In Which There Is A Free Meal
Day: 5
Characters: Claire (oww_pavement), Jack (cowboy_newsie), the Medicine Seller (cruel_medicine)
Summary: And so the date begins
DAY/NIGHT & Time: Evening, sometime during/after the lovely party
Status: Closed, incomplete
Truth be told, Jack was perhaps not as disgusted with the meals they were served here as some of the other patients. He did not enjoy them, no, but food was food, and one did not easily forget the feeling of not eating for three days. Yes, they were drugged, but what else was he going to eat? He had indeed kept Reeve's warning in mind; that the gift might not be as good as it seemed, but still-- he was not going to pass up a free, presumably good, meal, just because of the people who served it.
And it did give him a good excuse to spend more time with Claire. Which was a good thing, because really, their evening so far had not quite gone as planned. He was going to try to change that.
So really, the only downsides might be, one, this was all just a set-up and they were about to walk into some horrible experiment (possible), and two, he hadn't the faintest idea how one went about actually getting said meal.
The second thought did not deter him, though. As the impromptu party went on, he gestured to Claire and, with mock-formality, said, "Shall we head fer our dinner, then, Miss Claire?"
Characters: Claire (oww_pavement), Jack (cowboy_newsie), the Medicine Seller (cruel_medicine)
Summary: And so the date begins
DAY/NIGHT & Time: Evening, sometime during/after the lovely party
Status: Closed, incomplete
Truth be told, Jack was perhaps not as disgusted with the meals they were served here as some of the other patients. He did not enjoy them, no, but food was food, and one did not easily forget the feeling of not eating for three days. Yes, they were drugged, but what else was he going to eat? He had indeed kept Reeve's warning in mind; that the gift might not be as good as it seemed, but still-- he was not going to pass up a free, presumably good, meal, just because of the people who served it.
And it did give him a good excuse to spend more time with Claire. Which was a good thing, because really, their evening so far had not quite gone as planned. He was going to try to change that.
So really, the only downsides might be, one, this was all just a set-up and they were about to walk into some horrible experiment (possible), and two, he hadn't the faintest idea how one went about actually getting said meal.
The second thought did not deter him, though. As the impromptu party went on, he gestured to Claire and, with mock-formality, said, "Shall we head fer our dinner, then, Miss Claire?"