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010. [ voice] / [ location: sanctuary for all ] take good care of yourself, you belong to me.

Nov 30, 2009 14:21

Those that either visited the Sanctuary For All, or lived there, had probably noticed that Helen was not in the infirmary that day. The bed she was in had been neatly made and put back into order as it should of been. Instead, with a bandage across her head from the injury she suffered, Helen had moved several boxes out of the storage rooms up into ( Read more... )

{ cameron mitchell, helen magnus, { john druitt, { ashley magnus, { sam witwicky, { mohinder suresh

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[visual][location: not far outside the SFA] redeemedripper November 30 2009, 22:42:36 UTC

John had enjoyed his walks through Taxon the last few days. The weather was a tad chilled, but nothing that his trusty leather coat couldn't keep at bay. Unknowingly, he had wandered closer to Helen's Sanctuary than he intended. He had been giving her space, time, whatever she needed. All the while, he had attempted whatever could be considered a normal life. He entered conversations he never would have before coming to this place.

He stopped walking when he saw the tops of the Sanctuary for All. What had made his feet carry him this way? John asked himself this and many other questions, but stopped all of that when he heard a voice. John turned, looking for the source. He still wasn't used to his tablet. Finally, he reached into his pocket and extracted it. The screen was dark, but the voice was still so familiar.

"Helen." He breathed without thinking, already cursing himself. John needed to control himself, it seemed. How many nights of hers could he ruin before he learned?

[visual] notanemptymotto December 1 2009, 05:47:27 UTC

"John." Helen answered back.

She glanced at the tablet as she continued to go through the boxes. Helen had to admit, if to no one but herself, that it was odd. Odd that John hadn't come to her side after the attack. She was sure that John hadn't heard of it, which was even stranger still. He had kept tabs on her for one-hundred years, and then when they came to an unknown city, he dropped his habits?

Then again, people changed.

[visual] redeemedripper December 1 2009, 13:17:26 UTC

"Have you recovered?"

He had watched as much as the tablets would allow, and forced himself to stay indoors. His presence had only hurt her in his time in Taxon. No right move came without two or three wrong ones to dash all of his hopes to show her the changed man that he hoped to become. Running to her side when she was hurt was his instinct, and as such, he fought the urge in order to do right by her.

He noticed the decorations and thought it was just like Helen to continue with her holiday activities, no matter where she ended up. It was a good quality, to press on. It was something he had always admired about her.

[visual] notanemptymotto December 2 2009, 02:38:32 UTC

"Enough to begin the festive season and keep it alive." She paused. "And have you?"

They had hardly talked at all since his slip. Helen wasn't quiet sure if she could call it a glitch, or if he truly did slip his hold on all of it. After the Cabal took Ashley away from them....

[voice] 10secsofsilence November 30 2009, 22:52:17 UTC

[Sam hears the music while playing with Mojo in his room, and looks to his tablet. Whatever it is, he's never heard it before. He's pretty sure it's before his time.]

Uh... Hi?

[Yeah. He thinks it's weird.]

[voice] notanemptymotto December 1 2009, 05:48:11 UTC

Hello, Samuel. Enjoying your stay so far?

[voice] 10secsofsilence December 1 2009, 06:10:26 UTC

Yeah, actually. I mean, there's been some weird moments, but I'm guessing that comes with the territory here?

[Yeah. That's obvious.]

What was that music?

[voice] notanemptymotto December 1 2009, 06:11:23 UTC

A song from the 1940s, originally from the 1920s. Not much like anything you're used to, I'm sure.

[ Then she laughs. ]

I suppose you've found out about the other residents, from the sound of it.

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[voice] sgmitchell November 30 2009, 22:57:39 UTC

[He rarely paid attention to audio transmissions. It was all so much radio-chatter he easily ignored, as he waited for important transmissions. He wouldn't have paid attention to the singing--but the humming that accompanied it seemed vaguely familiar. Familiar enough to comment, at least, if only in voice.]

Is it really the holiday season already?

[voice] notanemptymotto December 1 2009, 05:49:07 UTC

November 30th. Close enough to start the festive cheer and decoration, don't you think so, sir?

[voice] sgmitchell December 1 2009, 05:58:30 UTC

[Now, that was more than just 'familiar'.]

...Yeah, you've have a point there.

[voice] notanemptymotto December 1 2009, 06:10:19 UTC

[ Even if she does look like Carter, she still sounds very. Very. British. ]

If you'd like, I could always turn off the music. Some are rather not in the Christmas cheer, I believe.

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[Location: Sanctuary for All] chase_evolution December 1 2009, 02:32:10 UTC

He'd gone around to check on Magnus once again, but this time she was up and out of the infirmary. He headed to her lab first, and then to her office, smiling slightly as he heard the music. He was glad to see her out of bed, but he hoped it wasn't too soon.

As he stepped into the doorway, he crossed his arms and said, "You're rather chipper today? Christmas bug caught you?"

Location: Sanctuary for All] notanemptymotto December 1 2009, 06:09:28 UTC

Helen looked up at him and smiled. "Come now, Suresh, did you honestly believe that the holidays would escape a Victorian woman such as myself?" The smile she gave was rather mysterious and playful at the same time. Most in the Sanctuary already knew of her own Abnormality, but, she wasn't sure if they passed the knowledge onto him.

[Location: Sanctuary for All] chase_evolution December 1 2009, 06:27:47 UTC

He raised an eyebrow and took a step into the office. She'd implied that she was older than she seemed, but no one had ever mentioned just how old she was. "Victorian, are you? I suppose that explains a few things," he replied with a bit of a smile.

But he did have to be somewhat stingy with his good cheer, and the smile is soon marred with some measure of concern. "How's your head?"

[Location: Sanctuary for All] notanemptymotto December 1 2009, 10:56:04 UTC

"A little light headed, but rather to be expected." Helen shrugged honestly. "I could hardly tell Mr. Petrelli and Gabriel at the time that the blood they were giving me was the wrong kind. The blood I keep on those shelves are for patients that aren't me. Mine is unique where it can become rather tricky with other blood types."

Which, just merely was the large complicated version of 'I am better.'

She smiled again though. "Most likely it explains my manner of speech, my mannerisms in general, and my accent?"

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[ location: sanctuary (for all) ] notthatnormal December 1 2009, 11:39:46 UTC

Ashley had been on her way to see her mom when she heard the music. She hadn't expected her to still be in the infirmary so when she heard the music coming from the direction of her office it made her smile; a nasty knock to the head wouldn't stop her, it never had before. Ashley stood in the doorway, watching for a moment and remembered something similar from the previous year, and years before that. Having a home as big as the Sanctuary allowed Helen to hoard everything from her previous years, and with the care that she took everything was still rather useful.

"You know, you should go with some of the older decorations." This made her smile, though she'd always been a fan of Christmas. Not really the cold, although as a child she'd loved playing in the snow, but just Christmas in general. Family, stories and just basic enjoyment; you couldn't get that much better than it.

"And maybe even set up another Getaway?"

[ location: sanctuary (for all) ] notanemptymotto December 2 2009, 02:44:01 UTC

"Ashley, it is much too cold to go and put up a Hindi getaway on the roof." She rolled her eyes playfully. Listening to her daughter's suggestion, she moved towards the boxes that were closest to the desk. "Older by how much? I have some dating back to the late 19th century."

[ location: sanctuary (for all) ] notthatnormal December 2 2009, 09:01:23 UTC

"Who said anything about the roof?" They had plenty of rooms and space here, and if it was just them they wouldn't need to set up a large getaway either. "It'd be nice though."

Ashley thought for a moment about the decorations. By 'old' she hadn't meant the 19th century but she should have expected that too. "Early 20th?" In the middle, sort of.

[ location: sanctuary (for all) ] notanemptymotto December 2 2009, 09:20:17 UTC

Helen followed her glance. "Roaring Twenties. Never thought it was your taste." She motioned for Ashley to follow, taking her to a box that was tucked to the side. The twelfth box. "This one is yours. The tree this year is going to have ornaments that you all get to handpick from the collection I have. I thought you'd like to chose from your own."

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