I think I broked it. (for Cyrano, Valen, Anita, and anyone else who cares)

[thornofcamorr]

Well. Locke looks all right. Mostly. Other than the massive purple bruise around his neck. And the fact that he's not really moving very much. As in, totally unconscious.

Um. That went well.

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[cursed_bent]

Something like that bruise and the unconciousness is not what Valen was expecting when he walked in the front door and he freezes a moment before rushing over. He reaches worriedly for the unconcious man, checking for more injuries, and gently shakes his shoulder to wake him up. "Locke? Locke?"

[thornofcamorr]

Asdlfk. He flails out of unconsciousness and just barely manages to keep from automatically retaliating, disoriented and confused, dragging the hand reaching for a knife away from it. It's Valen. It's okay.

Really.

"Valen?"

[cursed_bent]

Aww, Locke. Valen takes the hand as it pulls away from the concealed knife. "Hey. What the hell happened?"

[thornofcamorr]

A rasp of a laugh. "Where do I start?" With wry amusement, as per his usual. But Valen knows him well enough to probably feel the undercurrent of tension that almost has him shaking.

[cursed_bent]

"How about that bruise on your neck?" He can feel the tension and moves to sit next to Locke on the bed, not yet relinquishing the hand.

[thornofcamorr]

Locke twitches, just a bit. He'd almost forgotten about that.

"Oh. Somebody tried to kill me, earlier."

He tries to keep his voice light. Not going to worry Valen.

[cursed_bent]

Locke you really don't believe he's going to be reassured by the voice, do you? This is a pissed off Valen. "What. Happened."

[thornofcamorr]

Well, he was hoping he would be. So much for that.

"I went to go do the first responsible thing in my life and apologize to that woman. A certain...friend...of hers, was not happy with me." He makes a face. "To say the least."

Still lightly. Maybe if he pretends he doesn't care, Valen won't do anything too stupid.

[cursed_bent]

"I'd say not if he was the one trying to strangle you." He doesn't believe that Locke cares so little about it.

[thornofcamorr]

"I suppose that's probably a reasonable assumption."

Unhelpful Locke is so unhelpful.

[cursed_bent]

He sighs. "Locke, please. Just tell me what happened."

[thornofcamorr]

"I went to go apologize. Someone tried to kill me, I survived that."

Innocent face. That's it, really!

[cursed_bent]

He sighs, a little hurt by Locke's refusal to tell him the rest. "Fine," he says quietly. "Fine."

[thornofcamorr]

A sigh. "...and what's-her-name...did something wonky. With magic. But that was later."

An involuntary shiver.

[cursed_bent]

He scowls, now that ticks him off. "What's-her-name. Jaenelle?"

[thornofcamorr]

"That one."

The tension gets worse.