You could be my luck

[libertin]

Who| Courfeyrac, Marius, Cosette, Joly, Max, and other invited (or uninvited guests)
What| Courfeyrac brings home a stray. Later, the campers gather to watch the nightly soap opera on the projection screen.
Where| 4th floor, near the mammals
When| Week 2, after this & this.
Warnings/Notes| N/A?  No tagging order, make your own threads if you want.  Let's make new CR and tag around!

Courfeyrac was waiting in the hallway outside of the mammal exhibit with his new acquaintance, X5-452, knocking out a pattern on the wall.  It wasn't any sort of standard pattern, but it would be recognizable to the people he hoped were still camped out around the corner as a sign that the approaching footsteps were his and not someone coming to kill them all.  

He waited for a response for several seconds before repeating the knocking, then, becoming eager, he called out to the campers in French, "You must answer when I knock, otherwise I will think you are dead.  Fools."

Comments

8] yes good

[libertin]

For his part, Courfeyrac had heard nothing coming from the hall. The only sounds he could make out were those coming from the camp, the overly loud conversations that he both enjoyed and wished would pipe down. They were conflicting notions, the desire to be social and the desire to be silent and live another day. From his perch near the mammoth display, he hissed at them to keep quiet, casting his eyes down the hall.

Vaguely, he thought he caught a glimpse of something glowing and red in the darkness. He squinted and strained a moment, seeing nothing but black.

[wantwhatiwant]

He heard a noise and froze, keeping the light off for now, peering through the darkness. He wasn't sure where the noise had come from exactly and he continued creeping, ready in case anyone jumped out at him, remembering what had happened with Wyatt.

[libertin]

It was moment like these when he wished the allusions to his catlike nature were more factually correct. He'd have given anything to see in the dark, if only so he could alleviate the sneaking worry in his mind. He debated it in his head a moment, whether or not it would be safe to leave their camp and wander into the hallway alone.

At last, he made up his mind and slowly left the campsite, keeping his back against the wall as he unknowingly approached Ian.

[wantwhatiwant]

Ian continued creeping forwards and almost got too close to the figure coming the other way. He took in a gasp of air and took a step back, hands curling into fists in case he had to fight.

[libertin]

That gasp was enough to scare the living daylights out of Courfeyrac and he staggered backward quickly, knowing full well that whatever cover he had was blown.

"Who goes there?" He called out, once he figured he was a safe enough distance away from whoever it was. He spoke in English, though his accent was strong and his voice was hoarse with fright.

[wantwhatiwant]

Ian stood his ground and switched on the laser pointer again now that he had been discovered. "Name's Ian."

He recognised the accent, but the voice wasn't Marius. "I'm not going to hurt you if you don't stab me first alright."

[libertin]

He repeated the name under his breath. It was unfamiliar to him and he was unsure if he should chance trusting the stranger. The other options, attacking or running, were equally unappealing, however.

"I have no intentions of stabbing anybody." He paused, licked his lips. "I am Courfeyrac. What are your intentions here?"

[wantwhatiwant]

"Also not stabbing anyone." He shrugged and blinked at the name. Not even attempting to copy the pronunciation. "I was just looking for somewhere new to hide, didn't want to stay in one place."

[libertin]

He felt tempted to declare this wing of the building occupied and turn the young man away. It was the safest option, the most intelligent one, even. But he wanted to study this stranger further.

"You have found a very good place to hide. There are building materials here." He was referring to the bones.

[wantwhatiwant]

Ian turned to look around around, he guessed that you could build with what was here, though he wasn't sure what you would want to build here, it wasn't like shelter was needed.

"You made a den or something?"

[libertin]

A den was an understatement. What had started out as a simple tent and stack of supplies had transformed under Max's guidance into a fortification that would have made the National Guard quake in their boots.

"You are very near to our barricade."

[wantwhatiwant]

"Barricade?" Ian whistled, impressed. "Shit, there many of you holed up here?"

[libertin]

"There are five of us." Six, if one were to count Venus, who came and went as it suited her. Besides him the barricade housed Marius, Cosette, Joly, and Max.

[wantwhatiwant]

"Wow, impressive." He hadn't seen large teams in the arena before, but he guessed in closer quarters it was easier to find each other. It just served to make him feel even more on his own, he hadn't been able to find Blaine at all, or Kurt, and he'd lost Eponine again though he hoped to find her soon.

[libertin]

It was difficult to make out Ian's expression due to the lack of light, but Courfeyrac wondered then if he had erred in giving out an explanation. He may have just unknowingly damned their barricade by acknowledging its existence. Quickly, he hoped to turn the conversation.

"And you? Where have you been hiding?"

[wantwhatiwant]

"Around." He shrugged, "Sixth floor mostly, but just wherever it didn't look like people would jump me." He gave a small smile. "They've got a planetarium up there, though not much in the way of food unfortunately."

[libertin]

He'd only been up to that floor briefly, having settled into the corner of the fossil floor relatively early on. He hadn't had much chance to explore it in depth. "Have you been down to the cafeteria? I believe there were some provisions left there. However, it has been several days since I last ventured all the way down there."

[wantwhatiwant]

"There's some stuff in the cafe as well." He shrugged, "Figured it wasn't best to hang around there though."

He was mostly okay, he had made the rations that had been sent to him stretch and grabbed stuff from the cafeteria when he thought it would be safe.

[libertin]

"Yes, it is an obvious target. And you must be careful around the gift shops as well." There was food in that area too, and supplies, but Courfeyrac knew from experience that Cinderella planned to patrol that part of the building. And while he was utterly smitten by her, he wasn't entirely foolish. He understood how deadly she could be.

[wantwhatiwant]

Ian nodded, "Yeah, thanks I will be." He nodded, "There's other food around as well though, I grabbed a book, it explains what can be eaten."

He didn't mind sharing such information, he really wasn't out to kill or see others suffer. He didn't want to play this game.

[libertin]

"I have one as well," he offered. "It tells of the plants which may be used as medicine."

Joly had found it helpful, and Courfeyrac didn't mind copying down its contents to trade. He certainly had enough paper and writing utensils since raiding the gift shop before.

[wantwhatiwant]

Ian nodded, it sounded useful at least. "At least they gave us some fucking chance." It was better than nothing.

"You can have a look at mine if you want, copy some down if you've got shit to do that with."

[libertin]

"Thank you." He tried to offer a smile, but all he could manage was a strained grimace. Even he could not manage to keep his manners fully in tact in the Arena. "I have paper at the camp. You may come with me, if you wish."

[wantwhatiwant]

Ian paused but nodded after a moment. He didn't think it was a trap, and if it was, well it was probably nothing he couldn't fight his way out of. He was tired of being alone.

"Yeah, okay."

[libertin]

It was only a short walk back to the camp, but Max had assembled a maze of booby traps around the outside of it. It was important that they not set off the traps by accident. Courfeyrac turned to Ian as he led him along. "You must follow me precisely. There are traps set. Do you understand?"