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Tweak says, "I love you mostestest"

Joanne Walker (Walker Papers) (urbanshaman) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-07-20 01:59:00

Entry tags:

alternaverse plot, joanne walker, movie phantom

Who: Erik and Joanne
What: Her coming to find him since he's locked himself in his office
When: Today
Where: Virgin Records
Warnings: Cursing at the very least

Though she hadn't seen him, Joanne largely expected that Erik had his old face back (which he had) and nearly everyone that had worked in the Virgin Records studio had kind of scattered at his face. She knew that had crushed him, and she didn't like them treating him like that. Anyone left in the building was removed, forcibly or magically, either way, she got rid of them and then put the whole building on lockdown.

Then she went up the elevator to Erik's office and knocked on the door. "Erik? It's me.. I'm coming in..." she warned him before taking out her key and opening the door and going inside.

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 01:20 am UTC (link)

He more than had his old face back. He had it to the degree of the Phantom of Gaston LeRoux infamy, resulting in an entire Death's head face. Skin was mottled and swollen, skull was exposed as well as paper thin skin with tiny veins just underneath. In a word: frightening. They'd screamed at him, every last one, and all he could do was rant and rage and threaten, and he ended up locked in his office away from the world that shunned him once before.

This is where she'd find him, his face cloaked in his mask as he huddled in the corner of the office, shades drawn to block the light. There may have been quiet sobs, but they were so faint, it would be hard to hear him.

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urbanshaman
2008-07-20 01:25 am UTC (link)

Stepping into the office, she looked around, shutting the door and locking it behind her, even if no one was left in the whole building. She glanced around to find him, but didn't see him. "Erik?" she glanced around. "Please come out.. it's just me. Everyone's gone away, I promise.."

She glanced around, but wasn't sure if she could hear him, so she walked around the office slowly until she found him in the corner. Her head tilted to the side and she got down onto her knees to go over to him. "Come on.. it's just me.."

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 01:37 am UTC (link)

When he'd heard the sound of her voice, he had stopped crying just a little, his head lifting up in response and dark eyes cut to her, almost staring through her from his spot. "It's worse than before. Oh God..." and he sucked in a deep breath mixed with a low sob. His face actually hurt somewhat, the skin was so dry, only wet from the streaks of his tears.

But he looked like he might let her near him as he unfolded his arms from covering his face and moved to straighten up more. "You will not want me. It's...I look like...like a corpse!" and he immediately cringed back from her and covered his head once more.

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urbanshaman
2008-07-20 01:43 am UTC (link)

"Shh.. it's going to be okay.." she tried to soothe, though Joanne was definitely not a comforter. She was totally shit at this. Him hiding wasn't going to stop her from going over to him, in fact she crawled the rest of the way over, obviously determined. "I don't care what you look like, Erik. You know that. Let me take you home.."

When she'd gotten all the way over to him, she put her hand on his shoulder gently, and then rubbed his back just slightly. "I love you, Erik.. that's not going to change anything.." she said softly. "Just look at me, please?"

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 01:52 am UTC (link)

Slowly, he lowered his arms from his head again, though he did not look at her at first. Gradually, he tilted his head towards her, revealing the mask a little at a time until he fully faced her. His eyes were red and nearly bloodshot from the rage and crying. She was lucky he didn't have bodies hanging from the rafters. There might have been had he rafters to hang them from. He swallowed and reached up to pull the mask from his face. It stuck to his skin badly and it hurt to peel it away, the thing was so uncomfortable, but he had no choice. "Do you see? I can't go out there."

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urbanshaman
2008-07-20 02:01 am UTC (link)

Joanne didn't move away when he finally turned towards her, giving him the time he needed to gather himself together somewhat. Yeah she was definitely lucky she wasn't going to have to make the bodies disappear, and thanked .. someone or something for that. When he removed the mask, she didn't flinch, or draw back, maybe because she knew she couldn't, even if she had wanted to. He needed her more then ever, and she wasn't just going to leave him like this. "I didn't say you had to go outside.." she paused, "Does it hurt?" she didn't know if she could touch him, but she did draw closer.

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 02:19 am UTC (link)

"It itches. I want to claw at it." But he was scared to scratch it for fear of making the skin break and bleed, what little bit there was. It did hurt just a little, but he didn't want to tell her. He crept closer to her, then dipped his head and buried his face in her shirt, trying to hide himself, ashamed at what he'd become. He'd swore not to be this again, to be a better man than this, but here he was reduced to a sniveling baby and his face was dashed to smithereens. "What am I going to do?" he said plaintively.

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urbanshaman
2008-07-20 02:30 am UTC (link)

When he moved closer, she put her arms around him tightly and held onto him. "We're going to go home and then just hang around for a week until it goes back to normal.. or.. we can go home and I can try and fix it.. but you've got to calm down and I don't think that's going to happen here.." she ran her hand over his back soothingly, and kissed his forehead lightly, not wanting to hurt him. "You'll be okay either way, I'm not going anywhere.." she lifted his head just slightly and then pressed her lips gently to his, not wanting to hurt him again but not caring about his face. She wanted him to believe her.

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 02:41 am UTC (link)

Erik relaxed somewhat, the tension visibly ebbing from his shoulders as she kissed his forehead. He closed his eyes which forced tears out, thankful for Joanne and her love. Not once had he thanked her for coming for him. "I love you," he said just barely above a whisper. Right now, he'd go wherever she wanted. He just wanted to be safe and with her. These people...it was just too much for him. The pure shock of waking up like this combined with the screams of horror were just too much. "Just take me home. I hate it here." He took hold of one of her hands in his and pressed it delicately to his cheek or what was left of it, sighing from the cool touch to him.

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urbanshaman
2008-07-20 02:54 am UTC (link)

Gently again she kissed the tears from his eyes and wiped them away as best as she could. "Okay.. let's see if this will work. I haven't.. uh.. actually tried this before?" she offered, but didn't give him a chance to chastise her or freak out because she hadn't. With her arms around him, she used the power inside of her to shift them from his office to their bedroom. Her eyes opened and saw that they were in fact home. "Oh good, that worked.." she looked quite relieved. Still she kept her arms around him, guiding him over to the bed. "Come on.. let's lie down.."

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 03:16 am UTC (link)

She was lucky he wasn't lashing out because that? Freaked him the hell out. Pulling something like that on him. He was nowhere used to her magical powers or whatever it was she possessed, so when they came out of this, her holding on to him made the transition easier and he was less likely to flail at her for having done it. Nodding slowly, he let her guide him to the bed, then just sat down on the end of it, his hands digging into the blankets and his face downcast. He just didn't want her to have to look at him, even if she loved him this much.

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urbanshaman
2008-07-20 03:23 am UTC (link)

Mostly she just gave him a sheepish look, sorry obviously for freaking him out like that. If she tried to heal his face later on, he'd probably be even more freaked out. She laid down with him, frowning slightly, obviously not liking to see him in this much pain, physically or mentally. Once lying down, she ran her hands over his cheek, and the rest of him, trying to be comforting again. "Just try not to think about it okay? Let's see.. I'll.. distract you.." she gave a sly smile. "Oh.. um, maybe I should have brought this up before.. I guess, well I kind of forgot? Anyway..first.. if you want to call me Joanie, you can. Gary called me that, it's a name I don't actually mind. Second.. uh.. it's .. not entirely my real name. Since I'm part Native American.. and Irish.. my actual birth name is Siobhan Walkingstick. Don't call me that."

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 11:59 am UTC (link)

Blue green eyes stared intensely at her as she told him her real name, and some little part of him felt strangely lied to because she held this back from him for so long. On the other hand, he understood why. They had only recently began to truly trust each other, and it'd taken forever for either of them to admit there was love between them. Her light touches were helping him to forget how bad his face was, and now it didn't even feel so bad. "That's...a fairly good distraction," and he leaned in closer to her, pressing his face against the palm of her hand. Until this was over, Erik would stay in the house. God, he hoped it blew over. He felt like he'd taken his looks for granted and this was some sort of punishment.

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urbanshaman
2008-07-20 12:33 pm UTC (link)

It wasn't like she'd lied to him on purpose or anything, she really had just forgotten. No one had ever called her that, and it had fallen by the waste side the older she got. She leaned in and kissed over his skin on his face here or there. "Let's see.. what else can I tell you? I never met my dad.. and my mom just kind of dropped me off with his people on the reservation when I was little and didn't come back except for every couple of years. She died about.. a year and a half ago. Uh.. if you want a real distraction we could go down to the garage and I can show you how to fix something.."

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 01:02 pm UTC (link)

"I never knew my father, and my mother always hated me because of...this," he said finally, a more somber expression in his eyes. There were more similarities between them than he'd ever realized. Hmm, that would be a good distraction. He nodded in agreement as he somewhat distracted himself by tracing small circles on one of her hands with his fingertips. He was glad he had her because he was sure he'd have been on a rampage if it hadn't been for her to calm him down. "Let's go," and he took her hand and pressed a kiss to the center of her palm.

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urbanshaman
2008-07-20 01:15 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, mom didn't really like me either.." though she never really found out why. Maybe she knew what her daughter was, and didn't want to deal with it, she didn't know. She smiled at him and leaned over to kiss his lips before getting up off the bed, holding onto his hand to take him downstairs towards the garage. She really liked the fact that there wasn't anyone else in the house but the two of them, it made her feel much safer. When they got to the garage she flipped on some of the lights and went over to a car that was almost the exact replica of her Petite, but it had to be all fixed up. "This is a 1969 Boss 302 Mustang.." and yes it was purple. "This is the same car I had before I got here.. but I need to fix her. Should I start with the basics? Show you how to change a tire?" she grinned, half teasing.

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 02:16 pm UTC (link)

It couldn't have been easy giving birth to someone with a face like his and truth be told, he wasn't sure he wouldn't have done the same had he been in her shoes. Erik had long ago let go of the trespasses placed upon him. He eyed her as he placed his hands on his hips, then went back to studying the car. "I know how to change a tire. I'm not an idiot. We did have cars from the time I came from. The engines are just much more complex now than what we had. That is what I need to know. Spark plugs, fuses, some of the wiring." He had, after all, built a water filtration system with a hot water tank in his lair before. He was a mechanical genius even back then.

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urbanshaman
2008-07-20 02:28 pm UTC (link)

Joanne just gave him a little grin, "I know you're not an idiot.." she had to admit sometimes she just liked to get him going. It was cute when he was angry, and it made her a little hot. All right we'll start with spark plugs and fuses.." she went over to the hood of the car and opened it up. "Spark plugs aren't that much different now then they were before.. but basically.." she found one and then started to show him how to change it and fix the wires under the hood. "Mm.. can you hand me the ratchet wrench please?" she asked, actually nicely. Quite a feat for her really.

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 02:44 pm UTC (link)

The last thing Erik would have thought his temper did to her was make her hot. And a lot of times, most sexual things skimmed over the top of his head, which was sort of funny for a man who seemed to ooze sexual appeal most of the time when he wasn't even trying. He picked up the wrench and walked over to her, handing it over as he watched intensely as she fiddled around in there. Mentally, he cataloged what she did under there, his hand tapping on his hip as he watched intently. It probably wouldn't take him long before he could literally rebuild the engine himself.

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urbanshaman
2008-07-20 02:53 pm UTC (link)

Taking the wrench from him, she showed him how to take out the wires and then change the spark plug, the whole time bent across the hood, her shirt riding up quite a bit, showing off most of her skin. And she didn't even do it on purpose. "There.. that's the easiest part. I should probably take a look at the carborator while I'm here.." she took another wrench so that she could take it out of the car and then fix it. "I can do that later though.. let's see.. fuses.." and then she went on to tell him how to fix those.

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 03:05 pm UTC (link)

Really, how was he supposed to concentrate when every time he glanced over to her, just a little more skin was revealed. But he leaned closer, eyes studying where they went, noting what colored wires went where. There were quite a few fuses of different sizes and colors, some controlling the thermostat, others having to do with the air conditioner. This wasn't as difficult as people made it out to be. Hmm. He was right next to her now, arms propped as he bent lower to look at more of the inner workings.

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urbanshaman
2008-07-20 03:14 pm UTC (link)

Despite her grumpy demeanor, Joanne was a fairly good teacher when it came to cars. It wasn't difficult to her either, but she supposed she just had a knack for this stuff better then other things. She felt him close behind her and turned her head to grin at him a little before going back to showing him how to fix and change things. She was getting dirty though, and greasy, but that didn't stop her. She just reached her hands further into the engine to fix whatever needed fixing. "That's.. the basics," she said after she was done. "Everything else requires taking out parts and either changing them or fixing them. Or getting under the car."

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 03:31 pm UTC (link)

Even with the condition of his face, Erik was able to offer her a smile, like he was genuinely happy for the two of them to be under the hood of the car working together. He was much calmer than he'd been when she'd found him. He noted a streak of grease on her cheek when she looked back up at him, and he traced it lightly, trying to clean it a bit, but only succeeding in smearing it more. "We'll take it a bit at a time. Make a list of what has to be done and go from there." It wasn't as though Erik couldn't afford anything she needed to restore this car to the specifications she wanted.

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urbanshaman
2008-07-20 03:38 pm UTC (link)

She quirked a grin when he tried to wipe the grease off her face. "You totally smudged it all over my face didn't you?" she teased, obviously not upset about it. It was just amusing. "I'll make a list of all the parts I'd have to get from somewhere else and then figure out the best place to get them from.. after that.. we'll see how long it takes to get them and figure out the rest.. sounds good.." she leaned up, making sure that he wasn't in the way and then shut the hood. "You should probably wash your hands.. over here.. it's not.. well I use the glycerin to clean it cause otherwise it won't come off.."

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 04:41 pm UTC (link)

"I didn't mean to," he said with a frown and cleared out of the way so she could put the hood down on the car. He had a little grease on his hands, not that it bothered him, but he didn't want to get it everywhere. He walked over to the sink and poured some of the glycerin into his hands and wet them under the faucet, then rubbed until they were covered in suds. "Order whatever you need, tell whomever to put a rush on the parts. Pretend you don't have a spending limit on this," he said, finally washing his hands clean.

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urbanshaman
2008-07-20 04:48 pm UTC (link)

After she finished washing her hands and getting all the grease off, she grabbed a towel to dry them off. "All right, I'll do that.. thank you." she smiled and leaned up and kissed his lips briefly. "Feeling better? I could try and.. heal your face.. if you want.." the very least she could do was offer to try, she didn't like seeing him in pain, physically or emotionally. they'd had enough pain to last them both a lifetime. "You're far too good to me.."

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 05:44 pm UTC (link)

"You're welcome," he answered as he dried off his hands. He was thanked so little for anything, the words always felt weird to him when he heard them. "If you want to try, you can. It will be better than living through with this forever or however long it will last." Erik shrugged. He didn't think of it as him being too good to her, but more like giving her what he thought she deserved for putting up with him this long, dealing with him, loving him.

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urbanshaman
2008-07-20 05:55 pm UTC (link)

"All right.. let's try.. " she took his hand and lead him over to some chairs she had in the garage and sat down in one of them, pulling it up so that she could sit across from him. "Now.. just close your eyes and relax and we'll see if this will work.." she hadn't really done any of this stuff since she'd gotten here, so she didn't know how well she'd be able to do it, but she'd try. Carefully she leaned over and put her hands on either side of his face very gently.

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 06:07 pm UTC (link)

Erik felt a little apprehensive about all of this, especially letting her use her supernatural powers on him, but she had shifted them from one place to another without difficulty. That was enough for him to at least let her try. He sat down in the chair as she pulled it out for him and got into position, his hands on his knees as he waited to see what she was going to do. Fingers clenched nervously as he closed his eyes, taking deep, slow breaths as she put her hands on his face, waiting to see what happened.

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urbanshaman
2008-07-20 06:17 pm UTC (link)

With her hands on his face, she concentrated and let her powers wash over him. She pictured him like a car, like she'd been taught to do, how to fix him just like she'd fix anything else. Mostly it was all surface damage, which was the easiest thing to fix. there was no arteries to close or any lifesaving measures she needed to do. She pictured soothing his face, letting the muscles, bones and tissue connect back together fluidly, hoping that it was actually working.

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 06:35 pm UTC (link)

A warm feeling washed over his face as she concentrated on him, and he could just feel his skin turning more palpable, his jaw didn't feel as exposed, so dry. Maybe it was working after all. He hoped so. His nostrils flared as he felt the bone and skin form there.He didn't know how she was doing it, but he was just glad it was working. His fingers gripped his knees a little harder because he was squirming under the warmth, and he was excited to see how well this had fixed him.

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urbanshaman
2008-07-20 06:42 pm UTC (link)

Joanne kept pouring energy into him as he healed every inch of skin on his face, until in her own mind he was as flawless as he had been before. And when she made sure that she was done, she finally opened her eyes and moved her hands back to see if it had worked, she really hoped it had. after all it had worked in her mind, there's no reason it shouldn't have worked in reality.

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ex_theoperag166
2008-07-20 07:21 pm UTC (link)

Before he even opened his eyes, he ran his own hands over his face to see if it'd worked. His cheeks were fleshed out and he felt no trace of bare bone or thin paperlike skin anywhere. Even his nose was whole once more. Sighing in relief, Erik opened his eyes and relaxed in the chair as he slumped down, glad that his face had been restored. 'Will it stay or will it go back to the old way again?"

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	urbanshaman 2008-07-20 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	She looked pleased as well that it had worked and smiled at him, "I don't really know.. but if it goes away again, I'll just.. do it over until it stops completely. Whatever you want.." she reached over and gave his hand a squeeze. Either way, she'd not leave him, and she hoped that he knew that. "Want to go back upstairs?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_theoperag166 2008-07-20 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	"We'll see what happens and go with it." He felt like he needed to bathe, like he'd been down in his old lair all this time with his face like that. Working with grease didn't make that feeling any better. "Yes," he nodded. "I want to go shower. I feel so..." but he couldn't accurately describe the feeling. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	urbanshaman 2008-07-20 07:55 pm UTC (link)
	"Shower sounds good to me.." she got up out of her seat and took his hand so that they could go back upstairs. Working in the grease usually made her want to take a shower too. It had been a relatively long day for both of them and she still had to figure out what to do with his business now that she'd sent everyone home. (Reply to this) (Parent)