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[hellofist]

[Open Spam]
[Cass inhabiting the CTS isn't a new Barge occurrence, but it's not typical for her to go in looking upset and come out still... really looking upset. But here she is, sitting on the floor outside the CTS to catch her breath and wait for her legs to start working again because it's been a few hours now of nothing but punching and kicking and pushing herself so she wouldn't feel anything, but it's not really doing the job this time around.

So yeah, she's kind of brooding outside the CTS like any good Bat does after an upsetting day.]


[Private text to Dean]
Out.


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[She goes back into the CTS after her break, but it's still not enough. In the end she's just on her knees punching the floor until her hands are bleeding and that helps, finally. Only took her hours to get there. Finally she leaves the CTS and makes her way back home to wait for Merlin. He can fix her, her hands and her heart.

It's a bit surprising, though, that she runs into him in the hallway, him approaching the door from the other direction. Even after everything, she's able to smile when she sees him.]

Was just... gonna find you. Hi.

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[takeyouapart]

[Merlin's been at work and blissfully unaware of what's gone on while he was in the Infirmary, but when he sees her - he knows something's badly wrong, and when his gaze drops to her bleeding hands that only confirms it.]

Oh. Cassandra -

[He moves close, touching her arms gently, too afraid of how else she might be injured to pull her into a hug.]

Cass, are you alright? What happened? Here -

[He opens the door to his cabin to let her in.]

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[velocette]

[He hasn't gone into the CTS because of the 'training mode' it was on. Now that it's safer, though, he's been exploring. He normally doesn't bother people when they're brooding but...well Cass is unusual. Everything about her looks different to him and he can't pin down why.]

Hey.

[And he offers her a cigarette, because it's the 'olive branch' in the neighborhood he's from.]

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[logistical]

[Spock has not yet finished his tour of the Barge's facilities. He spent too much time in the library, and upon hearing that the CES and CTS were finally back to normal, he decides to conduct a small investigation into what they had been like before his arrival. To him, unfortunately, the CES would always be a bit of an empty place, foggy, and his communicator alive with voices he was not sure he wanted to hear, so he heads to the CTS, and sees Cass there.]

Hello.

[His hands are behind his back, like he is surveying something, and his posture perfectly controlled. He is regarding her with some curiosity.]

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[ichoosefight]

[ She didn't have to see the comments to suspect that Cass might be upset after Cain's post. He always made himself out to be this great father figure who just made a mistake. She knows if it was her she would be pissed. So she goes out looking, and she doesn't stop until she finds her friend. ]

Cass. Hey.

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[theantiaya]

[It was mere coincidence that led them to cross paths.]

[Aya had been on her way to a completely unrelated location the moment she passed by the CTS and saw Cassandra. Until then, she had found little reason to maintain constant communication with the young girl. Their last discussion had carried a strong tone of sadness. Emotion. It was...illogical to continue subjecting herself to such frivolities.]

[But there was something equally off about this scene. The physical state of her suggested Cassandra had recently emerged from training. Past experience had led Aya to believe this usual resulted in a more pleasant expression. Therefore, her mind immediately began processing all the possible conclusions.]

...is the CTS in need of repairs?

[Not that it was of immediate consequence to her; she had no need for the training, even if her higher functions would be returned to her. But for future reference, and an update in the ongoings of the Barge, she thought it rational to ask.]

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[wedonot]

[Charles had been on his way to the CES, but he diverts his path when he spots Cass. He doesn't need to be a telepath to be able to sense the dark raincloud of emotion hovering over her, and while they don't know each other very well, he can't just pretend like he didn't notice her.

So he walks over]

Are you- [He cuts himself off quickly, shaking his head.] I'm sorry, that's an absurd question. Do you need anything?

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[myresponsibility]

[Peter's been keeping out of the way and to himself for the most part after port ended. It was harder to want to pick himself up and make himself do stuff when he didn't really have anything to do here, and the depression and isolation he felt were hard to shake off.

Talking to Bond had helped, and he was trying, really trying to just suck it up and act like things were fine, which was why he'd headed up to the deck instead of just staying cooped up in his room.

It's also why he hesitates for a long moment before approaching Cass, because he's very intimately aware of what despair feels like and how desperately she might need to be alone right now. But Cass was the person who'd reached out to him during that flood where everything had been horrible, and so he cautiously approached her, keeping his hands shoved in his jacket pockets.]

Hey.

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[yeahscience]

[Jesse's got roughly zero interest in the CTS, but what he does like is the CES, and since his ride with Ariadne he's been taking his motorcycle out there every so often, when he catches it at a good time and it gives him something flat to drive around on. He's actually done and on his way down from the CES, taking the bike down in the elevator, when the doors open and he spots her.]

Cass?

[He holds the doors to get a look at her, then changes his mind and pushes the bike out into the corridor so he can lean it against the wall.] You okay?

[surfaceshine]

[Ironically, there's no answer. Good job, Dean.]

[bodilesswarrior]

[Barbara knows, by now, that Cass is okay, but they haven't spoken face to face. It's both a shock and a relief to see her sitting in the hall, and her chair speeds up with barely a thought.]

Cass!

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[greenarrowed]

[Oliver hasn't tried to use the CTS since the port, mostly because he lost the bow that Alex gave him there and he hasn't gotten around to asking him for another, even though he's sure he has access to this room still.

He still finds his way up to the deck anyway, and comes across Cass.]

Hey.

what do you mean this is late spam? that's an illusion. it's completely on-time. udek.

[breathoflight]

[Snow herself does not frequent the CTS, but she walks the Barge fairly often. Stretching her legs is a good time to think. During such a walk is when she finds Cass sitting outside and looking quite down in the dumps. It's the first time she's seen Cass be anything less than chipper so of course she's going to stop.]

Cass... Are you alright?