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Tweak says, "I've never meant anything more"

Andromeda Tonks (markformarriage) wrote in flippedrpg,
@ 2012-08-21 19:16:00

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ch: bdh: andromeda tonks, ch: unwind: andromeda tonks, p: annalisa, p: ashton

Who: Andromeda Tonks^bhd and Andromeda Tonks^unwind
Where: Andromeda^bhd room in Omicron block
When: Tuesday afternoon
What: tea time with themselves
Warnings: none?

Running a brush through her hair, Andy checked her reflection in the mirror before leaving her room. It felt sort of odd, going to have tea with herself, but they had such different lives, it really was just like a separate person.

Andy hadn't spent much time outside on the playground. It sort of reminded her of her daughter that she never got to see grow up. Instead, she'd spent most of her time since arriving at the Compound just exploring. She'd been to the library and the gym, though she hadn't used any of the equipment yet. She was mostly just getting the lay of the land.

Heading down the hall from her room, as she was in Omicron as well, Andy reached Andromeda's room and knocked gently on the door. This was sure to be interesting.

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andspiralling
2012-08-23 10:13 pm UTC (link)

"I can't imagine it's very pleasant anyway," Andromeda said. She could certainly sympathize with the feeling of being punched in the gut with the horrible reality of her circumstances, but she had not liked living with the feeling of dreading her fate, either. She wondered whether Andy being marked for unwinding had spared Narcissa, or whether they had simply had two of their daughters unwound. She wouldn't have put it past her parents to do the latter.

She sipped at her tea, allowing the younger woman to have a moment to take it all in. At the apology, she shook her head. "It's perfectly alright. You're allowed to be happy to be here and uncomfortable with the circumstances that make you happy to be here, too. That's precisely how I feel about it."

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markformarriage
2012-08-23 11:22 pm UTC (link)

Andy reached for a scone and took a small bite then. "It's very strange," she said. "Back in my world, I hadn't seen my husband for three weeks. I knew I was never going to see him again. But now... I feel like there's this little glimmer of hope that maybe he'll get brought here as well. I don't want to get my hopes up, though."

She continued sipping on her tea and thinking about what her life had become. Everything was so new, so strange. She didn't even know where to begin.

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andspiralling
2012-08-24 09:23 pm UTC (link)

"There was a version of him here before, when I first arrived," Andromeda said. "From the Games world. But he left, and I haven't seen any version of him since." She gave the other Andromeda a small, sad smile. "Back in my world, my husband has been dead for two years. And my daughter, as well."

She lifted a hand to brush a lock of her hair back from her face, and sipped at her tea. "This place does hold the hope of seeing lost loved ones, but it can also take them from you all over again. It's both a blessing and a curse, really."

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	markformarriage 2012-08-24 10:11 pm UTC (link)
	"Dead?" Andy asked, frowning. "Ted and Dora?" She dropped her head a bit and shook it. "I can't even imagine that." Sighing, she took another bite of her scone. It was hard enough being taken away from him and their daughter, but to have them dead... It was awful. "How long do people usually stay here?" she asked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

andspiralling
2012-08-25 07:22 am UTC (link)

"Yes," Andromeda said. Remus as well, and Sirius, and so many others that she had known less well, but Andy was already overwhelmed enough with the news about Ted and Nymphadora. By way of some explanation, however, she offered, "In the war."

With all the practice she had in maintaining her composure, the pain of it didn't show in her face, although a tinge of sadness was evident in her tone. She'd had two years to cope, and although she wasn't coping well, she wasn't weak enough to break down and cry.

She had gotten halfway through a biscuit, but now found her appetite lost, so she occupied herself with pouring another cup of tea and blowing lightly on the hot liquid. "It depends," she said. "On what, precisely, I'm not sure. I showed up at the same time as another version of us, from colour world, and she couldn't have been here for more than two weeks. For me it's been..." she paused to calculate it in her head. "Approximately three months."

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markformarriage
2012-08-25 01:45 pm UTC (link)

"Three months," Andy said, pushing some hair behind her ear. "I think three months was the longest Ted and I stayed anywhere when we were on the run. We stayed with some of his family when we first left, but we couldn't stay long, so we moved a lot. We were in Doncaster for three months though, when Dora was born. We had been there for about a month before I went into labor. Then we didn't want to leave until she got a bit older."

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