[Accidental voice/audio on (approximately?) the 16th]

[crankyshark]

[For the first few moments there's just background noise; waves and seagull calls and other regular beach sounds]

[Then, there's a pissed off scream followed by a rather destructive-sounding crash. The yell and crash would probably be very loud if they were near the journal, but the sound is subdued as if the journal is a decent distance away from whatever is happening. Following the crash is a stream of emotionally charged swearing. Anyone listening might have a hard time believing this is Thash since he normally doesn't swear, but he sounds very, VERY angry about something. The voice is accompanied by several more crashes, sounding almost like trees being felled]

[Finally after a few more paticularly harsh curses and an anguished scream, everything gets quiet. Then there's the sound of footfalls in sand growing louder as if approaching the journal, and the slap of the journal being slammed shut]


((To the Bloody Roses: You won't be seeing Thash around for a while. He won't hang around on the ship or anywhere in public on the island for very long. He won't come find Kat or Karai to train and he won't try to hang around and chat with Dave or Gene or anyone else. When we leave Deesuko Balia he'll come along, but will only board the ship to sleep or put fish in the galley))

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[Action - a few days later]

[myfayevalentine]

*After spending several days hiding in her room to recuperate, Faye had finally run out of painkillers. She didn't want to be out in public really. While she had healed well, there were still two small marks on her neck, and while the scratch on her cheek was gone, her lips were still bright with a thick cut that was trying to heal. Still, for the first time in days, Faye dared herself to leave her room, and the ship.

So she could be seen in the town, not quite as confident as she usually was. When people saw the cut on her lip they couldn't be sure how it got there, but Faye did her best to ignore any strange looks. What she was looking for was some painkillers, so she moved between the little stores, searching for a pharmacy*

[crankyshark]

[Her search would eventually lead her to a small section of town that people said had medical buildings, supplies, and stores. It included pharmacies (if they could even be called that in such a technology-lacking place), a healing herb market, a couple of small clinics specializing in specific health problems, and one large generalized treatment building- the same one she'd woken up in the morning after the incident. In the middle of all these establishments was a nice tiled square]

[It was near that large building that she might spot Thash if she was keeping her head up. Either he must have had some business there, or some business elsewhere in town that caused him to have to walk through this area, but there he was walking away from it. He was mostly keeping his eyes on the ground and his hands in his pockets as he walked, but as if sensing her presence he looked up for a moment and his eyes found her across the square.]

[After his eyes widening a fraction he quickly turned his gaze back downward as if he coudln't bear to look at her. He started to hurry along his way, away from her]

[myfayevalentine]

*She'd just been coming from one of the smaller buildings and was carrying a paper bag full of various medical supplies. At that moment, Faye was going through the bag, not paying attention to what was around her, but needing very much to take some kind of drug. But when she looked back up again she saw Thash just a small distance ahead. Very briefly she caught his eyes, and even seeing them back to normal startled her. Enough so that she dropped her bag, various items spelling over the square. For a moment, though, she didn't start to pick anything up, she just stood there shaking, watching him walk away from her*

[crankyshark]

[When he heard the sound of her dropping her bag and stuff spilling onto the tiles of the square he stopped, glancing back. He instinctively wanted to turn back around and go help her pick the stuff up, but at the same time a part of him was strongly preventing him from voluntarily going anywhere near her. Just knowing that she'd seen him made him want to run away. His eyes might be back to normal, but they filled with pain and regret any time they looked towards her and he couldn't seem to focus on her for more than a brief instant]

[After a few moments of him hesitating and wanting to help her but not, a passing stranger stopped and asked if she wanted some help picking up her stuff then proceeded to bend down and gather it up. When he saw she was being helped, Thash turned and started walking again]

[voice]

[buttwarmed]

Hey, you OK there?

[crankyshark]

[He didn't get a reply right away, as Thash wasn't feeling very talkative and had been avoiding the journal. But later on, he heard Yasaburo's question and finally answered]

....nope.

[buttwarmed]

Something you wanna talk about? [He can make a semi-educated guess. He heard him talk about his frustrations with Grell.]

[crankyshark]

[it wasn't about Grell, it was something that bothered him much more than that by the sound of his voice]

Not really

[Action]

[caster_blaster]

It wasn't easy to track him down, but then Gene at least had a modicum of experience when it came to hunting down people who didn't wish to be found. Gene crossed his arms as locked eyes on him.

"So there you are. What the hell's the deal, huh? You make a message like that, and nobody knows where the hell you are or what you've been up to. Don't disappear like that, man."

:D yay a friend. Sorry, he's going to be mean to you lol...

[crankyshark]

[Thash had been hiding out in a rocky alcove on a beach a couple miles from where the ship was anchored. The area around it was a little tore up, with toppled and slashed trees and spots of blood in the sand. If Thash had been thinking about it, he'd be impressed Gene had found him. He didn't exactly leave easy-to-read tracks, and no one else had seen him here. When Gene approached he wouldn't see much more than his tail and feet clearly since the rest of him was hunched in the shadows of an overhanging rock]

[his voice sounded rather agitated when he finally spoke to Gene, and his tail tapped against the ground]

Well, now you know where I am. Go away.

[caster_blaster]

"So what crawled up your ass?" he snorted, looking up at him, "You gonna' come down here and talk about? Might help yous top sulking."

[several days later - night]

[myfayevalentine]

*During the hours of night when she was quite sure that everyone else was asleep, Faye had woken up from a nightmare. She'd been having rather bad ones recently. Faye felt frightened and disturbed by her nightmare, and was craving comfort. Not to mention how much Thash had been on her mind lately since seeing him a few days ago.

So she left her room and went straight to his, opening and closing the door to his room as silently as she could. Faye looked at his bed, eyes adjusting in the dark, and stood for a moment or two. Then she crossed over to him, and lifted up the duvet slightly*

[crankyshark]

[Thash had been experiencing some rather horrible nightmares himself as well since he'd hurt her. As a result his sleep quality had been poor and he slept more deeply than usual when he could. He was pretty deep asleep when Faye entered the room and he didn't hear her or wake up]

[he did however stir a bit when she touched the blankets, his breathing changing a bit as he shifted slightly. He didn't fully wake up, though]

[myfayevalentine]

*While trying not to make too much movement or too much noise, Faye crawled into bed next to him. She curled her body up next to his, gasping as she felt her skin against his, having missed that touch for almost a week now. Still, it didn't take her long before she had fitted her body against his*

[om_nom_namur]

The hell's yer problem?

(XD so direct)

[crankyshark]

[Thash might get irritated by anyone else asking that, but he hadn't spoken to Namur since before he was taken into slavery, not even able to find him during or after the fight on Stella. So, he was happy to hear his voice in particular]

Hey, Namur... I've got a few problems but I'd rather not talk about it. How are you? Glad to see the raid on Stella got you free.

(it's how he do)

[om_nom_namur]

Screechin' like a damn banshee an' wreckin' shit helpin'? Think I'm up for a fight 'gain finally if y' want somethin' t' bite back at y'.

[A little over a week after landing at Deesuko Balia...]

[crankyshark]

[After a therapeutic chat (and concussion) from a certain concerned crew mate, Thash had decided to deal with his issues in a more constructive way than starving and wounding himself. He was still spending much of his time away from the ship but the last time he'd been to it he'd grabbed his guitar and brought it out to the beach]

[He'd start practicing by himself, though he was far enough from where the ship was moored that no one on it would be able to hear him. It wouldn't take a whole lot of walking to get into earshot, though]

[The first song he'd play and sing is this one (lyrics here). Sp he's still not feeling great, but at least he's expressing it by rocking out which tends to make him feel better even if he's practicing a rather negative song]

((btw with him playing as loud as he does, it's not too hard to get close enough to listen without him noticing you... because if he does notice you he'll probably stop. ;>> he practices alone for a reason))

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye had decided to take a walk along the beach herself that day, and had been catching a bit of sun. It gave her plenty of time to think anyway. So she headed along with bare feet, a pair of denim shorts over her bikini bottoms, and a beach bag over her shoulder. Faye was lost in her thoughts when she heard tbe music and recognised the voice. Not wanting to disturb him, Faye found a space crouched behind a pile of rocks. Sitting down, she listened carefully, finding the lyrics particularly painful*

One more negative one :D

[crankyshark]

[After that song he stopped for a minute or two to drink some water he'd brought, then went right into a different song. Unfortunately it wasn't really any more uplifting that the first one, probably even worse in fact...even with the lyrics being somewhat vague in parts it was clear it was a song about his blood lust that sounded like this with these lyrics.]

[He sang the songs with quite a bit of emotion; it'd probably sound quite depressing.... Yet after he was done he started messing around on the guitar in a way that sounded a little more light. He drank some water, thinking about playing a song he wrote recently that normally made him very happy...]

[hollywood_bro]

Dave hasn't been looking for Thash, or at least that's what he wants people to think. He was just taking a nice walk on the beach when he heard the guitar and he decided to check it out. He doesn't make any attempt to hide his approach. Dave wanders up to Thash with his hands in his pockets, trying to look as casual as possible. Not like he's worried about his friend or anything. Nope. Not a bit.

"Hey bro, didn't know you were into music."

[crankyshark]

[He was nearly done with the song when he saw Dave approaching, but as soon as he saw him he stopped playing. He'd kind of have to in order to hear what he was saying anyway]

Oh, hey Dave... [His greeting was a little subdued compared to normal, and apparently he wasn't in an upbeat enough mood to use the 'Captain Strider' title]

It's just a silly hobby. I'm not really very good at it.

[Though the music he'd been making suggested otherwise]

[A few days after they last spoke]

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye was just gradually letting things go back to normal, at least leaving her room more often. The wounds on her neck and lip had mostly healed down, enough that she could do a good job of covering them with makeup. She'd spent a day doing chores etc around the ship in a pair of tight jeans and a white vest top. Now she was ready for a bit of a break, so she headed into the galley and started getting things ready to make some tea. She put a kettle on to boil, then stood with her back to the galley door, fuaaing with her hair*

Re: [A few days after they last spoke]

[crankyshark]

[Thash entered the galley casually, wanting to check on the levels if a few supplies so he could determine if they needed to pick up more before leaving. He paused when he looked up and saw Faye though, wondering if he should come back another time]

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye sensed that someone was there and turned, her hands gathered full of her hair - it was getting longer and she wasn't sure what she thought about it. She blinked when she saw Thash and dropped her hands so that her hair fell to her shoulders again. What she wanted was to rush over to him and squeeze herself to him, disappear with him. But instead, her lips barely moved into a smile*

Hi.