24th Blast || Mello || [In Person]

[worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com]

[Bundled up Mello is making his way through the snow. To anyone looking out their window he appears as just a black dot making its way through the blizzard. (Mello's entire winter wonderland wardrobe is as black as everything else he wears.) If you happen to be crazy and are actually outside you may hear Mello's voice above the wind.]

MAAAAAAaaaaaaaaAAAAAATT!! MATT!! WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?!

[Mello lets out a muttered "fuck" under his breath, more of a breath of air than anything else.]

Comments

[worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com]

Then you must have been in cold like this before.

[And colder.]

[He nods at Iroh's suggestion]

I'm sure it is, we just have to find it.

[Mello's very curious about Iroh's firebending. That breath he just took reminds Mello a bit of meditation.]

[ginsengismyfave.livejournal.com]

Something like this, but these old bones don't take well to cold anymore.

[He squints through the raging storm.]

Any ideas where it might be? I woke up in the middle of a field somewhere, and the snow makes everything look so similar.

[worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com]

Just because you're used to it doesn't mean it has to agree with you.

[Mello shrugs]

I woke up in a church.

[Mello's not going to share the importance of this discovery with Iroh, he's not sure if the older man would grasp exactly what "we're not really in Pripyat" would mean.]

[ginsengismyfave.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

[A sudden gust of wind forces Iroh to shield his face with his arm. The fire in his hand gutters and flickers, but it holds.]

I think we need to keep moving if we have any hope of staying warm.

[worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com]

[Mello shudders too, retracting slightly into his coat] There's a safe house that a couple of the kids have set up. They've got a fire going, apparently. I haven't seen it yet but it sounds like a decent enough place to wait this out.

[If it ever ends]

[ginsengismyfave.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's the one James made. We should go there. Anywhere to get away from this wind.

[worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

[It's the kind of wind that freezes you to death]

Let's go.

[ginsengismyfave.livejournal.com]

[Iroh squints into the distance for a moment, then sets off to where he thinks the safe house is. The fire in his hands lights the way.]

[worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com]

[Yeah, Mello's not actually going to follow. As if he's just thought of something]

I'll meet you there.

[He never intended to follow Iroh, not until he finds Matt.]

[ginsengismyfave.livejournal.com]

[Iroh gives Mello a look.] Very well. If you are sure...

[worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com]

I have to find someone. I'll be there in a few minutes.

[ginsengismyfave.livejournal.com]

[He nods, then heads off into the storm. His form is soon lost in the whiteness, the flame in his hand the only indicator of where he is, but soon enough, that too is lost.]