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seaoftroublesNathan 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
Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey
Date: 2020-10-18 10:36 pm (UTC)"Well it should!" Duke broke away to storm down the hill again. "I don't matter!"
He stopped, grimacing, as he heard what he'd just said. And how it would sound to anyone else.
"Not compared to a whole town."
Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey
Date: 2020-10-18 10:45 pm (UTC)"Everyone matters, you putz," Danny snapped. "You matter."
Yeah, definitely a thing that he'd had to tell Steve.
Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey
Date: 2020-10-18 10:53 pm (UTC)Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey
Date: 2020-10-18 10:57 pm (UTC)Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey
Date: 2020-10-18 11:03 pm (UTC)He started down the hill again, his hands coming up to lace behind his neck. “Let’s just . . . go home, man. Catch your portal, and I’ll see you in a couple of days.”
Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey
Date: 2020-10-18 11:06 pm (UTC)You were still getting a hug, you moron.
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Date: 2020-10-18 11:10 pm (UTC)Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey
Date: 2020-10-18 11:11 pm (UTC)Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey
Date: 2020-10-18 11:16 pm (UTC)Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey
Date: 2020-10-18 11:17 pm (UTC)Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey
Date: 2020-10-18 11:19 pm (UTC)“What the fuck is a putz?”
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Date: 2020-10-18 11:21 pm (UTC)Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey
Date: 2020-10-18 11:31 pm (UTC)Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey
Date: 2020-10-18 11:35 pm (UTC)He gave him a longer look before adding, "I'll meet you for lunch on the usual day. Got it?"
Re: Conversations with Nathan and Audrey
Date: 2020-10-18 11:45 pm (UTC)