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Tweak says, "AWESOMESAUCE"

Nick Hollis; Peter Pan (never_old) wrote in bellumlogs,
@ 2010-04-04 17:37:00

Entry tags:

cinderella, peter pan, red riding hood

Who: Boyd and Nick and added Hannah!
What: Nick wants to help Boyd.
Where: 1007 to start
When: Immediately following this
Warnings: Crazy talk? Possible drug references? Nick may awkward you to death?

Nick hadn't really known what to tell Boyd. He had never been given much a chance to offer anyone real comfort, even Evie had rarely needed any comforting. Venturing out the door and down the stairs seemed like a feat on a good day, but talking with Boyd had picked at the corner of his brain he didn't like being awoken.

He took his Seroquel like clockwork before poking his head in to see Evie. She had her headphones on, so he didn't bother her. He'd just leave a note that he stuck on the fridge and grabbed his sketchbooks from the hospital. If they were going to talk, it was best he brought what really said all he could about the hospital.

He took the stairs to the tenth floor and looked for 1007. Fidgeting with the hem of his shirt for a moment, Nick took deep, calming breaths before he was able to knock on Boyd's door.

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	ex_sanguine300 2010-04-07 01:04 am UTC (link)
	Boyd smiled at one of them, then the other, then she laughed. "We're a real odd collection of saviors," she said, but she hugged them both again, tighter this time. "Just remember, R1 and 601, and if we all turn into stories again, we find each other. It's better in numbers." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

noglass_slipper
2010-04-07 02:31 am UTC (link)

"I'm not sure how much help I'd be," she admitted. Cinderella - if that really was her fairy tale - didn't seem to be very useful. After all, she'd talked to Vaughn and even helped her up the stairs, seeing nothing odd about a woman covered by a hooded cloak. "If we turn into stories again, I mean."

Hannah did agree with the 'safety in numbers' adage. "Do you think it'll happen again, becoming our stories?"

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never_old
2010-04-07 02:57 am UTC (link)

"I saved Evie from Jack that last time," Nick told them with a little sigh. "Should stay away from Jack too. He had a hook and he got really mean." He did look a little pleased with himself for managing to protect Evie from him. At least he's good at something when he's not completely himself.

"I think Boyd's right. If we stay together, it's safer," he nodded seriously. "If it happens again. I dunno if it would. It's a weird place.."

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	ex_sanguine300 2010-04-07 04:26 am UTC (link)
	"I don't think we'll know 'til it does," she said honestly, "but there's no reason to think it was a one-time thing," she admitted, looking at her new friend with concern. She touched his cheek. "We'll stay together, and nothing'll happen to us," she assured, mostly because she intended to make sure nothing happened to them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

noglass_slipper
2010-04-07 04:42 am UTC (link)

Hannah wasn't too worried, admittedly - it wasn't as though Cinderella had any of her villains in the building, and if all else failed staying in her apartment and locking the door was as good a safeguard as any. Especially if there were wolves and men with hooks roaming the halls.

"Well, Hook wasn't exactly very nice. We should be ready for him and Vaughn - for anything, really." Somehow she doubted a few mice would pose much of a threat, though. "You know, I can't imagine telling my psychiatrist any of this," she added with a small laugh.

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	never_old 2010-04-07 05:23 am UTC (link)
	Nick couldn't help but to laugh a little, a low almost unused noise. "I think mine is going to put me back if I even mentioned it," Nick grinned slightly at Hannah. Giving them both a little squeeze, "Don't worry. We can find each other if something happens. I won't be hard to miss. I'm probably the only one who's flying." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_sanguine300 2010-04-07 05:28 am UTC (link)
	"Did any of you keep your memories of us while it happened? Cause all I wanted to do is explore. I remembered my friends, but I only wanted to be with ones Red thought was real fun, and for Red, fun and danger are sort of the same thing some," she explained, adding. "And we can't mention this to our doctor's. They'll just give us more meds and lock us up." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

noglass_slipper
2010-04-07 05:31 am UTC (link)

Hannah nodded, remembering how her real memories had gotten mixed up with the ones she assumed belonged to Cinderella. "For me it was all mixed up... I couldn't really figure out what belonged to me and what belonged to her, to my fable." She'd probably told Vaughn too much, even if most of it hadn't really made any sense.

"I don't need any more of those." Despite her confession that it did feel safer locked up, she didn't want to go back that badly. "I'd never say a word."

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never_old
2010-04-07 05:35 am UTC (link)

"I wasn't mixed up til I saw Evie," Nick cocked his head to the side remembering. "I was too busy chasing my stupid shadow. It got loose and I didn't have a Wendy to sew it back on, but then I saw Evie. Then Jack and it all got...shaken up like how my head was before I went in the hospital."

Nick didn't like really having to trek over the fact he had to fight Jack. Especially with the look in Jack's eyes this time wasn't fear, but he wanted to truly fight him back. "Definitely didn't like it much."

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ex_sanguine300
2010-04-07 05:41 am UTC (link)

"We're gonna need to think up a way to find one another," she said thoughtfully, and she glanced down at her hands, which were already starting to shake. It was the first sign she needed to get something into her system, and she didn't want them knowing that she'd developed a problem while dealing with this Vaughn situation.

She smiled brightly at them and she kissed Nick's cheek once, then twice, and then she hugged Hannah and kissed her soft, blonde hair. "I gotta go," she said, standing. "You two keep visiting," she said, hiding her hands behind her back.

And with that, she ran out of the apartment, leaving them both behind.

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noglass_slipper
2010-04-07 06:14 am UTC (link)

Boyd's departure was troubling, especially considering the fact that there was something going on with her that she couldn't - or wouldn't - talk about, but she simply returned the hug and watched her leave, chewing on her bottom lip. Where did she have to go in such a hurry? The last thing she wanted was to get Boyd in any kind of trouble, or even locked up again, but she couldn't just sit by and let her friend deal with whatever was bothering her on her own.

She turned back to Nick with a smile and a small shrug, trying to blink away the worry in her eyes. "Aside from Jack and chasing shadows, how have you been?"

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never_old
2010-04-07 03:44 pm UTC (link)

Nick watched Boyd leave with a troubled look passing his eyes. There was a problem with her. He shuffled through the pictures in his mind of other patients in the hospital, ones who had dark circles like that and shaking. It was something awful, but he really couldn't figure out what.

His attention snapped back to Hannah when she talked, looking intent to focus on her words. It was a little harder when he worried too much, the dull ache throbbing behind his eyes where he just wanted to sleep it off. "Okay. Evie wants me to go see her play soccer. So I'm trying to, you know, leave the building." He shrugged a little "I got as far as the lobby the other day. So. Progressing."

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noglass_slipper
2010-04-07 08:31 pm UTC (link)

Hannah knew Nick was just as worried as she was, and together they might be able to figure out what was going on with Boyd better than either of them could on their own. If they really were going to look out for each other, it had to go both ways. "You'll get there eventually," she said, completely confident in the fact that he would. "Just keep taking it in steps, and you'll see."

She hesitated, not wanting to make him worry on top of everything else he was going through, but she couldn't help it. "We'll figure out what's going on with Boyd. I'm sure you noticed it too - but if half of the things she's gone through are true, then she's tough."

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never_old
2010-04-08 04:03 pm UTC (link)

"She is tough," he agreed, but frowned a little. "I just...I wish I could be helpful. I'm going to worry a lot about her, I think.."

Nick rubbed his forehead a little and looked sheepishly at Hannah, "I'm sorry. My head's a little.." he trailed off and gestured up at it, like it could explain everything. He was tired and a little fuzzy around the edges with the dull throbbing of a headache behind his eyes.

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noglass_slipper
2010-04-08 05:07 pm UTC (link)

"You are helpful, trust me. Sometimes all you need to do is be there for someone. Promise me you won't go near Vaughn, Peter Pan or not, okay?" It was sweet of him to care so much about Boyd, even though Hannah wasn't really surprised, but he had enough to deal with considering his older brother was also his fable's nemesis.

"Are you okay? Are you sure I can't get you anything?" Hannah would have offered aspirin or something of the like, but since he was probably on medication like she was, it wasn't such a good idea.

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