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Will Scarlet ([info]rouge_rogue) wrote in [info]nevermore_logs,
@ 2020-07-10 21:57:00

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Current mood: numb
Entry tags:saint patrick, will scarlet, wrath

WHO Will Scarlet, Wrath, Saint Patrick
WHEN Friday morning
WHERE The immigration assistance office
WHAT Will trying to be Normal
WARNINGS none


Will woke far too early for any respectable person. He'd been having a very odd dream where Tuck was locked in a shed and banging to be let out, but when Will opened the door he was the Sheriff, who vomited blood and then tried to eat him. Just as the villain had overpowered him and was about to chomp down on his fingers, he woke up.

He paused in the doorway of the bathroom. The room was very cold. They'd installed a portable cooling unit in there to stop the ice melting so fast in the summer heat, and Tuck was wrapped in a sheet on top of and under sealed bags of ice, only his face poking out. Will had fought in both world wars, he knew what a rotting man looked like. Aside from the unnatural colours, Tuck's face stayed with an attitude of repose (if a little dehydrated and stretched), which gave Will hope that his absence wouldn't be for so very long.

In the mean time, what was he supposed to do? Stand around and wait for something to happen? He didn't even have Luna to talk to, as an impartial observer who could call him on his bullshit and tell him to get his arse into gear. He stood in the kitchen and drank two cups of coffee, and then decided he had to go to work today.

He left a note for Francis, and headed out. Alan had brought him a suitcase of clothes, so at least he had something fresh for the day. He enjoyed walking in the early morning warmth, hands in his pockets and earbuds in his ears, and it helped centre him. He needed to take exercise more often. It helped a lot.

When he got to work, he clocked in and went and headed into the office, giving Wrath a little nod and wave. "Hi. What've we got going on today?"



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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-10 10:25 am UTC (link)
Will's desk was still situated with Wrath's, in Patrick's office. Patrick kept Wrath in there with the excuse that she was his PA, but mostly it was because she didn't want to be in the open plan area. It had too many people in it. Will was in there just for training, with the plan to move him out into the open plan later if he wanted to.

Wrath looked up and arched her eyebrows. "Uh...we have what the diddly do damn fuck are you doing here going on right this fucking second?"

Patrick raised his head to blink politely at Wrath's exclamation. "Heh. Morning, Will. You know you don't have to be here, right?"

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-10 10:39 am UTC (link)
"Yeah I know. I have nothing else to do though, so." Will sat down at his desk and shoved his bag underneath. He actually had some of poor Francis' food that nobody had been eating for his lunch today. "Good to see you too, Wrath."

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[info]acrimonia
2020-07-10 10:49 am UTC (link)
Wrath pushed her chair out from her own desk and across the office floor until she was closer to Will. "There there," she said, awkwardly patting his shoulder. "Am I doing this right?"

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-10 10:51 am UTC (link)
Will looked up at her. "Uh... Sure." He didn't want to dissuade attempts at compassion if that's what she was trying for. "Thanks."

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-10 10:58 am UTC (link)
"Oh fuck off," Wrath hissed, pushing her rolling chair away from him and back to her place.

"Er-" Patrick rose from his chair and he went to stand closer to Will. His office was huge, and just kind of yelling over to the other man felt rude. "Okay, don't fuck off. Are you sure you want to be here? How about let's go for a walk and get a coffee, hmm?"

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-10 11:04 am UTC (link)
"Yeah-" A coffee wasn't about to be refused, even if it was his third of the day. Will shrugged and got up to follow Patrick out of the office.

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-10 11:06 am UTC (link)
There was a coffee cart on the street, just outside the heritage building and Patrick led Will down and back out into the morning air. "Is it just for lack of something to do you came in?" he asked, as they made their way towards the cart.

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-10 11:24 am UTC (link)
"Yeah, kinda." Will nodded. "That and hanging out with a dead man is a bit dull. Not very chatty."

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-10 11:27 am UTC (link)
"No, I have have that same discovery," Patrick sighed. When they reached the cart he ordered his usual cinnamon white chocolate mocha and told the barista he would cover whatever Will wanted too. "I was in a relationship with the Greek muse, Clio. She was killed in a traffic accident and afterwards it was awful."

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-10 11:40 am UTC (link)
"Wow, no preamble. I'll have a caramel latte, double shot." Why not treat himself a little? He'd already had two plain black coffees. "Not that Tuck and I are in a relationship- But that sounds very difficult for you."

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-10 11:44 am UTC (link)
Patrick hadn't assumed Will and Tuck were, but Will's insistence confused him for a second. "Er, no, I just meant- I meant I can sympathise with losing someone. And even though you know they'll return, it still hurts."

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-10 11:50 am UTC (link)
"Oh." Will's lack of sleep and the stress of everything was making him lose track of who knew what. He took his coffee when it was offered to him. "You know I was assaulted a few weeks back, right? And the same guy that did that did this too. It just goes round and round endlessly. There is no escaping it, and it's just-" He smothered a small yawn, and sipped the coffee.

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-10 11:55 am UTC (link)
Patrick sighed and sipped at his coffee. Instead of heading back in, he waved Will over to a bench and sat there, the wood creaking a little. "That's awful," he said sadly. "You look exhausted, Will, and I don't blame you. I understand the need for distraction though. I can find something easy when we get back upstairs."

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-10 12:03 pm UTC (link)
"You must get it. You have demons who want to mess you up. It's just the way we are programmed. The only way I'm escaping the Sheriff or Gisborne or His Royal Shitness is if I go back to prison for some peace and quiet." Will looked around at the people around them. "I envy these mortals their self-determination sometimes." Was he having an existential crisis at his boss? Was this a good look? Maybe he should go home and try to sleep in Much's bed.

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-10 12:17 pm UTC (link)
"Ah, the demons do seem to want to do that," Patrick acknowledged. Though most of them tended to leave him alone these days. Back when he was more vulnerable, they messed with him more, but lately he knew the power he had. The demons recognised it and usually went after people he loved instead. Which, to Patrick, was far worse.

"I tried to sell my soul once," Patrick mused, sipping at his coffee. "Just for some peace and quiet. Michael the archangel got so mad he made me stay with him at his apartment and he grumped at me, but Michael's diet is pretty much entirely sweets. I was an angelic prisoner at a candy factory. I reckon that's got to be better than real prison." The truth was, he envied the mortals too, sometimes.

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-10 08:17 pm UTC (link)
"I did not know that angels ate candy," Will commented. "It's true, they don't give you candy in real prison. But you meet such interesting people. But the lengths we will go to for a bit of peace." He sipped his coffee in silence for a minute. "If it been my choice, I would have died a long time ago. But it's not, and I can't, so there's no point dwelling."

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-11 04:36 am UTC (link)
"I would too," Patrick admitted. He hardly ever spoke about that to anyone, but he felt like Will might need to know he wasn't alone. "Prison sounds awful; the no privacy thing. It could be like that sometimes when I was a slave in Ireland. It was either no privacy or way too much when I was out alone in the fields with just sheep for company. There's probably a joke in there, if we weren't being so serious."

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-11 06:57 am UTC (link)
"There's no counting sheep in prison. Gotta keep your wits sharp." Will hadn't really given Patrick's history much thought, and now that it was mentioned, he felt that maybe he probably should. "I've been in prison a few times, but never a slave. That must have been horrific. I can't imagine anything worse than my will being subjugated to someone else." He shook his head slowly, glancing at Patrick.

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-11 09:18 am UTC (link)
"It was horrific," Patrick agreed, "but I don't have to go into it unless you truly want to hear." He'd probably heard enough awful things lately. "Suffice to say I was sixteen, and I had no idea what was going on. Sometimes I still have no idea what's going on, but at least I can choose what I do with that. I'll tell you anything you want to hear, of course."

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-11 09:42 am UTC (link)
"You don't have to give me the shitty details," Will had heard enough about what Tuck had gone through that was still sticking with him. "Suffice to say, we've both been through shit. The only good thing I got out of this last stint was a better acceptance of my sexuality. Everything else- shit." He wondered for a moment what his old cellmate was up to without him.

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-11 09:49 am UTC (link)
"It's interesting, what will give us insight," Patrick said, nodding. "Oftentimes it's during the hard things we find the most out about ourselves. Being a slave is how I found God. And while it was awful, before it happened, I was a vain little shit. I would have grown up with privilege and probably used it to hurt people, and I wouldn't have cared. So I find myself grateful for it."

Patrick realised he was sort of motormouthing and he chuckled. "Oh my god, it was being an angelic prisoner which made me accept my sexuality too. Not- I didn't sleep with the archangel Michael!"

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-11 10:05 am UTC (link)
"Do archangels even have penises?" Will asked, genuinely wanting to know. "I picture them like Metatron from Dogma. Like a Ken doll." He laughed a little at Patrick saying he was vain.

"I was too. Spoiled son of landed gentry. And then I killed my father's steward and got exiled, and it's really hard to keep wearing red in the forest. It changed me. I've been around mostly men my entire existence. Do you know how much testosterone soaks into the very earth when you live with a bunch of men?"

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-11 10:13 am UTC (link)
"Eugh," Patrick grunted at even the thought of Michael's dick. God he hoped the angel was like a Ken doll. "I wouldn't know. Eugh."

When Will started to describe his time in Sherwood, Patrick smiled softy. "A little bit," he said with a nod. "My brother, Saint George, and I travelled around Ireland and England, slaying monsters. There was a lot of testosterone going on there too. I think I lost it all somewhere. Now I can do this-" He sort of turned towards Will, and then shot a bit of confetti at him, from his hands. "Not so useful. Festive though."

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-11 10:49 am UTC (link)
"Woah!" Will was genuinely surprised at that, and then laughed, picking up a piece of confetti that had fallen on his leg- green, shiny, shaped like a shamrock. Of course. "Mate, that is a cool party trick. Wow. All I can do is sword fighting and hide real well in trees."

Funny how killing had brought him to the Sherwood life. Funny how killing brought him here today.

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-11 10:54 am UTC (link)
Patrick wasn't really a fighter any more these days, though he had been. What he also was, was a saint with a hell of a lot of belief and power behind him, thanks to his feast day becoming a holiday. Patrick didn't really like to talk about it, but there were things he could do if he needed to, to protect himself or others.

"I teleported Satan," Patrick said, and then he realised that as a statement, that sounded absurd. "He took the form of a snake and I just sort of...zapped him away. On accident."

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-11 11:58 am UTC (link)
Will said, "Huh," and shook his head. Patrick was a surprise. He'd thought him to be just another fuddy-duddy saint, but like Francis, it turned out he had his hidden reserves. "Remind me never to turn into a snake. Does it work on metaphorical snakes? Because there are a few I'm thinking of..."

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-11 12:05 pm UTC (link)
"I dunno I never tried," Patrick said easily enough. "I can do other things though." Patrick turned to Will so he could be clear about this. "I don't like talking about this because I don't like being- I don't like sounding like a dickhead. But I'm- There's three saints who have the most power in this country. And you'll understand why when I tell you the others are St Valentine and St Nicholas." Having a holiday just created incredible amounts of belief and worship.

"If you need me? Ever. I can hear you if you pray. And while I'm not a fighter I can do things-" Patrick chewed on his lip for a second before he said, "they're not all confetti-based."

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-11 12:54 pm UTC (link)
Well consider that information tucked away safely. Will wasn't about to start making a scene, but it was very good to know. "Francis said he heard Tuck pray to him. Is that a saint thing?" It did make sense. If there was a "Robin Hood and the Merry Men" day, they would be a lot more something too. Movie premieres tended to make him feel a bit buzzy, even for sucky movies.

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-11 03:31 pm UTC (link)
"It is a saint thing," he nodded. "I hear prayers all the time. I can hear them now. But if we have a personal connection and you pray to me, I'll hear you over everything else. It doesn't matter what you do or don't believe, really. I can't zap myself anywhere like the angels can, but I- I could be very useful."

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-11 09:45 pm UTC (link)
"I'm sure you could. You've been useful already and I haven't even prayed." Will tapped his fingers against the side of his coffee cup, thinking a moment, then decided that now was a good moment. Patrick was offering...

"Hey, speaking of help- Do you think I could get an advance on my first paycheck? I hardly started working at the old place before I lost that job, and it's been weeks since I had any income... I didn't want to ask straight off, I wanted to prove I am committed first, and now this stuff is happening and I'm taking time off already... I'm sorry for asking. Just, I don't want Tuck to worry when he comes back."

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-12 01:38 am UTC (link)
"Oh! Oh my goodness, yes of course!" Patrick said, upset at himself for not thinking of it first. He fumbled at his pockets for a moment before pulling out his phone and writing himself a memo. "I will do that the very second we go back upstairs! Don't be sorry for asking, I'm sorry for not asking!"

He was going to say more, but Wrath emerged from the heritage centre and walked over towards them, her eyebrows raised. "Are you two making out?" she asked dryly.

"Ah, not yet," Patrick joked. "I'm trying the slow woo. I did shoot him with confetti."

Wrath snorted and then she just sat down on the bench, wedging herself between them and resting her head on Patrick's shoulder. "Your person is gonna be pissssed, making out with other people like that!"

"Ah yes, best not to ever upset Famine," Patrick smiled fondly.

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-12 01:58 am UTC (link)
"Hi," said Will, shifting over a bit so Wrath could fit in the gap better. "I have plenty of people to make out with, I don't really wanna bring that shit to work, you know?" Of course Patrick of Ireland was dating Famine. Who else would he be dating?

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-12 02:00 am UTC (link)
Wrath reached out to pat Will's shoulder. "Ah, very smart you. I decided you can do all the work today so you can be distracted. That's fucking amazing of me, isn't it?"

Patrick just smirked and hid behind his mocha.

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-12 03:39 am UTC (link)
"Just outstanding," Will deadpanned. "You're so thoughtful." He laughed a little, and sipped the last of his coffee. "Thank you, for real thank you. I just haven't been able to focus much lately and it's been difficult. I probably shouldn't have come to work today."

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-12 03:58 am UTC (link)
"It's alright," Patrick soothed. "Stay if you like, though if you want to go, of course you can do that too."

"We can do shit all together if you want," Wrath offered, in an uncharacteristic show of selflessness. "Or I could take you to my stable and you could ride my horse! She's the fuckin best and her name is Lady Groot!"

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[info]rouge_rogue
2020-07-12 04:35 am UTC (link)
"It's been a long time since I last rode a horse," Will said. Maybe it wasn't such a terrible idea. "You guys are okay with blowing off work in the middle of the day? Just for me? I can't let you do that."

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[info]shamrocked_
2020-07-12 04:39 am UTC (link)
"I don't have any appointments today," Patrick was quick to assure Will. If he had, of course he wouldn't blow off work, but he was appointment free. "And Wrath would blow off work for an oreo."

"I'd get mad, but it's true," Wrath laughed.

"Let's go visit some horses," Patrick smiled at both of them. Work bonding was totally an acceptable use of work time!

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