(Untitled)

[coreenfennel]

[OOM: Coreen has an encounter while doing some late night drawing by an open window.  Warnings for nommage.]

A very woozy and hungry Coreen wakes up next to an open window, in a quiet hallway.  She has her charcoal and pad with her, and yet, no memory of how she got there, or why there's no sketch.

She sits there for a few minutes, trying her

Comments

[val_von_doom]

And here's Val shaking snow out of her hair on her way back to her room. Ain't time in Milliways fun?

"Coreen, are you okay?" she asks although she's already decided something is amiss.

[coreenfennel]

She shakes her head a little, "I don't really know. I woke up in a place not my bed, and I don't remember how I got there."

[val_von_doom]

Val hears Tepesh's words in her mind, "Oh but there are monsters here, have you not heard? Someone is feasting upon the blood of innocents."

"Maybe you should sit down and we can figure this out together. Were you with Evan or Joe when last you remember?" Val's voice is very business like and protective to hide the edge of worry. Is Coreen looking paler than usual?

[coreenfennel]

"Ev's hibernating already...and Joe, he's...asleep. I...couldn't sleep."

She is starting to look pale. Her neck has wounds...

[val_von_doom]

"I think we better get you to the Infirmary!" Val says grimly. "Hold still, I'll make a chair and carry you."

Assuming Coreen listens, she'll feel one of Val's force fields form around her like a custom made chair.

"And here," she continues holding out a handkerchief, "press this against your neck right there."

[OOC-Sorry for disappearing. Is it too late to continue?]

[coreenfennel]

The little still-with-it part of her brain makes her giggle.

"Superheroes," she says with a lopsided grin, as she curls up a little, pressing Val's handkerchief to her neck.

[OOC: Not too late at all! And don't worry about it, just glad to have you back!]

[val_von_doom]

"Um...do you have any idea where you might have gotten hurt? Did you pass out or something?" Val asks trying the rational reason first. She rushes them straight to the Infirmary and if a patron gets an invisible push along the way, to bad.

"Is anyone here?" she calls once they get through the doors.

[OOC-And I'm off to bed. Should we try and find Guppy for tomorrow morning?]

[coreenfennel]

[OOC: That all with Guppy has been handwaved already, but thanks!]

"I just woke up next to an open window upstairs. I...think I couldn't sleep, so I went for a walk...but I don't remember."

[val_von_doom]

"An open window? In your room or somewhere else? Are you thirsty? You feel cold, I'll get a blanket."

[coreenfennel]

"Somewhere else. It was in a hallway. I just don't remember any more than that."

She curls up a little more.

"I could use something to drink. Thanks, Val."

[val_von_doom]

Val runs to the main bar while Coreen gets herself bandaged up. Soon enough she returns with a glass of orange juice and says, "I've got a wait-rat holding a place by the fire and a pot of tea steeping for you if you're up to the main bar. Or I could walk you back upstairs?"

[coreenfennel]

She gives her friend a light hug. "I'll sit down here with you," she says, taking a sip of her OJ. "That way we can do some more catching up."

[val_von_doom]

"Okay, as long as you let me know if you get cold or too tired." See Val give Coreen a stern eye.

"I've been thinking about writing to my family."

[coreenfennel]

Coreen curls up on one of the couches close to the fire. She's warm, and feels alright...still a little hungry, so, she stops a waitrat and orders some waffles.

"I'm fine, Val. I just feel a little like I've given blood, and then...like, I got really drunk afterwards, so kinda hungover."

If that helps.

"Oh yeah? That sounds...do you think it'd be a good idea?"

[val_von_doom]

"I don't know. I haven't talked with my uncle about it yet but what if I could write with them, get to know them again. Would that be selfish of me? I don't think I can go back through Uncle Ben's door. I don't want to risk what might happen to the Val there but would it be so bad to write my mom or Uncle Johnny once in a while?"

Val pauses and then offers a weak smile. "I'm sorry. You're wounded and I'm dumping on you. DO you want me to send a wait-rat for Joe? Let him know you're down here."

[coreenfennel]

She shakes her head.

"Val, honey, I think you should at least try. I mean, you owe it to yourself to have a chance, even if...well, your family doesn't quite understand the circumstances. You're a wonderful person, and you deserve to have some measure of your family."

She waves her hand.

"I'll go back up soon enough. He's probably still asleep, and well, there's not a lot that can be done."