continue such exchanges inland as well, once they decided to make contact.
D: you mean this had just been here, under your nose?
N: hundreds of miles from our town is hardly “under our nose”. And up until now we haven’t travelled this far due to Vulture attacks.
R: Those are a non-issue now, i imagine? since most of us have immigrated to The City.
N: There are a few who remained, but are hardly an issue anymore, thankfully. Especially as supplies aren’t as scarce with the operation here helping.
D: just like that? you were offered a few more bags of flour and agreed to join a whole Resistance?
S: what do us Wastelands even live out here for, if not because we oppose the entire system that governs us? If there is a cause working to dismantle that and work with our interests in mind, we will not turn them away.
D: I thought you just wanted peace, to be left alone above all else?
S: we did, until you arrived and showed us what true fighting for ourselves might look like.
D: (thinks back to Major’s words in cave) I…am not sure I did all of that for purely unselfish reasons, if I’m honest.
S: your motivations dont matter now, this is bigger than any of us. You just planted the seed, intentionally or not.
walk into a cave with cepni, cyras, tiraa, brek and co.
cepni: Del Brakindale. When I was told of your entanglement here, I’ll admit I didn’t believe it.
D: professor…Cepni? (looks at tiraa and brek) you two? (sees cyras and blanches) you -
cyras: (raises eyebrow)
cepni: let’s put all past matters to the side, shall we? We’ve got more important issues to discuss -
cepni looks pointedly at rhaast who starts ushering del to leave but del turns back.
D: whatever you’re doing…I want to help.
rhaast: Kid, you -
D: No. I’ve seen the inner-workings of what goes on in that City. I’ve seen all the blackmailing, the underhandedness of it all. I thought I wanted to be a part of it, but none of it fulfilled me more than the work I did here, the work that actually helped people.
cyras: helped people? You got dozens of them shot out of the sky from what i heard.
Nol: im not making excuses for him, I’ll only say that his influence is what gave us the desire to fight back, and that should say something to his use for you.
D: i don’t need to lead, I’m aware that I don’t have the experience or respect. Just…tell me what to do. Tell me how I can help, in any capacity.
cepni considers
cyras: (snarls) be serious -
cepni: you’ll be put onto the chore rota. Cleaning, meal prep, taking stock. Report to the department head at oh - 500 tomorrow.
Del: (bows head) thank you, professor.
cepni: (small smile) just call me Cepni, Del. You’re dismissed.
del sitting, looking into fire. a bowl of food is shoved in his face and he looks up, startled.
lulu: eat. You look like you need it.
del considers the food, taking the spoon. without another thought he starts eating.
Comments
Megan
he technicalllyyyyy doesn't know lars was involved with them but yeah lmao
Mari
Del's eating food! No coercion involved!!! Funny part is that this is Resistance food, & Lars was WITH the Resistance, but Del's fine with it. 😆
Megan
Lulu's cooking was always the answer bless
Nyx Covault
Hey he's actually eating something nice
