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 Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:37 pm
Observation Pt. 2His shoulders were hunched up and his jaw was clenched tight. How were there not more lifers that could be filling him in? The division was huge, so why was Jack the one he had to see?
He tolerated it because he wanted to see Chel. The fact that he suspected the blood on Jack's hands was hers just made him itch with more panic. He was hesitant to believe she was okay. Either way, he wasn't going to believe it out of Jack's mouth. He wanted to just see her for himself.
"My name?" His chest swelled a little. Did that mean she really was relying on him again? "I need to see her. Do you know if she's awake now?"
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:45 pm
Observation Pt. 2
If it made Chris feel any better, the bruise on Jack's jaw was still very visible.
"Don't know. This is my first visit today," he replied as they crossed through another hall, this one lined with different containment cells, and then finally entered the observation room. "You're welcome to stay as long as you want so long as you don't disturb the techs."
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:48 pm
Observation Pt. 2
Eventually Chel had woken up. Tenebrae had done his best to resume the blood flow. On the plus side, they had agreed to feed Chel twice a day now, and she got water when requested. Such an improvement!
She's worriedly talking to one of the techs when Chris and Jack enter. Upon seeing her cousin she immediately approached the glass, finger tips pressing against the clear surface and breath fogging her side up.
"Chris!"
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:57 pm
Observation Pt. 2It does make him feel a little better. But he can't help looking at the blossom of color and think that it's not permanent enough. Not ugly enough.
He forgets Jack as he finally, finally stepped into the room. He thinks maybe there's warning about not getting in the way. He doesn't care.
He presses his fingers to the other side of the class, just barely offset from hers. He almost cries, like he did that night with Lydia, but restrains himself because this isn't the safety of their room.
The glass is like a cage, he thinks. He's looking in at an animal at the zoo. She looks gaunt, sick. But alive.
"Hey, Sunshine. How are you feeling?"
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:59 pm
Observation Pt. 2
He knew better than to hover. Jack busied himself getting updates from the techs as the pair (he almost called her sister in the text to get Chris down there) caught up.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:04 pm
Reprise
"Chris he's coming- he knows- he's- the-" Words come too fast, too fast. She takes a deep breath and said, "Merlin's coming for you."
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:09 pm
Reprise
His brows furrow. He doesn't expect her to put that much energy out. "Calm down. Who's Merlin?"
It's almost amazing what he doesn't know. Every time he gets caught up on a situation, thinks he knows all the players, someone else is thrown into the mix.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:12 pm
Reprise
"He's- you know the legacies? He's more powerful than that. Bad guy." Her hands squeezed against the glass, trying to will herself to break through it. "It's all my fault, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry-"
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:16 pm
Reprise
He barely knows the legacies, honestly. It doesn't instill the same panic in him that it seems to have in her. He just presses his hand firmly to the glass like if he keeps it there he can reach through and anchor her.
"It's not your fault, nothing's happening. I'm okay."
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:19 pm
Reprise
A crazed paranoia enters her eyes. "Not yet," she insists. "He- He's-" she shook her head because she didn't have the words to describe what Merlin was capable of.
"I can't loose you dude."
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:21 pm
Reprise
He tries to smile, goes for reassuring but thinks it comes out sad. "I'm not going anywhere. I'll be right here. You're the one who's been touch and go, yeah? You stay alive and well and I'll be right here with you."
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:35 pm
Reprieve
Chel's getting frustrated. With the wall, with Chris' behavior.
She remembers now that Jack is there. "Jack," she pleads. "You're better with words- can't you explain it?" She needs Chris to understand the position she's put him in. She needs him to understand what she's done.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:48 pm
Reprieve
He glanced over his reading lenses at them at the sound of his name, a clipboard and pen in hand. After a moment of reading the situation (namely, making sure Chris wasn't going to strangle him), he thanked the Life hunter for the update and made his way over.
"What she means," Jack explained briskly, as though he had always been part of the conversation, "is that due to a series of egregious mistakes, she's managed to make not just your presence but your worth to her known to an all powerful being. One that is not happy with her."
There was a tightness to his otherwise bland expression.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:56 pm
Reprieve
His face tightens, shuts down slightly when he turns to face Jack a bit. He stares at the bruise as he talks, instead of looking him in the eye.
"Did I just step into a bad movie? There's no way it's that bad." He glances at Chel, and almost feels bad for making light of her situation, but he thinks maybe she's just panicked. Still recovering.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:47 pm
Reprieve
"I don't believe you understand just how serious that threat is, Axten," he said in a more steely voice. "Merlin knows who you are. ******** Merlin. He used to be the artifact-slash-entity that powered this island. He caused a literal rift in space-time that nearly destroyed the world. He's one of the ******** Legacies for Christ's sake, he's Vengeance."
Chris might be content to just look at the bruise, but Jack glared openly.
"He somehow got a student to bypass all of our defenses and possess Craft's body; God only knows what else he can do. So do us all a favor and ******** watch yourself, because I swear to God if you pull s**t like your cousin, I'll jab you with an air-filled needle myself."
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