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robinsings (robinsings) wrote in toujoursliberer,
@ 2008-06-19 13:39:00

Entry tags:

character_development, daniel_perkins, harry_fisher, nell_abbot, robin

Subject: Scouting for something to do
Who: Robin
Where: The Bridge Theatre
Warnings: TBC
Open to: Nell Abbot and "Harry's gang"

If Robin coughed any more he was sure he was going to lose a lung. His symptoms were apparently resembling a bad cold and so he was walking around the theatre wrapped tightly in a blanket so that he could cure his boredom whilst not risking it getting worse. He'd rested too long, his feet itching to wander, and he eventually found himself backstage. He was excited at the prospect of performing Shakespeare, though if he tried to project his voice right now he'd probably faint. His mother would certainly have something to say about that - she'd scold him and tell him he should know better before having the maid send up some special soup to keep him occupied. Oh what he wouldn't give for some special soup...

As another coughing fit came over him he kept to the shadows in case anyone ordered him back to his room. The last thing he wanted to do was to go back to bed, which was ironic seeing as it was usually what he longed for after a hard day.

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ex_little_st99
2008-06-19 12:51 pm UTC (link)

Nell came out his room, half-asleep still from the night before and hungry now for breakfast, or would it be lunch time. The client last night had been unwilling to leave no matter that it was the early hours of the mourning. Still, it was nice that Harry had allowed him some time to sleep him.

He made his way down the hallway, and then stopped, realising someone else was there as well.
"I thought you were supposed to be sick." He said. "If you're just pretending you're going to be in so much trouble when I tell Harry."

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robinsings
2008-06-19 12:55 pm UTC (link)

Recovering from his coughing fit, Robin turned to Nell and frowned. How could he even dispute the fact that Robin was clearly barely managing to stand? With the sharpest tone he could muster Robin tried to answer him. "Do I look like I'm pretending? I only came out because I'm sick of my room. Lying down all day staring at the walls is not my idea of fun but I'm still ill, so sorry Nell but you'll have to come up with something else to try and get me in trouble."

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	ex_little_st99 2008-06-19 12:59 pm UTC (link)
	"If lying down and looking at walls all day isn't your idea of fun, perhaps you've picked the wrong job." Nell said, not a bit chastised by Robin's comments. "Maybe you should run off back home where you came from, if they'd take you back that is." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	robinsings 2008-06-19 01:02 pm UTC (link)
	Robin narrowed his eyes at him. "And maybe you should watch who you're talking to, you weedy little upstart." He was really not in the mood to exchange unpleasantries but if Nell insisted on pushing... "I've never known a girl to have such an inflated ego." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ex_little_st99
2008-06-19 01:05 pm UTC (link)

"Upstart?" Nell said with a laugh. "I think you're in the wrong place to start brining social standing into it. You're not better than me because you have an educated or you came from a fancy home. We both get fucked for money, only I'm better at it than you."

He ignored the comment about being a girl. Robin could call him that all he liked but it was what made Nell stand out, made him special, made him the favourite.

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robinsings
2008-06-19 01:09 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah we get fucked but I bet you never do the fucking," Robin grumbled, bringing his blanket around him as he began to cough again. He was seeing stars infront of his eyes and he wished Nell would go away. "Customers like yours generally want a needy little weed anyway - personality-less, whiny, submissive little weeds. You know that, don't you Weed?" he teased, but again he started coughing.

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	ex_little_st99 2008-06-19 01:38 pm UTC (link)
	"I didn't know you knew what my clients wanted, Robin." Nell said, trying not to show how angry he was at the insinuations. He wasn't just some submissive little thing. "Unless you are looking to steal them no matter how much you protest." He took a step back, not wanting to catch whatever it was Robin had. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

robinsings
2008-06-19 01:45 pm UTC (link)

"Why would I want to steal people who go after you? They have no taste," he retorted, then promptly winced as his chest ached from the strain of his coughing. If he kept this up he'd have to have another week in bed. Sitting on a nearby stool he sighed, forgetting Nell was there for the moment and rubbing his chest to try and shift the pain around. It was stinging so much he thought hed have tears in his eyes.

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	ex_little_st99 2008-06-19 01:48 pm UTC (link)
	"And yet I'm the best earner and the most popular boy here." Nell said, eager to get out the retort, unable to let Robin have the last word. However, when Robin sat down he didn't feel quite like he'd won a victory this time. "What's wrong? Should I fetch Harry or Viv?" He asked worriedly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	robinsings 2008-06-19 02:07 pm UTC (link)
	"You place so much... importance on being the biggest earner and - and popular with clients yet you don't care whether you're popular with the rest of us," he wheezed, frowning then sighed, leaning back on the wall. Nell's concern was a surprise but Robin simply closed his eyes. "It's only chest pains I'll... I'll live.." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ex_little_st99
2008-06-19 02:12 pm UTC (link)

"Why do I need to be popular with you?" Nell mutter, crouching down next to him. "You don't pay." He looked Robin over, not wanting to touch him or get too close in case he caught something. "Chest pains is not nothing! Don't you remember that old guy who keeled over half-way through with Illya. He had chest pains and he died didn't he?"

He glanced up and down the hallway.
"You sure you don't want me to call for Harry?"

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	robinsings 2008-06-19 02:19 pm UTC (link)
	"He was old and it was a heart attack, this is a cold," Robin snarked, "and I'd not waste my money on... on you," he frowned, beginning to cough again but he had the decency to turn his head away from Nell as - miraculosly - he didn't want Nell to catch anything either. "Alright... get Harry..." he said, giving in. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-06-19 02:21 pm UTC (link)
	"And I wouldn't take you as client if you offered me the crown jewels." Nell said, standing up and shouting. "HARRY!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	social_climber 2008-06-19 02:33 pm UTC (link)
	Harry was only on the stage, talking to one of the hands about backdrops, pulleys, ropes, and Nell's shout was enough to bring him into the corridor with a frown on his face. "Are you two fighting again...?" He began, before he glanced between the two boys, noting Nell's look of concern and the pale cast of Robin's flesh. "What's wrong, Robin?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	robinsings 2008-06-19 02:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Weren't fighting, Harry," Robin rasped, coughing again and he winced in pain. All he'd wanted was to have a walk, now the dust of the theatre had gotten to him not to mention Nell's insistant piffle tattle. "Just chest pains is all... got it from coughin'..." but his seeping tears gave more away than he said. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_little_st99 2008-06-19 02:40 pm UTC (link)
	Nell glanced between the two of them, frowning a little that Harry's first through had been that they were fighting. That might have been true but it didn't mean he had to think it. "He just started like this, Harry. He's really not well." (Reply to this) (Parent)

social_climber
2008-06-19 02:46 pm UTC (link)

Harry frowned, moving to Robin and carefully supporting the boy's body as another cough made his body quake. "Nell, go get Dr. Perkins. NOW!" He said, worried, and his attention went straight back to Robin, not even checking to see if Nell had hurried off yet.

"Robin, how does it hurt? Sharp pains, constant pain?" He asked, other hand moving to hold the boy up. "I'm going to take you back to your room, Robin, alright? To wiat until the doctor gets here."

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	robinsings 2008-06-19 02:49 pm UTC (link)
	"Sharp," he said weakly, and he rose awkwardly from his seat. "It's cause I've been coughing so much Harry nothing more... aint got consumption, I aint...." (Reply to this) (Parent)

ex_little_st99
2008-06-19 02:50 pm UTC (link)

Nell didn't have to wait to be told twice. He rushed out into the lobby of the theatre, and then on out into the street. He glanced up and down, trying to remember the right way to take and then took off.

The houses grew better, grander but not so grand as some of the houses Nell had been invited to. He thought he was in the right place. He pounded on the door, gasping for breath.

"Dr. Perkins, please." He said as the door was opened. "Quickly. The theatre. One of the boys is sick. Badly."

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	ex_bedsidema97 2008-06-19 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	Daniel was walking past when he heard someone asking for him and seeing that it was Nell he opened the door from his servant and frowned. "Nell you - one of the boys? Yes of course I will come immediately, just let me get my coat." Before he could turn the servant had already got it for him and Daniel lead Nell out. "What is wrong with him?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ex_little_st99
2008-06-19 07:03 pm UTC (link)

"I don't know!" Nell said, hurrying ahead of the Doctor and calling back to him. "He had a cold or something, but he started getting chest pains and Harry sent me to fetch you. He said something about consumption!"

They were at the theatre now. Nell let them both in and led Dr. Perkins down the hallway to Harry and Robin, standing to the side and watching them fretfully.

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	ex_bedsidema97 2008-06-19 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	"Chest pains..." he repeated scurrying after Nell as fast as he could go. There were a million possibilities for the cause, and yet only one diagnosis. "Well I will do my best... Mr Fisher how is he faring?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

social_climber
2008-06-19 08:35 pm UTC (link)

Harry had made Robin sit down on one of the chests in the corridor, and having had someone fetch him a drink of water. He didn't know if it had helped at all, but it was better than nothing. "Coughing up a lung, as he was before. Sharp pains, although Robin, our resident medical expert says he doesn't have consumption." Harry said, looking up as Perkins spoke, having stayed with Robin and tried to support the boy, having tried to make him breathe slowly and more deeply. "He was complaining of a bad throat the other day. Should he be moved into his bedroom?"

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	robinsings 2008-06-20 10:34 am UTC (link)
	Even though the doctor agreed Robin immediately went to the defensive. "No I shouldn't..." he croaked, trying to stand up, "I'm fine, really. Just a bit of achiness, I'm only a little wheezy - not about to die." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	social_climber 2008-06-20 11:04 am UTC (link)
	"Be Quiet," Harry said sternly, carefully lifting the boy up. "You should have been in bed, Robin." He said, showing the doctor the way and laying the boy down on his mattress. "Well, Doctor Perkins, what do you think?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ex_bedsidema97
2008-06-20 11:27 am UTC (link)

"I can already hear some rasping," he said immediately, and pressed his hand to boy's chest. "I can feel it quite prominently too - the thing you have to be careful of is coughing too much. It sounds silly, but there are cases, as I believe... this one is," he said, pressing the back of his hand to the boy's forehead, "in which you can tear something in your chest. Muscle or tissue. It's quite sore and requires extra care, but a bit of honey should ease it. You have to be careful it doesn't become infected too."

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	ex_little_st99 2008-06-20 12:40 pm UTC (link)
	Nell had followed them and now he lingered in the doorway watching. "So he's not going to die, then?" He asked, licking his lips. "I mean, he looked really bad before." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_bedsidema97 2008-06-20 01:00 pm UTC (link)
	"He's not going to die, no - so long as we keep out infection," Daniel assured the boy. "He is probably tired, a cold can be exhausting and pain and activity during recovery don't help." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	social_climber 2008-06-23 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	"Then a few days in bed would be the best for him? Food, drink and rest?" Harry replied, looking from Robin to the doctor once more. "Or do you recommend something else?" (Reply to this) (Parent)