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Oct. 4th, 2006 12:33 am[From here.]
Out the back door, and she's running, and the grass under her feet is damp but that won't save it for long, and there's a large body of water around here somewhere, she can feel it --
Charlie pulls up, panting, at the edge of the lake; she drops to one knee, head bowed, hands clenched, fighting it.
(like having a)
The grass around her is smoldering.
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A choked sound, half gasp and half sob, escapes her; her hands dig into the earth.
The surface of the lake near her begins to steam.
Out the back door, and she's running, and the grass under her feet is damp but that won't save it for long, and there's a large body of water around here somewhere, she can feel it --
Charlie pulls up, panting, at the edge of the lake; she drops to one knee, head bowed, hands clenched, fighting it.
(like having a)
The grass around her is smoldering.
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A choked sound, half gasp and half sob, escapes her; her hands dig into the earth.
The surface of the lake near her begins to steam.
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Date: 2006-10-05 03:23 am (UTC)His own are glittering with something wild as he jerks his head up to look at her.
"Set fire to the bar?"
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Date: 2006-10-05 03:27 am (UTC)A frustrated sigh.
"Look, it's complicated."
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Date: 2006-10-05 03:44 am (UTC)The water's cooling, if only a little, and Jack touches his hand to it and jerks it back instantly with a hiss.
"Bugger."
He starts back up the ladder toward the deck, moving very quickly.
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Date: 2006-10-05 03:53 am (UTC)A moment. She can wait a moment. She owes the sailor some explanation, after all; and she can use the time to regain her composure.
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Date: 2006-10-05 04:13 am (UTC)Jack drops a bucket (now empty of tar, as he'd used it all to patch over the spots where the heat had softened existing tar and allowed water to start leaking through) to the deck with a clatter, and braces both hands on the railing as he looks shoreward.
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Date: 2006-10-05 04:15 am (UTC)He hasn't moved.
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Date: 2006-10-05 04:20 am (UTC)Her fingers are idly combing through the heat-withered grass at her feet.
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Date: 2006-10-05 04:25 am (UTC)His tone is a rough growl, but he seems a little calmer.
"Suppose you tell me just what sort of trick it is you have that gives you the idea that turning the lake into a soup-pot's a fine and pleasant thing."
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Date: 2006-10-05 04:33 am (UTC)"It wasn't done on a whim. I've got a pyrokinetic talent that just came close to going out of control, and if I hadn't thrown it at the lake, it would've set fire to the whole place."
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Date: 2006-10-05 04:37 am (UTC)"How's that work?"
A beat.
"And do you have a name?"
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Date: 2006-10-05 04:44 am (UTC)It's a guess, but he did say it was his ship.
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Date: 2006-10-05 04:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-05 05:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-05 05:12 am (UTC)"That she is, luv. She's a treasure in truth."
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Date: 2006-10-06 03:45 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-10-06 03:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-06 03:57 am (UTC)"Ah."
Jack looks at her with interest.
"Goes with your hair, luv."
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Date: 2006-10-06 04:09 am (UTC)"I was blonde when I was younger," she hears herself say, a little blankly.
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Date: 2006-10-06 04:17 am (UTC)He leans further on the rail, watching her.
"Seems fitting."
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Date: 2006-10-06 04:25 am (UTC)Charlie shakes her head slightly, unconsciously. "The thing is, the power's hard to control. And when it gets too strong, the only way to make it back down is to throw it at water. I ... "
She's flushed again, though it may not be easy to tell in the darkness. "Usually a smaller amount of water's enough. Tonight was ... different."
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Date: 2006-10-06 04:32 am (UTC)Jack sounds startled.
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Date: 2006-10-06 04:35 am (UTC)She lets out a breath.
"There's ... a woman in the bar tonight who's the personification of fire."
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Date: 2006-10-06 04:40 am (UTC)There's a thoughtful pause, and then, "No, don't believe I know her."
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Date: 2006-10-06 04:46 am (UTC)Her gaze falls, a little embarrassed.
"Woke the talent up, so to speak."
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