[Ami] Day 11: Tending Open Wounds (tag Mara,open)

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OOC: Bumping from [Lucy] Day 11: Making Her Escape due to maximum comment/replies reached.

Edited 16 May 06 to add: Maximum Posting Limit of 75 has been suspended for this thread.

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Ami ducked into Mara's shelter as Tommy and Jon made their way to the cookfire area. As they departed, her stomach grumbled a bit, reminding her that she hadn't eaten yet this morning. Tommy and Jon were too far away without shouting for them, and shouting might disturb Mara and she wasn't willing to leave the young woman alone. She figured she'd suffer through for a while longer; it wasn't like she would die of starvation in a few hours time.

Kneeling by Mara's bed, she hesitantly reached out and placed her hand lightly on the woman's forehead. Dropping her shields just a bit, she focused solely on Mara, wincing again at the rents and tears in the woman's shields. Beneath that, she was disturbed, and mentally and psychically exhausted. Ami wasn't connected to Mara the way she was to Megabyte, Mara not being a Tomorrow Person, but she thought she would try to reinforce the woman's shielding a bit anyway. The worse that would happen was nothing and the best was that Mara might sleep a bit easier, even if Ami couldn't take away the horrors she'd already experienced.

It took a few minutes of concentration, and Ami felt a wee bit more tired herself when it was done, but she'd managed to connect with Mara on the very surface and reinforce her shielding – filling in some of the gaps. It wouldn't hold for long, a day at the most, but hopefully it would give the other woman some comfort.

Done with what she could do, Ami leaned against Mara's bed and waited for Tommy and Jon to return.

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[Ami] The Messenger (tag group at Mara's shelter)

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Ami gave Scott's hand a squeeze, acknowledging his love and comfort. She didn't need to go there right now, and she wouldn't. This wasn't about her; it was still a good deal about Mara and keeping the other woman steady, and about finding Lucy's attacker.

"Why don't we go talk to Blaise, then?" Ami suggested. "Whomever did this is going to lie low for a few days, I'm certain, but the more people to keep their eyes open, the better."

(And I still need to check on River and Ripley,) Ami thought with a sigh. (I just need to pull it together, and hold there again.)

[Scott] The Messenger (tag group at Mara's shelter)

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Ami sighed, and Scott overheard her thoughts. /And I still need to check on River and Ripley. I just need to pull it together, and hold there again./

Scott caught her eye. /You don't have to do any of this right now./ With a slight smile he added, /We've got friends who are helping./ "Friends" suddenly brought Damon to mind. /Crap! Is Damon all right?/

[Ami] Time Out (tag Scott, group at Mara's shelter)

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Scott's concern about Megabyte surprised Ami, and she truly hoped that it didn't show on her face. Of course, given present company, she wasn't sure that it mattered all that much if it did show on her face. Her awareness of Megabyte hadn't dimmed or faded, but remained constant enough for her to know that he was faring far better than she was. But that was to be expected.

/I haven't sensed any distress from him,/ it was difficult for Ami to keep the confusion out of her voice and not ask, "Since when do you care?" A part of her wondered if the world had shifted on axis or changed rotation at some point in time and if she'd missed it. /But I'll check up on him./

Still, just to be certain, she reached out, giving her friend a mental nudge. /Hiya./

/Hey!/ Megabyte 'sounded' relieved. /You okay?/

/I was just going to ask you the same thing,/ Ami replied, glad to have something else to focus on besides the conversation between Scott, George and Carlos. Mara was as uninvolved in conversation as she was.

/I think I'm better at weathering these things than you are./ There was a thoughtful pause and she could sense him testing her shields and her emotional state. /I would have checked in on you, but you calmed down and I saw that Scott was with you./

(Ok, now I'm convinced that I woke up in the Twilight Zone.)

/What?/ Megabyte asked.

/Huh?/ Scott echoed.

/Never mind,/ Ami directed the thought at both of them, then turned her attention back to Megabyte. Since when had Scott's presence dictated that Megabyte could be calm and not worry about her?

/You're okay, then?/ Megabyte prodded.

/Yes, I'm holding up./

Ami could almost see his scowl and frown. /That doesn't sound fine./

/It's the best I can do right now./

This time she felt his exasperation. /Look, just . . . take care of yourself before worrying about everyone else, okay?/

/I'm working on it./

/Promise?/

/I promise./

Megabyte didn't believe her, Ami could tell that much, but his mental touch lightened and she focused on Scott. /He's doing better than I am./ Ami pointedly didn't mention that he'd practically echoed Scott's sentiment about her taking care of herself.

[George] Good Idea (tag Ami, Carlos, et al)

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"Might as well," George said. She glanced toward the jungle, where Faith had disappeared...and Sayid was following. She felt a momentary urge to call a warning, but on second thought she didn't. Sayid wasn't a problem and even if he were, Faith seemed more than able to take care of herself.

George grinned suddenly, amused by a sudden thought. Faith clearly thought Sayid was scorching hot. Precedent suggested strongly that they'd be shagging one another silly very shortly. They could both do worse and it would certainly take the edge off of Faith's anger.

The minute flexing and bunching of the muscles in Carlos' arm draped over her shoulder dragged George's attention back to reality. It felt like what he realized wished he was doing right now was throttling the life out of Whoever Did That. George could get behind that program.

"Uh...what was I saying? Oh--right. We might as well talk to Blaise. I came over here to talk to Faith about the trip out to the other crash site, but she took off."

[Scott] Good Idea (tag Ami, Carlos, et al)

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Scott was glad to hear that Damon was handling the morning's events well, primarily for Ami's sake. She had her psychic hands full with Mara and River already.

"Uh...what was I saying?" George said. "Oh--right. We might as well talk to Blaise. I came over here to talk to Faith about the trip out to the other crash site, but she took off."

Scott gave George a grim smile. "After the look on her face, that's a good thing. She'll be back once she's calmed down." He looked in the direction that Tommy had headed. Scott could just make out the man in the ocean floating on his back in some seaweed. (Weird.) Somehow he knew that the Native American wasn't injured or worse. That knowledge was even weirder.

Writing it off to island weirdness, Scott returned his attention to George and Carlos. "Blaise it is." Then he turned to Mara and Ami. "You should probably stay here and rest. Okay?"

[Carlos, Mara] Good Idea (tag George, Ami, Scott, et al)

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(OOC: If he's cracking an abalone shell on his belly, Scott, THEN you can worry. ^.^)

Mara nodded. "I'll...keep working on recovering. Please, don't worry about me. I'm just happy that there are people around me who actually give a damn this time. It makes things so much easier I can't even describe it."

Carlos buried his nose in George's hair briefly to help him center himself. Then he kissed the top of her head. "Yeah. Let's report our findings and then see about what else the raft crew needs." His tone was tired and grim. /Jesus, what a mess this has turned into. I wonder if Lucy would have done what she did if she realized it would cause this much pain even to total strangers/.

[Ami] Taking a Time Out (tag Scott, et al)

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Ami gave Scott a tight hug and kissed him lightly and chastely on the lips. /I'll be glad to sit this one out./ Aloud she said, "I'll stay with Mara. I think I can use the downtime as well."

Another downside to telepathy was getting too wrapped up in other people. But she couldn't help herself when other people needed help even more than she did.

[Scott] Taking a Time Out (no tag)

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"Good," Scott agreed. He told Ami and Mara, "Back soon." Then he, George, and Carlos set off in Blaise's direction.

OOC: They went this way (http://community.livejournal.com/crossing_lostrp/69109.html).

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(OOC: If he's cracking an abalone shell on his belly, Scott, THEN you can worry. ^.^)

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