callada: (a quiet world for just the two of us)
Donquixote Rosinante ([personal profile] callada) wrote in [community profile] logsinthenight 2021-03-24 02:25 am (UTC)

Rosinante | OTA

1. Prep phase

Rosinante is at the silo doing last-minute repairs to the flooring, of all things. But it's crucial, even if not as mission-critical as the bomb itself. The floor is a mess of scrap and exposed wiring and pipes, and a clear path down here might mean life or death.

But in addition to swinging a hammer and hauling floor panels, he keeps an eye on one of the tablets linked up to Helix, and occasionally checks in when everyone else around him looks too busy.

All quiet here. How's it looking out there?

2. The towering wave

The signal was sent, the spirits have sung, and the bomb was launched - and there's a roar of water from far off. The plume of clouds rises high enough that it can be seen cresting over the trees even from the silo, where people now sit injured and exhausted.

He's alive, and so is Law. Not everyone was so lucky. He's about to sprint down to the control room even in his current state to make sure Weaver and Will are all right and that nothing got down there to him, because he swore he heard shouting echo up the silo's mouth a moment ago, but the cloud pillar makes him pause.

"You think that's it?" he asks, hesitant, afraid to be too hopeful.

3. Light

After his injuries and those of others have been tended to, and after he's certain that everyone is accounted for (poor, poor Pudding though), he ventures toward the lake to see the aftermath for himself. The column of water has mostly dissipated now, and it's a relief to see that nothing remains standing out there.

Quickly, however, the shimmer in the water catches his attention and he carefully crouches down to look. "Is that... light?" he asks, in awe, and covers his lantern with his coat just to make sure it's no reflection.

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