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Tweak says, "Tweak does it better"

Erik (ex_theoperag166) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-04-25 00:21:00

Entry tags:

joanne walker, movie phantom

Who: Erik the Phantom and Joanne Walker
Where: At Erik's office
When: Midday
Why: Sometimes...Erik shows concern.
Rating: It's us. There's bound to be some R in this somewhere.

If there was one thing that Erik could do besides music, it was herbalism. Trained by gypsies, he was just as potent with his hands at concocting remedies and draughts as he was creating beautiful song with his voice. If the draught didn't put her to sleep, he could probably sing her to sleep. He hadn't done that in a while, but he knew he hadn't lost the knack for it. And so he entered his office, a small vial of a liquid made with distilled plants that was sure to knock her unconscious. Right?

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urbanshaman
2008-04-25 04:33 am UTC (link)

Joanne had gotten up from her desk, after Erik had told her that he could put her to sleep and went into his office. It was weird being a secretary for him after their very weird relationship. But she still had the garage, so that made her happy.

She had her eyes shut and her legs crossed indian style in front of her but she wasn't asleep. She was just meditating. When he came into the room with the liquid her eyes flickered open, "That was fast."

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ex_theoperag166
2008-04-25 05:09 am UTC (link)

"I'm very confident in my knowledge that this will work," he said in an even tone, holding the little bottle out for her to take. Once she uncapped it, she'd find the aroma was very pleasing to the senses, very faintly smelling of chamomile. There were at least ten other plants infused in the liquid, but that was neither here nor there.

"Drink it. You should practically fall asleep in ten minutes, more or less depending on your constitution for the mixtures." He crossed his arms and stared at her. "I'll make sure you have a blanket and pillow."

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urbanshaman
2008-04-25 05:14 am UTC (link)

Joanne took the bottle from him and then took off the cap, looking a bit dubiously at it. "Yeah let's hope so.." she muttered, and then started to down the bottle. It didn't even taste that bad. Huh. "Well at least that doesn't taste like Nyquil.." not that he knew what that was.

She shrugged a bit, "I can hold my liquor.." besides, she was just as tall and as big as he was, who knew really. "Gee thanks. Just gonna leave me here? On your couch? Good thing you don't have meetings.." she sat back after she was done and waited for it to take effect but she just kind of felt the same kind of dull sleepiness as before.

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ex_theoperag166
2008-04-25 05:43 am UTC (link)

"Unless you wanted me to stick you in my service closet upright with a blanket over your head, then yes, the couch." She was probably used to Erik's brand of sarcasm having been around him this long and survived it. This wasn't even him being mean. Just his usual anti-social self.

When she didn't drop off to sleep, an annoyed expression overtook his features. "That...was the most potent thing in my repertoire. How did you...bah," and he threw up his hands. There had to be some way to put her ass to sleep. "How about I hit you with something blunt?"

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urbanshaman
2008-04-25 05:46 am UTC (link)

Yeah she was used to it. So in response, Joanne just kind of glared at him. Though some part of her was pretty sure that he would actually do that to her if he thought it would 'help'. Her eyebrows raised up and she just shrugged, "I told you.. it's not exactly a .. insomniac thing. It's a .. spiritual.. shaman.. magic.. mumbo jumbo thing okay? I don't know how to get rid of it. The last time this happened, I was on a plane.. a plane.. way thousands of feet up in the air and I saw a woman get chased and nearly killed.."

She shrugged her shoulders, "You can try, but I'll probably kick you in the nuts."

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ex_theoperag166
2008-04-25 06:08 am UTC (link)

"My private area will remain intact and unharmed, thank you very much." Sometimes even Joanne's weirdness made Erik twitch inside, and that was a hard thing to do given his life experiences. "Well, use some spiritual shaman thing to go to sleep. Wait." And he paused a minute. "I could hypnotize you into sleeping." Though that might end up badly.

"Damn it, I am running out of ideas here, which is pissing me off. I can't have you sleep deprived. You're no good to me like this." He stared intently at her, his brow creased deeply. "What is something you always felt tired after doing?"

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urbanshaman
2008-04-25 06:15 am UTC (link)

Not if you don't shut up she thought to herself, but kept them all locked up. Joanne was a very weird girl, that was for sure. "If I could do that? I would. But I don't know how.. I haven't learned anything.. because Coyote's dead. Because of me.. and the last person I let try and help me fucked me over royally.." she tried not to look at him when she said it. Getting fucked over was something she had a lot of experience with. It was why she just didnt trust anyone, not even Erik.

"I'm doing your work. And my work thank you." she rubbed at her eyes, "Well usually sex but.." she snorted slightly. That wasn't gonna happen. "I've drank.. I've taken medication. I've done everything. I've drummed myself under.. nothing's worked."

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ex_theoperag166
2008-04-25 06:30 am UTC (link)

His hearing picked apart most of what she'd said, and the one word out of everything she spoke that stuck in his brain was sex. They'd done something like that once before and it hadn't been entirely disastrous. Well, yes it had, there was heavy awkwardness between them, but Erik was alone again, and he couldn't help but want to reach out to her if even a little bit. Erik walked over to his office door and turned the knob, making it click. He'd locked it without warning.

"Then take your clothes off."

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urbanshaman
2008-04-25 06:37 am UTC (link)

As soon as the door locked, her eyebrows shot up, "Excuse me?" she blinked at him like he'd grown three heads. "Why the hell would I.. just because I said.. sex.. I was.." she had been kind of joking. Well it had been true, but she'd still been joking. "That's.. so not a good idea. You don't want me, remember? I'm not good enough for you or whatever. I'm not tiny and petite and a fucking angel. I'm pretty much the exact opposite of all that, so no thank you.."

Truthfully, her pride was still pretty wounded with all of that.

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ex_theoperag166
2008-04-25 06:44 am UTC (link)

"When in the hell did the words "you are not good enough for me" come out of my mouth? If I didn't think you were good enough for me, you wouldn't be working here, own your own shop or even speaking to me. You're being difficult, and I'm trying to make things as simple as possible." He hadn't meant to wound her pride, but Erik was a pretty fucked up individual to get involved with regardless. "I'm all alone. You're the only friend I have here. If having sex with me is that...repulsive, but you liked what I did before right? Or was that a lie?"

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urbanshaman
2008-04-25 06:50 am UTC (link)

Several times Joanne's mouth opened up to say something and each time she shut it again before she said something she really didn't want to say. "If you think us having sex is the simplest as possible you've got another thing coming.." she finally decided, sitting back and crossing her arms in front of her. "It wasn't a lie.. but.. I'm not going to go through that again.. you wind me up just so you can tell me you've changed your mind or whatever the hell it was.. I'd rather die of the whole no sleep thing, thank you very much but no thank you."

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ex_theoperag166
2008-04-25 07:14 am UTC (link)

He didn't know whether to be insulted or not, given his past behavior. He asked for that, he supposed. "You think it's easy for me to put myself out there for people? For you? For someone I was willing to spend my first time on, you're very ungrateful," he huffed, crossing his arms over his chest. Now he looked like he might sulk, which was a definite Erik thing to do, especially when his own pride had been wounded then. His rapid-fire temper was renown in the office, and this was one of those moments when this kind of stare would have sent an assistant running. But not her. "Do you want to or not?" he asked, his face going from hard to soft that fast.

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urbanshaman
2008-04-25 07:17 am UTC (link)

Joanne gaped at him, "My fault? How was this my fault? I'm not un... for fuck's sake.." she grumbled. "I ... let you.. do that to me.. I don't let ANYONE do that to me. Just because you were all.. scarred before doesn't mean no one else in the world had problems besides you. And see.. that's the point.. you said.. willing to spend your first time on me.. but you didn't. I put myself out there and then you rejected me after seeing me all.. naked.." oh forget this.

She got up to her feet and just glared at him in response and went to open the door whether he was standing there or not.

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ex_theoperag166
2008-04-25 07:54 am UTC (link)

"You let me do it because you wanted it. I don't know what your reasoning was for allowing me that privilege, but I didn't properly thank you," he said, stepping into her path. "You've obviously misinterpreted my meaning, as I haven't yet used that opportunity. It's still there, still...intact." His eyes downcast to the thick carpeting as he took a breath before staring her square in the face. He half considered leaning in to kiss her, but being punched in the face was not something he wanted to risk.

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urbanshaman
2008-04-25 03:30 pm UTC (link)

"I was obviously out of my mind.." kind of like she was now she supposed. But this she could blame on the insomnia. She didn't know how she felt about him not having slept with Christine while she was there. She knew the girl was gone. "I just don't see exactly what's changed? You didn't want to before.. why would you wanna do it now? Because she's gone and you don't have anyone left? I am so not up to playing second fiddle to a ghost."

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	ex_theoperag166 2008-04-25 05:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Not because she's gone...I've realized that as much as I love her, it's not our time anymore. I'm different and she hadn't changed." Which was true. Christine was still a child, and hadn't done a whole lot to transition from that state. As much as he wanted, he couldn't live like that. What could he do? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

urbanshaman
2008-04-25 07:19 pm UTC (link)

Slowly Joanne nodded her head at him, not sure what to say for a while. Well, that was that, but just because they couldn't be together or didn't want to be didn't mean she wasn't some second choice. "Why... why do you even want to.. help me, that way? I mean.. I'm sure most men would think sleeping with me was a huge sacrifice," she said sarcastically. "But come on, you're not most men. If you feel bad or guilty and want to make it up to me.. " she just shrugged. "I can find another way to put me to sleep."

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ex_theoperag166
2008-04-25 10:33 pm UTC (link)

"I'm not trying to pay penance for my past transgression on you. You and I both wanted it, whether we're failing to admit it to ourselves or not. Though the idea I am finding hard to believe is that you do not desire to do it again. I've stood here and admitted to the fact that I do, but can you honestly tell me that you do not?" It'd help her sleep, and he'd finally lay a few ghosts of his past to rest. "Dying of exhaustion is your next step to falling asleep, from what I'm seeing."

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urbanshaman
2008-04-25 10:49 pm UTC (link)

Obviously he hadn't wanted it before or he would have said yes. Sigh. This whole thing was making her head hurt. And she didn't need her head to hurt and be tired at the same time, "I never said I didn't want to.." she trailed off and then finally just gave up. "Okay look.. if we do this.. and you change your mind in the middle? I'm going to hurt you. And if this doesn't work, I just might hurt myself.." she reached down and slid off her shirt and put it down on a pile on the floor and then went for her jeans. "Come on then.. get with it."

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ex_theoperag166
2008-04-25 10:59 pm UTC (link)

While she'd been going off at him, trying to shed her clothes, he's drawn nearer to her, so close that she'd have been staring in his eyes when she looked up. Instead of desperately trying to take his own clothing off, he'd put his hands on her and stilled her for just a moment. She shouldn't think of this as some kind of chore. "Wait," he'd said, and pulled her hands away from the fastening. Now, his fingers replaced hers on her button and zipper, and she could feel the tiny tug where he pulled them apart and slowly slid the zipper open. He stared into her eyes as her moved was pulled and tugged as he grunted, pushing her jeans and panties down off of her hips, his body lowering to his knees as he pulled them all the way down to the floor, polling that at her feet for her to step out of them.

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urbanshaman
2008-04-25 11:06 pm UTC (link)

There he was when she looked up, standing so close to her that she could feel his breath against her cheek. She was stilled, and stared at him for a moment until he started to take off her clothes. She watched as he slid down onto his knees in front of her, taking them both down. She let him take them off and watched him, swallowing a bit. She reached down and ran her fingers through his hair just slightly as best as she could.

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ex_theoperag166
2008-04-25 11:29 pm UTC (link)

He could do this; he knew he could, but why had he had a block on it so badly? Maybe if he kept his mouth shut, and she didn't say anything, things would take their natural course...no that was too hard for Erik. Everything was a psychological study, or he had to know. When he got to his feet, he began to unbutton his shirt, the tip of his tongue peeked out of the corner of his mouth. "You've done this before, which, ah, position or positions do you want?"

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	urbanshaman 2008-04-25 11:34 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, a question. Joanne was kind of wakened from her dazed state and looked at him. "Um.. I.. how about just the.. regular.. way.. unless you'd rather not face me.." she reached behind her and undid her bra and let it fall to the floor so that she was finally naked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ex_theoperag166
2008-04-25 11:52 pm UTC (link)

"I think you have a very beautiful face," he said as he finished undressing himself, the two of them standing there naked. This was very awkward for him, and it wasn't like he didn't know what to do, but it was the part of trying to slide into this role comfortably. Surprisingly, he wasn't aroused yet, and it wasn't because he didn't find her attractive; he was afraid.

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urbanshaman
2008-04-25 11:56 pm UTC (link)

Great. This is why she didn't want to do this. Awkwardness out the ass. Yeah they were just going to have to get it done, she supposed. And the fact that he wasn't hard was pretty bad. She let out a breath, and still felt weird about touching him after the last time. "Thanks.." she mumbled. "Maybe this isn't a good idea.. I don't know what I'm doing anymore then you do."