Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
beingabadass) wrote2014-07-13 07:42 pm
beingabadass) wrote2014-07-13 07:42 pm
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[RP] If you love someone, better help his ass get free
Despite his best efforts, Rhodey's not sure he's kept track of time correctly. If his count's correct, it's been nine weeks, but he hasn't been certain for a while now. Still, it's better than just letting the time pass; it's not like he has much else to do than try and keep track. So he tries. He's not sure if he's technically waking up in the morning or not; there's no way to tell in this room they're keeping him in, but he'll count it for now. Waking up and going to sleep are a shitty marker for time, but they're what he's got, because unless he's even more off-base than he thought, the times they drag him out to try and get information are random. (Probably not actually random, but he can't figure out the pattern behind it.)
They also don't end very well for anyone. Not for the people keeping him prisoner, because all he does is tell them, calmly, just how fucked they're going to be when he's found. And not for him, because they don't take very well to being told how fucked they're going to be. He might do a little better keeping his mouth shut altogether, but he does it for himself. It's easier to deal with if he keeps reminding them -- reminding himself -- that people are coming for him, and he's just gotta wait.
So he mouths off to them in a way he should be way too smart for, telling them that they should hope it's the military that comes for them. Because if it's not, it's going to be Tony, and then they'll really be in trouble.
And even though it's been nine weeks with no sign of rescue, he still keeps telling them the same thing. Keeps telling himself the same thing. Because Tony's going to find him, and he refuses to have any doubt about that.
They also don't end very well for anyone. Not for the people keeping him prisoner, because all he does is tell them, calmly, just how fucked they're going to be when he's found. And not for him, because they don't take very well to being told how fucked they're going to be. He might do a little better keeping his mouth shut altogether, but he does it for himself. It's easier to deal with if he keeps reminding them -- reminding himself -- that people are coming for him, and he's just gotta wait.
So he mouths off to them in a way he should be way too smart for, telling them that they should hope it's the military that comes for them. Because if it's not, it's going to be Tony, and then they'll really be in trouble.
And even though it's been nine weeks with no sign of rescue, he still keeps telling them the same thing. Keeps telling himself the same thing. Because Tony's going to find him, and he refuses to have any doubt about that.