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the_five_signs (the_five_signs) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-09-13 10:07:00

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!shelved, day 23, location: museum, open, remus lupin, sarah jane smith

Who: Remus Lupin & OTA
What: The werewolf wakes up alone
Where: Just outside the museum
When: Day 23, 9:14am
Rating: PG
Status: Dropped

Remus was used to waking up alone in his bed each morning. He was used to the noises of people moving around.. but he was also used to the sun coming up. And that hadn't happened in three days. That was why he had slept so long this morning, for a boy who normally got up around six in the mornings, sleeping in until nine was blasphemy. However, he hadn't gotten to sleep until much later than he planned, since his body was confused about the times he should be waking and sleeping, thanks to there being no sun, and no routine. Last night, he'd finally come back into the museum and informed Selene that she needed to be safe, before slinking into his room, where the Doctor was already waiting-- waiting, he imagined, for Rose. But he helped the werewolf get settled in anyway, and he'd placed the untouched axe in the corner and had given the young boy extra blankets to help him stay warm, then he'd simply leaned against the wall and watched the door.

And that was how Remus fell asleep, to the steady sounds of the breathing from the Doctor, and the thumping of his hearts. Oh, yes, he'd heard them. But he wasn't going to ask... it was none of his business.

However, when he awoke, it was alone, something he hadn't expected.. still no Rose, and the Doctor was gone as well. And Remus could smell the putrid scent of rotting filling up the air around him. One of those things was close. He knew it. So he was carefully climbing from the bed and tugging on his shoes (they were the only thing he'd taken off, in case of emergency in the middle of the night) before he grabbed for that axe, but paused finding it wasn't there.. but tugged open the door anyway. After checking the main room, he quickly moved out of it and began looking around for the source of the smell. When he pinpointed it behind a closed door, he assumed that someone had locked one of the creatures inside, and decided it was time for him to get outside.

Glass doors pushed open, and the werewolf hurried down the steps to the very bottom, standing just a few feet away and a few feet below the main doors of the museum, and he came to an abrupt halt.. once more taking in his surroundings, he didn't want to be surprised by any of those creatures.

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got2haveasmith
2009-10-08 09:35 pm UTC (link)

Sarah Jane raised an eyebrow at that. "Never seen a film?" she repeated, slightly incredulous. How could a teenaged lad not have seen a film? "Not even a Disney cartoon?" She shook her head slightly. "None of your mates has snuck you into a cinema?" Was he raised in an orphanage, perhaps, so he didn't get to do many of the things children took for granted (and adults as well)? But even the children in the orphanages got to go to the cinemas occasionally.

She looked back at the museum. "I think that's a very wise decision," she said. She turned, keeping her hand on Remus's shoulder, and started up the steps very slowly, since it was difficult to tell where exactly they were.

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the_five_signs
2009-10-10 03:03 pm UTC (link)

"No, never seen a film." He agreed in an easy tone.. but as she prompted him about Disney cartoons (what were those?), then being snuck into a cinema (what was a cinema?) he drew back a little and shook his head some. "Is.. that bad?" Now you had him worried, Sarah Jane. Should he have gone to see one? Did he need to have seen one? What did that have to do with zombies?

But as she was turning, Remus went with her easily, moving his body in a bit closer to hers, nearly touching as they walked along. It felt safer there. And as they passed through the doors, inside again, he turned to close them up and prop a chair up in front of them, just to assure that no zombies would be getting in.

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got2haveasmith
2009-10-10 08:25 pm UTC (link)

Sarah Jane squeezed Remus's shoulder. "Not bad," she said. "Just...bit odd, for a boy your age." She shook her head. "Then again, my son hadn't seen one either, till recently." Luke was a special case, but, as she knew nothing about this boy, perhaps he'd had circumstances which prevented him from seeing them as well. "Most boys seem to like going to the cinema, watching all the action films and such." She shrugged. "Never had much time for it myself; I was always busy doing things."

He did remind her of Luke, but he was more skittish than her son. Perhaps he had good reason, what with the bruises on his arms. She wasn't the strongest person in the city, by any means, but she would try to protect him, the way she did her own son and his friends, as best she could. She smiled as he thought to block the door. "Clever idea," she said.

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the_five_signs
2009-10-10 08:35 pm UTC (link)

"Where I come from," He admitted finally, "There aren't such things as films. Not really. They sort of exist in another place, but not where I'm from. I guess it's like.. living on two different planets, and one of them not having any idea the other one exists." Well, that was as close as he could get to a proper example.

But he smiled for the praise and glanced away, shy boy. "Thank you. It might not help much, but every little bit counts, right?" Now, however, he was more interested in her son than the zombies outside. "What's your son's name, if you don't mind me asking?"

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got2haveasmith
2009-10-10 09:02 pm UTC (link)

Sarah Jane nodded at his explanation. It made a sort-of sense to her. "I see," she said. "If you do get a chance, then, I would recommend seeing at least one. Just to have the experience." She felt guilty for having pressed the issue so much, and for having assumed that he was from a similar-style world to her own. By now, you'd think that she'd have got past assuming that everyone who looked human was from Earth, or from the same type of Earth. She'd only known about other worlds for, what, just about 40 years now?

"Exactly," she said, smiling at him again. "Anything that you can do is good. As long as you're thinking and actively working to solve a problem, you're in good shape."

"My son?" she said, surprised at the sudden subject change. "No, no, I don't mind at all. He's called Luke." She looked over Remus as best she could in the dim light. "He's about your age, if I'm judging right."

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the_five_signs
2009-10-11 05:14 pm UTC (link)

"Luke? I like that name." He offered a smile over to her and began to move in the darkness, heading further into the museum, where it was a little safer. "I'm sixteen," Just so Sarah Jane had some basis for an age. "Is he here?" He assumed since she was here, that perhaps her son had been taken and was here somewhere as well.. though the thought didn't sit well with him. Children his age shouldn't be here at all.. no one should. Then again, he didn't quite consider himself a child.

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got2haveasmith
2009-10-12 12:11 am UTC (link)

"Thank you," Sarah Jane said, smiling. "We took a bit to settle on it, but it suits him quite well." She frowned as Remus mentioned his own age. "No, he's a bit younger." Wasn't that the truth! "He's fifteen." Less hesitation this time than the last time she'd had to give his age. He looked like a fifteen year old, at least.

When Remus asked if he was here with her, Sarah Jane shook her head emphatically. "Thank goodness, no. Not that I've seen, and I hope it stays that way." She did not want to subject her son, or any of their friends, to this place. She looked over at Remus. "What about you? Mum or Dad here?" Much as she wouldn't wish this place on anyone, it seemed just as wrong to bring a child here without some sort of guardian.

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