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Martha Jones (notrosesshadow) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-12-02 20:13:00

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helen magnus, jean-luc picard, martha jones

Day 248 - Action - Open to all
[Clinic]

Helen hadn't been around lately, so Martha had a valid excuse to avoid the clinic. And she'd been avoiding Sam, but Helen was her main excuse. Of course, she was concerned for the other woman, but she figured Helen would seek her out if she needed help. After doing a quick inventory of the place and making sure everything looked good, Martha sat behind the desk and opened her book on pathology while waiting for any patients to come in.]

[Coffee shop]

[She hadn't been planning to stop by, but the tea in the clinic was boring her and she wanted something before going to the library. The line was longer than usual, but she made it to the front soon enough. A few conversations on her way out and then she was on her way.]

[Library]

[Pathology was definitely a fascinating topic. Martha spent quite a few minutes browsing through the section before grabbing a pile of books and making her way to a table to start evaluating which ones she should take out and which could stay. She could be found with books piled around her, an open notebook, and a forgotten cup of tea.]

[OOC: Feel free to run into her wherever.]

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[clinic]

lifelines
2013-12-03 02:35 am UTC (link)

[ helen had been in the clinic sparingly for a while there, mostly due to what had been going on with jean-luc and her inability to properly deal with that. when she did come in, she'd looked as though she'd been one step too close to losing control and so she'd buried herself in her work and stayed as buried as she possibly could be.

now, when she steps into the clinic, she looks as put-together as always, and though she's not 100% back to normal, she looks at least a little better than she did. she's still emotionally raw, made worse by the fact that she's well aware of the date and how close it is to another one she's been trying not think about, and it shows. obviously, sleep has not come easy for her and long hours have been the norm for at least a few days.

when she sees martha, after breezing into the clinic like a woman on a mission, she pauses only long enough to give a nod and a murmur of greeting -- which is odd enough, as she's normally more open and social than that -- before she's making her way to the back for something to do. paperwork. there's always paperwork. ]

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Re: [clinic]

notrosesshadow
2013-12-03 03:50 am UTC (link)

[Martha nods and smiles back, and is left completely flabbergasted at the curtness of the greeting. But with how off Helen has been lately, she doesn't take it personally. In fact, she gives the woman a few minutes. She needs to get settled after all. Martha brews a pot of tea first.

Once that's done, she pours a cup for herself and one for Helen and quietly makes her way back to the office.]

Morning Helen. I brought you tea.

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	lifelines 2013-12-03 05:04 am UTC (link)
	[ it's the offer of tea that seems to bring helen back to herself. accepting the cup, she offers an apologetic smile. ] Thank you. There's never enough tea in the world. [ and perhaps she can blame her shortness on the lack of tea. probably not, but she can try. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2013-12-03 04:38 pm UTC (link)
	No, sometimes there never is. [Martha sits at her own desk.] How are you holding up Helen? [Yes, she knows something is wrong. She'd rather not lose the other doctor to mental break down or something.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lifelines
2013-12-04 03:15 am UTC (link)

[ she pauses to say that she's perfectly fine, but stops short as she realizes that no she's not perfectly fine -- she's certainly better than she was, but not yet fine -- and shakes her head with a bemused sort of smile. ]

Better. I suppose it won't do me any good to deny my state of mind, would it?

[ about as good as denying it to will and that usually didn't go well. ]

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	notrosesshadow 2013-12-06 04:14 am UTC (link)
	Better is good. [Martha takes a sip of her tea, but keeps her gaze on Helen.] What's been going on that you're better from? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lifelines 2013-12-07 06:41 am UTC (link)
	Oh, a little of this and that. [ some things that she isn't comfortable saying, since they involve a story that isn't hers to tell. ] Yesterday was certainly the proverbial icing on the cake and I hope you weren't caught too badly with that mess. [ the pictures were not appreciated in her mind. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2013-12-09 02:23 am UTC (link)
	I had a few up there. Took down what I could find. Kept one copy of each for personal reasons and burnt the rest. [Seeing Tom die had been bad. The rest were just pictures. They looked worse than they were.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lifelines
2013-12-12 05:29 am UTC (link)

I don't see how they think any of this is going to help our "rehabilitation."

[ she doesn't appreciate being reminded of her deceased daughter, especially so close to said daughter's birthday, a day she'll likely either spend buried in her work at the clinic or with jean-luc in an attempt to blot out the memories and guilt that will be clawing its way out of her. she hasn't yet decided which option she'll go with. ]

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	notrosesshadow 2013-12-13 04:01 am UTC (link)
	I suspect it all has nothing to do with our rehabilitation, and they are instead pushing buttons. [Martha takes another sip of tea.] It's not unheard of to experiment on prisoners. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lifelines
2013-12-16 06:30 am UTC (link)

Which makes it all the more distasteful that we're here at all.

[ helen just casually makes a face over the rim of her cup as she takes her own sip. this place has its advantages and disadvantages to be sure, but she will never like the wardens. ]

It's maddening how they think they can simply do things to us without expecting us to retaliate in some way. I've never seen a situation like this end well and I've seen a great many things.

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	notrosesshadow 2013-12-16 07:28 pm UTC (link)
	The problem is, I don't see a way for us to react against them. Which means most of our anger would turn on each other. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lifelines 2013-12-17 06:14 am UTC (link)
	Which we cannot allow to happen. No, I believe there's a way out of this. We simply haven't found it yet. [ whether that's said out of determination or sheer naivety remains to be seen. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2013-12-17 04:35 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sure we will. It's what the Defense Force is working on. And I spend plenty of time in the library. (Reply to this) (Parent)

:: action - library

tea_earlgreyhot
2013-12-03 03:00 pm UTC (link)

[ Jean-Luc often seeks refuge in the library. The books calm him. In his time, it's difficult to find libraries that aren't entirely electronic. This library is something of a novelty, really. And he finds himself drawn to it when he needs to think.

He had just selected a hefty book of Shakespeare's work, one that had been touched by him many times in this prison, when he spotted Martha. He recognized her from the clinic, where he often went in to have tea with Helen. ] The number of books would suggest that you've delved into research over one particular topic or another.

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Re: :: action - library

notrosesshadow
2013-12-03 05:01 pm UTC (link)

[Martha looked up when she heard Jean-Luc's voice. He had been in and out of the clinic quite often of late. She smiled and moved some of the books aside so he could sit if he preferred.]

Afternoon Captain. I'm looking at Pathology today. There's plenty of time to learn things here.

[Her eyes land on his own hefty tome of Shakespeare and her smile widens.] I've always been partial to his Dark Lady sonnets.

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	:: action - library tea_earlgreyhot 2013-12-05 01:54 am UTC (link)
	I do hope I'm not disturbing your studies. [ He does take a seat when she makes room for him, taking it as the invitation it is. ] Appreciative of the bard of Avon, are you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: :: action - library notrosesshadow 2013-12-06 04:10 am UTC (link)
	[She shakes her head.] Not at all. And yes, I adore Shakespeare. "In the old age, black was not counted fair, or if it were, it wore not beauty's name." He composed it for me. [As she says it, she looks a little delighted, shy, and possibly a little disbelieving.] I didn't realize I'd made such an impression on him until I looked up the sonnets later. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	:: action - library tea_earlgreyhot 2013-12-07 12:24 am UTC (link)
	[ At the quote, he looks fond as well, and quite pleased to be sitting with someone who knows the bard's works. But then that pleasure dissipates into confusion. ] Pardon my ignorance, Doctor Jones, but are you saying that you knew William Shakespeare? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: :: action - library notrosesshadow 2013-12-07 02:11 am UTC (link)
	[Martha looks up with a smile.] I fell in with a time traveler for a while. Our first trip was back in time to Shakespearian London. He's an absolute genius. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	:: action - library tea_earlgreyhot 2013-12-07 02:25 am UTC (link)
	[ That of course sparks a memory of his time here. He had had numerous discussions on time travel here with both Jack Harkness and Rose Tyler. He decides to test if this is a coincidence or not. ] You wouldn't happen to be acquainted with The Doctor, would you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: :: action - library notrosesshadow 2013-12-07 03:11 am UTC (link)
	That would be him. Also a genius, but he never wrote sonnets about me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	:: action - library tea_earlgreyhot 2013-12-08 03:38 pm UTC (link)
	[ He's glad to have made the connection and settles a bit more in his seat. ] I find time travel most interesting. An infinite number of possibilities, to be able to witness certain events throughout history. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: :: action - library notrosesshadow 2013-12-09 02:16 am UTC (link)
	Infinite as long as you don't cross your own timeline. It's best to avoid paradoxes whenever possible. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	:: action - library tea_earlgreyhot 2013-12-09 03:24 pm UTC (link)
	Sometimes such paradoxes are unfortunately unavoidable. [ Such as certain space temporal anomalies that cause any number of time fluctuations. ] But I have found that even when those strange occurrences befall us, time continues to move on. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: :: action - library notrosesshadow 2013-12-09 04:42 pm UTC (link)
	Really? The only time I encountered a paradox, the only reason it held was someone built a Paradox Machine to make sure nothing could happen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	:: action - library tea_earlgreyhot 2013-12-09 06:38 pm UTC (link)
	Oh no, there are certain spacial anomalies I have encountered in which timelines were crossed and or repeated in differing fashions. A curiosity that does warrant more investigation to understand. However, it is difficult to look too closely into such things without falling prey to them. (Reply to this) (Parent)

library.

mirabile
2013-12-06 09:35 pm UTC (link)

[ The library was a new discovery of Helena's, but certainly not an unwanted one. She'd only been in the place for several days, a new thing discovered each day, and it was the library that Helena had come to today.

She'd taken her time to look around, to see what was there, the selection, the set up of the library. For what it was, and where it was, she was impressed, and was taking her time to investigate and find something to read - and that was easy to do.

It was on her way back to a table, one book in hand, that Helena spotted the other woman, and the books that were with her. She was intrigued ]

That's certainly a way to pass the time.

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	Re: library. notrosesshadow 2013-12-07 02:18 am UTC (link)
	[Martha looks up at the newcomer. She'd never seen the other woman before, but smiled nonetheless. As when Jean-Luc came by, she moved some books aside.] We have nothing but time. I might as well expand my knowledge base. Hello, I'm Martha. Dr Jones if you see me in the clinic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	library. mirabile 2013-12-10 07:57 pm UTC (link)
	I hope not, at least in the clinic. [ There were more preferable locations, they were in one of them ] The wardens don't worry about our reading choices? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: library. notrosesshadow 2013-12-10 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	I hope never to meet people in the clinic. [She looks over her pile of books.] I suspect they don't care as long as it's nothing to do with instigating riots or breaking out of jail. You're new? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	library. mirabile 2013-12-13 07:02 pm UTC (link)
	It could be rather easy to do both of those things. [ Even without inviting ideas ] I am. I've only been here for a few days. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: library. notrosesshadow 2013-12-14 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	Break out? Only if you were able to breath underwater and could withstand the pressure. There's also a gigantic cephalopod out there that I don't fancy meeting. Not that I enjoy being here... [She nods.] Well Miss... sorry I never caught your name. I'm sorry you've been stuck here like the rest of us, but welcome to the prison. At least there's a library. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	library. mirabile 2013-12-14 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	It would gives us something to think about and do. [ If you had the right mind for it ] My name's Helena. And I couldn't say that I didn't expect being here. [ Maybe not being here exactly, but in prison. It wasn't the first time, and she still had a lot of atoning to do ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: library.

notrosesshadow
2013-12-15 04:28 pm UTC (link)

[Martha doesn't have much to say about the first bit. Once they can solve the problem of being underwater and withstanding hte pressure, she'll be happy to assist, but so far, any research she has found has turned up nothing. Medical research is far better. As to the woman's second comment.]

Hello Helena. The prison seems to be split on opinions. Many of us feel that we definitely deserve to be here, atoning for our crimes, and then there are those who feel like they were wrongfully imprisoned.

[Not that Martha felt this was the exact place for her to be, but she did have plenty to atone for. Guilt for a false timeline still weighed on her.]

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	library. mirabile 2013-12-16 05:49 pm UTC (link)
	Where do you fit on that scale? [ It was a lot to ask of someone that you'd just met but, as Martha had said, they were all in prison together ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: library.

notrosesshadow
2013-12-16 07:26 pm UTC (link)

[Martha shifts a bit uncomfortably.]

It depends on which of the long list of crimes against me you look at. Sedition sounds bad, but not so much when you're trying to bring down the power hungry alien who has already killed half the population and plans to bring down more.

But accessory to genocide when you're the reason he came to power in the first place...

[See the guilt.]

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	library. mirabile 2013-12-18 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	[ Helena gives a nod. She understands the feeling from that, and even having to take similar actions yourself ] Did you manage to stop him? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: library. notrosesshadow 2013-12-19 01:51 am UTC (link)
	I did. It took some time. A lot of time. A lot of lives. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: library. mirabile 2013-12-20 05:19 pm UTC (link)
	That would explain why you're not settled about it. How long ago did it happen? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: library. notrosesshadow 2013-12-21 05:55 am UTC (link)
	Two years... [Give or take. Martha's timeline messed her up plenty.] I'm sorry. Not the nicest things to be discussing with newcomers. (Reply to this) (Parent)