Got nowhere to go, we could be here for a while

[thechoiceisyours]

Who: The UD cast (Chris, Sam, Ashley, and Josh) and any visitors!
What: General catchall for whatever trouble they get into
Where: House 1503
When: 01/06 through 1/15 or so.
Warnings: Probably discussions of canon events, which would include warnings for all sorts of horror stuff.

[ooc: Catch-all log! Feel free to make your own starters (including as many scenarios/threads as you want), and indicate in the subject generally when the starter takes place.]

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[bekommen]

Could be worse.

[She's heard worse from her mother, in fact. Nick shrugs, then clicks her tongue at the next part.]

Damn, you're gonna make me take back what I said about you not sounding like a big idiot, huh?

[Teasing, though. Clear from the way she's still grinning at him.]

[thechoiceisyours]

[He holds up his hands in mock surrender, still smiling too.]

Hey, it was for a good reason at least.

[A good reason as far as justifying going out into a snow storm, though not good as far as the reason itself. Mike disappearing is still a bit of a mystery, and Chris really hopes he just mysteriously left this place the same way they got here.]

Could've done without finding out that yetis are a thing, though. Fuck snow monsters in general, seriously.

[First wendigos and now this, ugh. Okay, so wendigos aren't technically snow monsters, but still close enough.]

[bekommen]

No fucking joke. I ran into one of those ugly fuckers right when the snow started.

[And it's a wonder she managed to survive it. She'd thank Kamina for killing the thing but the guy seriously irritates her.]

So what qualifies as a good reason for running around in a blizzard?

[thechoiceisyours]

[Yeah, he owes Johanna for saving him from the one he ran into. He's really not big on this whole being defenseless thing.

He's quiet a moment at the question, then gives a small shrug and his voice is a little softer than before.]

One of my friends disappeared. We thought maybe he'd gotten hurt or something while on a supply run, and if he was stuck out somewhere in the blizzard we would've had to find him pretty quick.

[They couldn't take the risk that he would've frozen to death or something. But they'd never found him, and Hope should've brought him back if he died, so it's just... Kind of a mystery.]

[bekommen]

[Instantly, the teasing manner drops from Nick's voice.]

Shit. I'm sorry, man, that's - that's fucked up. You didn't find him?

[It's not like she has many friends of her own, but she can imagine if she did, and one of them suddenly vanished, she'd be pretty upset over it.]

[thechoiceisyours]

No. We thought maybe... You know... But he should've come back. So we don't know what happened.

[Chris thinks maybe Mike left the way they all got here, totally by chance. If anyone could end up getting out of this place just by determination and chance it's Mike, after all.

He gives another small shrug.]

It's... Really weird, but we're just trying to think the best, I guess.

[But it really sucks for him to be gone.]

[bekommen]

Damn.

[Nick's gaze drops to the ground, watching as her toe scuffs at the snow. That's just the shittiest thing. Fuck this place, seriously.]

Well, what's he look like? If I see him, I can let you know.

[thechoiceisyours]

Uh, he's like my height, brown hair, really good looking.

[Kind of a douche. Good to have in a crisis.]

His name's Mike.

[bekommen]

"Really good looking"? [She quirks an eyebrow at him.] Is that like, an objective opinion? People voted on that?

[thechoiceisyours]

Dude, apparently.

[Said as if it's seemingly a universal truth and Chris can't believe it, but in reality he has no problem describing his friend in such a way. It's accurate, and probably the most distinguishing thing about Mike appearance-wise.]

And I mean, he's class president, so people probably did literally vote on it.

[Those things are basically beauty contests anyway.]

[bekommen]

No shit? [She laughs quietly.] And is one of those votes yours?

[thechoiceisyours]

I'm pretty sure I had something better to be doing than voting on class president. Like sleeping. Or going to the dentist.

[He's never been a big fan of the social posturing that went on in high school.]

[bekommen]

[Nick wasn't either; she barely finished high school, and she did so in firm standing as a social outcast.]

I just don't think I've ever heard a guy call another guy "really good looking" unless he was into him. I mean, not that there's anything wrong with that. [She holds up both hands in preemptive mock-surrender.]

[thechoiceisyours]

[Oh. He blinks once, then actually laughs as the whole conversation and impression she must've gotten all click into place; he doesn't think anything of describing another man in such a way, especially when it's practically a running joke regarding Mike anyway.]

Oh man, no. Even if I did like guys, I don't think Mike would be my type.

[And even if he was into guys and Mike was his type, Chris and Mike have been friends way too long for him not to know better.]

[bekommen]

But you have thought about it? [She grins teasingly, then shrugs.] I'm just playin'. I used to think it was weird - you know, hick girl from a small town. [She rolls her eyes.] But then I had a girlfriend for a while, so. That changed. [Mostly.]

[thechoiceisyours]

I can say with complete confidence that I have not thought about it.

[He's totally unbothered by the teasing, playing along, though her last comment surprises him a little.]

Oh yeah? What was she like?

[What is having a girlfriend like in general he's new to the whole thing.]

[bekommen]

[The laugh fades from her face as she thinks about how to describe Kennedy.]

She was ... a complete shit most of the time. A real smarty-pants, y'know? Totally in love with the sound of her own voice.

[Nick's words are gruff, but there's an element of fondness running underneath, and wistfulness too.]

She used to say shit like "Nick, labels are for cans!" and "reject the gender binary!" and "resist the patriarchy!" [With each one, she makes a fist and mock-shakes it toward the lack of sky.] She'd talk a lot about "the personal is political." Kinda made me wonder if I was just another political statement to her.

[They'd fought a lot of the time, in fact. Sometimes, in her more bitter moments after the breakup, Nick would wonder what the attraction between them was in the first place.]

But she was a good kisser. And she was right about one thing, I guess - you can't help who you fall for. Feelings are pretty stupid like that.

[thechoiceisyours]

[He grins a little at that rambling description; it's clear there are some deep feelings there, but he's not totally certain if they're positive, negative, or some combination. Most likely the latter, he guesses, judging from the fondness in her tone but the fact that they're not still together and Nick's comment about political statements.]

She sounds like an interesting person.

[He means it genuinely; from that whole description she'd probably be a really fascinating person to talk to or be friends with.]

How long were you together?

[bekommen]

She was ... definitely not boring.

[And it's definitely Complicated, what happened between her and Kennedy, how it ended. It's one of the reasons why Nick took off and ended up in Canada - she needed space to sort herself out, and Vancouver was about the farthest she could get from Chicago.]

A few months, I guess? Just kinda happened - she's Andy's cousin, and she moved in with us, and then she was just always around, and ... you know. Shit happened.

[Furious makeouts is what happened. Nick clears her throat and scuffs her toe into the snow.]

Anyway, enough of my sob story. I don't usually talk about that - but you're pretty good at getting people to talk, huh?

[thechoiceisyours]

Ah, yeah.

[He knows how the whole wham, suddenly feelings thing goes when you're just around someone for a long time. He and Ashley had been friends for awhile, but it wasn't until they'd starting seeing each other practically every day that he'd started to realize he felt more than friendship.

Unfortunately he hasn't gotten to the fun of furious makeouts yet, though. Just one 'please come back alive' kiss that hasn't even happened yet for Ashley at the point in time she arrived here.

Her last comment earns a small laugh, because he hasn't really thought about it like that.]

I guess so, but it's not like... Some nefarious plan or anything.

[He's not trying to get people to talk for any ulterior motive, he's just genuinely interested in other people's experiences.]

[bekommen]

Nah, I was just thinking - you'd make a good bartender. People love to talk when they're drinking. They usually tip better if you at least pretend to give a shit about what they're saying.

[thechoiceisyours]

Oh yeah? Would that work even though I'm not a pretty girl?

[He's heard bartending is actually pretty good money, but he's a few years too young to even consider it yet.]

[bekommen]

Hey, if I can do it, pretty much anyone can.

[Because clearly he wasn't trying to say she's pretty. Right? Nick shrugs.]

Just watch out for karaoke nights, or you might wind up shoving a broken beer bottle through your ears.

[thechoiceisyours]

[No worries Nick Chris will just make it clear what he meant.]

But you're a pretty girl, so that's totally not helpful.

[And yeah that sounds like a problem, but...]

I dunno, it'd be a tossup if drunk karaokers are any worse than my friends are sober.

[Let alone his friends drunk. He thinks he can handle it.]

[bekommen]

[She's actually caught off guard by that, a quick burst of laughter ringing out around them as she drops her gaze to the ground at her feet.]

Sure. If you say so.

[She's never believed there's anything remotely attractive about her, even the times she tried to believe Kennedy when she said it. How could anyone really think she was pretty? She's a monster. Nick quickly clears her throat and switches back to the other subject.]

I'm just sayin', drunk assholes warbling "I Kissed a Girl" gets pretty tiresome after the third hour.