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Ned ([info]bakersman) wrote in [info]labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-06-11 00:58:00

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Entry tags:complete, day eleven, ned the piemaker, olive snook

Who: Olive and Ned
What: A revealed secret that's a looong time coming
When: Day 11, afternoonish
Where: Olive's room
Rating: Put a PG-13 on it for safety's sake
Status: All done!



It was only across the hall, but the walk from Ned's room to Olive's felt like the longest of his life. Chuck had known his secret right away. Well, minus the telling her that he was responsible for killing her father part. Which was pretty major and the cause of his current dilemma with her. But she'd known about the finger from the very beginning. She sort of had to, it was the whole reason she was alive.

No one was ever supposed to know. Ned had worked his whole life to keep it a guarded secret. Then Emerson had caught him and blackmailed him, and while they were roughly friends in the end, it had started rocky. But no one else. No one. And that had included Olive. How crazy did it sound that he could touch something and bring it back to life? It was like something out of a storybook.

Or, apparenty, a television show. Who knew?

Despite his resolve not to speak a word until he could do so without singing, Ned made the trip across the hall, Digby trotting at his heels. He gave his faithful friend a smile in thanks for the moral support, but ultimately, he was still the human and still had to be the one to knock on the door.



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[info]ittybitty
2009-06-12 11:33 pm UTC (link)
When Ned mentioned Digby, Olive looked down at the dog that lay near her side. She gave him a watery smile. She'd grown quite attached to the dog. He had often been her stand in for Ned. She nodded and looked back at Ned. She understood now why he couldn't pet the golden retriever and was grateful that he didn't.

It was a funny story, and Olive couldn't help giggling a little. She felt a little bad for the people he brought back to life, though. "Do they know they're dead when you touch them back to life?" Did they think they were resurrected only to die again a moment later? "Poor Pinky and Gordon." She felt terrible about the whole thing with Mamma Jacobs. But she couldn't help remembering that it had been the first time she and Ned had kissed. Remembering that made her cheeks flush pink and think of what Pandora had said about her loving Ned. Maybe if she was lucky he wouldn't ask her about it.

Her flush darkened as he complimented her for having a good head on her shoulders. "I just have an overactive imagination." She laughed softly, nervously. She was so used to being overlooked by Ned that it caught her off guard to be complimented in such a way.

At least this explained his aversion to touch somewhat. She made no move to touch him even though she longed to reach across the table and hold his hand, only to comfort him of course. She knew it couldn't be easy to have that kind of responsibility. "I imagine your ability hasn't been easy to bear. It must haunt you. Oh, you poor thing." She gave him a sympathetic smile and tried the last of her tears with the tissue.

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