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Tweak says, "3 hole punch"

Dora Tonks is (polymorphic) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-09-14 18:15:00

Entry tags:

!shelved, connor temple, day 23, location: clock tower, nymphadora tonks

Who: Tonks and Connor [Anyone else in the vicinity of the clocktower?]
What: Tonks wakes up less alone than she went to sleep.
Where: The Clocktower
When: Day 23, 630-ish
Rating/Status: Low, Incomplete

Tonks was, honestly, more infinitely grateful for Connor coming for her than she let on. Though she kept up well enough in the journals, the witch was just a little more scared than she wanted to show. It wasn't that she was too tough-girl to accept help, just this shouldn't affect the Auror as much as it did. But it did affect her. The zombies had freaked her out.

Zombies were close to Inferi and those were some frightening creatures. The undead were frightening creatures. And it was understandable, being scared, but generally the pushed through it. She had to. At least when it came to scary things at home. Here at Vas Captio should really be no different. So why was this one so different? She kept trying to figure it out, going over and over what was so different. The only theory that she could come up with was that it wasn't different. Not really. Death Eaters would do the same exact thing. And that frightened Nymphadora Tonks. Especially because her friends and family were still there, fighting.

Normally, Tonks would have gone to Sirius and Remus with these rushing thoughts. She would have talked with them and joked around or let spill a little of her worries. But Sirius wasn't here and Remus had no idea about the war. It was going to stay that way, too. So that automatically crossed out Rose, since she too was friends with Remus. Tonks was going to just stick in her head, but Connor..saviour with a thing for dinosaurs..spoke up. He eventually got over to the clock tower, which really was a stupid stupid thing considering said zombies..but still. And Tonks spent the nite talking with him and joking around. It was comforting.

It took a while but she was finally able to go to sleep. It wasn't terribly deep or restful, but sleep all the same. She would have slept a little longer, since it was still dark outside, but there was some weird (gross) smell that was rousing her from the fitful sleep. Tonks sat up, looking around bleary-eyed.

"What is that smell?" Asked groggily, wiping at her eyes. If she were more awake, she might have teased Connor about needing a shower. But as it was, she wasn't fully awake. That is, until she looked over to her side and found a decaying Luna Lovegood staring at her glassy-eyed.

Tonks didn't scream, but did make a noise. A lot of noise. The first was a gasp, quickly covered by her hand, and the second was her clumsily trying to back away.

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leconnortemple
2009-09-15 02:18 pm UTC (link)

At first, the noise from the pretty young witch didn't rouse her companion for the evening from his rather deep sleep. It was a proven fact that Connor could sleep through anything, and it typically took effort on Abby's part to get him out of bed. This place had lessened that a bit, but not greatly so. After all, he did realise they were in danger at basically all times. But it was dark and he was relatively comfortable, his trusty fedora doubling as a head rest when needed.

But first he heard that voice, and for a moment thought he'd just dozed off while they were talking. And he started to rouse, getting ready to apologise. Then he heard her gasp and the sound of scrambling and then the smell hit him. "What the hell?" he mumbled.

By the time Connor lifted his head, he gagged. He couldn't help it, hard as he tried. He sat up in a hurry, taking slow breaths, forcing himself not to wretch. Unfortunately, breathing in excess only made the smell increase. Ew. Lying there a few feet away, right where Tonks had been sleeping a few moments earlier, was the zombie that he and Chris and Andy had faced two days prior. Andy's friend, Luna.

"Friend of yours?" he asked weakly, looking over at Tonks in disbelief. What a wonderful start to a morning, thanks, Management.

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polymorphic
2009-09-15 05:42 pm UTC (link)

She was coughing, gagging on the smell, and nuzzled her nose in the collar of her shirt, trying anything to get away from the damn noxious odour. "Fuckin' management.." Oh, Luna. Palming her eyes as to wake up more fully and to stop them from watering, Tonks nodded. But, other than that, she didn't look away.

"I knew her. She was from my..world." Whatever they wanted to call it. Her hand balled into a fist then, wanting for all the world to just hit the people who did this. Not that it would do any good, but it might have made her feel a tiny little bit better. Tonks knew Connor was there, and knew that they'd have to get away from the smell soon, but she still couldn't look away.

"What if this is just it?" Asked quietly. "They get tired of us and, at best, put us back in our world..but make everyone else deal with this." She fingered the hem of her shirt. "What if this--" What if it was what her friends and family looked like at home?