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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 8, 2013 17:58:40 GMT -8
A while later, Columbo had stayed behind to watch the patients, Thierry had stayed in case anyone turned into a zombie, Wil and Kaya had fallen asleep, and Dr. Melange had finally gone upstairs again to get more sleep.
Thierry and Columbo sat across the room from Seth and Beau, occasionally talking quietly. Chou napped obediently in the hallway. Beau- "Seth, do you feel these people, their fear, perhaps it has something to do with mummy?"
Seth- "Oh? I hadn't thought of it. What, like... Something the mummies did? I can't imagine they're just strolling around out there."
Beau- "Why not? If you are mummy, what would you do?"
Seth- "Hm. Well, I'd probably throw a stupid mummy party for jerks, and then... hang out with creepy blood guys, go eat a bunch of candy, do all that childish 'parents aren't home stuff'... Yeah I guess maybe I would strut around like I owned the place. But still... What are the odds?"
Beau- "There are not that many people living. We do not know how many mummy there are... It is possible, yes?"
Seth- "I guess so... Wow, you're really that committed to hunting down the mummies? What if you get one and like, kill it or whatever. Then what?"
Beau- "I suppose I'd look for another..."
Seth- "That doesn't sound like much of a life though... What if it didn't even help?"
Beau- "*Sigh* and Dr. Bebe says I am bleak. It would be good revenge at least. I don't know anyone, what does it matter what I do? If I don't stop here, no one would care if I live."
Seth- "Aw man. Don't make me get mushy on you, dude."
Beau- "I don't know what 'zat means, but no need. I do not mean to be dramatic, it is just true. If I feel it is not fulfilling, I will do next thing. Right?"
Seth- "But-- what if you get killed?"
Beau- "I don't get killed yet, right? Eet is morbid, but anyone can die at anytime. I may as well do something to 'elp, yes?"
Seth- "You're leaving, aren't you?"
Beau- "I am sorry. I am no 'elp here, I do better to gather intelligence."
Seth- "..."
Beau- "Haha, I am not so cool to be sad about." He leaned in close to whisper."I would ask you to go with me, before you are sick. Maybe I come back and you come along. I don't ask anyone else 'zis."
At that moment, Thierry was distracted by Columbo complaining about Dr. Bebe. Seth- "...!"
Beau- "--So I will be back by time you are well, I'm sure."
Seth- "...I hope so."
Beau- "Don't 'ope, it's true."
Seth- "Okay. Goodbye then..."
Beau- "Goodbye for now. Mr. Thierry and Mr. Columbo, thank you as well."
Thierry- "Thank you. On behalf of our unconscious new friends."
Columbo- "It's been real, francês." He nodded once more to Seth, and walked out into the hall, to Chou's delight, and moved to the stairs.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 8, 2013 18:55:17 GMT -8
Thierry let Columbo catch a nap and others had fallen asleep again, leaving him alone in a room with other people, rubbing his face and straining to stay awake. Man- "oh!"
Thierry- "Calm down. Hello. My name is Thierry. You are in a safe place, my friend."
Man- "Um, am I? Ugh." Seth was sleeping lightly and woke to see the tall man sitting up in his bed. Seth- "Oh wow, he's--up?"
Thierry- "So he is."
Man- "..." The man looked confused still, but this time at least he seemed to be tracking on his environment.
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Mar 8, 2013 19:12:56 GMT -8
Seth- "Hey... You're at the 403 building. I'm Seth. What's your name?"
Man- "Um, I'm Joe. I don't know what the 403 building is. Should I?"
Thierry- "I suppose not."
Seth- "Do you remember how you got here?"
Joe- "Oh god, where's-? Is that Becky?" He squinted in the warm dim light at his fallen comrade. Seth- "That's your friend? She's under care of the doctor, she was seriously injured but she's getting medical attention."
Seth- "Yeah, she's doing a lot better but she was hurt very badly. Can you tell us anything, Joe?" He looked at Thierry. Joe- "I was going to say you need to have a weapon ready, but I can see you've done this before." Thierry's exotic weapon leaned against Becky's bed. Joe- "We came from Queen Anne. Our building was attacked."
Thierry- "By humans, or something else?" He finally rested again. Joe- "Monsters. Early on in this... There were these crazy people, going around doing mass killings. I think, some of those people are back. They look like zombies, but they are still smart. I don't know how it began because I was in bed. But the building was full of zombies, and that one... laughing like a fucking psycho."
Seth- "Ohh.. yeah we've seen those. Ugh, they're back then... One must have gotten inside your place, that's terrible. I'm so sorry."
Joe- "Zombies... So pathetic, but when it's a crowd like that... when you're trying to save people... There's just no way to get out in one piece..." Suddenly, Joe remembered something.Joe- "Oh god, who were those men? The ones who came to us..?"
Thierry- "Beau and Del."
Joe- "I have to thank them. And apologize. I half remember... so useless..."
Seth- "Aw, they're probably sleeping now. You need to get some rest anyway. Thierry, can you pass the message on for him?"
Thierry- "I certainly can. Rest easy, Joe."
Joe- "I don't know if I can. They're still out there..."
Seth- "We've got a lot of guards at the entrances, and on the roof. Maybe just in case we can double our guards on duty, what do you think, Thierry?"
Thierry- "Certainly. Joe, is there any background you can give us - a context to the attack, anything - that could tell us whether it was random, or something we should expect?"
Joe- "Nn.. I don't know."
Seth- "Sorry for all the questions, we just want to know what to do. Is there -- *wheeze* anything we can do to make you more comfortable?
Joe- "Haha. Why is the TB patient acting like the doctor?"
Thierry- "Good question. That's our president, and in his convalescence, I should be the one offering official cordiality."
Seth- "Haha, yeah... I should have said that. Thierry is the official-- head honcho for the moment. I-- abdicate the throne to thee, Mr. Harrison."
Thierry- "That's M. Harrison to you, sir..."
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 8, 2013 20:39:12 GMT -8
Night wore on, people slept and woke and slept again. Eventually, Columbo was the only conscious person. He sat reading a book. Columbo- "Candide, you eediot! Hehe." Behind his back, a movement. Becky- "..." She lifted her head a little, staring glassy-eyed at the back of Columbo's head. She moved her left arm a little, and raised her unseen eyebrows in surprise to see the bandage blossom in red.
She rested her head again, smiling slightly.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 12, 2013 21:39:36 GMT -8
It's a beautiful mornin'! The clinic was a room with no windows, but some beige light poured in from the restaurant area. In a little while Dr. Melange would come down and turn up the lights, but it was still spooky dismal at that moment.
Ashley stumbled down the stairs early, hours before his trip to Pan Pac. This face was quickly becoming this default expression. He had agreed to come down and visit Seth as before, and looked around the room bleakly. Thierry and Columbo nodded at him and went back to chatting.
He wents to see Seth, even though the man was sleeping.
He left a medallion to keep him safe, said a prayer, and left some handpicked flowers for him before leaving.
A little while later, Thierry and Columbo were still chatting softly when Seth woke up. He looked over from his bed and saw that Wil was still in bed by Kaya, and one of the new arrivals was awake and looking at him. Joe- "Oh, that's embarrassing. Just so you know, I wasn't doing that all night."
Seth- "I was gonna say your eyes are being too loud, but now that would just be rude. Haha... Good morning. Was I wheezing up a storm or somethin'?"
Joe- "No it's just-" A sound woke them - Becky, half-asleep, half-awake. She quietly said some nonsense words... Becky- "..Ab-adab Ab-Ad Ab-Dhur, Ab-Dhur, a voice of Hate hate..." She passed out again. Columbo and Thierry stood beside her. Columbo- "What the sheet was that about?"
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Mar 12, 2013 22:01:24 GMT -8
Seth- "Poor thing... Maybe she's having a bad dream."
Joe- "Uh, yeah... I think I heard her say that after we got out... couple times."
Thierry- "You'll have to tell us more about the attack when you're feeling better."
Joe- "I don't know... Feel like I told you everything I can..." Since everyone was awake, Thierry flicked on the lights. On the way back to his chair he brought Seth's attention to the stuff Ashley left for him. Thierry- "Someone wishes you well."
Seth- "Aw, that's so sweet. Who's it from?"
Thierry- "Le chevalier. Monsieur Ashley."
Seth- "Man, that guy's just a champ, isn't he? I'll have to be sure to thank him later..." Dr. Bebe arrived and excused Thierry and Columbo to get some sleep. Seth rolled on his stomach and flipped through an old spy novel he found in an old man's room ages ago, but had never finished.
Joe stared at the ceiling, wondering, worried. He turned toward Dr. Bebe.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 12, 2013 22:23:22 GMT -8
Joe- "Is it morning yet?"
Dr. Bebe- "Yes it is. There's light and everything. Would you like to go see it?"
Joe- "...I don't know."
Seth- "We've got a good view from the roof but it's six flights up, no fun."
Joe- "Yeah, I think I'll pass. It's nice that it's day time though. I had a feeling like... Last night wasn't going to end well for anyone."
Dr. Bebe- "I'm sorry about that."
Seth- "Yeah that sounds awful, well... we're all glad you're safe."
Seth went back to reading, but occasionally glanced to the door with a glum expression. Eventually Joe noticed.Joe- "Why the long face, man?"
Seth- "Oh... it's just... Beau was leaving today I guess. I thought maybe he'd come back to say goodbye one last time."
Dr. Bebe- "Pourquois? We'd hardly met!"
Seth- "I know. : / Just like that... He's gotta go find the stupid mummies. *sigh* I shouldn't say that, I wish I could find them too...
Joe- "Beau? The guy with the hair? From last night? Left? To find mummies?" He started coughing roughly. Becky stirred but didn't awaken. Around the curtain, Wil stood up with a start.
Seth waited for him to finish coughing, looking as glum as ever.Seth- "Yeah... He said he'd come back, but you never know with out things are out there." He flipped idly through the book and sat it down to lie back on his back and stare at the ceiling. Wil- "Is everyone OK out here?"
Joe- "Good enough, man. Good morning."
Wil- "Heh. Morning, Bebe, Mr. President."
Dr. Bebe- "Good morning, Wil. Is Kaya...?"
Kaya's voice- "I'm up."
Dr. Bebe- "Good. We'll keep her company Wil. You can go get breakfast." Bebe pulled back the divider. Kaya- "Who are my new roommates?"
Dr. Bebe- "Joe, sleepy Becky, and none other than the President of the 403 Apartments of America. Joe, this is Kaya."
Joe- "Morning."
Kaya- "Cool."
Seth- "Kaya, you look like you're doing a lot better these days-- *hf* better than me at least. Haha..."
Kaya- "I'm sorry... I heard a bit. You might be contagious, huh?"
Bebe- "Oh, good point." Bebe rolled Joe closer to Becky and farther from Seth.Seth- " *Sigh* My only friends..."
Bebe- "...are the germs. You know what you can do to end this! I brought you an extra special breakfast!" She wheeled a tray next to him. It held a twinkie, a few thick slices of funky lookin' cheese, OJ, and some pills. "Everything a growing boy needs."
Seth- "...What ever happened to Lucky Charms? "
Dr. Bebe- "I will totally have someone get Lucky Charms for you later, if you want it. But you'll need to eat it with something less speedy on the glycemic to keep your blood sugar stable."
Kaya- "Haha. You guys are funny."
Joe- "*feeble smile* I was just thinking the same thing."
Seth- "What am, some kind of clown here for your-- oh wait, yeah I pretty much am. ;D Haha... Boy we could really use some windows in here. Maybe we should kick everyone out of the comm center and set up camp. All the food too. And booze. They don't like it, maybe they should try getting sick. That'll teach 'em."
Kaya- "Heehehehehehehee..."
Joe- "Kaya. What sort of name is that?"
Kaya- "Laotian. I was born and raised here, though."
Joe- "Korean, the same. Hey Seth, what part of Asia are you from?"
Seth- "Caucasia. Actually no, that's a real place and they aren't white. Nah, Ohio. The whole steers and queers things and I don't got horns and whatnot. Hey Bebe, where are you from?"
Dr. Bebe- "Texas. The steers and queers thing was Texas. I'm from Bainbridge Island."
Joe- "I'm from Sacramento but I moved to Seattle to be gay."
Kaya- "Teehee. Um, I'm from Seattle. I feel so small. The world is big and I've never been anywhere."
Seth- "Me either really, just here and Ohio, and that's like a memory of using the bathroom at a gas station or something. Joe, how come you didn't just go to San Fran?"
Joe- "For some weird reason the hearing on my DADT discharge was at Ft. Lewis. Shorter trip. I met nice people, got a low-rent job, was doing alright."
Kaya- "Oh."
Dr. Bebe- "Didn't think he was being serious about moving to Seattle to be gay, did you?"
Kaya- "Hehe, sorry." Wil came down with breakfast for himself and Kaya.Wil- "What did I miss?"
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Mar 13, 2013 1:06:03 GMT -8
Seth- "Oh we're just doing our 'where ya from' talk. How about you Wil? You from around Seattle too? Your dad live with you guys?"
Wil- "Yeah, I mean, we're from Georgia a long time ago, but I went to high school here. Met Kaya there."
Joe- "How old are you kids?"
Kaya- "He's 20 and i'm 18."
Joe- "Aww."
Dr. Bebe- "I know!"
Wil- "Oh, and my dad just helped pay rent and visited a lot. He tried to help us get out of town... Um..."
Dr. Bebe- "Don't talk about it Wil. It's OK."
Seth- "Oh yeah, we don't need to get into all that ZP stuff. Funny we got a lot of military guys around here-- Oh! Joe, it's funny... Beau totally called you as military. Wonder how he know? Must be some kind of special sense you guys have. He was in the French navy I guess. So what was your specialty?"
Joe- "Ranger. All I had a chance to do was finish ranger school. Pretty embarrassing. Man, that sucks that Beau is leaving. I didn't get to... thank him... I think."
Wil- "That guy that was here last night? I'm sorry. That's weird."
Dr. Bebe- "He's a man with a mission."
Seth- "Yeah, the whole thing with the mummies. What do you guys think about that? I've been interested in doing it myself, but obviously not to that degree."
Joe- "I can't believe you guys. I can't think straight. I'm tired but I won't sleep."
Wil- "Someone told me about that a while back. I didn't know if I should believe it. You think you can stop the mummies?"
Seth- "Yeah, I dunno. It seems like we should at least keep tabs on what they're doing, if not getting things together to beat their asses. I'd like to try, but guess I've gotta get over this whole lower respiratory thing first. Bummer."
Dr. Bebe- "The bummerest. Can't get out to risk your life. Pooh."
Wil- "Man. What would you do if you found them? I mean, how do you kill a mummy?"
Joe- "Movies say fire. I mean, they're all dry and look flammable. In the movies."
Kaya- "Can we do anything?"
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Mar 13, 2013 18:28:24 GMT -8
Seth- "Yeah heck, I can't imagine they're that sturdy. You guys saw the video right? Little teenager with no guts, doesn't seem that tough."
Kaya- "I didn't see the video..."
Wil- "You didn't miss much, hon."
Joe- "Yeah, I guess he didn't really look like Boris Karloff either."
Bebe- "Having reviewed the video a few times myself, I suspect that indeed, these mummies are not very formidable physically. What magic can do, I have no idea."
Seth- "See my thinking is, they don't expect someone to roll up on 'em with a brick. Just sayin'..."
Bebe- "That just might work, but an ax would probably be better."
Wil- "Can we talk about something else?"
Seth- "Yeah, bricking's probably not polite conversation is it. Mm, maybe I should take a breather for a bit. Literally. These long sentences are killin' me."
Bebe- "Good idea. Knock off all the exhaling you."
Seth- "I'll keep it to a bare minimum."
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 15, 2013 0:09:52 GMT -8
Later...
Wil and Kaya had gone to hang out in the lounge, and Dr. Bebe went with. This left Joe, Seth, and Becky alone, until Thierry popped in for a quick visit. Thierry- "Seth, hello again. Just wanted to let you know it's under way. Ashley, Sarah, and Davin are on their way to the hotel, with Patti and Tyrone shadowing them in case of trouble."
Seth- "Whew, OK. Wish I could go there myself. Well, I'm sure those guys will pull it off without a hitch."
Joe- "Pull what off?" Thierry looked to Seth questioningly, non-verbally asking if they should discuss particulars in front of the new guy.Seth- "Ah, it's peace talks of sorts, with a nearby group. Nothing too serious, but they're pretty testy."
Joe- "Sounds serious. What's the shadow for again?"
Thierry- "I'm sorry, sir, what is your interest? You should really just focus on getting well."
Joe- "I dont know. Guess this whole situation has me on high alert."
Seth- "Oh it's nothing. People don't wanna start a war. They're just trying to be intimidating. It'll be fine."
Thierry- "He's telling the truth. Well, I've got to be ready for the return. See you again soon." Thierry left. The two sat in peace with unconscious Becky.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 15, 2013 3:46:05 GMT -8
Joe started talking again. Joe- "What do you know about Beau?"
Seth- "Oh man, not a lot. He just came like, two days ago? So you probably didn't see, but we got this sign outside 'pull the string if you're human', and it rings a little bell. So we can come let people in. He just came to us that way. He was really dead-set about looking for the mummies. He'd been all over up north... Mm, in the French navy, has a cute dog... That's kinda it."
Joe- "I guess that's a lot for a short time. *sigh* Um... I feel silly asking it. Is he gay?"
Seth- "Haha, I wish. Er, well I don't know really. Seemed like he was flirting with everyone but I don't know."
Joe- "Wait, you're gay? A gay president? That's pretty cool."
Seth- "Heh yeah. Although, we just got some freakin' weirdos leaving about that very thing recently. Guess they hadn't figured it out yet. It was a nasty scene."
Joe- "Wow. Really? Fuckin' geniuses."
Seth- "I know. I think it was mostly this one guy but he was a total maniac, pretty unhinged. Kinda glad he just left rather than doing something worse. Ugh, I shouldn't bring that stuff up, but y'know."
Joe- "Nah it's okay, man... my brain's all over the place. --But, I keep thinking about Beau, going off like that. Is he crazy?"
Seth- "Ugh... I keep thinking about it too. That guy's a real charmer, huh? It's not just that either. I mean... I'd really like to do it too. If I hadn't gotten sick, it woulda been reeeal tempting to ditch. That's a secret though, I feel bad enough about just being out of commission here."
Joe- "Wait, wait... You-you think that'd be a good idea? You'd actually want to do that? That's crazy! You're both crazy. I think about Beau out there like that, makes me feel like I should drag my ass out there just to make sure he stays alive. Clearly he doesn't have enough self-respect for his own well-being."
Seth- "Haha. Well, he was out there alone before too. He walked around all over up north, he even swam across the water from Ballard to get here. He was still kinda soggy when he showed up, if you can believe it."
Joe- "No! That's terrible! I heard the water isn't safe. Unbelievable! Swimming in the water. I mean, even aside from whether there's monster in there, there's fecal-coliiform bacteria... and swimmer's itch... and I don't even know what!"
Seth- "Hahaha, you're funny. Guess some people just live dangerously."
Joe- "I don't know why you'd do that. I don't know why you'd do that..."
Seth- "So you curious about him because... you know?"
Joe- "Oh. A little bit but also... I dunno..."
Seth- "I think he'll be fine. He got this far, right?"
Joe- "Maybe. I-I guess I had a pretty good life. It wasn't much, y'know, I wasn't well off. It was like, everyone was so cool. Even people that were unreasonable assholes, they were cool in their way. I knew everybody, smile at everybody... they'd smile back. Eat good food, have sex with sexy guys sometimes... and now what? Wherever I go everyone's unfamiliar but I find myself trying to create a new life even though I should know better, I should know it's gonna fall apart in ten minutes."
Seth- "Hey now, that's not true. Everybody can work together and do the best we can, right? You know, that's why I'd like to go for the mummies. It's like... the final boss, you know?"
Joe- "I--I don't even know what to say to that. Are you like, 15 years old?"
Seth- "Aw come on, it's an appropriate analogy! They're totally the villain in this story. At least you could kill them to complete the dramatic arc."
Joe- "*sigh* Life isn't a story, man. It's more complicated than that."
Seth- "I dunno, maybe I do treat life like a story ever since this all happened. It's so unbelievable it might as well be fiction. Before this, things were... weird. I don't know. I just did whatever seemed to be the next thing to do. Things wouldn't work out, I'd drift around. I didn't really have very many friends, haven't talked to my family in years... nothing to do really besides work and shoot the shit with weirdos. Maybe it just feels like there's something to do now, and I should do it. Haha, that's what Beau said pretty much. "I must do eet, I must look for zee mummy.' "
Joe- "That's a pretty good impression there. *siiigh*. I guess so. It's almost easier to understand that weirdo over there than it is you, but I guess I might have more in culturally in common with her."
Seth- "I kind of assumed she was your girlfriend at first. You guys just random neighbors over there, or friends?"
Joe- "Random neighbors, but the whole middle-class AmerAsian thing. We ended up hanging out even though we don't have much else in common."
Seth- "What's she like?"
Joe- "She's an old soul. In a way that makes me feel like a fresh-faced PollyAnna by comparison. Detached, doesn't seem like she cares about anything or anybody, but... open to the possibility that things might change? Hard to describe."
Seth- "Hmm... well we've got some gloomy gusses around here too. My guy is like a little bundle of dark rainy rain clouds."
Joe- "Aw. That sounds adorable."
Seth- "Yeah it is, heheh. I think he's actually doing okay these days, but he was pretty messed up about the whole ZP thing. Or... everything maybe. Lot of folks around here can't go outside at all, even with it cleared out and fenced off."
Joe- "Hm... I guess I can understand that. It's hard to remember but I feel like there were a lot less zombies out here than there was in Queenanne."
Seth- "Oh yeah. We busted our humps out here clearing this place. Lot of warrior types."
Joe- "That's nice. I mean... haha. Whatever. Yeah over there it's pretty harsh 'cause there's so many zombies out. Lot of tension in the groups. People are trying to sort themselves out by personality. The way people would if things weren't like this, but it's a little hard. You get stuck with a group of people 'cause you're afraid to cross the street. Well, the people we were with they were... They're all dead. It sucks. Unless anybody got out the back way and we didn't see them. Ugh... Anyway, they were kinda interested in putting some kind of Christian meaning on everything. It's another reason Becky and me would hang out. She had a similar feeling about that. I dunno what you believe but it does seem pretty ridiculous to expect other people to accept that. Becky just told them to their face, pretty funny."
Seth- "God that's like our Jeebus freaks. There's some normal Christians around here, but man... I could give a shit about anything religion right now. What good is it after all this? I don't see people gettin' raptured up but I do see freakin' demons. That was like, one of the first things that happened here. Super religious lady turning into something out of the Exorcist. We had to smash her with a sofa and like body parts were-- Okay, yeah I don't need to describe that. No, here it's real chill especially after those guys left. There are sooo many gay people here I can't believe it, that's another reason that was so awkward."
Joe- "Wow, that's nice. I mean, for us. Anybody you like-- oh that's right, rain clouds."
Seth- "Yeah, but there's some really hot guys. What's your type?"
Joe- "Ha... I don't really have a type. I tend to be steady, but there's been pretty different guys. Tend to all be Asian though."
Seth- "Hmmm don't think we have any Asian gays here, unless someone's holding out. There's some really sexy black guys. I'm kinda like you with being cool with whatever, but kind of a lot were black. Oh there's some cute art kids too... yeah. At the very least a lot of fun, nice people to hang out with."
Joe- "Oh that'd be an improvement. This building seems a lot more defensible. You guys gotta be serious about that more guards thing. I don't know about those psycho monsters. They gotta still be out there."
Seth- "Yeah I got the word out, we should have more guards as we speak."
Joe- "Mm, thank you."
Joe lolled his head over to look at Becky's unconscious form, mumbled very quietly.Joe- "I don't want to have to kill her."
Bryce- "Yo dudes, what's crappening.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 15, 2013 4:05:02 GMT -8
Seth- "Hey look, it's a rainy rain cloud."
Bryce furrowed his eyebrows.
Bryce- "Eh... Maybe I'm rainy in the sense in which if it is raining men, it would rain me, because I'm all man."
Seth- "Okay."
Bryce- "Man, that makes me think of that band. That mousy-eyed guy and his brother and like... he shuffles around is all moopy moop moop... It had like three chords, what the hell was that song?"
Joe- "Happy When It Rains. What did you see it on VH1 you infant?"
Bryce- "Maybe...! Who's the crotchity Grandpa?"
Seth- "That's Joe."
Bryce- "That's a good old-timer name."
Seth- "See what I mean?"
Joe- "Talking smack about Jesus and Mary Chain, how dare he."
Seth- "He doesn't even know what Bow Wow Wow was, or like... Risky Business."
Joe- "Oh! Risky Business? The tighty-whities and the socks!"
Seth- "I know! That's why I was bringing it up and he didn't even know."
Bryce- "Wow. I just came down to see how you were doing, I didn't know you'd start some kind of weird old-timers club. You must be doing well. You should find a balcony to sit and make fun of Miss Piggy."
Seth- "That's us."
Joe- "Are you accusing us of being cranky when the first thing you did when you came down here is start a ruckus?"
Bryce- "That's a good point. I apologize, sir. Hey hey, ... Seth."
Bryce crept across the floor until he was standing directly over Seth and leaned his head close.
Bryce- "Is that guy... cool? Does he have like Derek germs?"
Seth- "Oh no. One more to our tally. Didn't you hear about the tighty-whities?"
Bryce- "Oh. Good good."
He kissed Seth. Joe rolled his head to the side.
Seth- "Aw, thanks. I hope I don't give you enfeeblement germs. I guess you'd already have them by now if so."
Bryce- "Yeah, you know me. I'm healthy. Maybe I'm like a carrier monkey from that movie... y'know the one with Dustin Hoffman."
Joe- "--Outbreak. No way you've seen Outbreak."
Bryce- "Why, do I look like I'm twelve? Maybe I saw it when I was twelve. No actually I just saw that short-lived cartoon that made reference to it once, and the deadly Motaba virus..."
Joe- "Uh huh."
Seth- "Hey come sit over here! It's not like there's not enough room now that I've transmogrified into some deathly marionette."
Bryce- "Okay."
He rolled on to Seth's bed. There really wasn't quite enough room for two, but he stayed.
Seth- "Oh god, did you hear about Beau?"
Bryce- "What. Oh yeah... somebody was-- Chantelle. He left. What the hell's up with that?"
Seth- "I know, it's making us feel weird feelings."
Bryce- "Or the deadly Motaba virus has gone straight to your brains."
Seth- "You should hang out with Stevie and go through some of those VHS tapes he won't throw out. If you can stand to be in the land of boobies."
Bryce- "Are you trying to brush me off?"
Seth- "No, geez. Didn't I just ask you on here? I just meant, for your funtainment. Hey where did you sleep last night?"
Bryce- "Your place."
Seth- "Yeah that's a good idea. I think... maybe you should keep doing that."
Bryce rolled his eyeballs around behind the glasses.
Bryce- "Yeah.... maybe I should. I bet Derek left behind all kind of weird vibrations."
Seth- "Oh man, Beau was sleeping in Abdul's room, speaking of that. Maybe that's why he left in a hurry. : / "
Bryce- "You don't think his ghost had a ghost, do you?"
Joe- "Oh my god. You guys are gonna make me wish I was asleep."
Bryce- "Oh um... Joe? I uh... so you guys are the people that came last night?"
Joe- "Yeah me and Becky."
Bryce- "But uh, what happened?"
Seth- "I dunno if Joe wants to get into that again... Hey uh, maybe we can go out to the lounge or something."
Bryce- "Mm.... Are you gonna be bored to sleep, Joe?"
Joe- "Hopefully."
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DKender
Only One Skeleton has the Power to Control both Life and Death, Light and Dark, Words and Blank Space, Our Humble Lives Continue Only by the Grace and Magnanimity of This Skeleton
Nay, let us walk from fire unto firey skeleton ...
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Post by DKender on Mar 15, 2013 22:26:09 GMT -8
Alex bounded into the clinic shortly after Seth and his raincloud departed. "I didn't bring a cat today!" He looked around. No sign of Wil, Kaya, Seth, or Nurse Columbo. But there were two newbies present! "Oh, hello! The doctor isn't in? I'm Alex." He pulled up a chair and sat next to Joe. "I heard you guys came in last night. It's nice to have more people." He glanced at Becky and lowered his voice, afraid to wake her. "Sorry, didn't realize she was sleeping. Are you two married? Wil and Kaya are together. It's really sweet. He never leaves her side. Oh, what's your name?"
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 15, 2013 22:36:23 GMT -8
Man- "Whoa. You talk fast. Uh... No, Becky's my friend. And I'm gay. And I'm Joe. Who are you and what are you doing here? Not to be rude. It's... You can probably tell we didn't have a good night."
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DKender
Only One Skeleton has the Power to Control both Life and Death, Light and Dark, Words and Blank Space, Our Humble Lives Continue Only by the Grace and Magnanimity of This Skeleton
Nay, let us walk from fire unto firey skeleton ...
Posts: 9,204
Gender: Unknown Skeleton
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Post by DKender on Mar 15, 2013 22:46:02 GMT -8
"Huh. I get that a lot." He made an effort to slow down. "Hi, Joe. I'm nobody special. Me and my friends made cards for Seth. But he's gone. So I saw you. And look! Flowers! Where did these come from?" He pulled out some origami flowers from his backpack and arranged them nicely. "This place isn't lively enough. Colors are good for recovery."
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