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john druitt had a chest monster (exquisiterush) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2011-04-21 01:13:00

Entry tags:

ashley magnus, john druitt

Who: John and Ashley Druitt
What: Hanging out
Where: Ashley’s flat
When: Evening
Rating: TBD
Status: In progress

John had always been better at adapting than others, particularly James, so there wasn’t anything particularly strange about him sitting on his daughter’s sofa, drinking masala tea and eating Indian takeaway while they discussed this new place. It was, aside from being trapped in a strange parallel world, something they often did with Henry after a long day’s hunt. Family, along with electricity treatments, had done wonders to calm his more dangerous tendencies until he had finally managed to remove the creature inside of him. Perhaps it was reckless to let it free, but he would always put his family first.

“So,” he said, taking a bite of his vindaloo, “it would seem Nikola has been rather busy of late.” Not that he was at all amused at his former friend finally losing his virginity after more than a century. Certainly not.

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choseherside
2011-04-21 05:32 am UTC (link)

Having been picking at her tandoori chicken to get to the meat before eating the rest - a habit she’d gotten into when she was younger and had never seen the need to stop - Ashley glanced over at her dad when he spoke. She couldn’t help but grin at what he’d said, nodding her head and finishing her bite of food before answering.

“Yeah. Busy. With some girl named Kate. She seems cool enough, at least,” she said, clearly amused at the thought of Nikola Tesla actually having sex thanks to some kind of drugged water, of all things. “I just hope he manages not to screw it up. It cannot be easy for someone with that big of an ego to find someone else willing to put up with him.”

That wasn’t to say Ashley didn’t have respect for Nikola Tesla. She did. He was a brilliant scientist and, at least at some point in his existence, her mother had been friends with him. Nevermind the complicated interactions he had with her father from time to time, the fact that her mom had seen something good in him was enough for Ashley not to shoot him on sight. However as much as she could respect Tesla, he was also capable of being quite a jerk, so while her prediction of him never finding anyone else ever to put up with him might seem a bit spiteful, it was also probably pretty true.

“I guess Henry is still from that same funky reality the rest of them are from,” she said after a second. It was a change in the conversation, true, but she’d seen his response to that Kate girl’s post and talking about it now got her thinking about him. Frowning slightly, she jabbed a bit harder than was necessary at a piece of chicken. She couldn’t help it. She missed her Henry, the one she’d grown up alongside and trusted just as much as she trusted her dad.

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exquisiterush
2011-04-23 03:36 am UTC (link)

“She certainly does not seem to be his type,” John said, picking idly at his own food as he spoke. “For one things, she seems practically personable, apart from panicking over the encounter. For another, she can hardly be much older than you.” The idea of a young, reasonably attractive woman showing an interest in Tesla of all people was not something he could imagine. After all, Tesla was hardly the most personable of individuals.

John didn’t exactly hate Nikola, not in so many words. The man had helped him utilise electricity to keep his less socially acceptable habits in check and he could be a valuable ally, if a self-serving one. Not to mention he had been the one to finally help remove the abnormal inside him altogether. It just so happened that they couldn’t stand one another for longer than brief spans of time. A clash of personalities, if you would. Still, it meant that he wouldn’t go so far as to kill the man for bringing up Helen...especially if Helen was alive in the other man's reality. It had been an honest mistake, for once.

"I noticed his response to what Kate said," John agreed. "It does seem as though he is from their reality." He missed their Henry just as much as Ashley did. The man was not unlike a son to him, having been in his life as long as Ashley had. After Helen's death, he had stepped in at the Sanctuary in Old City and had taken over as Ashley's father and Henry's guardian. His only help had come from James, and he felt very protective of both children. Seeing this other Henry was unsettling at best. "But do not worry, my dear. I am certain things will go back to how they should be soon enough."

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