Spirit in the Skye | OTA

[morethan084]

Who: Daisy Johnson (Skye in this case) and YOU
Where: Various
When: February 9th-11th
Rating: PG-13 (Mentions of blood and gunshot wound injuries.)
Summary: Daisy 'wakes up' in Wonderland going by the name Skye is recovering from a severe injury. She's also aged back to 25 years old and has long hair again.
The Story:

CLOSED TO JEMMA AND FITZ

[Skye woke up to that growingly familiar burning sensation of pain that radiated throughout her abdomen, which she’s been dealing with ever since she got shot three weeks ago. She was getting ready to call Simmons back in to give her more pain meds when she realizes how different this bed feels, and the familiar tugging on her arm from the IV was gone when she brought a hand up to her face.

Opening her eyes panic instantly sets in when she finds herself in a completely unfamiliar room and all of the annoying equipment she had been hooked up to was gone.”]

Jemma?

[No answers, and she’s clearly the only one in this room with no windows. Mind racing with a billion scenarios as to where she could be and how she got here, Skye gets out of the bed slightly hunched over but hurrying over to the door. Pressing her ear against the door she doesn’t hear anything and risks carefully opening the door to look outside. Yeah, none of this was familiar. This wasn’t the bus and she has nothing with her to protect herself with, but she fears she would just be a sitting duck if she stays in her room. Even if walking around right now was proving to be way more difficult than she wishes it was. In fact she doesn’t get very far before the hallway is tilting and she’s collapsing to the floor.]

OTA

Diner

[Skye isn’t really feeling like herself, but, she should try to eat something. Even if eating recently has been a struggle. Finding a diner on the floor above where she had come out of, Skye walks in looking like death warmed over. Taking a seat at one of the booths, Skye reads over the menu although most of it didn’t look very appealing to her right now.]

Garden

[Skye had overheard someone saying there were dinosaurs outside, but despite even waking up in this place, Skye found that hard to believe without checking it out for herself.

They weren’t joking.]

How high am I right now?

[She’s speaking to herself, but, if someone overhears her hopefully they can convince her that they’re seeing it too.]

Wildcard

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Comments

[hypoxic]

[Fitz responds to the sound first, pulling away from Jemma to investigate the new thud. Is this Hydra again?? Something worse?

Finding Skye is a relief, and he'll kneel down beside her and offer his right hand, holding his left close to his chest. Hi, friend. Do you need support getting up? Things don't have to be weird, right?]

[morethan084]

[Skye doesn't even realize she's passed out until she wakes up to Fitz kneeling down in front of her.]

Fitz?

[She's relieved for about two seconds, thinking she had somehow slept walked until she sees their surroundings.]

Where are we?

[She keeps her voice low, afraid of being overheard]

[hypoxic]

[He nods at the sound of his name. He can manage nonverbal cues. They don't have time to stumble through it the other way. It's almost a relief to be having a conversation where someone isn't looking at him like he's broken, or odd, or--

Oh. She wants to know where. His mouth hangs open for a long, pregnant moment.]

Um. We. We. We're...

[The words aren't coming. His voice is thick and slurring even in the single syllable. ]

[morethan084]

[The moment he start stammering, Skye's expression changes to concern. Still on the ground, Skye tries to push herself more upright even if it's the last thing her body wants her to do right now.]

What happened?

[To him she means. Did he get knocked over the head?]

Where's Jemma?

[hypoxic]

[He's still working on the first question, and she's asked so many others...! His cheeks burn darkly, face flushing. There's no reason he shouldn't be able to get it out. He knows the concepts. They're in a place they've never been before. It's the thing that means the opposite of familiar. What happened was Ward did that thing -- the thing where he was a friend and then he stopped. And Jemma's in the place that isn't here. Skye deserves to know all of these concepts. And then he's got questions of his own. She's hurt. How did she get hurt? Are they under attack again??]

I... I was, um... [He gestures vaguely, as though the answer is contained in the twist of his arm.] ...And Jemma's... she's... [He pinches the bridge of his nose. She's in as much danger as the rest of them.] She isn't wearing her harness.

[When he gets it out, he searches her face with wide eyes. That was it, right? He got his point across??]

diner »

[mucked]

[ peggy is guessing at how to best proceed with her current predicament -- once upon a time her problem was that too many people recognized her, now it seems the opposite. children, youths, youngerish versions of people she'd known since arriving here. right now, she's putting in a take-away order to take back to tony. some means by which to sober him up.

but while she's waiting for the food she watches daisy walk in and take a seat. hm. ]

-- Love the hair.

[ she invites herself to take a seat across from her. ]

[morethan084]

[Skye looks over when someone speaks up, unsure if they were talking to her until she makes eye contact with them. Her reaction probably wasn’t what Peggy was expecting beyond the clear surprise on her face.

Looking away, Skye presses her palms against her eyes.

Yep. She’s hallucinating. Peggy Carter, really? Skye’s done some research on her beyond what they learned in school about her.]

Not my first choice, but, sure. Peggy Carter in a diner.

[She’s mumbling to herself.]

[mucked]

...First choice for what?

[ there's a remarkable patience in her voice. as though, perhaps, she's managed to come to terms with the utter insanity of this particular event. it's disquieting, it's disorienting, and nearly everyone she's come across who's been altered is fresh off some horror. ]

[morethan084]

[Oh my god. She even got her voice right. This is what happens when you’re on mandatory bed rest. Honestly this was her first time walking around in over three works, and it probably shows with the lack of color in her face.

Looking up from her hands, Skye stares at ‘Peggy’ sitting across from her. Figuring if she could just feel the air in front of her, and know that there was nothing actually solid sitting across from her, Skye reaches her hand out directly for Peggy’s face. This would totally break the hallucination, right?]

garden~

[redheadpepper]

[ Pepper just doesn't feel comfortable - no, she doesn't feel safe - sitting around inside a building full of people, not like this. Not when she could go off like a bomb at any time. Just by being near people, she's putting them in danger, and so she escapes to the garden, still wearing what looks like workout gear, her hair uncharacteristically down around her shoulders.

But then, dinosaurs. Jesus. ]

If you're on something, I must be on it too.

[morethan084]

[Skye looks over to the woman next to her, clearly no recognition on her face as to who she was.]

Did you wake up here too?

[Judging by what she had just said, Skye assumes that's what happened.]

[redheadpepper]

Yes, I think so?

[ Pepper looks around them, still confused. ]

At first I thought this must be a dream, but -

You don't - ah. Work for Killian? AIM?

[morethan084]

I mean, dinosaurs are pretty out there.

[Skye still isn’t sure what to believe right now. Even without all of this going on, she’s been pretty out of it the last few weeks.]

No. Why? Do you think they did this?

diner |

[revokes]

[ so tony stark is having a giant electromagnetic hangover. finding yourself at a pocket dimension right after your parents' funeral can do it to a person. he knows the basic details, they were given to him by the same person who forced him away from his bottles of vodka and tequila. honestly, this could have been a lot of fun if the place didn't force a mature adult on him.

he wanders into the diner and orders three espresso shots and a cheeseburger before flopping into one of the chairs.

this is exactly the time for a social call, right? ]

[morethan084]

[Skye has seen some people here she's never expected to see. Like, right now, when she spots Tony Stark. Although it took her a moment to recognize him because he looks a lot younger.

Getting up from her seat, Skye walks over to where he was and honestly has no idea what else to say besides:]

You're Tony Stark, right?

[revokes]

[ his head turns and at once, he regrets it. it's the hangover, it's been killing him for hours. he reaches for an espresso shot and downs it. she knows him, he doesn't her. it's not the first time this sort of encounter has happened in this place.

he's even used to it from before. he's a stark, it comes with some recognition. ]

depends. who's asking?

[morethan084]

Skye.

[And she's staring at him in shock, but not the shock he might be used to.]

Sorry, it's just...

You look so young.

[Smooth.

First Peggy Carter and now him?]

garden

[ofletters]

As high as the rest of us, I guess.

[ Hey, it's Sam, and he's... admittedly a little less surprised about the dinosaurs than she is. He shoots her a lopsided, but tired, sort of smile, crossing his arms as he peers out across the grounds. ]

We should probably get inside. [ He mutters, now frowning. ] I doubt they're friendly.

[morethan084]

[Looking up at the guy next to her, Skye almost makes a joke about his height in relation to the dinosaurs before she thinks better of it.]

I doubt they even care that we’re here.

[Possibly not at all true, but everything about today was weird. She woke up in this place, her friends were here too from farther along in their timeline. Now there’s dinosaurs?]

[ofletters]

Maybe not until they're hungry.

[ He's not looking to chance losing a life on a dinosaur's whims, okay? Sam shifts his weight, glancing toward the mansion, but unwilling to leave her out here alone with them. ]

Want to head in?

[morethan084]

Good point.

[Although from what she could remember from Jurassic Park/history, some of them looked like herbivores.]

I mean, it probably won't make much difference if we're inside or not, but, sure.

[She should probably sit down, as stubborn as she normally was, it's not like she could outrun the dinosaurs if they did happen to change their mind.]

I'm Skye, by the way. I'm guessing you woke up here too?

diner.

[boonie]

[Dogs probably aren't allowed in the diner, but Daryl doesn't really care. Most of the time he's not anywhere without Newt tagging along right at his heels.

Right now the German shepherd is positioned directly under the table across from Daisy's pulling scraps from Daryl's hand that he passes over long before finishing the meal. His appetite hasn't changed, he's had to learn to live on just a little.

Daryl remembers Daisy from their conversation at the bar and the brief stint training, but he didn't remember her looking quite like this, usually, she comes forward a little too confident.]

You look like hand-delivered hell. Might wanna make whatever you get a double.

[morethan084]

[Skye notices the dog first before she notices the guy who's hand its eating from. She's barely made eye contact before he's calling her out on how shit she looks.]

Thanks, but, I'm not really hungry.

[She couldn't remember the last time she was able to actually eat something. Getting shot in the stomach and having surgery because of it really messed her up.

Skye only came here because it was the only thing that remotely felt familiar to her. She's been to a lot of diners in her time.]

Your dog came with you?

[To this place, she means. Not just the diner.]

[boonie]

If you ain't hungry why're you here?

[Obviously diner meant food, food was made for basic consumption, not slouching and looking like a sadsack waiting for somebody to ask about your day.]

He goes most places with me. Not like it's new.

[morethan084]

[Then why was he here?]

I guess because this place feels familiar to me.

[It's about the only place that does.

Either the guy didn't understand her question, or that was his explanation. Which still didn't make much sense.]

They take dogs hostage too in this place?