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Tweak says, "I'm giving you the eeeevil eye"

the inestimable irene adler . iris thorpe (nightmrholmes) wrote in bellumlogs,
@ 2010-05-23 17:57:00

Entry tags:

beauty, black forest witch, dr. watson, irene adler, javert, jonathan harker, peter pan, plot: riddles, sleeping beauty

Who: OPEN to anyone that wants to spill into the Lobby after they completed their group hell.
What: Probably a lot of wigging out.
Where: The Lobby.
When: After Group C's exit--they were pretty early on, so chances are it was before yours.
Warnings: We'll say language, since people are unhappy.
Notes: 1) The doors to the Group Hells turn back into the doorway down into the basement after people are through. 2) You can't see where they've been. 3) There's no posting order. Just reply to the main post with a new thread if there are specific participants you want to reply to--make sure you note who they are and what the char is reacting to, or leave it open, up to you. I don't have specific directions, my brain is not wired for public planning right now.

Iris looked about as good as she felt. The gray-toned sleep clothes she was wearing didn't do anything to help the ghastly color of her normally bright features, and her eyes were burnt red by stress and tears. As soon as her bare feet sensed wood flooring instead of the cold concrete of the horrible room with the lights, she took her hand from Peter's arm and stood up herself. She wasn't much paying attention to where she was going, and she kept tensing up under hard waves of wracking shudders that went up her spine.

She was trying not to think about what might have happened when she pointed that gun at Peter, but she was too used to sudden attacks of panic and now she was having a hard time breaking that loop of continuous explosive fear. Mostly blind to her surroundings, she didn't look back for John and Cole, she just went forward toward the stair and vague perceptions of safety.

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nylonghorn
2010-05-25 04:25 am UTC (link)

Pete kept on drinking, it was easy when his glass just kept refilling. The spanish didn't bother him, or even confuse him really. He wasn't fluent by any means but it was a second language in Texas, and even more than that, it was pretty much required to be conversational in his line of work. He chuckled at the suggestion he go check the medical examiner's office, and even more so when he said he wanted Iris to work there. But he wasn't about to turn down the chance at a job, "I'll come by," he said sincerely.

But when Micah said they were going to work on getting Lena back he started to feel a little strange. It made sense, he wanted Lena back, but at the same time she'd broken his heart. He didn't know if he wanted to risk that with her again. "I didn't let anything happen, I wasn't going to keep her against her will," he said simply. "I just want to see her happy. I want to see her content, I want to see her using contractions again," he said chuckling and taking another drink, "I just...I just want to see her I guess."

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acatalyst
2010-05-25 05:41 am UTC (link)

"Have you told her that?" Micah asked. "Have you told her you want to see her, and what did she say?" Peter was an okay looking guy, and while he didn't know anything about his relationship, it seemed like Peter cared about his wife (and her use of contractions). "Okay, what's he have you don't?" he asked, slow and slurred. "It's just like a scientific problem, and we'll work it out like men," he assured in a manly manner.

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nylonghorn
2010-05-25 06:19 am UTC (link)

Pete sighed loudly, "I haven't told her enough," he conceded easily. He thought about everything Vlad had that he didn't, but he didn't peg Lena for the shallow type at all, and they were all superficial things. He had money, he was a real adult, he was suave, and he wanted to think that things like that didn't matter to Lena. If that was the case then maybe he didn't know her at all anyway. "He's got plenty but I don't know how much that matters to her. I think he's just...Not me."

He clenched his jaw trying to put his finger on the whole thing, it drove him crazy that he couldn't have done something sooner. He was continuously kicking himself for not managing to see that things were going badly, "She says she wants to find herself and can't do that if she's with me, she kept saying it didn't have anything to do with Vlad, it just had to do with her being with me. We got married young, for what she thinks were all the wrong reasons."

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	acatalyst 2010-05-25 03:20 pm UTC (link)
	"We need to find a woman she talks to. They're more honest with those," Micah said knowingly. Women and gossip, he knew, went hand-in-hand. "I'll work on it." He motioned toward the room where Iris was sleeping. "She can get to the bottom of anything. We'll have her help." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

nylonghorn
2010-05-25 06:38 pm UTC (link)

Pete thought about the women that he knew Helena talked to, Ella was the only one who came to mind but he felt strange asking her. He didn't know her all that well and he somehow doubted she'd want him hanging around asking questions. "I only know of one, but I don't know her very well."

He chuckled at the suggestion of Iris getting to the bottom of it, "Excellent, we'll put her on the case, and see what I'm up against."

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	acatalyst 2010-05-25 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	Micah nodded, thinking this a concrete plan. "I'll talk to her," he said, tipping back another shot glass, after which all sensible conversation flew out the window. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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