Xu Xian: Jer finds an extensive med-kit in the
cabin that ~doesn't~ have the cameras and audio equipment that monitors what
goes on in the main cabin.
Xu Xian: the same cabin that is closest to the
head.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: He grabs it and brings it into the main
cabin, attempting to patch Xu up as best he can. He's focusing on the task,
working quickly and with as much efficiency as possible.
Xu Xian: He just lies there, eyes open, glassy,
a distant expression on his face.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: ((If you wanna roll, his Dex+Med is 4
combined))
Xu Xian: (he fails)
Xu Xian: "Va?" he says, very
childlike.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: "Trevor?
Talk to me, man." He speaks as he readies the medical gear. Trying to get him to
talk. "It's me, Dream."
Xu Xian: "'k heb honger, Va," he
says. "Heel slechts."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: ((Did you get the pool for my Per+Med
to see if he's stable @ least? It's 5))
Xu Xian: ((as far as he can tell, he has no life
threatening injuries, tho he has a tear in the anus, and a broken hand, along
with the swelling in the knee, the bruising in the hamstring, and the scuffs,
scrapes and other bruises from working his hands out of the manacles.))
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: "Trevor. May 16, 2005. Say it
with me. It's May 16, 2005. You're in
Xu Xian: ((and he seems to have regressed to
childhood))
Xu Xian: He doesn't repeat it, but does switch
to english. "I'm hungry,
Xu Xian: His accent is much thicker, clearly low
born South African boer.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: He sighs.
It's not working. He needs time to meditate... regain Gnosis so he can heal the
man before bringing him back. "Alright, Trevor. I'll get you something to eat. I
need you to give me a few minutes, okay?" He looks around, quickly gathering up
all
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: the weapons and bringing them into the
other room, well out of the other's reach, then checks the bar for something to
eat.
Xu Xian: There's a fridge in the galley that has
some steak, potatoes, vegetables, and some leftovers that looks like something Micah cooked
Xu Xian: Trev remains where Jer leaves him,
singing to himself occassionally, mainly in afrikaans.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: He heats up
the easiest thing to eat that isn't baked, and brings it over to Xu. "Here you
go. I'm gonna be in the other room, okay? I have to do something." He moves to the
cabinet, see if he can lock it.
Xu Xian: the cabinet can be locked and unlocked
with the remote, as, jer finds can the door to the room.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: He locks the cabinet, then slowly
closes the door to make sure he doesn't react badly to it. He locks the door,
then sits down, trying to focus and meditate. ((Int+Enig pool is 5))
Xu Xian: (sure he doesn't want to med for 2
hours?)
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: ((He'll go for 2, sure.))
Xu Xian: ((so he gets 2 GN back))
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: Finally, his eyes open. He stands, and
moves to check on Xu via camera before entering.
Xu Xian: He finds the cameras have been turned
off from the inside, but, again, if he fiddles with the remote he can get them
to turn on
Xu Xian: He sees Trev lying in the same
position, food untouched.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: A deep sigh, and he unlocks the door,
moving in. Heal the tearing first priority, completely, then if anything's
left, the rest of the lethal. ((Pool 6))
Xu Xian: He heals the tearing, and the bruising
of the hamstring, along with the bruising in the knee. (and I just realized he must have been at 5
bashing, 3 lethal. But after 2 hours he's healed 2 bashing, so when
Jer MT's hi, he's now at 2 bashing 1 lethal for the broken hand))
Xu Xian: (you get that or was it too long?))
Xu Xian: repost:
He heals the tearing, and the bruising of the hamstring, along with the
bruising in the knee.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: ((Sorry, just got away. They have me doing
floor support for the rest of the fuckin' day, which is another hour. All the
team leads have some training or another))
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: He gets some clothes from where his had
come from when he was last here, and gets Xu into them as best as possible.
Xu Xian: ((Ang brought some clothes for him,
too.)) He will stand if jer indicates he
wishes him too, and will act very much like a child while his parent dresses
him.
Xu Xian: "Are you hungry, Va," he
asks, lifting his leg for the pants when prompted. "You were there, too,
did it make you hungry?"
Xu Xian: He regards Jer somewhat fearfully, as
if worried he'll be punished for asking such questions. But there's a thread of defiance in him that
won't let them go unasked.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: Even as a
kid, he thinks with a smile. He remains calm, non-threatening. "What about it
made you hungry?" Hoping the unexpected reaction will help Xu come back on of
the flashback or reveal something he can use to do so.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: ((Sudden random unnrelated thought. A
moon cycle is 22 days, not a month, right?))
Xu Xian: (28 days to go from full to full) He
shrugs, shaking his head. "I don't
know. But food doesn't stop it."
pause. "Is dat why yeh drink so
much, Va?"
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: He is
tempted to go on...but no. This is a violation, as well. Betraying the man for
his memories. He looks up at him. "Trevor. It's May 16, 2005. You're in New York, not South Africa.
I'm Jeremy, not your father. Remember Angelia. Karlos. Malcolm. Alexis.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: Micah. Ita.
The Body of Harmony. Remember. May 16, 2005."
Xu Xian: He stares at him for a long time with
those glassy, faraway eyes, then nods and pats Jer's shoulder in a gesture of
comfort and sympathy, limbs moving with that awkwardness of a six year
old. "I didn't used to remember 't
either, Va."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: He sighs,
looking up at Xu. "Trevor, I'm 5'11, standing up, and you're looking down at me.
Unless your dad was a Smurf, you've got some perception problems to reconcile."
He smiles up to him, returning the pat on the shoulder. "What do you remember?"
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas: ((On my way home...see you in a few))
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
All home
and shit.
Xu Xian: He doesn't seem to even hear Jer's
argument about the height differential.
He does, however, meet his gaze at the memory question, real fear in his
eyes. He hesitates to speak, and he's
clearly afraid of what Jer's reaction is going to be to what he say. This kid must be beaten quite often. But still, there's that defiance, and that
sympathy--Love?--toward Jer.
"'twas in de mine...Dey...stuck dat rod up you. En you screamed."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He absorbs
the information, remaining calm and relaxed, noding in approval, as if it's
okay to share. "Okay. What else happened, Trevor?" He thinks.
Angelia...he should call her. She
might be able to help...somehow.
Xu Xian: He himself has that wise old young son
expression, the look kids get when they're trying to look after a parent. "D'yeh remember 't, Va?"
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He shakes
his head. "No, I don't."
Xu Xian: He studies Jer's face, looking earnest,
intent, but somewhat bewildered, as if he himself isn't sure what he's
remembering. Or that what he's recalling
is so confusing, he's not sure how to describe it. "Dey made yeh scream until yeh..."
he quickly searches for a way to put this that wont get him beaten. "Yeh had water coming from yer
eyes." His gaze darts to Jer, as if
trying to anticipate where the blow is going to fall and position himself to
minimize the damage.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He remains
calm, non-threatening, and watches Xu, making no move to strike him. Waiting to see where this leads for just a
moment before he calls in Angelia.
Xu Xian: He seems to relax slightly, as if
accepting that at least the beating's going to happen after all this is
over. "En den...Heer De Witt, en
Heer Roosthorn, en Heer Schenkel, en Doctor Schondorf...dey...one at a
time...made water in yeh."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
Ahhh. He vaguely hopes the two waters Xu referenced
aren't the same. "Okay. Anything else?"
Xu Xian: His cheeks twitch. His lips purse. He looks like he's trying to decide whether
to continue, or quit while he's ahead.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
"It's
all right, Trevor. I'm not going to hurt
you. You can go ahead." A reassuring smile.
Xu Xian: He nods, but his expression goes murky,
a bit of rage bubbling up under the fear and concern in his eyes. "Den dey let you up...en...made you..." He starts trembling, tho he's doing his best
to keep his limbs still, to keep it from showing.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He reaches
out in a slow, benign manner, putting his hand on Xu's shoulder
supportively. "Trevor...it's all
right. We're not there. And no one's going to hurt your, okay?"
Xu Xian: "Yeh made water in me, Va,"
he says, eyes flashing, teeth gritting, rage bubbling to teh surface. "But when you were done, 'twasn't piss
dat come out. Only blood, en white
stuff, en shit. En yeh gave me to de
otders....to do de same."
Xu Xian: He searches Jer's face, defiant,
expectant. Waiting for teh hail of
blows, but happy to have thrown the gauntlet down, even tho he won't win, or
maybe even survive this battle.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
They were
ghouled. Goddess. He sighs, looking at Xu. "Trevor...I'm sorry. I'm..."
Another sigh, broken, and he looks at the man, his own guilt taking the
place of Trevor's father and evident in his eyes. "I'm so very sorry...you should never
have had that happen to you. Ever."
Xu Xian: He glares at him, his rage slowly
bleeding away, leaving him lost, and a little bewildered. His limbs are still trembling. "Den why did 't?"
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He tries
to keep his voice calm, keep from sobbing, but he can't. "Because your dad was messed up by some
very evil people, Trevor. He...he was
hurting, I think. And he was...driven to
a very dark place. A place where all he
was able to do was cause pain. And,
I'm...I'm afraid he was under these evil men's control, to do what they
wanted."
Xu Xian: "Is dat why yeh drink so much,
Va? Are yeh still hungry from 't?"
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
Blink
blink. Drink. Hungry.
Flashback to vitae. He's quiet a
moment, considering all this, even as he wipes some tears away.
Xu Xian: He studies him intenly, his own face
showing that bright hunger, that empty, aching need.
Xu Xian: (you rolling for jer vs Dream again?
*G*))
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
((No. Putting things together, and figuring out how
to answer in a way that can do Trevor some good.))
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
((Though I
prolly should, to be fair. *G* One sec.))
Xu Xian: ((I think Jer might make a grab
here...Dream's sort of knocked on his ass by these revelations and Jer can see
an opportunity to seize power.))
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
((Dream:
9,9,5,2,8,5, Jer: 3,8,3,3,9,9, This two are evenly matched, it seems, most
of the time. *G* Dream got the higher "low" numbers,
this isn't survival instinct, and this is more Dream's purpose of healing. Plus, defender wins the tie? That all make sense?))
Xu Xian: ((I think it might be the first time
the two make an effort to integrate? Since even Jer might see how he's
destroyed what he's tried to build?))
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
((That
makes sense, actually. Oooh, gimme a
moment to think on this.))
Xu Xian: (Np i'm grabbing food)
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He tenses,
as he feels that dark feeling threaten to overtake him. He makes a concentrated effort to maintain
control, passing somewhat into that midway realm, between both of them. "Trevor...for whatever reason, your
father drinks. Maybe it's because he's
hungry himself. Maybe it's because he
can't handle what he did to you.
Whatever the reason, you're not him.
You don't need to do what he does."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
((Change that
to "Don't do what he does."))
Xu Xian: "What shall I do, den, Va?"
Xu Xian: "Can't eat. Doesn't fill 't."
Xu Xian: "En moe...she doesn't...scream any
more. Just lays dere wit de flies...en
rots."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
"You
fight. You remain strong. You overcome the urge. You rely on the friends you will make to get
through it." He watches
Trevor. "And your
mother..." He pauses,
frowning. "You have no guilt to
face with that. What your dad did to her
was inhuman. And you shouldn't have ever
been put in that position. End the
guilt. End the hunger. You're a fighter, Trevor. So fight the battles, and let go of the
casualties inflicted by others."
Xu Xian: He frowns, shaking his head. "Dere's notding dat fills 't, Va."
Xu Xian: "I fight, en I fight, but dey all
pull away. Just like you."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
"Why
do you think that is, Trevor?"
Xu Xian: His lips purse, his eye slanting from
side to side as he tries to find an answer to this question. A deep, hollow sadness seems to fill him up,
and shakes his head, closing his eyes. "If I can't sleep in yer bed, Va,
can I sleep on de floor beside 't?"
Xu Xian: "I know you say dere's not such a
ding as a ghost...but I can hear her talking to me in de otder room. I tdink she's afraid of you, so she doesn't
come in here."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He
nods. "Yes, Trevor, you
can." He pauses, and thinks a
moment. "Your friends only pull
away because you're pushing them away.
You're afraid of them getting too close, and then hurting them. You push, and they fall away. Stop pushing."
Xu Xian: "I don't have any friends,
Va. Just you. De rest are kaffirs. Or De Witts."
Xu Xian: "And even you..." He shakes his head, tears coming to his
eyes. He lowers his gaze, turning his
head slightly, as if to hide his weakness or risk another beating.
Xu Xian: "If yeh want to make water in me,
yeh can, Va. Yeh don't have to just beat
me to show you care."
Xu Xian: He tenses up at that, as if utterly
sure that there's going to be a storm of blows following it. But he stands proudly, not cringing,
defiantly standing behind his words.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He rubs
the man's shoulder, where his hand still is.
"I'm sorry, Trevor. I'm
sorry for everything. I'm not going to
make water in you. Or beat you."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He gets a
thought, and tries it. A shot in the
dark. "Trevor...I'm so very, very
sorry for everything I've ever done to you.
Please...forgive me." Asking
for forgiveness, both Jer/Dream and his father.
Offering Trevor his chance to let it go, and Jer/Dream his chance at
forgiveness.
Xu Xian: He looks utterly devastated when Jer
says he won't beat him, that hollowness seeming to grow so dark, and so heavy
it's about to crush him. He nods his
head a few times, as if agreeing with Jer's assessment of him, and starts to
turn away, when Jer apologizes. That
freezes him. Bewilders him. He looks back at Jer.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He stands
there, looking at Trevor, his expression sincere. He very obviously means what he says, as he
looks at Trevor, remorse showing plainly on his face.
Xu Xian: He doesn't seem to know what to say, or
what exactly Jer's asking him to do. He
looks hurt, and close to panic.
"If I forgeef yeh, Va....what else is left to tie us togetder?"
Xu Xian: "Yeh don't want to beat me. Yeh don't want to make water in me...Yeh
don't want me any longer, Va? Are yeh
selling me to de mine?"
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
"What
else is left? A chance to start over,
Trevor. Try again. Replace fear with respect. Bittterness with acceptance. And no, Trevor...I do want you in my
life. I don't want to give you up,
despite everything that's happened between us."
Xu Xian: Even as a child, he has a great
bullshit meter, and he nods slowly, his expression going dull, hollow, a bit
haunted. Words, just words. Can't eat those, either. "I'll get my things." He turns to head out of the cabin.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He sighs,
tetth gritting a litle. He meant it,
though he knows if Trevor's father was here, he surely wouldn't have. "You're not going anywhere, Trevor. You're not being sold. I'm not giving you up."
Xu Xian: ((roll int+emp))
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
((NOW it
fails. Dream: 2,2,9,1,4,3,4,4,))
Xu Xian: (LOL damn...))
Xu Xian: He moves off into the cabin that jer
got the medkit from and comes back with a pillowcase full of clothes, a
toothbrush, and holding a dictionary like other kids would hold a teddy bear.
Xu Xian: "Are they coming for me now, Va,
or in the morning?"
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He watches
the "kid" for a long moment.
The other situation, he could handle.
That was aggression, and he had plenty.
He...doesn't know what to do, here.
He watches the kid, as if trying to determine what the kid WANTS. ((Per+Emp))
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
((Unfuckingbelievable. Dream: 4,3,1,6,2,5,2,))
Xu Xian: ((did you want to go back into the
room?))
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
((I
guess. Dunno what to do, at this point,
though. He may just call Angelia in now,
because he's completely gotten lost in the situation.))
Xu Xian: (Yeah, this is something I don't think
Dream or Jer can solve on their own, but needs both aspects working together to
solve.))
Xu Xian: (Dream intellectualizes ~far~ too much,
but is the nurturer. Jer acts on
instinct, but is an agressor and conquerer))
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
((*NOD* And I'm trying to do both. Just...well, it's my first shot at
integrating the two. More instinctual,
more commanding then Jer would be, taking more risks, but still nuturing. Short of giving the guy a hug, which is
always worth a shot, I'm lost.))
Xu Xian: ((Well, why don't you try that?))
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
((Too much
Dream? Associating physical contact with
the sex that just occurred? Ahhh, what
the FUCK.)) He furrows his brow, then
nods a little, almost to himself. He
moves to the man, directly and without hesitation, and...slides his arms around
the giant's waist, hugging him. This
isn't just words.
Xu Xian: He seems surprised by the hug, the
action jarring him out of that dull resignation back into a low level
panic. He looks down at Jer's arms
around him, as if he can't quite believe that it's true, and drops his
pillowcase, throwing his arms around Jer's shoulders and buries his face into
Jer's neck, pleading desperately
"Don't sell me, Va...I'll be good.
I'll stay under de house where you put me. I'll leave de neighbors dogs alone. I'll suck your cock...I'll do whatever you
want. "
Xu Xian: "I do whatever you want....just
don't sell me. Don't let tdem put me
under de ground."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He remains
holding him, soothing him. "Shhh,
Trevor. It's okay. I'm not going to sell you. I won't let anyone put you underground."
Xu Xian: "Don't let her take me, don't let
her take me, Va, she keeps saying she'll put me in chains and let her kaffir
slaves fuck me."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
"Who,
Trevor? Who keeps saying that?"
Xu Xian: "Moe. I can hear her chains at night, and she
whispers in my ear and tells me she'll send the kaffirs to come kill you."
Xu Xian: "And i know you don't want me to
talk about her, Va, but she's really there.
And sometimes, if i fall asleep under the house, she makes me dream
about her."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He shakes
his head. "No, Trevor. She's not going to do that. Moe isn't going to hurt you. I'll do my best not to let her. For starters, you don't have to sleep under
the house anymore."
Xu Xian: So you can't send me away
Va. if I'm not here to protect you, she
might...hurt you."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
"I'm
not sending you away. You're not going
anywhere."
Xu Xian: He starts bawling in relief, clutching
tightly to Jer,
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
"I'm
sorry, Trevor." He sighs, deeply,
his voice trembling some. "It's
okay...I'm sorry."
Xu Xian: "It's alright, Va," he says,
patting Jer reassuringly on the back.
"I know you don't want me to cry but you can beat me
afterwards."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He shuts
his eyes. "It's all right,
Trevor. You can cry. I don't mind."
Xu Xian: "I'm sorry about what I
remembered, Va...I should have done what Heer De Witt asked. Tden you wouldn't have been called in, and
beaten him for putting his hand on my arse."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
"That's
not your fault. Not one bit. That was Heer De Witt's fault. You didn't do anything wrong."
Xu Xian: "'tis my fault, what happened in
de mine."
Xu Xian: 'If i'd obeyed, tdey wouldn't have done
tdat to yeh."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
"But
you didn't want to, right? You should
never do anything like that that you don't want to. Ever."
Xu Xian: "I fight 't. Fight tdem. But dey've...i tried to stop dem. Bit Heer Schenkel's duimb off."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He's
certainly not disapproving of that. They
deserved worse. "Good. If anyone does something like that that you
don't want them to do...you should fight.
As hard as you can."
Xu Xian: "What about you, Va?"
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
"No,
Trevor. You should never let me do it,
either. And I'm sorry that I ever
did."
Xu Xian: "Even if I want to touch you,
Va?"
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
A
pause. Oh, this just progressed into
potentially dangerous territory. Support
incest, even in a flashback, and a man likely taking advantage of a boy, or
potentially push the man away emotionally, as he confuses sexual rejection with
emotional. "You're not old enough
for it to be right, Trevor. When you do
get old enough...whatever decisions you make about that are fine, as long as
the other is willing, too."
Xu Xian: "Even like tdis? You've not let me
touch you dis way before, Va."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
"Like
this is just fine. Just not...private
touching. Do you know what I mean?"
Xu Xian: "No. You don't touch me at all, except in de
mine. Unless you're beating me for
sometding. Or trying to put me under de
house."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
"And
what I've done is wrong. That's not how
someone should show love. This is
love. Beating isn't love. What happened in the mine isn't love,
either. Although touching like that can
be, if you're old enough and the other person is willing." He squeezes his arms around Xu. "This is love. Do you understand?"
Xu Xian: He shakes his head, nose still buried
against Jer's neck. "Love if you
beating Heer De Wit for me. Going to de
mine every day, working hard to earn food and clotding for us. Moe didn't appreciate 't, but I do. De mine is a scary place, 't takes courage
for you to go dere everyday, wit all de kaffirs who might come and kill
you."
Xu Xian: ((Love is. damn fingers.))
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
A
pause. "Trevor, the kaffirs...I
know I've said horrible things about them, but they aren't bad people. No more then whites. After all, think about Heer De Witt. Doctor Schondorf. Her Roosthorn. Heer Schenkel. They were all white, and very bad. Don't hate them just because of what they
are."
Xu Xian: "But Moe said she'd send them to
kill you..."
Xu Xian: ((them=tdem, forgot the accent for a
moment. And just so you know, Moe is
pronounced "Moo" like what a cow does))
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
"Moe's
lying. She only said that because she
knew that I made you hate them, and she knew it would torment you and cause you
fear. If she sends someone to kill me,
it wouldn't be them any more then whites.
If it was them, it would be because she thinks I would especially hate
that."
Xu Xian: He considers this, the pulls away
slowly, tho reluctantly, as if he's incredibly starved for affection. He
sniffs, and wipes the tears from his face, looking incredibly guilty, and
again, afraid of a a beating. But his
head is held high. He'll take his
lumps. "I...did tdis with a kaffir
woman, Va." He clearly thinks
crying in the arms of a black woman is some type of horrific betrayal of his
father, and he can't seem to meet Jer's gaze.
"De laundry woman...I snuck out from under de house, en I was on de
porch en...I was tdinking about de mine and I started crying en I know you
don't like 't, but i couldn't stop. En
she put her basket down and held me like tdis en..." He looks utterly ashamed.
Xu Xian: "I felt bad afterwards,' he adds
quickly, before Jer can say anything.
"En I knew you'd want to punish her for touching me...so I took one
of Moe's trinkets and hid it under de house and said I'd seen her take
't."
Xu Xian: "Doyou remember, Va? You gave her ten strokes of the sjambok in
the town square."
Xu Xian: "Everyone could see de scars from
it, even years later,' he sounds almost proud of this, of his father's ability
to damage someone for life..
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He looks
at the man, no anger coming from him. He
rubs the other's arm lightly in a comforting manner. "Trevor...you shouldn't feel bad about
being comforted by the laundry lady.
It's all right to seek comfort from one who's willing to provide it,
regardless of what color they are."
God, this sick, sad man who was Trevor's father...
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
((God=Goddess))
Xu Xian: 'You're not angry?"
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He shakes
his head, smiling, and pulling Xu into another hug. "No, Trevor. I'm not angry with you."
Xu Xian: He resists a little at first, slightly
panicked for a moment, as if afraid this embrace will turn out to be the
prelude to a beating, or something even worse, like Va will turn into
Roosthorn. But then when that doesn't
happen he slumps agaisnt him, embracing him with that greatful relief he showed
earlier.
Xu Xian: '"Can i get a dog, Va? I'll try not to kill 't, tdis time."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He rubs
the other man's back lightly as he holds him.
"Sure, Trevor. Sure you
can."
Xu Xian: He smiles and hugs him fiercely. "Bedankt."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He hopes
that means thank you. Sounds like Danke,
so it's worth a shot... "Of course, Trevor. You're welcome."
Xu Xian: "Can I sleep here, Va? I promise I won't try to get into bed wit
you. I'll stay on de floor."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
"Of
course you can, Trevor. You can sleep in
the bed, if you want. No making water,
though."
Xu Xian: He nods solemnly. "I'll piss before I get under de
covers."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
A
smile. "Okay."
Xu Xian: "You'll stay in de room?"
Xu Xian: "She won't try to talk to me if
you're around, Va. She's afraid of you,
I tdink."
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
"Yeah,
Trevor. I'll stay here in the
room."
Xu Xian: He nods and pulls away, picking up his
toothbrush and pillowcase and heading off to the head to do his bedtime
business.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He sighs,
watching Trevor go. Jesus. He shakes his head, wondering how much help
he's truly be, hoping it's as much as he doesn't dare suspect, as he makes a
quick call to Ita, telling her he's okay.
She called, after all. He lights
a cigarette and looks around the room, shuddering a bit at what all's gone on
here, bad and good. Another place with
mixed emotions...story of his life, he guesses.
Xu Xian: He returns, teeth brushed, hair combed,
bladder empty, and gets into the bed, looking exhausted, despite his smiling
like this is a treat equivalent to the loot from 12 christmases and 7
birthdays. "Dank yeh well, Va.
"
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He nods,
smiling. "You're welcome,
Trevor. Get some sleep. It's been a long day."
Xu Xian: He nods, closing his eyes and dropping
off almost immediately.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He sits in
the chair. He's been through WAY too
much to sleep right now, and he's nocturnal, anyway. He waits for Angelia to show up.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
(("he's
learning a nocturnal schedule," rather))
Xu Xian: ((Oh yeah...I forgot but he will crawl
into bed with the dictionary like it's a teddy bear. And he'll stay asleep as long as jer stays in
the cabin. As soon as Jer leaves, he'll
wake up.))
Xu Xian: And since he made the addiction roll,
i'm gonna say he wakes up back to normal...for Xu anyway))
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
He'll
probably go make himself a drink at some point.
Goddess knows he needs one. *G*
Xu Xian: He'll wake up for as long as Jer is out
of the room, and fall back asleep when he returns.
Xu Xian: and he has night terrors about 90
minutes into his sleep cycle, which he doesn't awaken from.
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
Is he
awake for good when Angelia comes by at dawn?
Xu Xian: probably not if Jer comes back in with
her. He'll go back to sleep. does she bring the puppy?
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
Asking her
now.
Xu Xian: She can bring the puppy and Micah if
you want
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
I know
Reyna comes with...
Xu Xian: Trev's pretty whacked, he's proably
going to sleep for a while
Xu Xian: And he will sleep if Ang, Reyna, or
Micah are in the cabin, or if the puppy is with him
Jeremy "Dream" Thomas:
Puppy
comes, Micah doesn't.