Earshot

[punsofiron]

Characters: Iron Liz and OPEN
Content: Mind-reading abilities are not all they're cracked up to be.
Location: Cafeteria
Time of Day: Afternoon
Warnings: none

Maybe she shouldn't have dragged herself out of bed. She had to get some coffee or something to try to cope with this headache that had been building up for the past several days.

But the cafeteria was far, far worse than even her room. Voices came from EVERYWHERE, bombarding her nonstop, even people who weren't even in the room. What had started as an occasional amusing thought as she passed someone in the hall became a constant chattering in her ears from everyone in what was apparently an expanding range. Sora and his friends going on about their recent departure and return, Princess Celestia's fixation with cake, random snippets of songs, Twilight's motormouth, Pinkie Pie, Pinkie Pie, Pinkie Pie, Pinkie Pie...

Pretty soon it all just became a jumble of noise she could barely even follow. Everywhere. She didn't even make it to the food synthesizer before she couldn't take it anymore and collapsed against the wall, leaving fingernail scratches in the paint as she slid to the floor, clutching her head, gripping her hair as if to tear it out.

Comments

[milliondollarpipes]

"Good." He cracked open his own bottle and took a sip, content to have at least helped a little.

"'Least it's only for the week. It'll be over soon. Could probably even wait it out down here if you want." Between the two of them, he was pretty sure they could keep the place relatively quiet and people-free. Of course, he couldn't stick around too long if Minako happened to find them...

[punsofiron]

"The whole rest of the week down here, huh? Well...I guess with Big Mac's garden over there it's not like I'd go hungry. Heh...'Iron Liz, Queen of the Jungle.' Got a nice ring to it."

Clearly she hadn't been getting enough sleep with this going on.

[milliondollarpipes]

"Sure does." He smiles, looking down at her in bemusement. Poor kid sounds pretty out of it. Hopefully he can stick around long enough to make sure she gets at least gets some sleep today...a sound from outside makes him glance over his shoulder warily.

"Tell me if you hear Minako comin', kid?"

[punsofiron]

"Will do," said Liz, giving him a thumbs up.

It was quiet for a long time after that, Liz just staring off at the wall as she sipped her wine. She was about halfway through before her eyes started getting heavy, finally starting to relax. The chatter of minds passing through hers just became a distant, clouded jumble and she drifted in a happy, bubbling feeling as she closed her eyes, her head gently sliding over into Harvey's lap.

[milliondollarpipes]

Harvey was content enough to sit in silence. He wasn't drinking quite as much as Iron - he rarely did like to drink too much - but he could feel himself finally relaxing after days of being pursued around the Satellite. It was nice.

He looked down at Liz with a little surprise as she slid her head into his lap, then tousled her hair lightly. Good. She needed the rest. Trying not to jostle her, he carefully worked his way out of his jacket and draped it over her. For a while, he just sat there, rubbing her back and humming softly, until eventually he leaned back and drifted off himself.