Tunnel Vision is Not Always Helpful

[notrosesshadow]

Who: Martha Jones and Open
When: Day 121
Where: The destroyed clinic and eventually the tunnels
What: Saving medicine

Martha heard the service announcement. She would make her way to the tunnels, after she A) gathered up as much medical supplies as she could carry and B) make her way out of the partially destroyed pharmacy.

So she continued to grab every bit of supplies she could as she packed bags. Somehow she'd figure out a way to carry it all.

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[any1youwant]

She stood slowly, cautiously, but couldn't see anything in the darkness.

"Martha. I recognize your voice. After the last- that's right, you were trying to help people," She said with a nod, remembering. "You're a doctor."

She slowly moved back to the wall she'd been using as a guide to move along the tunnel, inching her way towards Martha.

"I'm headed your way, I think. Could you spare a bit of water. I ran in here, like an idiot, thinking I might get a chance to take a swing at one of our captors. ...is that you?" She asked, pretty sure she could make out an outline of a person. "Long story short. I brought nothing. Nothing but a knife I had on me."

[notrosesshadow]

Oh great. The woman has a knife. Martha is smart enough to stay wary though she is also helpful. She holds out a bottle of water in front of her.

"I'm here. Sorry, dark skin makes me mostly invisible. Probably should have worn something other than black. I'm holding the water out. You should find it shortly. Just, perhaps reach with the hand not holding the knife?"

She makes a joke out of it.

"I seem to have made it just in time. The clinic collapsed almost the moment I exited the door."

[any1youwant]

"Mm, same," She commented, knowing her deep blue skin would make her very hard to see in the tunnels, though her red hair and yellow eyes might stand out a little.

"Don't worry, hun, I'm too tired to be a threat and the only thing you have that I need is a sip of water," She mumbled, feeling around for the bottle and finding it. She carefully took a few small sips before handing it back. "Anyway, I think I already made a good handful of new enemies by jumping the gun on this survival schtick."

She wasn't going to explain what she meant by that.

"I think, I was one of the firsts to run in here. Stupid."

[notrosesshadow]

"Keep it," Martha gently urged. "I have more." As she had said before, Martha had taken the time to prep for walks through tunnels.

"How did you manage to make new enemies?" she asks curiously. Granted, if the woman was brandishing a knife at everyone, that would bring enemies.

[any1youwant]

"Are you sure?" She asked uncertainly, almost suspiciously as if this were some kind of setup, waiting for the Martha to demand something in return, but it didn't come. She tentatively accepted the bottle, lowering her arm that had been offering it back to Martha.

"Oh you know, the usual way," She hummed to herself. "I needed things, other people had them. That's always what conflict is about, isn't it?"

[notrosesshadow]

"And you didn't try asking nicely?" she inquired. Because their exchange over water had not been all that bad. "I don't know that conflict is always about that. Sometimes people just want to cause as much devastation as possible without any reason."

There's a hint of sadness in her voice as she says it, but she moves on.

"Are you OK to continue walking? Might as well see where these tunnels lead." And she doesn't want to keep Raven at her back right now after a confession like that.

[any1youwant]

She shrugged in feigned innocence and tossed Martha a less than pleasant smirk when asked if she'd been asking nicely.

"Only idiots fight for nothing," She stated as though Martha should know this. "I'm fine to walk, and I'll be even more fine if we can get out of here."

Her feet had been bare and were cut up and raw from the rocks, but she could only hope that once they were clear of the tunnels her powers would come back and she'd heal. It was worth ignoring the pain for now.

[notrosesshadow]

Martha chose to not react to the smirk or the comment about idiots. She'd just file all the information away and keep an eye on this one as they walked.

"Hopefully we're getting close." Martha felt like she'd been walking forever. "Not much more I can tell you other than we gotta keep walking. Keep drinking that water if you can. Better to drink more of it now instead of parsing it out if you're dehydrated."