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RP: I'm Sorry

Apr 09, 2007 19:32

Date: April 9, 2005
Characters: Orla Quirke, Andromeda and Ted Tonks.
Location: The Tonks residence
Status: Private
Summary: Ted has another session with Orla and perhaps gains some new insight.
Completion: Incomplete

Andy walked around the living room aimlessly, waiting for Orla to come for Ted's appointment. She hadn't spoken to Ted since their blow ( Read more... )

ted tonks, place: private residence, april 2005, andromeda tonks, orla quirke

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shh_orla April 11 2007, 05:48:14 UTC

"Mr. Tonks, listen to me. Focus on my voice. Keep breathing. In. Out. In. Out. Do you feel your wife holding your hand? She's here, she is safe. You are safe. I want you to keep concentrating on your breathing. ONLY your breathing. I want you to forget everything else. Don't think about it. Just focus on the in and out." Orla spoke calmly, deliberately, but with force, when she saw how close Ted was to going over the edge. "These things will help you. Stay focused on what helps, Mr. Tonks. In. Out. Nod if you understand. Don't speak, just breathe ( ... )

shh_ted April 17 2007, 19:00:59 UTC

Ted understood almost nothing of what the two women were discussing. Medicines, certainly, medicines for him, but for what, exactly? Orla had mentioned that sedative before, but somehow he didn't think that's what was being talked over now.

"What will these potions do to me?" The thought of being drugged into "wellness" didn't appeal to him in the least. Then again, his own body seemed to be spinning ever more rapidly out of control, and how was that any better? At least with the former, life might be easier for Andy.

"Will they help with the...the things I can't remember?"

shh_orla April 17 2007, 20:18:31 UTC

"It's like this, Mr. Tonks." She sat across from him and Andy. "You're having these blackouts, which are to be expected, and when you discover the gaps in your memory, the stress this causes you impedes your revisiting those times. You panic, understandably, because you can't remember, and your mind seems inclinded to retreat from the shock of those holes in your knowledge of yourself ( ... )

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