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Duke and Nathan fight in the galley. Nathan gets Duke pinned and starts choking him, then sets Duke's trouble off and he throws him across the galley. More fighting. They're both on the ground, trying to reach a gun first, when suddenly everything metal in the galley flies up and sticks to the ceiling.

Nathan immediately suspects Duke of doing it. Duke says that's not in his wheelhouse. Nathan says he just threw him across the room. Duke explains the rush his trouble gives him. More arguing, then Nathan locates his chill and agrees to let Duke and Danny help look for Audrey.


We covered all this in the other post.

This stuff gets summarized before the first OCD thread: They find out that the magnetism thing happened all down main street in town. Nathan asks Dwight to take care of it while he focuses on finding Audrey, finds out another woman has been abducted, the owner of an inn outside of town. Nathan and Duke head out there to go find out if it's connected to Audrey.

OCD starts here with the son of another abducted woman: The woman's son is a conspiracy nut with a hard-on for UFOs, and claims his mother was abducted by aliens. Duke plays along to try to get the guy to go to the police station, but he runs off on a motorbike, and Nathan, Duke, and Danny give chase.

Second OCD thread: Nathan's truck dies, as do all the phones and radios. Nathan stubbornly tries to fix the truck, resulting in an argument with Duke about not being able to fix everything (which Danny is sure to be highly amused by), capped off by either Nathan or Danny getting dragged off by their ankles into the middle of a crop circle.

Then a UFO floats by and crashes into the ground not far away. The phones and truck start working again, and they decide to go check out that UFO. It landed right next to UFO guy's house, where he's gone to get his alien fighting equipment.

Summarized, not played out: They discover all sorts of clippings and news reports taped up in the house, all about aliens showing up around the country. It's all the things that have been happening in town. There are two that haven't happened yet: strange lights in the sky, and a big blast from a UFO taking out an entire town. RUH-ROH. Meanwhile, Audrey has managed to escape from her kidnapper and finds a phone. She calls Nathan, tells him she and other woman were being held in the basement of the Inn.

Next OCD thread: Nathan, Duke, and Danny rush over. Duke finds Audrey first, tries to calm her down, but when she sees Nathan she all but flings herself at him. Duke has very visible Feelings about this.

Lights appear in the sky. Followed by a massive, threatening UFO. TOWNWIDE DESTRUCTION IS IMMINENT. Audrey tries to talk UFO guy down from his trouble by empathizing with having your entire world view and identity turned upside down. It doesn't go super well. Duke starts wondering if he's going to have to use his trouble to save the town, which freaks Nathan out. Instead, Nathan talks the UFO guy into letting himself get abducted so the aliens go away.

Last OCD thread, mostly me until the end: Duke has a whole "wtf, how was that plan better?" conversation with Nathan that ends with "You're a hypocrite, Nathan" and Duke storming off. He decides that, yeah, he's getting the fuck out of Haven again. He tries to talk Audrey into doing the same, up to and including offering to take her to Fandom with him, but she refuses. She still has too many questions. Duke hates it, but he understands. He heads back to his boat to sail home, offering Danny a ride, though I'm gonna guess Danny will just portal back to Fandom instead. ;D

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betterthanaplan: (you know how it is)
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"Hey Nathan," Duke called, as the police swarmed over the scene, finally getting the chance to investigate Audrey and Roslyn's kidnapping properly. "Explain to me the difference between killing a man and convincing him to crawl up his own ass. Because. . . ." He shook his head. "I'm at a loss."

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Date: 2020-10-18 06:54 pm (UTC)
betterthanaplan: (in the woods)
From: [personal profile] betterthanaplan
"Oh come on." Duke stood from his slouch against the ambulance behind him. "You didn't nudge him a little? I mean. You said he was crazy."

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betterthanaplan: (we put out an A-P-B)
From: [personal profile] betterthanaplan
Duke shook his head, turning to walk away. Nathan was worse than Danny was. At least Danny had the excuse of not being from Haven.

"Whatever helps you sleep at night, Chief."

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betterthanaplan: (are you kidding me?)
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Duke scowled. "No. Don't turn this around on me."

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Date: 2020-10-18 06:58 pm (UTC)
betterthanaplan: (pretty pissed off)
From: [personal profile] betterthanaplan
That hit Duke right where he lived. Because yeah, he had been prepared to kill Wesley. He'd been prepared to kill Helena, when she was draining the life out of him, and to use Octavia's blood to help fight the demons and keep baby Charlie safe in Lucifer's LA. And part of him was glad that Kyle Hopkins had thrown himself on Duke's knife, because it meant Simon Crocker and Reverend Driscoll could never come harass him again.

That didn't mean he liked it. It didn't make him like his father.

"You're a hypocrite, Nathan."

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betterthanaplan: (light from above)
From: [personal profile] betterthanaplan
Duke watched them for a second, then turned away to give them their privacy. He'd sowed the seeds of destruction for his relationship with Octavia in no small part because of the two of them, because of the way he felt about them. What he fantasized about being able to have with them.

But there was no room for Duke there. Audrey and Nathan weren't pirates. They weren't people who bucked tradition, rejected the rules. When the chips were down, they'd always choose each other. Duke just had to get used to that.

When Audrey drifted over a moment later, though, he couldn't help but let that last little ember of hope in his heart burn.

Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey

Date: 2020-10-18 07:00 pm (UTC)
betterthanaplan: (pretty boy)
From: [personal profile] betterthanaplan
She didn't say it out loud, but Duke heard it in her tone, anyway. "He's just a friend," he said, and gave her a small, crooked smile. "One of the only real ones I got left."

Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey

Date: 2020-10-18 07:01 pm (UTC)
betterthanaplan: (let's think this through)
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"Come with me," Duke said, startling even himself.

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Date: 2020-10-18 07:02 pm (UTC)
betterthanaplan: (I'm really enjoying how unhappy he is)
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"Come on." Duke gave her a weak grin. "What's here for you, huh? Just . . . a bunch of traumatized people falling all over themselves to destroy each other. Why's saving them gotta be on you?"

Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey

Date: 2020-10-18 07:03 pm (UTC)
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"Fandom's a good place," Duke said. "It's got all the weirdness, but people work together to fight it. They don't go to war over it." She started to turn to look at Nathan and Duke rushed on. "Or we could go somewhere else. Somewhere warm, with gorgeous beaches, where no one ever does anything. Or wears anything."

Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey

Date: 2020-10-18 07:05 pm (UTC)
betterthanaplan: (height difference kink)
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Duke bit his lip and nodded. He reached out to tug her into a hug. "Call me," he said. "I can get a portal back up here any time you need me. You know that, right?"

Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey

Date: 2020-10-18 07:05 pm (UTC)
betterthanaplan: (I need a hug)
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"You volunteering to go running into the line of fire for me? Bet Williams will love that."

Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey

Date: 2020-10-18 07:06 pm (UTC)
betterthanaplan: (height difference kink)
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"Not Danny I'm worried about," Duke admitted. "But — yeah. I'd do anything for you, Audrey. I love you, remember?"

"As a friend?"

"As whatever you need me to be."

Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey

Date: 2020-10-18 07:06 pm (UTC)
betterthanaplan: (hold me closer)
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Audrey squeezed him hard. "Go find Octavia," she said. "And apologize." Duke started to protest, but she cut him off. "I don't care if you don't think you're at fault, Duke. You need a warrior woman to keep you from doing something stupid."

Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey

Date: 2020-10-18 07:07 pm (UTC)
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"Yeah," Duke said with a little laugh. "Yeah, maybe."

Audrey popped up onto her toes and kissed him on the cheek, then pulled away. Duke hung onto her hand, not letting go until both their hands were out-stretched, until she slipped through his fingers.

And headed back to Nathan.

Duke squeezed his eyes shut and ran his hand down his face. Then turned to look for Danny.

It was time to go home.

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