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Darius Alexander Summers (dasummers) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-11-16 18:39:00

Entry tags:

darius summers, ophelia

Who: Ophelia and Darius
Where: Ophelia's hospital, out and about, maybe
When: afternoon
What: consuming hot chocolate
Warnings: doubtful. Cuteness may be lethal.

Darius bounced through the halls, glad to be seeing Ophelia again. He had a thermos full of hot chocolate, and had another surprise for her that he hoped she would like.

The nurse at the station smiled at him, and he greeted her by name. Darius was good at remembering names and faces.

He walked in a more dignified manner when he got to Ophelia's hallway, and tapped on her door frame before poking his head in. "Hey!"

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	love_remember 2008-11-16 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	Ophelia looked up when he tapped on her door frame. "Good day, Darius. Please come in." She smiled at him brightly. "I am so glad to see you." (Reply to this) (Thread)

dasummers
2008-11-16 08:53 pm UTC (link)

He entered, looking a little sheepish, though he smiled brightly at her in return. "I'm glad to see you too, Ophelia."

He sat on a chair next to her, and pulled the thermos out of his messenger bag. "How have you been?" He poured some into the lid, the smell of rich chocolate filling the room. There was only the one cup that came with the thermos, so that was what he offered to her. "Be careful, it's hot."

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love_remember
2008-11-16 09:02 pm UTC (link)

The smell of the chocolate was not entirely unfamiliar, though she had never had this before. She sipped delicately.

"Oh, that's lovely." It warmed her all over and made her feel quite relaxed. "I have been very well. Ms. Torres and I have been talking and I think I shall be going to live in...the apartment I was living in before I...the woman I replaced...disappeared."

Ophelia tried not to think too much about who she really was. It got terribly confusing after a while.

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	dasummers 2008-11-16 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm glad that you like it." He listened, nodding where it was appropriate. "That should be neat. Have you seen the apartment she lived in, yet?" Being out and about would be a little scary for her, he had no doubt, but he was glad she was thinking about it, and planning for it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

love_remember
2008-11-16 09:14 pm UTC (link)

She shook her head. "No...I still have not been out of this place. The doctors said I was free to try when I liked, however." She sipped her hot chocolate again.

"Do you...do you think you would be willing to show me around?" She smiled slightly. "I have seen pictures, I know what automobiles are and that there are very tall buildings...but I have never been there for real."

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	dasummers 2008-11-16 09:15 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes." There was no hesitation at all. "It would be an honor to show you around. I took pictures of the area around here to show you, so I know a little bit of the area." He blushed a little. Showing her in person would be better than showing her pictures, anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

love_remember
2008-11-16 09:24 pm UTC (link)

Ophelia beamed again. "You took pictures? That was good of you. And...thank you. I may be a little frightened and I want to get...accustomed to what I will see."

She is clad in clothing that Ms. Torres brought for her from the apartment, a long skirt and a sweater, with clogs, which were very much like the shoes that Ophelia had worn to garden back home. Ophelia wasn't sure she liked the clothing but figured that as long as she was decently covered, she would be all right.

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	dasummers 2008-11-16 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	Darius thought she looked beautiful. The relaxed clothing suited her well. "I can show them to you, if you want." He pulled out his phone and flipped through the menu until he found the picture section. "Just press the arrows on the round button to scroll through." He showed her how to do this. "The location of the picture is on the top bar." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-16 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	"But it's so small!" she exclaimed, fascinated. She had to find out the secret of this small machine. "It looks like such a very busy place," she said. "I shall feel terribly small out in this big city." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dasummers
2008-11-16 09:38 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, but small is no indication of ability." He smiled softly. "I can read the forum with it, make phone calls, and it reminds me of things that I might otherwise forget. It's a useful little tool."

Her worry about the city mirrored his own take on them. "It's big, but everybody else feels just as small as you in it. I don't know why so many people scrunch together like this, but it's nice if you don't like to be alone."

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	love_remember 2008-11-16 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Good heavens. You can do all of that?" She looked at the phone. "It seems impossible that so much could be done by this tiny thing." "I suppose if we all feel small, then no one is truly small," she mused. "Ms. Torres said that she would help me to function as best she could. Though of course, she does not know my...who I am, really." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-16 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah. I'll show you how to work it, if you like." He tucked that aside in his brain. Maybe next time. "No. But it's nice to have someone around all the time who can answer questions for you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-16 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes." She looked up at him. "You are a very good friend, Darius." She blushed. Honestly, she'd never looked upon men as friends before. It was much more to her than just simply a young man who could be her suitor. He could also be a friend. The idea was quite a novel one. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-16 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	He smiled brightly. "Good. I'm glad to be your friend." He needed a few good friends. Hell, he needed any friends, beside his sisters and Scott. "Would you like to go now?" He stood, offering his hand to her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-17 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	Ophelia took his hand and stood up. "Yes, I would." She was terribly nervous, but it was well past time that she saw where she would be living the rest of her life. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-17 06:05 pm UTC (link)
	He held her hand and led her out of the room. "Do we need to check out or anything? Or do you know?" He didn't want the hospital staff to worry about her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-17 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	"I am...not sure. But we shall ask." There was a form for Darius to fill out and sign, but after that, Ophelia was free to go. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-19 09:48 am UTC (link)
	Darius filled the paperwork out, his handwriting neat and precise. Then he offered his arm to Ophelia, and led her out into the street. It was fairly quiet, being the middle of the day, but there were still some people wandering around. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-19 12:17 pm UTC (link)
	Ophelia took his arm, glad he seemed so solid. She felt she needed him to be her anchor. "The buildings are so much different than they are back home." Somehow, they don't look as sturdy--it seems by their looks that they'll come right down. She looked around herself, quite unmindful of being looked at as if she were a tourist. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-19 12:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah. The big tall ones are sky scrapers. The smaller ones are mostly just office buildings." He smiled at her, leading her past a row of cars parked on meters. This was one of the nicer parts of New York. "Do you remember where you live?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-19 12:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Do they really scrape the sky?" Ophelia has little sense of science and perhaps scraping the sky might not be the best thing for the sky... She gave him an address of a place in a fairly nice part of New York City. It was very near the flower shop. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-19 01:24 pm UTC (link)
	"No. It's a way to get peole excited about them, back when they first came out." He thought for a moment. "Let's head toward your house, so you can see it. Along the way, I'll explain a little about the world as we know it these days." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-19 08:54 pm UTC (link)
	She looked up. People had to get excited about buildings so tall? How extraordinary. "That sounds like a good scheme. Lead on," she said. There was so much to see here! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-20 10:01 am UTC (link)
	He smiled and explained the world, and the atmosphere, and how weather happens. He had quite like Earth Sciences as a kid, so he knew a lot about them. It was a very pleasant trip to Ganieda's home. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-20 06:41 pm UTC (link)
	Ophelia listened in wonder. He seemed to know so very much! Soon, it felt like her head was spinning, but in a pleasant way. She smiled over at him. "How do you know so much, then?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)