watch it all burn

💥will absolutely rip a motherfucker in half🔥

[vivianrivers]

greaterof2evils 💥 self

If Vivian's decision not to go to Utah had been one of self-preservation, then this would have been ironic. Being as it is, it's only more of the destruction that seems to follow her, fate she's angered by trying to have more than she deserves.

When they busted in--and they didn't have to bust much, she'd already done a lot of that herself--Viv was working on dismantling the kitchen. It wasn't her usual wham and bam, not to mention thank you ma'am, she was trying to tone it down and taking things apart by their screws. There was still no rational explanation for it and she was sure Wesley and Luna would be less than happy with her for ruining their one hideout, but she just couldn't help herself. All the emotions were too much for her to deal with: regret about not going, too much doubt to actually go now, coming back at all, not wanting to leave when she had a chance for more. The indecision was crippling her and she was in turn crippling the estate.

So she looked up from the floor, where she was in a squat, taking apart a cabinet and breathing hard with the small satisfaction, to see a nondescript black mask coming for her. Viv didn't know who it was, but she was always spoiling for a fight and this looked like just the person to give it to her. She quickly rose to her feet and backhanded him to the ground with a throaty chuckle--he hadn't been expecting it. 

Except that he had. While she was laughing at him, he'd slid across the space between them faster than she could track and stabbed her in the ankle with some kind of tranquilizer. The instant sleepiness made her giddy, she was going down and hard, it was great. Maybe someone would actually kill her this time and that brought relief and elation. There was a stab of regret for her friend Warren, another for the friendship she'd never repair with Scarlett and the fact that she'd never find out what became of anyone else, but of course those were all good feelings in that odd way her thought process leaned toward destruction.

She's only woken up a handful of times in the two days since then and only for seconds at a time. There's nothing known to man that can restrain her aside from drugs, no cage that would withstand her being awake for longer than that. So to keep her captive, there must be an IV to keep her comatose and a feeding tube to keep her alive. But the second someone slips up and doesn't deliver that next dose on time, she's on and popping up out of there.

[dailyamberheard]

Like most people, I’ve been the girl who walks down a hallway and isn’t aware how I look and how other people perceive me.

[vivianrivers]

break free 🔨 wes+viv

[wesley-dekker-deactivated201505]

    Her speed matched with her impressive and inhuman strength caught Wesley off guard, since before he could conjure up his ability he felt his body travel through the air and into the wall. Pain washed over him at first, like a waterfall gushing thousand of pounds over him, then with time his body began pinpointing the pain. His ribs were first. Sharp then dull. It was a throbbing kind, how ever with time—like nano seconds—he felt the wall behind him prickling against parts of his exposed back. “Pleeasee" he winced out, feeling his lungs hurt slightly as he exhaled.

    Even if he needed—no wanted to stop her, he wasn’t sure how. Would his ability do much at this point—even more so, since he didn’t understand her ability completely his power might be fuzzy at best. Unbeknownst to the others, even Ever, for Wesley’s ability to actually work or work proficiently he needs previous comprehension of the thing he’s manipulating…So for Vivian she was an enigma and he figured a blast of his ability would have to have some affect….right? 

    So lifting his arms up as fast as he could, hoping she wouldn’t block, Wes focused his ability as well as he could to the center of his palms. As he did—with one swift motion—he cupped them both, and smashed them into the ears of Vivian. Once he made contact he sent a vibration through her, hoping that his ability would bounce around her, disrupting and fucking up something that could benefit him in that moment. 

[vivianrivers]

The whine caught her off guard, though it shouldn't have, and it was so pleading that she almost dropped him on her own. But, that dual force was working in her head so that even the pity she felt for him felt good, revitalizing, waking up parts that had fallen dormant in her time away from people. She moaned a little, "Fuuuuuuck..." and wasn't ready for the reverse attack. She was a predator accustomed to being at the top of the food chain.

His power, whatever it was, hit her hard. Viv had been reckless as usual, and gone after something she wasn't well informed on. All she knew is that at his touch, there was a deep buzzing in her brain and all of the strength left her body. Not only did she release her grip on the boy, she melted to the floor herself, one leg sliding into a hole she'd previously made and lodging there. Graying out, she tried to hold onto consciousness and was partially successful, due to the sparks that were bouncing around her belly. Being attacked herself brought satisfaction with it too and she was still on fire, though she seemed to have lost control of her limbs and couldn't react to it aside from a weak whimper, "Whaaaaa the fuuuuck?"

[vivianrivers]

break free 🔨 wes+viv

[wesley-dekker-deactivated201505]

 —CRASH! —CRUNCH! —THUD!

    In that instance the boy woke up in a sweat, since his mind flipped into red alert. "Was it happening? Is this the end?" he was trying to process everything, along with the destruction that was happening just across the wing. As his body caught up to his mind, Wes found himself leaping out of his bed—barely clothed with just his boxer—heading out his door and towards the noise. Practically head on into the danger that was Viv.

    “Okay….okay, you can do this.” he thought but Wes could barely hear himself from his own heart beat that was thumping violently. "Remember your training. Dissect the situation. Look at the issue. Disrupted…then solution." For Derek that was the bulk off his ‘training’ and simple as it sounded, it excelled in most any situation. Since the more complicated he made things to be, the less affective his ability would become. So with that in mind, foot one in front of the other, he ran finding himself taking the next corner until his eyes met up with VIv’s. At first he shifted from scared to relieved then to shocked all in the matter of moments.

    Since the blonde, standing in the debris she caused, looked like she just bathed in the blood of her enemies—and apparently that enemy was the house that surrounded them.

    “NO! I swear…are  you okay. W-why are you doing this?” he barely muttered out. 

[vivianrivers]

The fear worked double duty in Viv's mind, Wes's reaction both fueling regret and stronger than that, her sense of destruction. She liked to see the fear there and wanted to make more of it. She kept on her way down the hall toward the boy, fucking up the wall as she did and throwing her food through the occasional support beams for the floor below them. She yelled as she did, "Because I have to! Because FUCK this place! Because I don't know why THE FUCK I even CAME BACK!"

<pShe didn't really want to hurt him, except she did. The thought of it filled her with euphoria, as well as the resulting guilt of her urges. When she got close enough, Viv lunged toward him before he could get away, picking him up swiftly and easily with harsh fingers clamped around his ribs and pinned him to the wall. She licked his cheek for good measure, enjoying the way the drywall cracked behind his back. "What are you gonna do about it?"

[lonerunner72-deactivated2019010]

[vivianrivers]

break free 🔨 wes+viv

wesley-dekker

The restlessness had finally reached its peak. Vivian had been too paranoid to follow everyone else to Utah; she had become a creature of habit, it seemed and she was starting to think that was the wrong choice--despite how much thought she had put in to ensure it was the right choice. She had thought being alone was safer--not for her, her own safety meant less to nothing--but Viv was increasingly worried that ANON's purpose was to use them as weapons against the good guys and as attractive as that idea secretly was, she was fighting it. Now she was rethinking that, second guessing herself as was her nature, and it bothered a deep part of her that she'd let Warren go on ahead, as well as others who might have been on her team.

In response to this cognitive dissonance, this war in her mind, Viv was creating a war zone of the already rotting estate. In a split second decision, she'd decided to raze it to the ground, and she had made it to the second floor from the third, a wide path of destruction in her wake, including the now-missing stairs leading down. Literally ripping the drywall of the hall out from between two by fours with her bare hands, she kicked a few of the now bare-boned structure, splintering several like as many twigs. Viv was fully engaged by now, face flushed and panting from excitement rather than effort. By the time she saw the boy, she was drunk on destruction, looking like she might treat him the same way as the house. "WHAT? Did you want some too??"

[kind-luna-blog]

Wait..

Where are we going?

[vivianrivers]

Well, most everyone went to Utah, but I wasn't really feelin it.

[introverted-machine]

[gonewiththewhimsy-blog]

"Fingers crossed they don’t come here just yet, or if they do, maybe they’ll offer us a whole painted picture of what could happen." Derek understood the hesitation of putting blind faith in a person or organization they knew nothing about. Why bring them together and draw it out of they were in fact just birds waiting to be taken out one at a time. "Time is yet again what we’ll have to wait on until we see the truth, and until then, I’m going to assume things are good. It’s better, maybe foolish to everyone else, but.."

[vivianrivers]

Yeah, that might work for you, but I want to be prepared. Just don't let yourself get the wool pulled over, you know? [making a dismissive gesture in the air, she tries to change the subject before she alienates herself] So, tell me what you've been up to for a decade.

[gonewiththewhimsy-blog]

"Are any of us? I know I try, but that doesn’t mean I’m great at it." He laughed. "We’re going to be fine here, and we have friends around, or rather, quite a few people who are gonna at least fight for us. Do you really think we wouldn’t be?"

[vivianrivers]

Maybe the personification of caution. [she squints] I don't know that I can really trust anyone to fight for me. One person, maybe two, there's a lot more than that here. And I don't know these ANON fuckers or what they really want. I don't think it'd be very smart to just assume we're on the good side. Power corrupts.

[chaoticxqueen]

I’m not worried. [She spat the W word out like an insult.] Neither of us are indestructible Vivian, my life matters to me. [Nodding as she smoothed out a few of her curls, Scarlett began route to the garage, still having to step over fallen debris.] If we’re going to stay here, maybe we should also work on this dump. [She had to give the garage door a shove before it would open, rust making the hinges stick.] It’s underneath a tarp towards the back, I tried to hide it in case anyone else had the same idea. [After flipping on a light Scarlett joined Vivian in the back, opening the car’s driver door.] The inside is gorgeous..I think the body just got banged up when the roof fell in.

[vivianrivers]

[she could feel the force of that word and the insult behind it, it wasn't subtle, and it made the hair stand up on her neck briefly, a short chill] Well, my life doesn't matter much to me and I like that better. [she flared her eyes wide in challenge and surged forward ahead, standing aside to let Scarlett fight with the door and smiling to herself] Thanks, you strong independent lady, you. [she follows along] There's all kinds of good cars in here, though, if you really look at what they are. But it's definitely all been vandalized and worse, helped along in the dying process. Hot. [she doesn't get inside, but walks around to get the hood up, looking] ..............Cool.

[babycocodill]

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[chaoticxqueen]

[Scarlett made a face at the mention of wrecking the car, not surprised by Vivian’s suggestion. She was, after all, Destruction.] After a few test drives… maybe.. but you can’t kill us. I didn’t come all this way to die in a car wreck. 

[She also stood, teetering back and forth from foot to foot.] We could flip it into a river… your super strength should be enough to break the glass, no? We’d just have to scram before any media attention got there. I can’t imagine the others would be very grateful if an angry mob of humans followed us back here.

[vivianrivers]

[rolls her eyes] You could just watch from the sidelines if you're worried about it. [although she listens eagerly to the suggestion, itching to do it today, even through it'd probably be a few weeks of work, face lighting up] Of course I could get us out. I could rip off the roof if I needed to. Can we go look at it now?

[chaoticxqueen]

It’s.. kind of a gift to me too.

[She tossed the keys at Vivian before taking a seat, sinking into the old couch.] I went exploring in the garages and found what used to be a Maserati. The inside is pristine but..the outside could use some work. I also imagine all that junk under the hood needs a bit of attention. Which.. is where you come in. You could fix it… we could drive it..

[vivianrivers]

[eyes grow wider as Scar explains] .............Ohhhhhhh. [stands, fiddling with the keys in her fingers] I could fix it... We could drive it... ....Can we also wreck it?

[chaoticxqueen]

Not all. I have a present for you.

[vivianrivers]

[looks suspiciously at the keys] But I didn't get you anything.

[wrathism-blog]

"We were when he was more adventurous. I take it you two are close?" She laughed before shrugging. It was an attempt at small talk. Though she didn’t think he’d have kept in contact with anyone. She’d think he was too busy for his soldier duties. "Oh.This is his room." She pointed to the door that was four doors down from hers. She opened it, not caring if it was an invasion of his privacy. 

[vivianrivers]

"Oh yeah." She laughs. "He hates when you say he's not as adventurous, which is hilarious. But yeah, I'm as close to him as I am to anyone. He's the only one that's come to see me. Well... the only one that could have found me, probably." She rattles on and on until they reach the door and she slaps her forehead. "Oh yeah! Because the thing and the thing..." as she gestures vaguely around. "Gotcha, thanks." Viv pauses and sticks her head in the door frame to look around. "Not here. Unless he's grown an invisibility power," at which she laughs nervously, belatedly realizing it's not a very strong joke.

[gonewiththewhimsy-blog]

"We’ll just have to wait and see then, but yeah, I’d say I’m happy to be here. Happy and cautious. I can’t help it, being me means hoping for the best, and it can’t go all that bad if we’re here to do good, right?"

[vivianrivers]

I'm more cautious and cautious. Except I'm not really good at cautious. You can see how that's a little uncomfortable. [half shrug] Do you think we really are here to do good?