InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "Normal Tuesday night for Shia"

the_five_signs (the_five_signs) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-09-22 22:44:00

Entry tags:

!active, day 24, location: gym, nymphadora tonks, remus lupin, rose tyler

Who: Remus Lupin & Rose Tyler & Tonks
What: Remus has gone looking for Rose.
Where: The Gym
When: Day 24, 3:26PM
Rating: PG
Status: Active

Rose had told him a few days ago that she'd be in the gym. So that was where he was headed. The lack of sun made him a little nervous, he had to admit.. but the fact that there was no moon at all? No moon in the evening sky that had lasted for four days now? That was unnerving. Something was very wrong, and he hoped that it had nothing at all to do with him.

The bugs, for the most part, weren't much of a bother.. he had to swat a few away, but they hadn't tried attacking him. It was a good thing, he'd had enough of being attacked. First birds, then zombies? He wasn't sure he could handle bugs. They were just here to get rid of the corpses, he was sure, since he'd seen a swarm of them eating a body on the side of the road. Thinking about it made him a little sick to his stomach, so he was quickly changing topics in his mind. Rose. He wanted to find Rose.. wanted to make sure that she was alright, see if there was anything he could do for her.. and ask if she minded if he stayed with her at the gym. He'd stayed the last few nights with the Doctor, but the man came and went at odd hours and it always woke him up. And sometimes, he'd feel eyes on him, and he knew that man was staring at him. He knew it was because he was a werewolf. With Rose there, he'd focused most of his attention on her.. but without her? Well.. he was just ready to have her back.

So he was carefully stepping into the gym and looking around that wide open space. He hadn't been in here since his second day in this place, where that nice doctor had bandaged him up. Most of those bandages were gone now, his wounds were healing over nicely, and only the gauze on the back of his hand remained. "Rose?" He called out into the dark of the gym. He could see people, he could hear movement, but it was hard to tell who was who, without any light. Even for him.

(Read comments) - (Post a new comment)

the_five_signs
2009-09-23 03:27 am UTC (link)

"I know." He admitted with a small smile, but he wasn't ever keen on asking for help. He didn't want to seem needy, after all. And he was plenty capable of taking care of himself.. no need to bother other people. "I'm fine.. aside from feeling a little cabin fever, being stuck in that room so long. He wasn't terribly bad to live with, but he.. is sort of rude, isn't he?" He'd taken to calling Remus 'Fur Ball', which wasn't something he appreciated, but wasn't going to argue with the man.. he was sort of intimidating. And:

"He's not human, is he?" The young man questioned after a few seconds of quiet, lifting his eyebrows a little. "He's got two hearts. I can hear them beating at night, it's a little unnerving.. makes me think there's someone else in the room with us." And it made him want to curl up against the Doctor, but he didn't dare, as he wasn't sure how he'd be received. He might be surprised.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

jeopardysfriend
2009-09-23 03:42 am UTC (link)

"Told you he was an alien," Rose reminded him, her smile wide. Okay, sure, she'd felt trampled recently, and that two-hearted man was one of the ones who'd done the trampling. But she still loved him immensely. She knew, at the end of all things, he'd give his life, all of them, to save hers. Devotion like that didn't go unnoticed. And she was proud of him. So what if he was an alien? He was her alien friend, dammit.

Even she could admit the Doctor was an intimidating man, however. "He scared me half to death when I first met him. Of course, he also saved my life, so I can't say anything. He takes a bit of getting used to, I know. He'd never hurt you, I promise you that." Briefly, she considered the Time Lord's argument with Shannon and sighed. "What you have to remember is, he's not human. He doesn't handle people or events the same way a human would. It's not personal, it never is. It's just how he deals." She didn't need to tell the younger man about her friend's difficult life. If anyone knew about a difficult life, it was a boy turned into a werewolf as a small child.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

polymorphic
2009-09-23 03:52 am UTC (link)

Tonks was better now, thanks to Connor and his sweet stubbornness that she come with him to the gym. And now that there were no more zombies. The bugs thing was gross, but Auror issue boots kind of made them skitter. The fact that she trampled around with very little grace sort of made them skitter as well.

She heard that Rose was in the gym as well, and hadn't seen her in..forever, it seemed. So was wandering around in search of the other woman. Luckily, she found Rose fairly easily. And found a Remus on the way! The knowledge that they were both okay made Tonks feel even more like herself.

That was why each of them was getting a pair of arms thrown around them without any warning. "You're both alright!" One, and then the other.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

the_five_signs
2009-09-23 03:54 am UTC (link)

"Did you?" He seemed slightly distracted, poor boy. He had a lot of things on his mind, and he shook his head a little then gave her an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry. I'm a little scatterbrained right now.." He glanced down at her hand on his arm, then looked back up at her and stared a few seconds before glancing away. Luckily, the darkness hid his soft blush.

"It's good to know that he at least warms up.." Which was what he was hoping Rose was saying-- but then there was a familiar voice, and Remus turned his head just in time to have the shorter, older woman crush into him and grace him with a hug. He was quite glad for the dark of the gym now, or his blush (which got much darker) would definitely be obvious. "I'm glad to see you're alright, Tonks. I'd been worried." But he'd been banned to a safe room by the over-protective Doctor, who'd come to think of him as Rose's pet, and was going to assure his safety.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

jeopardysfriend
2009-09-23 04:22 am UTC (link)

Rose burst into giggles when Tonks all but tackled them. All things considered, this was the lightest she'd felt in days. Pathetic, wasn't it? But aside from worrying about Chris, and a bit of worry about that pin-striped bloke, she really didn't have half as much on her shoulders as she'd been having. This was definitely an improvement.

"Well hello yourself," Rose teased, smiling at Tonks and giving Remus a grin. She knew he got all flustered around the older witch. It was his affection towards her she tended to miss. "Knew you could take care of yourself, but checking in now and then might be nice. Come to join the rest of the refugees, then?"

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

polymorphic
2009-09-23 04:43 am UTC (link)

"I've been wicked worried about you both as well!" Boy, was she glad. Smiling, she let go of Remus and smiled sheepishly. "I don't mean to worry anyone." Started apologetically. "Connor helped me get over here last nite," Explained to them both. "I tried to get back earlier, but there were sort of little hindrances here and there, yeah?"

Then Tonks was swinging dark gaze to Rose and grinned a little. "Yes, Mum." In reponse to her comment about checking in. And the funny part was that she did sound like Andromeda.

A nod given, "Safety in numbers, I reckon."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

the_five_signs
2009-09-23 05:08 am UTC (link)

The werewolf's hand found Rose's and he linked his fingers with hers, a subtle motion that went without a glance down, but came with a smile all the same. He missed her. Sorry, Tonks, he knew her better than he knew you, right now. "I think we all had trouble moving around last night.." And the night before that, and the one before that.

"I'm sorry to have to bring this up, but.." It took a moment of hesitation before he finally spit out what he wanted to say. "The lack of a sun, and of a moon," For there'd been neither celestial body in the sky for four days. "Is that because of me?" Self-conscious boy. He'd thought for sure the moon would have come by now, he could feel it twisting at his stomach, just around the corner, for the last four days. Like it was ready to rise, but simply hadn't. It was a feeling he hated, but it'd lingered for four days, instead of twelve hours, like normal.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

jeopardysfriend
2009-09-23 05:23 am UTC (link)

Rose took a deep breath, giving that hand a squeeze. How much could they tell him? She was afraid to, honestly. She, at least, had been trying to keep their involvement in his situation to a minimum with him. They'd done more than their share of meddling. She didn't want him worrying that they were worried about him. She'd known him nearly ten days, but already she knew how easily he blamed himself for things.

"I don't know," she admitted, looking anxiously towards Tonks. "Honestly, I don't, love. They didn't say. But... Maybe." It had been one of her fears for the last several days, but so many other things had taken precedence that, as long as the moon stayed at bay, she didn't mind so much. But if it was affecting him to the point where he noticed? It could happen any day. They had to get back on task. "Now that we're able to move around a little more freely again, we'll work on it. Promise."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

polymorphic
2009-09-23 05:35 am UTC (link)

Tonks saw the hand reaching, another sheepish smile appearing..though this one more to herself than anything else..as she shook a hand through her hair. All while hoping that it wouldn't give her away. For anything. Not for the twinge of whatever it was that she felt at the hand-holding (wistfulness? jealousy? Ridiculousness, was what it was) and not for the fact that it was sort of her fault. The darkness.

Rose's gaze was met, and then she looked between them both. "I dunno either.." Said quietly, thinking that they needed to get back on track with that. And then she was nodding firmly at Rose's promise, "Right-o." Added with a half of an impish smile. "We'll find out what's what easy as pie, Remus."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

the_five_signs
2009-09-23 05:39 am UTC (link)

"I'm not a child." He reminded them both, in a more quiet tone. "I can help. I'm smart, I really am. And I'm capable. I can help look for a place for me to stay, or.. figure out something to do with me. Selene and I've spoken about it previously, if needs be she can knock me out and keep me out until morning." Unless the moon rose and lasted four days.

That would be Hell. His own personal Hell.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

jeopardysfriend
2009-09-23 05:45 am UTC (link)

"I know you're not," Rose answered quietly. "You're one of the bravest people I know, no matter your age." And that was without knowing Remus' sorting, or even what being sorted into Gryffindor would mean. "But that doesn't mean we're not going to champion your cause. Comes with caring about you, you ponce." Rose gave him a playful nudge with her elbow, smiling sideways at him. "The goal is to do whatever we can to not have that happen. Selene knocking you out, I mean. Bit awkward, don't you think?" It would hurt her probably more than it did Remus. She was just an empathetic sort, really.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	polymorphic 2009-09-23 06:12 am UTC (link)
	"Remus Lupin," Tonks smiled a bit, tilting her head. Tonks was smiling because she wasn't sure if he even knew how truly brave he was. But she did. And because it was a familiar debate. "You've got three birds who wanna help you because we care about you." She paused as Rose explained the same thing. "Mite awkward, quite right." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

the_five_signs
2009-09-23 12:07 pm UTC (link)

He dipped his head a little at her words and her nudge. He felt a bit silly, honestly. But all the same, he was nodding some at Tonks' words and looking up again, hazel eyes settling onto first her, then Rose.

"It wouldn't be awkward. I don't think you really understand." He glanced then back at Tonks. "She does. You must know the sort of thing I become. Better to be knocked out than have any chance of turning someone else into a monster." Once again, the boy was looking back over at Rose, tightening his hand in hers. "I'm dangerous, like that."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

jeopardysfriend
2009-09-23 01:04 pm UTC (link)

"Look," Rose reasoned, her voice taking on that 'I'm in charge and you're going to listen' tone, "I've seen some awful, vicious creatures in my time, even if they weren't werewolves. And I didn't want a single one of them to die." Well. Sort of. Killer Daleks were another story entirely. He didn't need to know that, though. Not just then. "I know what you become and it sucks and we'll do what we have to in order to keep you from hurting anyone, but I'm only condoning hurting you as our last resort."

Rose looked at Tonks, hoping for confirmation. Sometimes she was reminded how much more familiar Tonks was with Remus' world than she was, even if nearly two decades separated them.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

polymorphic
2009-09-23 01:39 pm UTC (link)

Tonks watched them back and forth, and lifted her eyebrows a little over to Rose. Don't worry, Rosie. Tonks had your back.

She turned to Remus again, voice taking on a mirroring tone that Rose had. She liked to think of it as her Reasonable Auror voice. "I see some bad things, Remus Lupin. I'm an Auror and I catch those bad things." Not to mention for other reasons, but that was neither here nor there. "You are not one of them." Emphasis on not.

"So you get the same consideration that everybody else gets. An' that consideration includes finding means other than knockin' you flat to get you through the moon." And that was that. You'd get used to her stubbornness eventually, Remus.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

the_five_signs
2009-09-23 08:49 pm UTC (link)

He breathed in deeply through his nose as the two shorter, older women talked to him in those tones. They sounded like his mother. He had the urge to rub his toe on the floor and look down, but managed to refrain and only nodded as they both took their turns speaking.

"I just don't want to be a bother." He reminded the two of them quietly, before offering a small smile. He did appreciate their help, though ultimately, their kind words would do nothing to stem his beliefs about himself. Seven years of Tonks telling him the same thing over and over again wouldn't even touch that idea he had in his mind. But he did feel better that they both cared enough to try. "Thank you, both of you."

(Reply to this) (Parent)

(Read comments) -