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So...tomorrow's the big night.

I've had no chance to prepare for this escape beyond some basic training. Chopper's supposed to pull me out, so I worked a little on boarding one in flight, and I've been killing myself learning to escape the way I used to: without magic. My power won't save me in this, my people can't help me.

I got one thing going for me, and I can't talk about my secret weapon 'cause they'll find it if I do.

Send me some good vibes, people, I'm gonna need 'em. If I make it, it's because of you, and if I don't? To some of you, I'm sorry.

To the rest...if it's in my power, I'll see you next lifetime. I swear it.

Wish me luck.

[tms] july 20 - tom krause quote

NOTE: Takes place on Friday night. Zee is zee_ali and is used with permission as well as lots of love.

Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.

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The entire city of Las Vegas had turned out to bear witness to the death of hope.

That was what it felt like, anyway, and the only thing Ziyah could think about as she stood against the barricade and stared up at where Tommy stood. He was flanked by two figures that held shape in her eyeline, but couldn’t hold her attention. She was staring right at them and felt like someone had drilled a hole in her head, draining their faces from her memory in the same instant…

Ignoring the two soulless figures, unsure of how or why they served The Darkness, she gave Tommy her attention with a sick feeling low in her stomach. He was already pale, a fine sheen of sweat covering his forehead, which was bare with his recently shorn hair swept back from his face, wet with perspiration and held in place by a bandanna. A faded t-shirt and loose pair of track pants were his only costume, a set of lock picks hanging from his neck while a timer was clipped to his front pocket.

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Muse: Tommy Karras
Fandom: Original Character
Words: 1,284