No dungeon's easy during a confluence, but this one was a soft medium. Monsters were tough, but Toby and a bevy of DRT officers with automatic rifles were tougher. The place is fully LIDAR-mapped out - it wasn't going for labyrinthine - and nobody's left in any room contiguous with the entrance hall. The core's been recovered and relocated to the entrance; the whole squad is regrouped at base camp looking at the portal. Final checks are going off without a hitch.
He smiles, shifting closer, "If you know Morse or some sign you can do that in my hands? Dunno if you do, though."
Jamie bites his lip and nods.
"More sensations are nice," he says, after a moment. "Even bad ones, mostly."
OK
He was briefly tempted to tap MKAY but that feels like it would be kind of a silly affectation.
LMK IF U NEED BREAK
OR CAN JUST (okay well this is way too much talking to make somebody sit through when you have to tap it out laboriously letter by letter but he's committed now) TAKE HAND BACK
He squeezes Bryce's hand and nods.
"Should we be heading back to the docks? How many people are left here, anyway?"
He stills for a moment, thinking.
"The bike Zei and I brought can carry three if they can all hold on. There's an Evac camp forming a few blocks on from that, so everyone else can walk there. Didja find the core in this dungeon before everything happened?"
He nods, "Should be safe, once everyone is out. We're no more likely to get wormed on the way to the harbour or the evac zone than anywhere else."
"Yes, it's safe to move me while guiding. I mean, so long as we're just holding hands. Can't promise anything about my balance while making out!"
...Bryce draws a little heart on Jamie's palm.
SHOULD U WALK OR BE ON BIKE IN MIDDLE SEAT
Hand squeeze! Bryce is also cute.
"Walking is probably a bad idea? Plus I think the three of us should take the bike anyway. Not to, like, disparage the DRT and support folks, but they will probably want you guys sooner than them at HQ."
"Ready. If one of you can, you can carry me, might be easier with all the rubble." Though he does still remember where all the rubble is. Granted, it might have moved since he could last see, since they were digging through it for stuff.
Luckily, he's tiny, if a bit dense.
"If I - "
- oh, he can't talk to both of them at once, that's a pain in the ass -
He holds up a finger briefly in Toby's direction, then taps,
CAN MB HIDE US ALL FROM WORMS IF I STEER BIKE BUT IDK
WILL TELL TOBY TO PICK U UP WHEN U SAY WHEN OK
Nodnod!
"When," he squeezes Bryce's hand and then lets go for a moment to make scooping easier.
Scoop. He'll feel himself being carried for a moment and then maneuvered delicately onto the middle spot on the motorbike seat. Toby's arms guide his to hang on around Bryce's waist.
Jamie hangs on!
"D'you know the way to the harbour from here? I dunno if you have your phones."
Goodgood! Jamie makes sure he's nice and close to Bryce on the bike. To make room for Toby, of course!
He buries his face in Bryce's back and prepares to be a good bike passenger.
Bryce pats Jamie's hand where it rests on his midsection, and hits the gas; even if Jamie doesn't hear anything, he'll feel the bike start to buzz under him, and then start to move.