shouts go up across the beach, but the truth is, shouts have been going up across the beach— grimm hadn't arrived alone, at least, insofar as that plenty of others came crashing in. separate vehicles, same event. the sky and sea splitting apart, dropping people and their belongings and their weird alien pets into xistentia.
one young man comes running, though. janus had just helped someone off the beach, into one of the vehicles that had swept up from the city for retrievals. free and clear of other responsibilities, they identify grimm as another refugee in need of help-- at least, til they come scuffing closer over the sand. and see some evidence of forced exit through the dense metal structure. not that that rules him out as a refugee, of course; plenty of refugees arrive armed with incredible physical abilities and/or destructive equipment.
but is he in need of help? sometimes a sack of potatoes is just how a guy looks before he's good to get up on his own.]
Easy there. [janus sounds american, to their contemporaries. they're dressed in black, walk with perfect balance, and hold up their freckle-knuckled hands in a gesture like soothing.] Easy. You're out of danger. Wherever you're from, whatever you came from, it's over now.
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shouts go up across the beach, but the truth is, shouts have been going up across the beach— grimm hadn't arrived alone, at least, insofar as that plenty of others came crashing in. separate vehicles, same event. the sky and sea splitting apart, dropping people and their belongings and their weird alien pets into xistentia.
one young man comes running, though. janus had just helped someone off the beach, into one of the vehicles that had swept up from the city for retrievals. free and clear of other responsibilities, they identify grimm as another refugee in need of help-- at least, til they come scuffing closer over the sand. and see some evidence of forced exit through the dense metal structure. not that that rules him out as a refugee, of course; plenty of refugees arrive armed with incredible physical abilities and/or destructive equipment.
but is he in need of help? sometimes a sack of potatoes is just how a guy looks before he's good to get up on his own.]
Easy there. [janus sounds american, to their contemporaries. they're dressed in black, walk with perfect balance, and hold up their freckle-knuckled hands in a gesture like soothing.] Easy. You're out of danger. Wherever you're from, whatever you came from, it's over now.