intro!

[bolledivita]

WHO: Caesar and the network! (Also Caesar+Mercedes)
WHERE: Mercie's car for the closed prompt, also the network
WHEN: Early March
WHAT: Caesar and Mercedes just got to town!
WARNINGS: I'll update this if something comes up

shortly after arrival - closed to Mercedes
[It's been one hell of a week. Finding out just what, exactly, had been going on, getting out of there, spending so much time on the road...

... It doesn't feel real, honestly. But it is real, and now he and Mercedes are in a strange town on their own and... their younger siblings aren't here. This is what they're doing for the foreseeable future. They can focus on their goal in the upcoming days, but for now...

Mercedes had gotten out of the car to check something after they'd pulled over, and Caesar... just slumps a bit in the passenger's seat, burying his face in his hands. He'll still be like that when she gets back in.]

un: c-z; video
[There's a blond studying the camera with a faint frown before he sighs and closes his eyes.]

So. Is the app that apparently downloaded itself to my phone as soon as I got within city limits something I should be worried about or was that just complimentary?

[... That's it, that's the whole post, apparently.]

Comments

[bolledivita]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm glad it's only capitalists.

[lapislamine]

It could certainly be worse. ...Why don't we go back to the apartment now, and get our leftovers in the fridge?

[Instead of standing here in the diner parking lot boggling over TVs.]

[bolledivita]

Sounds like a plan, yeah. Do you want me to drive the rest of the way there?

[Said as he starts putting the TVs back.]

[lapislamine]

...I think I'd like that.

[She's been doing nearly all of the driving for the last week. She's...tired.]

[bolledivita]

Alright.

[He closes the rear door as soon as the TVs are back in and goes around to the driver's side and gets in.]

[lapislamine]

[She climbs into the passenger side and buckles up. They can....bring in what few belongings they could bring with them in tomorrow. Tonight... Mercedes thinks she might actually truly sleep for the first time in a week.

She yawns as they get on the road.]

[bolledivita]

[Thankfully, the drive to the apartment is short.]

... You go on ahead and get some rest. I'll carry our stuff in.

[lapislamine]

[...Letting Caesar take care of her once in a while isn't a bad thing. Right?]

Okay. But if the beds don't have sheets I'm claiming the couch.

[bolledivita]

[Right!! And it's the least he can do after everything...

He can't help but laugh a bit at that.]

Alright.

[He's just gonna start getting their stuff out so he can bring it in.]

[lapislamine]

[She's going to go on up to the apartment, then....it really is kind of a small, terrible place. But beggars can't be choosers.

....she is going to pass out on the couch approximately as soon as she sits down.]

[bolledivita]

[He's going to be as quiet as he can manage as he brings their stuff in...

Once he's done, though, he's going to get out a blanket and quietly drape that over Mercedes.]