(10:09:04 PM) Mr_Wilt: "You're just saying that because you know I'll win!"
(10:09:13 PM) Mr_Wilt: "You won't intimidate me, Ms. Volgorde!"
(10:11:23 PM) Sequence: "Ooh, is that what you think?"
(10:12:26 PM) Mr_Wilt: "It is."
(10:12:38 PM) Sequence: "Prove it."
(10:13:39 PM) Mr_Wilt: "Should I get down on one knee, then?"
(10:13:42 PM) Mr_Wilt: "I don't even have a ring."
(10:14:06 PM) Sequence: She stops smiling.
(10:14:33 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan also stops smiling.
(10:14:33 PM) Mr_Wilt: Oh god.
(10:14:34 PM) Mr_Wilt: Oh man.
(10:14:36 PM) Mr_Wilt: Oh god.
(10:14:36 PM) Mr_Wilt: Oh man.
(10:15:42 PM) Faminepulse [~chatzilla@synIRC-63220652.tampabay.res.rr.com] entered the room.
(10:15:48 PM) Sequence: "Um."
(10:15:55 PM) Sequence: "I don't-"
(10:16:48 PM) Mr_Wilt: Oh god!
(10:16:49 PM) Mr_Wilt: Bad reaction!
(10:16:56 PM) Mr_Wilt: Quick, Nolan! Look for the nearest exit!
(10:16:59 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan spots the window!
(10:17:02 PM) Mr_Wilt: He contemplates it!
(10:17:06 PM) Tox: A window in what?
(10:17:18 PM) Mr_Wilt: In the wall.
(10:17:22 PM) Mr_Wilt: Where else would a window be?
(10:17:27 PM) Tox: Not here, that's for sure!
(10:17:34 PM) Tara_Unknown: "In some way, even though I know I'm not your mother, I'll always think of you as my little girl" Rosalind says, hugging Lisa
(10:17:35 PM) Tox: //Trapped.//
(10:17:40 PM) Sequence: "I don't- Y-you were joking, right?"
(10:17:43 PM) Tox: Like a rat in a /cage./
(10:18:15 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan ponders this.
(10:18:15 PM) Soulless: Lisa smiles. "Okay..."
(10:18:19 PM) Mr_Wilt: Oh man, was he?
(10:19:13 PM) Sequence: Eva bites her lip.
(10:19:27 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan's not even sure.
(10:19:34 PM) Mr_Wilt: He doesn't think he /was/ joking.
(10:19:42 PM) Mr_Wilt: Oh man, that's not a good thing to realize right now.
(10:19:44 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan's tripping.
(10:19:50 PM) PryorG: <<hey nolan, you coming down or what?>>
(10:20:10 PM) Daedalize left the room (quit: Client exited).
(10:20:16 PM) Daedalize [~androirc@synIRC-15CDF17A.pn.at.cox.net] entered the room.
(10:20:16 PM) mode (+ao Daedalize Daedalize) by ChanServ
(10:20:51 PM) Sequence: Eva pauses.
(10:20:57 PM) Tara_Unknown: "As long as you know how much you mean to me, I'm happy"
(10:21:04 PM) Daedalize left the room (quit: Connection reset by peer).
(10:21:06 PM) PryorG: "D'aww"
(10:21:09 PM) Daedalize [~androirc@synIRC-15CDF17A.pn.at.cox.net] entered the room.
(10:21:09 PM) mode (+ao Daedalize Daedalize) by ChanServ
(10:21:37 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan's panicking. Okay, radio went off. It's Joseph.
(10:21:56 PM) Mr_Wilt: "I'll get back to you on that." He kisses her forehead, grabs his radio, and fucking /bolts/.
(10:21:59 PM) Tox: Think of what it would seem like if you just bailed.
(10:22:03 PM) Tox: Goddammit, Nolan.
(10:22:06 PM) Mr_Wilt: FUCK.
(10:22:07 PM) Mr_Wilt: MAN.
(10:22:07 PM) Mr_Wilt: FUCK
(10:22:07 PM) Tox: /Pansy./
(10:22:12 PM) Mr_Wilt: WHAT DO I DO, INNER ME?
(10:22:15 PM) Mr_Wilt: I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
(10:22:27 PM) Tox: You get back in there and you figure your shit out!
(10:22:38 PM) Tox: You love her, right?
(10:22:43 PM) Mr_Wilt: Yeah, I do!
(10:22:48 PM) Mr_Wilt: But did you see how she reacted?
(10:22:56 PM) PryorG: and you're not a raging homo, right?
(10:23:03 PM) Sequence: Eva feels lonely, confused, and abandoned.
(10:23:05 PM) Sequence: :<
(10:23:07 PM) Tox: You caught her off guard is all.  She wasn't expecting that.
(10:23:07 PM) Daedalize: How will she react /now/?
(10:23:13 PM) Tox: Get your fucking /ass/ back in there.
(10:23:21 PM) Tox: I swear I will gnaw on your hippocampus.
(10:23:23 PM) Daedalize: How upset will she be if you ditch?
(10:23:27 PM) Tara_Unknown: "Joseph, as though you feel any differently..." Rosalind smirks at him
(10:23:49 PM) Daedalize: Do it, or be forever an asshole.
(10:24:00 PM) Sequence: Eva just doesn't know what do.
(10:24:06 PM) Sequence: First, Katrin says she'll wait for Nolan.
(10:24:09 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan walks back into the room.
(10:24:12 PM) Sequence: And now Nolan seems to be think0
(10:24:14 PM) Tox: //Get the fuck back in th--//  Good.
(10:24:16 PM) Mr_Wilt: He looks at Eva.
(10:24:19 PM) TheRaven: Taggart hangs around the rec room, with no idea of the impending drama.
(10:24:19 PM) Sequence: "Back so soon?"
(10:24:22 PM) Mr_Wilt: Oh my god but what do I say
(10:24:23 PM) Mr_Wilt: Oh my god
(10:24:27 PM) Mr_Wilt: I'm going to have a heart attack.
(10:24:35 PM) PryorG: "'course I don't, I love the little lass" he grins
(10:24:51 PM) Sequence: Oh god he's just looking at her. She bites her lip.
(10:24:51 PM) Daedalize: Do us proud, Nol.
(10:24:58 PM) Tox: Fucking.  Say it.  Are you joking or are you not?
(10:25:24 PM) Tox: Were you just teasing or do you really love her?  Do you want to reach out and grab what's in front of you?
(10:25:33 PM) PryorG: Mexico is pretty this time of year, bro
(10:25:44 PM) Daedalize: You owe it to her. To yourself.
(10:26:49 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan drops his radio.
(10:26:55 PM) Tox: You walked through a /desert/ as an azure asexual Dr. Manhattan for this woman, Nolan Patton.
(10:27:02 PM) Sequence: "...Nolan? Are you okay?"
(10:27:19 PM) Mr_Wilt: You're right, inner me.
(10:27:20 PM) Mr_Wilt: I did
(10:27:20 PM) Tara_Unknown: Rosalind kisses Joseph on the forehead.  Right in the middle of the group hug with Lisa
(10:27:21 PM) Tox: You pressed through a situation that killed literally hundreds of others.
(10:27:47 PM) Pandyra [Mibbit@synIRC-7E4CA83A.client.mchsi.com] entered the room.
(10:27:51 PM) Daedalize: You fought something close to a god. Of dickery, but even so.
(10:27:52 PM) Mr_Wilt: Every time Nolan thought he'd give up, he thought of Eva.
(10:28:05 PM) Pemander: Gallus pulls back from the other two. "Well, it was great to meet you, Lisa." He smiles. "I've got some stuff to tend to. Bye Joseph, Rosalind."
(10:28:10 PM) Mr_Wilt: He didn't even think /twice/ about when he killed those peacocks.
(10:28:11 PM) Mr_Wilt: And why?
(10:28:14 PM) Mr_Wilt: Because it was for Eva.
(10:28:19 PM) Mr_Wilt: "No. I wasn't joking."
(10:28:21 PM) Tox: You rose up, you bitchslapped a bunch of peacocks, broke out of a military base, stole a Ska Rabmush.
(10:28:21 PM) Pemander: He heads to the rec room.
(10:28:34 PM) Tara_Unknown: "Goodbye, Gallus"
(10:28:35 PM) Soulless: "Byebye~"
(10:28:47 PM) PryorG: Joseph kisses her back "see ya gallus"
(10:28:56 PM) Tox: Your friend /died/, and /worse/ than died, so you could stand here, now.
(10:29:41 PM) Eskobear [Mibbit@synIRC-450C0BEC.dhcp.jcsn.tn.charter.com] entered the room.
(10:29:45 PM) PryorG: "now, who else?
(10:29:47 PM) PryorG: "
(10:29:47 PM) Tox: So you stand your fucking ground, look her dead in the eye, and tell.  Her.  What.  You.  Feel.
(10:29:52 PM) PryorG: Joseph grins
(10:30:18 PM) Sequence: She stares at him, completely taken aback. This... isn't this supposed to happen after a year or something? At a restaurant or on a lake, not from a joke?
(10:30:21 PM) Sequence: But...
(10:30:26 PM) Sequence: She does love him.
(10:30:37 PM) Daedalize: Tell her. This is what you both want. Not want, need.
(10:31:01 PM) Tox: Nolan.  //Nolan!//
(10:31:20 PM) Sequence: He went through so much for her, and he makes her laugh, and smile, even when everything is going wrong.
(10:31:30 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan looks her right in the eye. He takes a deep breath.
(10:31:31 PM) Tara_Unknown: Rosalind grins back at Joseph
(10:31:32 PM) Mr_Wilt: Oh boy, he's doing this.
(10:31:42 PM) Sequence: She's... not against it.
(10:31:49 PM) Mr_Wilt: This is definitely /not/ the night he was expecting to do this. He didn't even drink.
(10:32:01 PM) Soulless: Lisa seems to go a bit limp, like she's fallen to rest. She still need a lot of rest to heal up.
(10:32:06 PM) Tox: Say the words, Nolan.  You have love, you don't need liquid courage.
(10:32:31 PM) Daedalize: You don't need alcohol. Her love is your drug.
(10:33:10 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan opens his mouth to speak, but stops. No, he has to plan this. This is something he /can't/ afford to mess up.
(10:33:39 PM) Tox: Nolan.  Don't think.  /Feel./
(10:33:50 PM) Tox: You love her, right?  Then let this come from the heart, not the head.
(10:34:59 PM) PryorG is now known as PryorGodoftheLesbians
(10:35:45 PM) Mr_Wilt: He starts again. "Eva, I love you more than anything in this world, or any other twisted world we might end up in."
(10:36:38 PM) Sequence: Eva blinks and then smiles at him. "I love you too, Nolan. More than I can say."
(10:36:51 PM) Daedalize left the room (quit: Client exited).
(10:36:52 PM) Sequence: REDACT
(10:36:58 PM) Daedalize [~androirc@synIRC-15CDF17A.pn.at.cox.net] entered the room.
(10:36:58 PM) mode (+ao Daedalize Daedalize) by ChanServ
(10:37:30 PM) PryorGodoftheLesbians is now known as Pryor
(10:38:25 PM) Mr_Wilt: "I walked through that desert for weeks, killed a lot of people, a lot of things. I faced off against some prison compound, fought a giant bird, killed that world's greatest inventor, stole one of their most significant inventions, and lost a great friend."
(10:38:41 PM) Mr_Wilt: "But none of that matters, and you know why?"
(10:39:31 PM) Mr_Wilt: He smiles. "Because I had you to keep me going on."
(10:39:58 PM) Soulless is now known as Soulless|Dreamin
(10:40:33 PM) Mr_Wilt: "Eva Volgorde, I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
(10:41:04 PM) Tara_Unknown: "I think it may be time to let the little girl rest" Rosalind says, as she starts to put Lisa into a comfortable position for the night
(10:41:22 PM) Tox: ...Good going, Nolan.  You nailed it.
(10:41:53 PM) Eskobear left the room (quit: Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client).
(10:41:54 PM) Pryor: "Aye, she needs it, glad she's feeling better"
(10:42:00 PM) Mr_Wilt: Spoke from the heart.
(10:42:32 PM) Eskobar [Mibbit@synIRC-450C0BEC.dhcp.jcsn.tn.charter.com] entered the room.
(10:42:51 PM) Wombat left the room (quit: Broken pipe).
(10:42:55 PM) Tara_Unknown: "Shall we?"  Rosalind is trying to get Lisa to the bed that comes standard in humanoid containment cells
(10:43:04 PM) Sequence: Eva stares at him, expression shifting as he speaks. "I- I..."
(10:43:08 PM) Sequence: She simply doesn't know what to say.
(10:43:16 PM) Sequence: Eva swallows and tries again.
(10:43:21 PM) Sequence: She loves him, she really does.
(10:44:11 PM) Sequence: He makes her laugh and smile when she's sad, and she can really talk to him. He understands and they've been through so much together.
(10:44:19 PM) Tox: Remember, Eva.  While there may not be happy /endings,/ here in the Foundation...there can, and have been, happy middles.  Does this man make you happy?
(10:44:29 PM) Sequence: He... he does.
(10:44:57 PM) Tox: If you love him as much as it is plainly evident that he loves you... if he makes you as happy as you make him...
(10:45:05 PM) Tox: There is only one thing to say, here and now.
(10:45:16 PM) Sequence: Yes. Only one thing to say.
(10:45:24 PM) SkyAshton [~NullAshto@synIRC-E6712AB0.dhcp.kgpt.tn.charter.com] entered the room.
(10:45:28 PM) Tox: Say it, Eva Volgorde.
(10:45:33 PM) Sequence: "Yes, Nolan."
(10:45:41 PM) Sequence: "I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
(10:46:00 PM) ThisIsNotAName [~NullAshto@synIRC-E6712AB0.dhcp.kgpt.tn.charter.com] entered the room.
(10:46:43 PM) Pryor is now known as PryorG
(10:46:55 PM) Pandyra is now known as DrunkenUncle
(10:47:23 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan drops to one knee.
(10:47:26 PM) Mr_Wilt: Shit, he doesn't even have a ring.
(10:47:39 PM) NullAshton left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(10:47:49 PM) Sequence: Eva scoots to the edge of the bed. Oh. She's crying, a little bit.
(10:47:50 PM) Tox: Who needs a ring?  That's formal shit.
(10:48:18 PM) Mr_Wilt: He takes her hand in his.
(10:48:32 PM) SkyAshton left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(10:48:36 PM) Mr_Wilt: "Eva Volgorde, will you make me the happiest man in the world?"
(10:49:00 PM) Tox: Fiat.  Nolan's voice is wavering, and there are tears standing in his eyes.
(10:49:09 PM) Mr_Wilt: Damn straight there are.
(10:49:43 PM) Sequence: She's in the same situation. Her throat feels thick with tears, and her face is nor normally this wet. "Yes, Nolan. I will."
(10:49:44 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan smiles through his watery eyes. "Will you marry me?"
(10:49:46 PM) Mr_Wilt: DERP
(10:49:49 PM) Mr_Wilt: OKAY REDACT MY BAD
(10:49:53 PM) DrunkenUncle is now known as PantsOnHeadRa
(10:50:14 PM) Tox: Fiat, Nolan's question came before Eva's reply.  All is well!
(10:50:22 PM) Mr_Wilt: There we go.
(10:51:51 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan smiles the biggest smile he's ever made.
(10:52:12 PM) Mr_Wilt: He straightens up and pulls Eva into a hug.
(10:52:42 PM) Tox: That fucking hug index is about 20 out of 10.
(10:52:44 PM) Sequence: Eva stands to hug him, tears flowing freely now even as she laughs.
(10:56:24 PM) Mr_Wilt: Nolan sniffs, wiping the moisture away from his eyes. He can't help but laugh, too. "How's that for proof?"
(10:57:53 PM) PryorG: "alright," says joseph, leaving the radio next to lisa "lass' asleep, what's next?"
(10:58:03 PM) Sequence: "That's... pretty concrete, yeah." Her voice wobbles as she says it, reaching up to wipe a tear from the corner of his eye.
(10:58:35 PM) TheRaven: Taggart chills in the rec room, watching TV.
(10:59:18 PM) Mr_Wilt: He laughs again, pulling her into a kiss.
(10:59:39 PM) Sequence: She lets herself be pulled willingly, wrapping her arms around his neck.
(10:59:47 PM) Tox: Fade to black.