Entry 7

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[J isn't actually conscious.

He's in a bed down in Tam's clinic, bandaged and set up against a big fluffy pillow. He looks like battered hell, frankly - bandages all over his head and visible torso, and bruises, a split lip, swollen everything... Hibari really did a number on him.His camera is on, thanks to the ever-helpful mansion, and it's

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[Guess who saw that feed?

Yeah.

And he knows the location of the clinic from his attempts to find an exit, so guess who's now arriving at its door at a breathless run, his ever-present camera shaking everywhere?

Alex is pretty sure he must be insane.

Of course, by the time he arrives, the Operator and Masky are long gone. Alex leans against the doorframe, trying to catch his breath, wondering where the hell he got the nerve to run out on some kind of rescue mission, annoyance fighting with relief that it didn't pay off.]

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[And J, our dear, sweet, innocent J, is just laying there, sleeping.

Mun says go ahead and wake him, Alex, he won't mind~]

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*Tim has spent the morning coughing up blood, in a bathroom that wasn't his, after waking up sprawled out in a hallway. He has no idea what's wrong with him other than he's nauseous, disoriented, vomiting blood and -- oh hey look, beds. He's going to lurch into the clinic and collapse face first into an empty bed.*

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[Did Tim notice how badly he startled Alex when he pushed past? Because he startled him pretty freaking badly. Twice, in fact - first when he arrived in the room, and then again when Alex recognises him. Of all the people in the mansion to appear...

What a fun reunion. Is Brian going to drop from the ceiling next?

Alex stares after Tim as the guy throws himself onto a bed. He wasn't there for the vomiting, but he can tell that Tim is dizzy. Man. Seems like every time he sees this guy he's ill with one thing or another.]

Tim?

[He says it in a loud whisper - there are quite a few patients sleeping here. But he doesn't stand there to wait for a reply. J's been visited by the Operator - a bone-deep shudder runs through Alex - and he wouldn't have come to the clinic for the fun of it. Yeah, proximity to J brings up too many horrible memories. Doesn't mean he can't care

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[J moves, just a little, and his eyes snap open, like they've always been open. He stares at the end of the room, for a good minute, and then shakes his head and mutters to himself.]

M'not the masked man. M'still here.

[He hasn't yet noticed Alex, as he's staring in a different direction...]

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*Tim hasn't noticed Alex yet, and certainly not J. He groans and curls up. Most likely he's going to be sick again. He weakly opens his eyes looking for a bucket or something else within reach and...*

Alex?

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[Well, that's ten different kinds of not good. Did the Operator do this? Has he started putting people in hospital now, as well as messing with their heads? Oh god, he wishes he'd seen the feed sooner.

He glances up at Tim, pale-faced, and answers quietly; but he keeps the camera trained on J. Just in case.]

Yeah, it's me.

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[That gets his attention. He looks up at Alex.]

...Oh. Hey. [And then he looks away again. Cue uncomfort in under ten seconds!]

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*He squints at Alex. Well the one of the four Alex's he can see that seems the most likely to be real.*

What're you doing he--

*Annnnd blood vomit. But hey, he found a garbage can at least.*

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[Oh thank goodness, J seems to be back in the room, that's go-- Whoa, Tim, whoa.

Alarmed:] Jesus, are-- [aaand more quietly] Jesus, are you okay?

[Well... obviously not, but shh.]

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[He blinks at Alex slowly, not looking over at Tim. He does, however, look slightly green. His tone is hoarse and flat.]

... I didn't think you'd come.

[He looks over at Tim once he's done upchucking.] ...Dude, ar- .......Tim?

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*He wipes his mouth with a shudder and collapses back onto the bed.*

I'm fine. Just .. sick or something.

*He stares over towards Alex finally noticing the injured man in the bed*

..J? What happened to you?

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Of course I came.

[He says it forcefully, because he's uncomfortably aware that he doesn't really have the right to say of course.

...He wants to ask if the Operator hurt J, but he opens his mouth, glances at Tim and closes it again; he has no idea whether Tim knows, but suspects that he doesn't. Though, shit, Tim was losing time as well, wasn't he? And Alex has no idea if he's from that summer or some later time.]

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... [He purses his lips at Alex, frowning in disbelief before looking back at Tim. Cue staring.]

Where the hell did you get my knife?

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*stares right back*

What knife? You look awful.

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[...Okay, fine, disbelieve him. Dick.

Alex takes a short step back and, with his free hand, picks up J's camera from the bedside cabinet. He glances across the screen, checking the battery and how much tape is left.

And... battery's scraping the bottom, and he makes a note to grab a charging cable from a closet, but apparently J has made the amazing technological leap to digitally recording to a memory card. Suddenly the extra tapes that Alex grabbed feel vaguely superfluous.]