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First Memory - radio / open rl for those in Quarantine

Jan 09, 2011 11:21

[The new man in quarantine is quiet. Not frightened- there are no nervous tics or glances, everything is controlled. But rather than yell or moan he has drawn into himself, sitting slightly hunched over with his back to the wall ( Read more... )

david webb, steve phillips, !in person, [open], s.l. moore, !radio

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radio alwayswatched January 9 2011, 17:34:05 UTC

Mine and my brother's, inasmuch as we have authority. I apologize for holding you there, but the necessity is undeniable. You should be released in a few days.

radio re_formed January 9 2011, 17:37:10 UTC

[flatly] How many days?

radio alwayswatched January 9 2011, 17:38:37 UTC

[eyebrows raising. some people didn't take well to quarantine, it was true, but this man sounded particularly unenthused]

Five. You're welcome to leave if you'd rather brave the wilderness without us; we don't force anyone to stay.

radio re_formed January 9 2011, 17:41:38 UTC

[a pause. he's considering it.

but then, dryly-] I'll brave the five days.

radio alwayswatched January 9 2011, 17:43:24 UTC

Yes, most people do come to that conclusion, [she answers, just as dry.]

If there's anything you feel you're lacking, I'll attempt to accommodate you with it. It isn't an airborne virus, so we can be somewhat free with those quarantined.

radio re_formed January 9 2011, 17:45:43 UTC

[another pause]

I guess there aren't any newspapers.

radio alwayswatched January 9 2011, 17:47:11 UTC

I've kept some that I've managed to recover from before the outbreak, but obviously they're all at least eight months old. I do have some books, too, though not many.

radio re_formed January 10 2011, 03:27:26 UTC

[yeah he's pausing again]

What books?

radio alwayswatched January 10 2011, 22:25:13 UTC

Hmm... Mostly classic literature, a couple dime store novels. I might recommend Dumas for quarantine reading.

radio re_formed January 13 2011, 03:27:07 UTC

...I'll take the Dumas. If you don't mind.

radio --> action alwayswatched January 13 2011, 21:06:28 UTC

I don't mind at all. I'll be right there.

[It takes her only a few minutes to reach quarantine. The walk is quick, and she's made it many times before. She has a somewhat battered copy of the Count of Monte Cristo in hand, and a smile on her face that was half wry, half amused.

She holds up the book.] A trade for something to call you?

action! re_formed January 14 2011, 05:31:03 UTC

[He gives an answering smile, though his is almost completely dry.]

Jim Standfast. [The lie is easy, totally part of him. He could convince someone in his sleep. He has, in dreams and memories.]

action! alwayswatched January 14 2011, 05:36:28 UTC

[Honestly, S.L. wouldn't mind even if she did know it was a lie. Names seem such trivial things in this circumstance. She hands over the book, turning it so it'll slide between the bars.]

A pleasure to meet you. I'm Sarah Lane Moore, but please call me S.L. I hope you'll find the compound more welcoming when you aren't stuck in a cell.

action! re_formed January 14 2011, 05:40:48 UTC

Thanks. [That's sincere, as he takes the book.]

I hope so too. [That, though, is another lie, in its way. He knows better than to hope that.]

action! alwayswatched January 15 2011, 08:36:21 UTC

We've made a community here as best we're able, [she says openly, quietly earnest as she only ever is when talking about the compound.] It's not glamorous, and it's not what anyone's used to, but we make do.

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