PSL: Escape from the Capitol

[itsananimalthing]

When it went down, there wasn't a lot of time to spend dithering. There was absolutely none to spend on grabbing much of anything, and very little to grab people. One of the only people at that particular party that Riddick had any desire to drag away from the capitol city was Lottie. Not his first choice for who to jump off a boat and take a long swim with, but he supposed it was better than nothing. She was tougher than she looked, anyway. Tougher than she thought she was, too.

So when the explosion rocked the boat, he grabbed her around the waist, gave her the warning of, "Time to go," and made a smooth dive off and into the lake. Well, as smooth a dive as he could manage with Lottie in tow.

In the confusion of the damage and screaming people and zooming in helicopters or whatever they were, it looked like they were overlooked. For now. A headcount would reveal them missing eventually, but hopefully by then they'd be on the other side of the lake and starting the trek across the continent. Getting to the other side of the lake was enough to worry about, to start with. Hopefully Lottie wouldn't struggle too much....

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[itsananimalthing]

Riddick approved, again. "Take his boots off for me, will ya? Might be almost my size, anyway." And better than the dress shoes he was wearing now, in case they didn't leave him new ones with the supplies. "Then wring yer dress out." That, he expected to find a replacement for, but she'd be dripping otherwise, anyway. And the fabric might be good for something.

He, himself, finished with the pockets, and started stowing his finds away on his own person. The layers of fancy dress for these events at least gave one plenty of hiding places for pockets and small pinned-in bags.

[needsaprince]

"Will do!"

She started undoing the boots, making quick work of getting them loose and tugging them off before working on getting her dress less sopping wet.

"I should just leave the damn thing here." She muttered as she rung out layer after layer. Unfortunately there was no good outfit underneath, and no layers for her to shred away.

[itsananimalthing]

"And have you runnin' around the hills naked?" Riddick pointed out with a sidelong grin at her. "Pretty a picture as that'd be, better wait until we got you somethin' better." He dragged the body out of sight into the brush, then tugged the boots on. Decent enough fit, if a little snug.

"Ready to run, sister?" She was probably about as wrung out as she was gonna get, and taking the time to tear away the ruffles would be too long.

[needsaprince]

She flushed, and shifted, suddenly wanting to be more covered. And also a little complimented. But he had a point, either way. Now wasn't the best time to be running around unprepared.

"Ready as I'll ever be."