Higurashi aftermath

[sharpasafawkes]

[IN OUR LAST EPISODE Shaun and Cesare had a little trip down to the labs, if by "trip" we mean "a magical adventure full of torture-filled antics". Needless to say there's one historian laid up in a hospital bed, more or less asleep and bandaged like you wouldn't believe.]

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[maleborgia]

...

Shaun. *wipes off the knife on the material he had wrapped the fruit in and sheathes it* I want to apologize for what happened the other day.

[sharpasafawkes]

-Sorry mate, but this really isn't the time. Having a bit of the reaction to the meds and I'm not in the proper state for a talk.

[maleborgia]

Oh. Should I send for someone? *looking around... shouldn't there be a bell to ring or something?*

[sharpasafawkes]

[reaching his hand for the call button]

Sorry, just... come back another time, yeah?

[maleborgia]

Just let me say this first. *leans forward, folding his hands together*

[sharpasafawkes]

[His voice is starting to have a bit of a trembling note]

...Please, for both of our dignity, just leave.

[maleborgia]

*staring down at his hands, stubbornly determined to say his bit before he goes*

I am sorry. I never... It's no excuse to lay the blame on this place, but at the same time I don't feel that I can be blamed either. It never should have happened. I want to find a way to show you...

[sharpasafawkes]

WOULD YOU JUST PISS OFF? Stop trying to make yourself feel better about the whole bloody thing and leave.

[maleborgia]

*startled!*

[maleborgia]

*then pulls it back together*

All right. I'll go.

*standing and heads to the door*

[sharpasafawkes]

[not stopping you buddy]

[maleborgia]

*gone*

[sharpasafawkes]

[AND SOMETIME LATER AGAIN]

[maleborgia]

*oh hey, this is different. and yet somehow surprisingly similar.

he's been wandering around in the building, looking in to various rooms and going down various halls, for the most part paying attention to the hand-drawn map in his hand, just too distracted by all the shiny new things.

eventually he does start to pay more attention to his instructions and makes his way to the proper door and reaches up to turn its handle, letting himself in quietly.*

[sharpasafawkes]

[Sleeping shaun! A pile of books and a laptop beside his bed, surprisingly untouched.]

[maleborgia]

*climbing up into that chair! sitting in it without kicking his legs, even though they are dangling quite a bit from the ground. reading over the writing next to the map, then puts it on the seat beside him.

waiting.*

[sharpasafawkes]

[Waking up slowly, turning over and-

Wat.]

[maleborgia]

Good morning!

[sharpasafawkes]

[INTERNAL SCREAM- wait no, no, it's the tiny and not the warlord. Letting out a slightly shakey sigh of relief.]

Hello Cesare.

[maleborgia]

Can you get up? It's a nice day out!

[sharpasafawkes]

Not really, no. I'm here for at least a few weeks.

[maleborgia]

Oh. *starting to get bored, gets up and goes to look at the medical equipment by the bed*

What does this do?

[sharpasafawkes]

Let the doctors know if I'm in trouble.

Why are you here anyway, and what's that you've got with you?

[maleborgia]

I came to spend time with you. *goes to pick up the paper, although he doesn't hand it over*

[sharpasafawkes]

How'd you know where I was, did Tony tell you?