[Open Post] Feeling more like himself...

Apr 21, 2010 12:47

He couldn't completely give himself a clean bill of health: the burns still need to be dressed twice a day, but they're healing better than he expected, given their severity. The stab wound has finally healed over, though he's likely to have a scar on his back for the rest of his life, however long that ends up being. He credits this to Belize's ( Read more... )

zz:(dropped)armand st. just (musical), zz:(dropped)celebrian, kazutaka muraki, zz:(dropped)melisande shahrizai, zz:(dropped)shilo wallace, zz:(dropped)adrian ivashkov, zz:(dropped)chaosti, steerpike, zz:(dropped)sandor clegane, asato (lamento), zz:(dropped)felix harrowgate, pandora (rice), paul (the historian), !open post, zz:(dropped)aramat drawdes, caliban leandros

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scalpedsociety April 21 2010, 16:55:57 UTC
If he should ever go down into the basement, he would find his former patient in a blue and white dress scribbling in a notebook and playing a muffled waltz in the background.

I know we aren't through with the other tag, but hey, it's been nearly two weeks.

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silvereyedphage April 22 2010, 02:36:44 UTC
Not a problem at all!

She may hear footsteps approaching and his long, lean shadow sliding up a wall moments before he steps into view around the corner of a winding passageway leading to the chamber. He pauses in the doorway, a smile playing about his thin but sensuous mouth. "I see you've improved since our first meeting," he says. "I somehow had a feeling I'd find you down here: rather a hermetic chamber you've come upon. Would you mind if I joined you, or are you deep in meditation?"

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scalpedsociety April 22 2010, 02:46:09 UTC
Jesus, it's him .

"A little bit, thanks to your help. I'm just here to relax. For some strange reason this house reminds of where I used to call home, and this basement I usually spent a lot of "good times" there. I'm just attracted to places that make me feel at home."

She says this without looking at him, if she did, she'd blush like crazy all over again.

"But there is a matter about my ankle, Good Doctor. I honestly believe it wasn't sprained."

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silvereyedphage April 22 2010, 03:41:23 UTC
"Mmm, I've been thinking of setting up a laboratory down here, now that I'm more established here," he says, stepping into the room. "Though given the complexity of my research, I wonder if the powers that seem to watch over this place could supply the kind of equipment that I would require."

He cocks his head, puzzled. "I was sure that it was sprained, but perhaps I was mistaken. Would you mind if I took another look, or would you be more at ease if you described what happened?" He knows this realm has odd properties, but he wasn't aware that this included spontaneous healing, unless it's something random.

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not_snake_bite April 21 2010, 17:34:17 UTC
Steerpike was on his way out - he's still getting his bearings, this one, and when he spots the unmistakably recognizable figure, he'll try to pass by without being noticed. Too bad he didn't notice the Evil Doctor before he set foot out. He would have used another door, rather.

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silvereyedphage April 22 2010, 04:41:16 UTC
The cause of the heat that's kept him awake at night... He has to mentally shackle the phage to keep from turning to him and catching his gaze to work a compulsion and press his back against a wall to savage that slender throat with kisses and loving bites --

Instead, he pauses a respectful distance away, slightly beyond arms reach. "We didn't get off on the right foot, did we, Mr. Steerpike?" he says, calmly, even apologetically. "I have to confess... I'm easily aroused by certain types and as you unfortunately discovered, you're one of those types. But perhaps, if you're so inclined, we can try again with as clean a slate as possible?"

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not_snake_bite April 22 2010, 19:40:23 UTC
Steerpike takes a step back - this is already too close for comfort, and the raw bluntness of Muraki's admission puts him completely off.

"I'd sooner not," he replies, a bit too quickly. "I'm not interested in that sort of thing, sir."

He's going to bolt any minute now. That sort of -- whatever this is -- he can't deal with it.

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silvereyedphage April 22 2010, 20:10:32 UTC
He turns away slightly, already widening the distance, and he's even turned his gaze away from the youth (the better to keep his inner demon quiet, since it's begun gibbering with delight). "Well, you already have the advantage over me in one area: You know my worst weakness, the one chink in my armor, though you're not the only one to know it. I'm sure you're the sort who'd be only too willing to find someone else to keep the vampire off your neck, so perhaps I can help you with that....

He pauses, taking a moment to weigh his words and deal with the strident dialog in his head: The fire that burns us... our callow temptation... keep on feeding us your fear, boy, it only makes us stronger -- Silence, he's of more use to me unbroken on your fangs..."Remember I said I needed a sound pair of eyes to assist me? There's someone in this place whom I need to pay a debt to, but he's in my blind spot, probably on purpose to taunt me," he says. "Consider it an assignment as well as a sop for the wolf at your heels, if you're so inclined." The ( ... )

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only_paul April 21 2010, 17:39:23 UTC
Paul has been reading about the Phage - and when he spots Muraki, he'll wander over.

He of course has no idea that the man he thinks of as a fellow scholar is responsible for the eery red moon. It's probably for the best.

"Good afternoon," he offers politely when they cross each other in the hallway.

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silvereyedphage April 22 2010, 04:32:15 UTC
"Ah, Mr. Paul, we meet again," he says. "Have you had a chance to follow that thread of research I offered you when we first crossed paths?" His color has improved, and he looks less ghostly, almost more human, albeit a very pale one.

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only_paul April 22 2010, 19:13:54 UTC
"I will confess to have found it a little bit unsettling," he replies, humbly. "And I would quite appreciate if you would take a moment to discuss this... energy vampirism once more."

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silvereyedphage April 23 2010, 01:17:36 UTC
He smiles, and this is clearly something he's only too willing to discuss. "I'm in far better condition than I was when we first met," he says. "I've even started weaning off the painkillers I was taking, which leaves my head a lot clearer and better able to keep the facts straight, thus any time you would care to continue our discussion is a good time for me. I haven't any particular plans in mind for today, aside from seeking out some space in which to set up a possible laboratory, though given the fact that I seem to be on a permanent holiday here, that can easily be rearranged."

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OOC pandora_antioch April 21 2010, 17:52:37 UTC
[This is just a placeholder tag - and would like to ask Muraki and Adrian's tpist how they see the three-way coming together. Adrian and Pandora haven't had time to discuss Muraki, but I'm okay with handwaving that if Adrian's typist is - in which case we might assume perhaps that Adrian and Pandora are together on the prowl? Ref, Jules, thoughts?]

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Re: OOC silvereyedphage April 22 2010, 01:04:48 UTC
I'm up for anything: if handwaving the Pandora/Adrian convo works better, given thread loads, etc. I'm cool with it.

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Re: OOC iwalkindreams April 22 2010, 19:08:25 UTC
Hullo and thank you for referring me to here ^^. Um. So Adrian needs to finish his Tsuzuki/Muraki thread - doable in a tag or two, since they're already involved in a conversation happening after that in his open post, right Ref? So of course I am fine as well with handwaving a conversation with Pan re: Muraki, in which we can assume they discussed his own experience with Muraki, Shilo's illness and whatnot, and now they can be indeed determined to corner him or---?

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Re: OOC silvereyedphage April 22 2010, 19:45:57 UTC
Sounds great to me: I'm rather looking to the sangs versus phage smackdown that's imminent...

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misborncat April 21 2010, 19:33:10 UTC
Asato will find Muraki outside and be a bit torn between going up to him and being wary. Now that he knows the man is a predator, he's not sure his company would be welcome at all...

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silvereyedphage April 22 2010, 04:20:05 UTC
He's walking in the twilight, enjoying the fresh air, when he spots Asato and smiles at him, warmly. "Enjoying the spring, Asato?" he asks, nothing predatory about him this time, aside from his usual almost feline demeanor.

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misborncat April 22 2010, 15:33:24 UTC
Ears perking up a bit, he walks closer. "I like spring," he says. "Are you feeling better then?"

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silvereyedphage April 22 2010, 16:14:21 UTC
"I'm almost healed, but I have managed to get my strength back: there's something about the air at this time of year that's almost nourishing, at least to the spirit," he says, looking about them at the leafing trees.

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