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Rob Duncan (longrob) wrote in spinningcompass,
@ 2014-11-30 21:35:00

Entry tags:

!closed, !plot, ~rob duncan

Who? Rob & Uhura
Where? Kinraddie
When? Monday morning, very early hours.
What? Memorial. Grieving.
Open? No
Rating? Medium... talk of war and violence etc.

Once he had the horses settled in their new steadings in Cambridge, Rob had headed back to the room of doors with the intention of going back to Trinidad and gathering up their belongings so that he and Uhura could move on to somewhere else fogless.

But then, two new doors caught his eye. Both to Scotland, and one... one to Kinraddie. 2016. Exactly 100 years since he had left the place behind.

Oh, he thought to ignore it, but it was only open for one day, and... it couldn't be for anyone else but him, could it? And he fought with himself, but it was an easy choice really. He pushed on through in a bit of a rush, suddenly finding the wind whipping up around him as he was confronted with the standing stones he knew so well. Except with one alteration. Dark grey lettering, carved into the largest of the stones.

FOR THE MEMORY OF
:CHARLES STRACHAN:
:JAMES LESLIE:
:ROBERT DUNCAN:
:EWAN TAVENDALE:
WHO WERE OF THIS LAND
AND FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
IN FRANCE: REVELATION II:28
FOR I WILL GIVE YOU THE MORNING STAR.

He stared at it for a moment, unable to tear his eyes away from the now weathered memorial stone, feeling strangely sick and dizzy. He'd known... he'd known that Scotty had saved him, but to see it there... and yet, what felt even worse were the other names. Not Chae. God, not Chae... and Ewan... he had been a coarse brute, but he would have left Chris a single parent.

Rob knew that Uhura would have followed him through, and he took a sharp breath, trying to put on his bravest face, taking a step back from the stone and looking out at the loch instead as he tried to compose himself.

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	communicator_ 2014-11-30 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	"Rob?" Uhura's tone was deeply tired, and she'd come badly dressed in a dressing gown and flip flops over a teddy. They'd been in Trinidad and she hadn't had to worry about getting cold, and then she'd been more concerned with following her lover. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	longrob 2014-12-01 10:57 am UTC (link)
	Rob turned sharply and forced something of a smile onto his face. Maybe he should just make her turn around, walk them both back through the door before she noticed the looming stone grave sending a shadow across the hills. "Mm. Sorry, it's so cold-" he told her, moving to put an arm around her in an attempt both to warm her and move her away from the memorial. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	communicator_ 2014-12-01 02:46 pm UTC (link)
	Uhura shook him off as she looked at the stone monument. "You died?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	longrob 2014-12-01 03:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Mm, aye, well, I suppose it has been 100 years," he said, trying to brush it off. Even though the words on the stone showed that it would be been coming very soon for him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	communicator_ 2014-12-01 03:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Rob stop it." Uhura said softly, moving to brush her fingers over his name. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

longrob
2014-12-01 04:18 pm UTC (link)

"Chae Strachan was a right good friend," he told her, touching his name for a second. "He'd been everywhere. He was a socialist, his daughter's going to be a doctor," he told her, frowning a little. "We did come to a wee bit disagreement when he signed up, but I mind the last time I saw him, up at his farm, him all kitted out in his kilt, and- aye, he said that there were fools enough in the fighting as it was, and we shook hands," he went on.

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	communicator_ 2014-12-01 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	Uhura moved back to him, sliding her arms around him. "We could find out if his daughter made it to be a doctor." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

longrob
2014-12-01 10:10 pm UTC (link)

"Mmm, maybe, aye," he said softly, remembering the day she'd left on the train for Aberdeen, off to make something of herself.

"James Leslie was one of the first to sign up. I already knew- he died in the first few months of fighting. I didn't know the lad much," he told her.

"And erm- Ewan Tavendale was the foreman at Upperhill. He was Chris's husband, the father of her child- God, would have been only a wee lad still," he told her. "And well, you know who the fourth is right well," he smiled.

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	communicator_ 2014-12-01 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	"I do...and I know it's selfish but I'm glad I'm not mourning you." Uhura murmured. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	longrob 2014-12-01 10:31 pm UTC (link)
	Rob pulled her close, wrapping his arms around her tighter . "It's not selfish, love," he told her softly. It was a strange sort of mourning for him, one hundred years late, but not so long had passed for him, of course. "Oh, I'm daft, lass- we should get you out of this bitter weather." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	communicator_ 2014-12-01 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	"It's not, and I'll stay with you as long as you want." Uhura said softly, leaning into his arms. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

longrob
2014-12-03 09:56 pm UTC (link)

Rob sighed, and held her closer. A strange sort of sadness washed over him, mixed in with an unexpected anger. It was a horrible situation, but everything was so different now that he didn't know how he was meant to feel about it.

"Mm, staring at a stone isn't going to make a damn bit of difference, now," he said eventually, leaning to press a kiss against her cheek.

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	communicator_ 2014-12-03 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	"Different question, what if it was my name up there?" Uhura asked softly (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	longrob 2014-12-29 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, I suppose I would say it doesn't matter a jot, because you're right here with me, and that's just a piece of stone," he told her, holding her close. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	communicator_ 2014-12-29 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	"Good, then that's how we need to think." Uhura murmured (Reply to this) (Parent)