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[bunnivore]

 

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[velveteened]

( pauses and follows accordingly, digesting that. were anyone they know in a position to be worried about, he imagines gil would mention or insist on going back out there. and now that there's no active threat — )

Just what happened?

[bunnivore]

[ she perks up, trying to see if she'll get any information since she's seriously behind on all this. understanding that she is behind on so many things due to her late arrival is aggravating, but for now she can only do so much. what matters is that they're together now. like she had told gilbert, all they have to do is move forward. she can get any answers she wants out of them later. ]

[retraced]

They finally opened the agriculture wing.

[Oz probably remembers the work being done on it before he'd left.]

But after they'd opened it, they found...those things inside of it.

[velveteened]

— ah.

( that and a slight intake of breath perhaps to go on, except that he doesn't; scarcely five minutes of reuniting with alice and he remembers why he hates the moon so much, this space that sounds too much like abyss. )

[bunnivore]

[ his reaction causes her to glance in his direction, and she now opens her mouth to interrupt the conversation because she didn't like the atmosphere at all. ]

Oz. [ what do you even when there are zombies luring around. ] Are you okay?

[retraced]

[He glances back at Oz, just to look at his face and try to read that expression while waiting for his answer.]

[velveteened]

( wrong time, wrong place, and he doesn't miss a beat — )

I'm fine, Alice. If you've just got here recently, does that mean you haven't seen the cafeteria yet?

( deflection time. )

[bunnivore]

[ a long stare. she's thought a lot about food today, but it wouldn't be at this moment. ]

If it's about food then it is Seaweeds's job to feed me. And I don't really get it but... the zombies have to go away! If anything, they're my prey and I'll get rid of them, so you should thank me.

[retraced]

[He frowns at Oz, but then scowls at Alice.]

Don't volunteer people for things that they haven't agreed to yet!

[Even though he already knows that he'll end up feeding her every day.]

[velveteened]

( he laughs at all that, unable to help himself. )

Thank you, Alice! They won't stand a chance against you.

( despite all evidence to the contrary )

[bunnivore]

That's better!

[ she smiles, although she does shoot gilbert a quick glare. ]

So now that that's settled, we can worry about things later.

[retraced]

[They've passed several doors on the way already, but Gilbert clearly knows which one he's headed towards.]

We're almost there.

[velveteened]

( it's impossible not to smile in response to hers, honestly, soak up that light. )

Exactly, exactly!

( oz follows easily; he'd been a bit distracted at first, but this room is one he knows the way to just as well as his own. )

[bunnivore]

[ with a satisfied nod she looks ahead to see which door gilbert will lead them into. she probably won't remember later... but she can try. ]

[retraced]

[Remember it, rabbit! He's not showing it to you again! A few doors away, he ushers Alice and Oz past him so that he can walk behind them, just in case anyone does decide to sneak up behind them. But Oz should recognize the door up ahead, room 133.]

[velveteened]

( he does recognize the numbered door, approaching it with all of the confidence of much experience.

but that said gil's the one who has the key, so when they reach it oz pauses expectantly. )

[bunnivore]

[ alice glances at the door oz stops at, but she doesn't actually notice there are numbers on the doors. she's too busy looking around to see if anyone else is around thanks to being ushered ahead. but she waits, just as she should. ]

[retraced]

[He unlocks it, half looking over his shoulder still. This part of the base should be secure, but he would have thought the cafeteria would be as well and look at how well that worked out. The door is held open for the two of them to enter first.]

[velveteened]

( he walks on into the room then, with only a glance backwards for the other two. GIL CAN HANDLE THE ZOMBIE PARANOIA...

and he's going to go sit on one of the beds. )

[bunnivore]

[ oh good, a bed! it was only when she saw the bed that alice realized she was really tired. she did only get kidnapped onto the moon during a fight with echo after all. and there's the zombies. we all know what happened.

so she plops herself next to oz, sleepiness slowly replacing hunger. it'd be better to sleep with a full stomach though... ]

[retraced]

[What a strange, long day it's been. Gilbert locks the door behind them and then leans against it with a small sigh. They'll be safe in here for now, and he and Break do have food squirreled away. If Alice and Oz take his bed tonight he can sleep in the empty one or even on the floor, it won't be such a big deal. Then tomorrow they can continue to attempt to solve this zombie problem.

For now, though, it's enough to calm his heart to see the two of them sitting (or laying) side by side.]

Are you both okay?

[velveteened]

Shouldn't I be asking that?

( there's a half-smile and an uptick of an eyebrow at that; he's only just returned from a peaceful (and dare he say, enjoyable) mission with ahiru at a dance camp nestled in the woods, where the biggest danger was an instructor who took an inordinate amount of pleasure in shipping them. )

[bunnivore]

[ and of course alice has her own opinion about this. ]

Of course we're okay. We're all here now, right?

[retraced]

[If they hadn't been chased down the hallway by the undead and cats on Roombas, Gilbert might be more inclined to agree. Though, their answers are at least enough to put his mind more at ease, and wordlessly he flops down onto the floor in front of them. Instinctively, his hand moves towards his jacket pocket for a cigarette, a gesture that a month of no smoking hasn't broken him of yet. He settles instead for taking the jacket off and tossing it onto the chair nearby.]

Mmn.

[velveteened]

( alice, that's adorable. )

Exactly!

( he says, and doesn't have to feign the cheer, really; not with the three of them really reunited for the first time in a long time. )