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Darius Alexander Summers (dasummers) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-11-04 10:43:00

Entry tags:

darius summers, ophelia

Who: Darius and Ophelia
What: meeting, chatting
Where: her hospital room
When: first thing in the morning
Warnings: I'm going to hazard a guess at cuteness

Darius whistled as he walked to the hospital. He'd made up a story that sounded plausible enough to him, and was ready to be interrogated at the check in center.

The woman behind the counter smiled at him, took his name, and told him which room to go to without any ado. Darius laughed a little at himself and went down the hallway, whistling, looking for Ophelia.

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	love_remember 2008-11-04 01:05 pm UTC (link)
	Ophelia was reading quietly. It happens to be a commentary on Hamlet and she's sort of hovering between laughing and becoming mildly irritated at it. When she hears someone whistling, she pokes her head out of the room she is in. "Darius?" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-04 01:08 pm UTC (link)
	He smiled at her and nodded. "Yes. You must be Ophelia." He held out his hand. She was pretty. That made im blush. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-04 01:10 pm UTC (link)
	"I am," she said, smiling at him and taking his hand, not shaking it, just pressing it between her own hands. "It is good to meet you." Her voice is warm. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-04 01:16 pm UTC (link)
	He blushed a lot more at that soft contact. "It is very good to meet you as well." For a moment he remembered that he wasn't good at talking to women. But that was okay. He was talking to a friend. That was different. "You're looking very well for a woman with amnesia." His smile was soft, almost shy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

love_remember
2008-11-04 01:29 pm UTC (link)

Ophelia blushed a little as well. "Well, a bit of rest was just what I needed."

After all the grieving she'd done for her father and all the stress around Hamlet confusing her...sleep was more than necessary.

Darius had a very sweet smile. "Come inside and sit," she asked, gesturing to the chair inside. "It is not very home-like, I am afraid."

It suddenly occured to Ophelia that she hadn't spoken to very many gentlemen without some sort of chaperone or male relative present.

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dasummers
2008-11-04 01:39 pm UTC (link)

"That's alright. If you can live here, I can visit."

He was shy about going into her room, distinctly remembering the last time that he'd been alone with a girl in her room.

She'd nearly put him through the window when he'd tripped and grabbed her chest instead of her shoulder. It had been a long night.

So with that cherished memory running through his head, Darius perched on the edge of a chair. "This place doesn't seem so bad. Is the food good?"

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	love_remember 2008-11-04 01:45 pm UTC (link)
	"The food is rather terrible, I'm afraid. But I have few complaints as I have, unfortunately, had worse." She smiles a little. "It isn't a bad place to live. Especially since I have so much to get used to." She sat on the bed and put her hands in her lap. "Did you have to travel far to get here?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-04 01:47 pm UTC (link)
	"I guess it's better than being tossed into the world with no idea who you are." He noticed the book she'd been reading, and smiled a little. "Couldn't resist the urge to read it? What do you think?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

love_remember
2008-11-04 01:55 pm UTC (link)

"It is true, of course, though it is very annoying that no one believes me that I am who I say I am. Other than people on the forum, at least."

Ophelia picked up the book, flipping through it a little. "Well, once I found out there really was a play, I had to read it. This is a commentary, and I am torn between laughing at it and throwing it against the wall in irritation."

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	dasummers 2008-11-04 03:58 pm UTC (link)
	"I can understand that. Who wants to see their life laid out in iambic pentameter?" He knew that it would be a little weird for him. "It wasn't particularly kind to women, either. I'd imagine that wouldn't help with the frustration." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-04 04:03 pm UTC (link)
	She smiled. "No, but then, we are the root of much trouble, at least that's what Father say--used to say." A shadow crossed her face briefly and she sighed again. "I do gather that attitudes are somewhat different today." Not that Hamlet's words to her sting any less acutely. They were said to her not so very long ago, after all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dasummers
2008-11-04 05:55 pm UTC (link)

"Any man born of woman should watch what he says. It's just as fair to say that if women are the source of all evil, then men are the workers of such."

He made a face. "But neither gender is more or less than the other."

His tone is firm, and the small, shy looking boy vanishes for a moment, replaced by a passionate man. "Anyone who defines and dismisses people based on how they are born is an idiot and deserves the pain that they will no doubt feel."

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	love_remember 2008-11-04 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	Ophelia looks up at him shyly. "You feel quite strongly about this, I see." She smiled slightly. "I have not heard this attitude put forth, and especially not on my behalf before." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-05 09:38 am UTC (link)
	He blushed. "I'm sorry. I was raised with very strong beliefs." He sighed. Somehow, he was sure, he'd messed this up. "But no one should have to hear anything like that, especially not from their own father." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-05 09:51 am UTC (link)
	"It is well, Darius. I have not been raised to think much of myself. Perhaps that is something that should be remedied." She smiled. "It did not feel right when he did so, I assure you...and much less when someone I thought loved me did, either." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-05 09:56 am UTC (link)
	He touched her arm softly. "I'm sorry that you had to deal with that. And I would be glad to help you take on a more modern outlook. My Mom was one of the strongest, most capable people I've ever met." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-05 10:02 am UTC (link)
	She blushed. "I would be glad to hear something different. Especially if it would help me in this world." She looked up again, shyly. "I did not grow up with a mother. She died when I was born." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dasummers
2008-11-05 10:11 am UTC (link)

"It would, I believe. Everybody needs confidence."

His eyes showed real sympathy and sadness for her. "That's too bad. I've only been away from her for a couple months, and I miss her terribly."

And his brothers and father. And everyone, really.

"I wonder who is coming to claim you? We all replace someone when we're brought here. Maybe they're relatives of that person?"

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	love_remember 2008-11-05 10:13 am UTC (link)
	Ophelia chewed her lip nervously. "I do not know. The doctors have explained to me that they are checking her out carefully to make sure that she is not, as they say, some 'cracked pot'. But I am very nervous and I am not sure how I should handle being away with someone I truly do not know." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-05 10:16 am UTC (link)
	"That's understandable. I wouldn't want to live with strangers, either." He fidgetted a little, wishing he could do more. "Like I said, if it's bad, I'll be more than happy to get you out of there. I'm not going to let any more of my friends get hurt." He set his jaw and nodded. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-05 10:20 am UTC (link)
	She smiled again. "You are very kind," she said. "I daresay I have been more happy, even in this place, than I have been in my life." The only exception, really, was when Hamlet professed love for her. But it soon became apparent that he was willing to hurt her as well, which tainted that memory. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-05 10:42 am UTC (link)
	"I'm glad." He smiled in return, and touched her shoulder again. It occured to him that he'd gone a whole five minutes without being smacked. It was a record. "What do you do to pass the time, beside reading?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

love_remember
2008-11-05 10:49 am UTC (link)

"Not very much, I am afraid. Sometimes I look at one of those strange boxes with the pictures but I confess that I do not understand much that comes out of them. And then, of course, there is what they call 'counseling' but I do not get much advice from them..."

Ophelia would never strike a man. That would be one good way to have her teeth knocked in. Ophelia liked her teeth where they were, thank you.

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	dasummers 2008-11-05 11:06 am UTC (link)
	"The boxes are probably televisions. They might help you come to understand the culture here a little better. Think of it like a play. A play with interruptions. And the counselors are trying to treat problems you don't have, so their advice won't be great." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-05 01:05 pm UTC (link)
	Ophelia nodded. "A play. Well, I shall certainly try it if you think I should." She frowns. "I think I was mad, you know." She isn't entirely sure, but she does not feel particularly mad at the moment, however. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)