[He grabs his left wrist, letting his hand circle around the band beneath his glove, feeling the faint buzz of it straining to counteract the pain. He breathes in once, deeply.
Halfway, he's aware that Kaidan's getting closer, but mostly, he's aware that he has to get out at all costs. With his determination to maintain focus blurring his thoughts into one single action, he pushes as hard as he can.
It feels impossible. There's nothing there.
Strain warps his mind, bending and twisting along with the gravitational curvature of whatever it is that's locked him in. It's like he's trying to restructure how his brain understands the world all over again, fog wrapping around his thoughts with his redoubled efforts to focus against something that isn't physically there. He loops around once, finally managing to break free just in time to slingshot himself painfully to the ground.
Followed by the karmically helpful chair landing halfway on top of him.
It's just plastic, but it's still just painful enough to get a muffled curse out of him. Was that his doing, or did the effect end? He honestly couldn't say.
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Halfway, he's aware that Kaidan's getting closer, but mostly, he's aware that he has to get out at all costs. With his determination to maintain focus blurring his thoughts into one single action, he pushes as hard as he can.
It feels impossible. There's nothing there.
Strain warps his mind, bending and twisting along with the gravitational curvature of whatever it is that's locked him in. It's like he's trying to restructure how his brain understands the world all over again, fog wrapping around his thoughts with his redoubled efforts to focus against something that isn't physically there. He loops around once, finally managing to break free just in time to slingshot himself painfully to the ground.
Followed by the karmically helpful chair landing halfway on top of him.
It's just plastic, but it's still just painful enough to get a muffled curse out of him. Was that his doing, or did the effect end? He honestly couldn't say.
That could have gone... better.]