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Post by Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse on Mar 30, 2013 21:23:05 GMT -8
Patti scarfed down some crackers and guzzled down a cup of water. She dawdled a few more minutes, then decided to get up and move.
Out of bed, her wounds burned with every motion and her muscles throbbed and cramped with every step.
Her clothes were stained and gruesome, and partially torn away so that her wounds could be dressed. She decided to do something about that and exited quietly.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 31, 2013 22:44:50 GMT -8
Joe- "Becky. Are we alive?"
Becky- "Yeah. Go back to sleep."
Joe- "I don't know if I can."
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Apr 1, 2013 4:30:09 GMT -8
When Marie returned Seth from his speech in the Comm Center, Dr. Bebe and Columbo weren't around. DrGreen had his arms folded and was resting his eyes. Dr. Feingold was pacing a circuit of the room checking vitals and attending odd chores.
Ivan was still the worst off, supposedly asleep but looking coma-ish to the untrained eye. Kaito, Tyrone, Richie, and Basil were still all bed-bound, and Seth felt like joining them in repose. Sharma, Luke, Woody, Joe, and Becky were all resting but wakeful.
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Apr 1, 2013 4:35:24 GMT -8
Seth felt amped up after giving the speech and the exuberance of the crowd. It felt weird to go back to sickly town, and to know that he belonged there. He groaned more audibly than he intended. He looked over to Marie, as she wheeled him in.
Seth- "You know I want to be out there doing.. anything. This is kind of hellish."
Marie- "That's a funny turn of phrase. Get out of this thing and into your bed." She moved him near the bed and waited to see if he needed help.
He got in the bed willingly, and laid back with a wincing expression, but cooled it as he settled. He gave Marie a knowing look. Seth- "Yup. This sucks. *sigh* Well, I shouldn't hold you up. Thanks for the wheels."
Marie- "Not a problem. Just glad I din't have to carry you up to the stage like those other fellas. Now get well soon, or else."
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Apr 1, 2013 22:33:16 GMT -8
Time time time, see what's become of me...
Seth tried to collate his thoughts. They were a bit of a mess. What was his agenda? Seth- "...."
It was irritating to have to be laid up like this. He didn't really feel THAT bad... well, sort of. Anyway, it wasn't like his brain was messed up or anything. Well, the others were taking over the bossing people around part, so what was there for him to do? There was so much work to do around the building, but that was all planned and set up. Maybe he could do something with his fellow patients. The doctors were here, but it wasn't exactly their job to socialize with the patients. Maybe some of the people here would like to visit with someone.
Yeah, that's it! And since only Dr. Bebe was likely to order him back into bed and she wasn't around...
He sized up the potential victims of his campaign of cheer. Kaito, Tyrone, Richie, and Basil were all awake or close to it, laying in beds. Sharma, Luke, Woody, Joe, and Becky were also resting but seemed more wakeful. Joe and Becky talked quietly.
He looked around the room, and noticed some Tarot cards on a coffee table.
Seth- "Hey uh, Dr. Green was it? Could you hand me those cards, please?"
Dr. Green- He woke up a little bit, and took note of Seth. "Well. Your wish is my command, Mr. President." As he handed Seth the cards, it occurred to him that Green was essentially the president of the UWMRC at the moment.
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Apr 1, 2013 23:02:09 GMT -8
He took the cards out of the deck, and started shuffling them around. Seth- "Thanks, man. Wow, I never thought about how things must be going over at your place. Is it all okay over there these days?"
Dr. Green- "As fine as it can be. We have 99 problems, but a building full of rotting zombies ain't one."
Seth- "Haha, 'spose so. Well I should let you chill, this place is about as peaceful as there is in a half a mile radius I think."
Dr. Green- "True enough. " He glanced around at his fellow patients. Seth- "Anyone want to play cards? These ones work like a regular deck, just look more like a Bergman film." A few people perked up, but only Joe and Becky seemed receptive. Becky- "That sounds intriguing."
Seth- "Cool, OK who's got the most juice to shamble to the other part of the room?"
Surprisingly, Becky did the most heavy lifting in setting up the game, bringing a table over to by Seth's bed, and pulling up two chairs for Joe and herself.
Seth sat up cross-legged and put the deck on the table. Seth- "I took out all the juicy cards, devils and skull guys and all, unless anyone can figure out how to use those in a poker game. "
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Apr 1, 2013 23:24:36 GMT -8
Joe looked at the cards in confusion. Becky- "OK, so who's the Jack - knights or pages? I think we have to lose four more cards still. Also I don't know how to play poker."
Joe- "I think I remember. I first moved to Seattle on the ass end of that speakeasy fad."
Seth- "Ass-end of... Ohhh. Got it. I think pages are suckier than knights because they don't have horses. So they're Jacks. I think."
Joe- "No, no, pages sounds like those kids that get molested by corrupt congressmen, like Uncle Sam's version of altar boys. I think Jacks are supposed to be cool. They get, like, axes and stuff..." Seth opened a bag of Fritos, and sat them on the table.Seth- "Becky, that's great you're doing so much better. You were a real hardass last night, I can't believe you back-talked to that monster. Not to bring up creepy stuff, but damn."
Becky- "I don't even remember. Well, maybe we can talk about it another time. I guess you were there last night, with all the blood... Your name is Seth, right?"
Seth- "Yeah, that's me, but I was less bandage-y before. Joe said you were an Aikido expert? I don't know my martial arts, what's that one like?"
Becky- "Oh, it's kinda embarrassing. It's just one of the things my parents made me do. The only one I stuck with for long. I'm kinda done with it. Practicing I mean."
Joe- "She's crazy good. Aikido is like ... uh, it's what Steven Segal does. Are you old enough to remember that guy?"
Seth- "Oh yeah, the ponytail guy, right? Wow, that's cool. You guys both have useful fighting training. I don't, maybe that's why I have so many bandages right now, haha."
Joe- "You did as good as me. You just got beat up because of the lung thing."
He put some chips in the hem of his shirt to eat as they muddled their way through the game.Seth- "Oh yeah, Stevie totally has that Segal guy's movies on VHS. He was gonna throw 'em out, but I don't think he did. He's gotta like, alphabetize them first or something. We can watch movies here, probably after some of this work gets done."
Joe- "That's... so amazing. You guys have everything. Watching a movie now would be, like, some kind of crazy magic spell."
Becky- "I didn't really like movies. Well, I liked, um, Eraserhead, The Seventh Seal, stuff like that. But something tells me you're gonna be playing ponytail movies at the next party."
Seth- "Oh wow, yeah the highbrow stuff. Mm, I don't know what I like the best. Actually probably not the ponytail ones, the whole 'broke mah fuckin' arm' thing isn't so entertaining at this point... Maybe superhero movies. Iron Man is pretty good, too bad the third one's never gonna come out." Joe started laughing.Joe- "I just remembered, I used to be super annoyed that I was never going to get to see The Avengers movie. Seems pretty silly now."
Seth- "Nah, I feel ya bro. Hey maybe someday if we don't have anything better to do, we should go raid Pacific Place and see if they ever got a reel of that. Probably just get twenty copies of Dark Shadows. "
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Apr 2, 2013 0:15:07 GMT -8
The three had a pretty good time. A few oddballs came and went from the room. Playing poker with a tarot deck didn't end up summoning demons or anything. Seth felt a wave of fatigue at noon and people decided to nap. Buttermilk yellow light washed into the room and put everyone to sleep.
Seth woke up a little while later, and noticed his bed was very close to...
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