Fourth Spell Cast

[kungfuwitch]

Hello, everyone out there in Castle-Land. I'm laid up in the clinic until my leg heals, or I get brave enough to climb the stairs to my room, and I'm bored out of my mind! SO I thought, quite helpfully,  to myself: "Phoebe, you talked the big talk about a newspaper and your column but you haven't done anything about it." So, here I am, doing

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[teds_up]

And here I thought the castle refused to bring in Psychologists.

[kungfuwitch]

Oh? And why would you think that?

wow, I can't.... remember what happened between these two at all...... orz;;;;;;

[teds_up]

Ah, nothing. Just a conversation I had with someone.

Anyway, how are ya doing?

I have no idea /shrugs.

[kungfuwitch]

[she shrugs it off]

Oh, you know, the usual. Sitting in the clinic... recovering from a bullet wound.

Phoebe

[spongetastic]

What, is Hesam not taking care of you?

Peter

[kungfuwitch]

[chuckles] Oh he is. I haven't tried to get him to run around with a light on his head, yet, though.

Phoebe

[spongetastic]

Glad to hear it. Hesam is a good guy.

Peter

[kungfuwitch]

Yes he is. He's been doing what he can to keep me in bed... No matter how much I try to help him clean up around here.

[stopkissingme]

And advice column, really? [she sounds interested]

[kungfuwitch]

Yup. It ran in the San Francisco Bay Mirror. I'm not one to brag, [yes, yes she is] but I had billboards and TV interviews and was getting pretty well known for my column.

[stopkissingme]

That's pretty cool.

[kungfuwitch]

Thanks! I think so. I mean, I know this isn't going to be the same, but it's something to do, right?

Phoebe

[bro_codebreaker]

Are you kidding? I'd love that coat back!

Barney

[kungfuwitch]

[chuckles. She knows they were all rescued but it's still good to hear his voice and that he sounds okay. She was worried, damnit!]

I'm in the clinic, you can come by and get it any time you'd like.

[bro_codebreaker]

[he'll show up about half an hour later … one night stands do not merit rushing, even if they have his spiffy pirate coat.] Wow. What the heck happened to you?!

[kungfuwitch]

[She wasn't expecting anything different. She's sitting with the journal in her lap when he shows up. His coat is draped over a nearby chair. She looks up and smiles]

Me? Oh, I got shot in the leg by one of the Naval officers who attacked our ship. That was the worst of it, at least. [She shrugs, brushing her hair back from her face. She has a long scratch across one cheek that's started to heal, too.]

You look like you came through it in one piece.

[sexyhitchhiker]

[have an awkward teenager taking you up on your offer :\]

Um. How do you make it up to somebody for shooting her in the leg because you were crazy and unreasonable at the time? Other than saying sorry, because that doesn't feel like it's enough.

[kungfuwitch]

[she smiles. She recognizes the voice but she'll play along for now.]

It may not feel like enough, but you won't know until you try.

I haven't been here for very long, but I've been possessed by evil back home. I know what it's like to not be in control of your actions, to be forced to do terrible things you would never do otherwise. Bodies heal, and so do hearts.

I know the guilt and pain you're feeling. I also know that adding my own anger on top of that isn't fair. I think the best thing you could do is to try to start over, let whoever you hurt get to know the real you.

[sexyhitchhiker]

[she's actually got no intentions of pretending to be anonymous. Mostly because she knows she's a crap liar.

deep breath] Well. I'm Natsuki, I'm honestly sorry for hurting you, and I swear I don't usually attack people out of nowhere.

[kungfuwitch]

I'm Phoebe. It's a pleasure to meet you, Natsuki. I meant everything I said. I know that wasn't you on the ship. I mean, yeah, I was pissed as hell... but as soon as I found out it was the castle that did this to you guys my anger turned to it instead of you.