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Post by Jay on Nov 29, 2011 23:22:56 GMT -5
[atrb=style,height:168;width:494;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 #EBA947 groove,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/jacktable2.png,bTable][cs=3] | [atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy]Jack was out by the time Vengeance shouted his name. His exhausted mind simply gave into unconsciousness where blank dreams awaited him with a placid complexion.
The ambulance came shortly after that. The poor exhausted driver who had already been working non-stop since the bombings had gone off slid to a stop near the rubble, and two medics jumped from the back of the car with a stretcher in tow. They took the purple haired unconscious man first, and after some minor inflictions with the woman he had been with who ended up fainting shortly after, they took her as well. There was hesitation when the two caught sight of those murdered by Ripper, and after this, they ended up taking up the bodies as well in case there was anything they could do. After that, the roar of the ambulance as it drove through the streets was the only sound.
Jack would be taken to immediate surgery. After confirming he had been slashed just under his ribcage, doctors prepared to sew him up only to realize that the slash then jutted up actually under the bone to diaphragm where it had punctured the respiratory organ. Forced to deal with internal bleeding and more complications they found as they searched the body of Black Jack Spade, the doctors worked for two full to stabilize him. He went through four bags of blood in that time, and someone commented on possible anemia. They set him on a few more drugs after that. It was only after all this that he was sewed up and sent away as another patient was drawn in and the doctors were forced to wash blood from their hands and start work on another.
Set up in a room, Black Jack Spade slept quietly there still in his peaceful blank dreams...
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Post by Maid Melody on Nov 29, 2011 23:36:06 GMT -5
[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none] | [atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]Vengeance heard the ambulance approaching before she saw it and managed to think enough to return Lucifer before the workers arrived. So distressed was she that Vengeance didn't recognize that the workers were there to help and thus fought them every step of the way,"NO! You can't take me! JACK!!!! JACK!!! Jack ... I love you ... ."Vengeance yelled as she fought the emergency workers in her attempt to get to Jack, her voice fading to a whimper as the blood loss she had sustained finally made her vision go black as she slipped into unconsciousness.
Once inside the ambulance, the workers hurried to keep Vengeance from losing any more blood as she was already deathly pale and covered in blood, much of which appeared not to be her own. Eventually though, they managed to get Vengeance stabilized though it wasn't clear when she would wake up. The wounds on her shoulder were deep and the doctors themselves were surprised she had lasted as long as she had despite the obvious pain she had to be going through. By the time the doctors had finished; Vengeance had already used up several bags of blood though she still looked rather pale and weak at the end of it all.
Vengeance though was rather blissfully unaware of what was going on ... though her dreams weren't dreams at all ... but nightmares ... recollections of the night she had found her father years ago and again of Jack lying there as blood poured out oh him. Vengeance wanted to wake up ... to escape these horrible visions ... but found she didn't have the strength to ... and thus would remain for who knew how long ... .[/scrolly] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;] |
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Post by Jay on Nov 29, 2011 23:58:37 GMT -5
[atrb=style,height:168;width:494;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 #EBA947 groove,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/jacktable2.png,bTable][cs=3] | [atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy]Jack Spade would sleep for a solid three days after that, and the few doctors that checked in on him muttered something about a coma every time they came and left. In some respect, he was lucky none had identified him as the 5K bounty laying there unconscious in a hospital bed up for grabs by whoever happened to walk in, but it was more likely that those coming in were too concerned with their own problems or the problems of patients that were still coming in droves to even stop to recognize who the purple haired man was. All the while, Jack's dreams remained blank and eerily peaceful. None of the voices penetrated his dreams, and for a time, he was fully at peace. However, this peace would slowly be distorted and changed as he tore away from his illusion world of nothingness and back to the world of consciousness.
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.
One purple eye opened slowly staring at the foggy distorted images that drew sharper into the images of a hospital room shortly after. After a moment, the second eye took the energy to do much the same. Staring now, Jack blinked a few times before breathing in deeply only to feel a sharp pain in his side cause him to nearly gasp. Cringing and breathing shallower now, Jack slowly turned his head about taking in the sight of the hospital room. There appeared to be several curtains drawn around him limiting what vision he had.
The flood of memories that spiraled into his mind shortly after that caused Jack to suck in a deep breath only to cause a surge of pain in his side. Wincing, Jack shut both eyes and focused on breathing. You banished him, it seems... Third's voice caused BJ to nearly bite the inside of his mouth, yet he relaxed again after that. What do you mean? he thought carefully before closing his eyes. The image of Third appeared in his mind, and the voice simply sighed. Ripper has disappeared... Third answered back.
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Post by Maid Melody on Nov 30, 2011 4:11:26 GMT -5
[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none] | [atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]Vengeance drifted in and out for days after that, not fully awake but neither fully asleep due to the pain medication. Somehow she just knew something was very wrong but could neither find the motivation nor the strength to do anything about it. On the third day, Vengeance woke up with a clear head and lurched upright in bed as the memories came flooding back to her ... it didn't matter that such an action made her vision go blurry all that she thought about was Jack. Of course her attempt to get out of bed brought another reality to mind ... there were restraints on her wrists ... a sudden horrible feeling came to her ... . Why was she like this ... what had she done ... where was Jack ... ? All these questions and more came to the forefront of her mind causing her panic to rise along with the tempo of the beeping of the infernal machine that was attached to her. "JACK!!! WHERE ARE YOU JACK!!!!"Vengeance shrieked, straining on the restraints despite the horrible burning in her shoulder, her eyes appeared crazed, well past the point of concern ... the only thing Vengeance was concerned about was finding Jack.
Doctors and nurses who had been alerted by the frantic beeping of her machine rushed into the room to see Vengeance struggling against the restraints with an all but mad look about her. Intimidated by the sight, the doctor told one nurse to go get something while the other approached Vengeance in an attempt to calm her.
Vengeance wasn't about to just relax and do nothing though and struggled against her restraints yet again, almost bending the bars she was attached to as a result,"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HIM!!! WHERE IS HE!!!"she spat, chest heaving with effort as she tried again to break the restraints.
Finally the nurse came back with a syringe in her hand and hurriedly attached the needle to it while the others approached Vengeance and forced her to lay down while the nurse who had the syringe stuck her and put the contents into her bloodstream. Vengeance felt the effects almost immediately as her muscles relaxed and she began to feel heavy ... like a heavy burden had just been placed on her. Her vision was growing blurry ... but she could still hear voices though they sounded far away. Something about a buzzer ... and next to her bed ... then all faded away into nothingness as Vengeance fell into a blissful, dreamless sleep.[/scrolly] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;] |
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Post by Admiral Striker General on Nov 30, 2011 7:37:54 GMT -5
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Now she couldn't.
It was enough to get Kali mopey for days, even though she knew plenty of people had much better reasons to be down and some of them were probably holding up better. Like... It wasn't as though she didn't care about all those people dying or anything. That really sucked and she'd quite rather it not have happened, and if she had to choooose between people dying or losing her clock tower chance forever (and also the Emporium.. that also kind of sucked, though she supposed she could shop in Scorch like she often did anyway; they just didn't have the same variety if she wanted it..), of course it wasn't a question that she'd choose to keep the people alive. ......... Not much a question. She didn't know any of them after all so it could have been worse but..
At any rate, these three days ago, she had been moping around the lab, as she would continue to do for some time, when she'd decided a nice hot shower might help relax her. It hadn't worked, but afterward when she'd gone to get dressed, she'd realized that her cell phone had one missed call. A few months ago, for Leon's birthday(?), she had decided to finally break down and get them each one, mostly so he could keep tabs on her while she was out Pokemon-hunting and she'd be able to call if something happened. This had made this call rather strange, as Leon should have known exactly where she was and who the hell else had this--
Vengeance.
Kali had read the name, then scoffed and rolled her eyes. "What does she want..." she'd mumbled aloud to herself. "Emo bitch.." To this day she'd never really cared for her alleged 'sister' even on her best days, blood or no blood. Fuck it, she'd thought with a small sigh, sliding the phone in her pocket where it belonged. She'll call back, or apparently it wasn't very important.
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Three days later, which was to say around now, Kali was beginning to worry why Vengeance hadn't come home for several nights now. ... Not that she was worried enough to do anything, or to prevent her from doing anything else, like baking Leon a nice cake, or continuing to mope over her lost opportunity off and on. Damnit life sucked sometimes. Cake helped keep her mind off of it, but there was still so much suck. :(
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Post by Jay on Nov 30, 2011 9:12:41 GMT -5
[atrb=style,height:168;width:494;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 #EBA947 groove,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/jacktable2.png,bTable][cs=3] | [atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy]You seem oddly peaceful.. for all your em-hysterics you tried to pull three days ago Third commented dryly. How he knew that it had been three days ago was anyone's guess. For whatever reason, all the other voices had settled into silence. Casanova was there, Jack could feel him at the reaches of his own mind, but it was as though he had nothing to say.
Jack didn't not ignore Third, but he didn't answer him quickly either. What Third received back was a wave of distilled emotions, still raw with anguish but somehow contained and suppressed. ......I see....... was all Third could mutter after that.
I'm going to kill the bastard that bombed the capital... was one of the few coherent thoughts that traveled back to Third.
Heh... you know the old saying revenge gets you nothing but sorrow, BJ...And you might wish to put that off until we can actually move Third mused, but the sea that had appeared in BJ's mind was threatening to drown Third even as he sad this.
I....have to bury him...... was another rolling thought.
If someone else hasn't already...diseases from corpses spread to bodies quickly, and to minimize this, people will sometimes bury or burn the dead without any proper funeral where there is such a disaster.... Third sighed.
Shut up. Third froze at BJ's words and ended up falling silent.
The shouts that suddenly came to BJ's ears caused the man to open his eyes slowly. "Venneh?" he slurred a little as he strove to look around but not sit up least his side threaten to rip as it felt like it would. Despite Third's insistence that they remain in bed, Jack slowly forced himself up. The groan and hiss of the bed as he got up was nearly equivalent to Jack's own. His hand reached for the sensors that went back to the monitors, and in one fluid motion, he pulled them all off.
The sudden streak of flat-lining sounds vibrated the air, and a sudden rush of nurses broke into his tiny space. Upon seeing what he was doing, worry spread through them. "Please lay back down!" they begged all but in unison. Jack looked at the two and offered a half smirk. He'd nearly been killed so many times it was almost funny to see people rushing in with that face.
"Ah, sorry..." he stated offering a half smile before starting to lay down. The nurses relaxed, glad to see there was at least one logical person in the building. Returning the sensors again, they began to ask him a series of standard questions. Who was he? Did he remember who he was? How was he feeling? Did he remember what had caused such a slash to him? He lied obscurely well to all the questions. He was Jack Simon. He was a butcher who had been cutting up some meat at the time of the blast. He didn't remember exactly what had happened, but he thought one of his knives was what had done the damage to his side. They took it, possibly not for the reality of the excuses so much that he actually had one and seemed to be aware of himself. Such were doctors and nurses. They could care less for legal matters as long as their patients were alive.
"Hey do you know if...a pretty silver haired one eye patch woman is here?" he asked. There was a few moments of hesitation before a question was asked again -How did he know her? He answered with she was his girlfriend...- before they answered with a somber yes she was here. He asked to see her, but they answered that she was sleeping and that he really shouldn't be up and moving. He gave a tearful beautiful lie of things that even Third was somehow proud of, and after wracking the emotions of already shredded innocent nurses, Jack got his way.
They set him up in a wheelchair, bandaging his sides a bit more than before, and after that, they rolled him out of the room and down the hallway before making a quick right and entering the room. Upon seeing Vengeance there, Jack's stomach twitched. He'd....let all that happen to her.... His lip quivered, and a few sudden tears threatened to fall. He held it back and simply stayed there at the side of Vengeance's bed saying nothing......
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Post by Maid Melody on Nov 30, 2011 16:18:27 GMT -5
[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none] | [atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]When Vengeance opened her eyes again, several hours had passed since the nurses had first drugged her. Her vision still seemed cloudy but soon enough she realized that she was staring at the ceiling of the hospital ... the nurses had put her to sleep ... and ... Jack. The memory caused her to lurch upright in bed, ignoring the wave of nausea that threatened to overtake her, only to find the restraints still stopped her. It was then that out of the corner of her eye she saw Jack and very visible relief swept over Vengeance as she relaxed slightly so that she was now sitting up instead of straining against the restraints that threatened to rip her arms out of her sockets every time she tried to do so. A sob caught in her throat and for a moment Vengeance found herself unable to speak,
"Ohthankgod,"she slurred, her voice sounding a little hoarse after so little use not helped by the fact that she had woken up screaming before,"I thought ... I'd lost you ... ." In hindsight the words sounded strange coming from Vengeance if anyone else happened upon the reunion as she looked about as pale and beat up as Jack did at that time. But then Vengeance wasn't thinking about appearances ... and most certainly wasn't about to care what other people thought about them at this point. In fact Vengeance was trying more not to throw up then she was spending time wondering what other people thought about her. Finally listening to her body, Vengeance laid back with a soft groan, only just now becoming aware of the knifing pain in her shoulder and arm which had obviously not been helped by her actions earlier.
Just then, a couple nurses came in to check on Vengeance who up until that point had been sleeping soundly due to the drug. Upon realizing that she was awake, both nurses hesitated before realizing that Vengeance was calm, albeit rather pale from her stunt earlier of which the nurses knew nothing about. One of the nurses approached Vengeance cautiously and put a gentle hand on her shoulder, waiting until Vengeance looked at her before beginning to ask the usual questions. How are you? Do you know where you are? What's your name? Did you have anyone you wanted to contact? Do you remember how you got hurt?
Vengeance looked at the nurse and blinked, first in confusion probably caused by the light-headedness but then realized what the nurse was asking of her,"My shoulder ... hurts ... . The hospital ... . Vengeance ... ,"she replied before the nurse asked who she wanted to contact. Oddly enough only one person came to mind other than Jack who was now in the room and the sole reason Vengeance was able to remain calm at that moment,"Kali ... ah ... it's in my cell phone ... I can't remember the number,"she all but blurted out, hesitating slightly as the last question came but simply shook her head,"No ... I don't ... ,"Vengeance lied, not giving any doubt to the claim as she furrowed her brow as if trying to remember.
The nurse patted her good shoulder and assured her that it was perfectly fine, promising that they would do their best to contact this Kali and let her know how she was doing. Before the nurses left the room, one of them pressed a button on one of Vengeance's monitors which supplied the pain medication. The other nurse asked if Vengeance would remain calm if she took the restraints off eliciting a nod from Vengeance. Taking a breath, the nurse removed the restraints and hurriedly walked out of the room. The other nurse smiled at the two of them before looking at Jack,"You're one lucky man ... she saved your life ... we even had ta fight her to get her away from you. I'll leave you two alone now~," this said the nurse walked out of the room without hesitation.
With more pain medication running through her system, Vengeance breathed a sigh of relief as the pain in her shoulder ceased and reached out her hand for Jack's now that she was able to. Hearing what the nurse said made Vengeance's face flush with a little more color though she still looked rather pale at the end of it all. Vengeance hadn't remembered that ... but of course she must've been so delirious from the loss of blood that it had slipped her memory ... if that was even a possibility. Looking at Jack, Vengeance smiled tiredly as the nurse left,"I .... guess I was just ... scared .... of losing you ... ,"she said quietly before swallowing as tears filled her eyes,"Jack ... I ... I ... -,she began before her voice caught in her throat, held back by the tears that threatened to overwhelm her.
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Post by Admiral Striker General on Nov 30, 2011 22:21:01 GMT -5
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Admittedly, while the material was fascinating, she kept threatening to nod off as she curled up there on the couch. It was just so nice and warm in her snuggie, and the day had been so slow and--
"Second chances, they don't ever matter, people never change. Once a whore you're nothing more. I'm sorry, that'll never change." Kali was snapped out of her daze by the sound of her phone. "And about forgiveness we're both supposed to have exchanged." She only wished it had been a different, nicer sound, like Leon calling her to ask her to come see something. Instead, the ringtone told her it was Vengeance. Kali rolled her eyes and sighed heavily before putting down the notebook and sitting up to reach for her phone. "I'm sorry honey, but I pass up. Now--"
"You'd better have a damn good reason for this." Whether 'this' meant 'calling' or 'staying gone so long' was unclear, though it probably contained a little of both.
The nurse was.. a little caught off-guard, honestly, but recovered quickly. "Erm.. Yes ma'am." Wait that wasn't Vengeance's voice at all. The woman quickly introduced herself as a nurse and named the hospital from which she was calling. "You do know a Miss... Vengeance?" She did so hope that the er.. eccentric name was something the patient hadn't made up after being hurt or the like.
To her relief, Kali replied with a hesitant but flat, "..I know 'er." But why the hell....?
The nurse quickly went on to explain that Ven appeared to have been injured either in the blast or as part of the aftermath, and had been in the hospital for-- didshejustsayTHREEDAYS? Of course it was only the sheer length of time that caught Kali's attention; the dismissed missed call from just about that long ago didn't even cross her mind. The nurse described the severity of the initial injuries in limited detail but assure Kali that her 'friend' was now stable and recovering.
Kali couldn't deny- even though she would to anyone- that she'd been just a bit worried there for a minute, but sighed now that it looked to be all right. "Well, that should go quickly enough given how she is," she noted dryly.
What Kali intended as an insult- if a slightly grateful one- to Vengeance's listless nature came off to the nurse as grim humor, and she breathed a near-laugh in a similar if slightly uncomfortable vain. "Yes, she certainly seems to be a fighter?"
"S-wha?" As the nurse relayed events a bit, Kali just sat dumbfounded. Screaming? Fighting? Uh.. "Are we talking about the same-" ... 'Vengeance'. Right. "..Don't answer that." No one else had a pseudonym that stu--..... 'Alias.' .... Right...
Kali's free hand covered her face, rubbing her temples. "Oi vey.." she sighed, mostly to herself. "So.... what."
"Excuse me?" The nurse didn't seem to get the question.
"Do we need to get her or something, er..?"
"Er-... No ma'am. She requested you be informed, that's all."
Kali deadpanned. "The fuck'd she do that?" An exasperated sigh escaped her as she flopped backwards on the couch. "Of course I wanted bad news today. Why would she think otherwise?"
The poor nurse was starting to rather regret the call and dread where this was going, but she did her best to remain positive and professional- skills that had become invaluable in her line of work. "W-well, it's good news she's alive and doing this well, yes?"
Bone-dry, Kali answered, "Oh, naturally. She disappears for days and doesn't tell anyone where she's going and dumps her workload here on everyone else, but it's totally cool because she was at least lucky enough to not quite die. Thrilling news."
............ The nurse choked slightly on her words before managing, "Ah-e-..excuse me but... How did you say you know the patient, again?" She was quite aware Kali had never said, but this sounded less nosy.
Kali debated a response, but settled for, "I'm more or less her boss and landlord." By extension, anyway.
"........... I see." Why did these things keep happening? "I'm sorry to bother you ma'am."
"Tell her she'd better have come up with a good excuse for leaving without word by the time she gets home. My boss hasn't been happy about this." How accurate that actually was was questionable.
"Er-right. Well I really do need to call some other patients's contacts and get back to tending them so thank you for your time, I'll let you go now." And with that she hurriedly hung up.
Kali rolled her eyes, then put away her phone before letting out a long grooooaaaan. Did she even want to tell Leon yet? ... Ugh... She'd figure that out when she saw him.
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Post by Jay on Dec 1, 2011 16:44:32 GMT -5
[atrb=style,height:168;width:494;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 #EBA947 groove,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/jacktable2.png,bTable][cs=3] | [atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy] Jack simply sat there by Vengeance as she continued to sleep. After what felt like an hour but was more like ten minutes, he raised a hand and brushed away the annoying shock tears that he'd held back. I hope she's ok.... Cas murmured quietly. Ripper didn't hit any of her vital organs that I remember... Third commented dryly. There was no other voice that was willing to speak up, and with Ripper gone, it fell silent. Thus, Jack sat there in silence as time passed. As Vengeance slowly started to awaken, Jack sucked in a good deal of air and managed a smile. The slur was only partially caught and left a confused expression on BJ's face. It flattened at Vengeance's words.
Before he could say anything, the nurses came in, and Jack shut his mouth. As the questions poured from the nurses, Jack's eyes involuntarily shot at her face looking nearly fearful for a moment. As Ven answered, Jack slowly let out a quiet breath. She didn't remember... Or she does and is just lying to the nurses, you know Third interjected. Jack paled a little, but anyone who saw this could probably have assumed it was from his current predicament rather than worry. As the nurse spoke and left, though, he couldn't help but force a smile. "Yeah I know," he managed to hum despite the fact that this motion in vibrating his throat and causing his lungs to vibrate just a little in turn actually hurt.
Finding a hand on his, Jack looked back at Vengeance, and his features fell slightly at her words. As Vengeance began to speak, Jack bit back a pained smile. "Hey ...I can't die that easily...And you better not be thinking about dieing on me..." he tried to joke, but his own humor was failing him. A flash image of Logan in his mind was enough to kill the smile on his face. Sighing, he shook his head a little despite the weird sensation of pain this somehow brought to him. Damn he really should have asked for more meds. That was like the first rule of being in the hospital. "I...guess you have....questions... maybe...." Jack sighed slowly looking down at his lap. "........You ... can ask anything.. and... I'll try and answer..." he murmured.
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Post by Maid Melody on Dec 1, 2011 18:42:09 GMT -5
[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none] | [atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]Vengeance managed to force back the tears, though not without some effort ... it was mildly disconcerting considering how easy she should have been able to remain calm. But then again, Vengeance wasn't going to worry on what may or may not be when Jack spoke up, attempting to joke about what had happened that day. "Wouldn't ... dream of it ... ," Vengeance replied, smiling slightly at the attempt at humor before falling silent as Jack shook his head. There ... was something wrong, Vengeance could tell but ... after having come so close to losing him ... she didn't want to cause anymore pain. She could still remember that night all too clearly ... watching helplessly as Jack had stabbed himself ... Vengeance had never felt so much .... what was it ... worry? anxiety?fear? ... that was it .... she had never felt so much fear ... in her life. Fear that she would lose him ... that he would leave her ... .
Hearing Jack speak again, Vengeance looked at him and realized she had been subconsciously squeezing his hand tighter when she had been remembering that night. Feeling heat rush to her face, Vengeance loosened her grip and searched Jack's face for a moment before speaking up,"... how long ... ?"she asked, voicing the first question that came to mind. Of course 'how long' could mean any number of things given the circumstances none of which Vengeance was thinking about at the moment ... but then of course the medication was probably contributing to the oversight, though the considerable emotional trauma surely hadn't helped either. [/scrolly] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;] |
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Post by Jay on Dec 1, 2011 18:50:46 GMT -5
[atrb=style,height:168;width:494;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 #EBA947 groove,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/jacktable2.png,bTable][cs=3] | [atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy]The question stunned him, and he sincerely didn't know how to accurately answer. How long what? How long had Ripper been around? Eighteen years... had it really been that long? Yes... it was around then... Or..... Maybe she means how many days she has been unconscious for Third mused dryly. Or...or maybe she means how long until they'll let us all out! Cas said causing Jack to fidget for a moment. He'd forgotten Casanova was around considering Third had taken up the most talking as of late. "How long what?" he finally asked not bothering to try and figure out what she meant. [/scrolly] | [atrb=style,width:154;border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;][atrb=height,27][cs=3] |
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Post by Maid Melody on Dec 1, 2011 19:25:48 GMT -5
[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none] | [atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]Vengeance blinked upon having the question asked of her again before realizing that she hadn't really specified what exactly she was questioning about. Mentally kicking herself for being so slow in realizing what she had ... or rather hadn't stated, Vengeance breathed out slowly, closing her eyes briefly as she thought how to restate the question,"How long ... have they been around ... ?"she asked quietly, eyes searching Jack's face as she spoke,"Why ... why didn't you tell me ... before ... when Cas ...- ." Vengeance's voice cut out at that point when she again felt the knifing pain in her shoulder, making her breath in rather sharply and force herself to take shallower breaths. [/scrolly] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;] |
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Post by Jay on Dec 1, 2011 19:31:40 GMT -5
[atrb=style,height:168;width:494;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 #EBA947 groove,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/jacktable2.png,bTable][cs=3] | [atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy]Jack bit his lip and closed his eyes as he heard the question specified. So you were right, BJ... heh... Third laughed but fell silent again. We all came about at different times! Cas shouted causing Jack to cringe just a little. Opening his eyes again, Jack looked back at Vengeance. "Since I was a kid..." he answered back quietly as his eyes averted away from Vengeance. "They've been around since ... almost as far as I can remember back...Well....one has... the others sort of ... came after...." he mumbled before falling silent, not answering Vengeance's second question. Why didn't he tell? Well... because he never told anyone. Wasn't that a good enough reason? Somehow it wasn't. [/scrolly] | [atrb=style,width:154;border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;][atrb=height,27][cs=3] |
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Post by Maid Melody on Dec 1, 2011 19:59:12 GMT -5
[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none] | [atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]A small shiver ran through Vengeance when Jack told her how long he had lived with those voices ... as much from the cold as from what she had just heard. Had he had to live with the threat of them taking over for just as long ... ? She couldn't imagine having to go through that ... couldn't imagine what it had been like ... squeezing Jack's hand a little tighter,"They're not ... all ... like ... that ... are they ... ?"Vengeance asked quietly, her eyes showing a flicker of what could be described as fear though she made no move to withdraw her hand. If anything, her grip was even tighter as she asked the question, Vengeance didn't want to face that ... that ... thing again ... . It hadn't been Jack ... . The memory of what Ripper had asked of her ... had told her came to mind then.
"He has no one! I have no one! Never have! Never want one!"
Vengeance closed her eyes as another shudder coursed through her body, tears threatening to come once again, before she opened her eyes again and looked at Jack," You ... have me ... ,"she whispered, her voice sounding a little hoarse. Jack may not know where the words had come from but ... Vengeance wasn't going to leave them unspoken ... . Vengeance's encounter with Ripper haunted her ... and ... she didn't want to have to face that monster again ... or at least for a long time ... a very long time.[/scrolly] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;] |
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Post by Jay on Dec 1, 2011 20:10:26 GMT -5
[atrb=style,height:168;width:494;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 #EBA947 groove,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/jacktable2.png,bTable][cs=3] | [atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy]The question that followed that made Jack internally squirm, yet after a moment, he shook his heads lowly. "No...not... like him..." he murmured sighing slightly. "But....he was the first....of them all....." At Vengeance's words, Jack looked confused for a moment before his entire visage settled and he slowly looked downwards again. An oddly comforting feeling was settling in him... for now at least. "I...never intended to... let any of them out...but..." he gulped a little as he simply sat there. Slight tears broke, and Jack's shoulders shook softly. "But I... I let him... I...I left myself open for... for that...I....I lost, and I couldn't find and...and I .....I was scared...and..I...I...but...I....and he...and...but...." Jack was melting into a pool of quiet 'I's by this point and making about as much sense as quantum mechanics to an English major. [/scrolly] | [atrb=style,width:154;border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;][atrb=height,27][cs=3] |
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Post by Maid Melody on Dec 1, 2011 23:25:53 GMT -5
[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none] | [atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]Vengeance closed her eyes briefly when Jack told her that there wasn't another one like Ripper and breathed out softly. To say she was relieved about the revelation was an understatement but then again, if Vengeance didn't have to face another Ripper it would be all too soon. When Jack started to speak again, telling her how Ripper was the first and then beginning to say that he didn't intend for them to take over. Squeezing Jack's hand a little tighter, Vengeance was about to speak when Jack started all but blubbering about what had happened which alarmed Vengeance more than anything else. Using her free arm to push the barrier between them down, Vengeance pulled the covers aside and slid out of bed, nearly falling to the floor in the process but managing at least to stop herself before kneeling next to Jack's wheelchair. Vengeance ... had never felt so weak ... and it didn't help that her vision was all but swimming in front of her eyes.
Using the wheelchair's arm to pull herself up, Vengeance more or less sat on the arm of the wheel chair and put her other arm around Jack while leaning her head against his, her long hair falling into his lap and covering both their faces as a result. "Shhhhh .... ,"Vengeance finally said, having no idea what Jack had just tried to tell her,"Jack .... it ... it'll be all right ... ,"she continued, her own voice faltering slightly as tears threatened to choke off her words. Of course Vengeance wasn't quite sure if she believed her own words ... but she needed to believe them ... needed them to be true if not for her sake ... then for Jack's. Vengeance had never seen him so ... unhappy and ... part of her was scared ... but the reason behind the fear escaped her; all she could do right now is be with him. The sensors which had been attached to her though they hadn't fallen off quite yet were stretched to their limit ... one simple push and they would be torn from her thus bringing the nurses in a hurry. This simple truth didn't even occur to Vengeance at the moment though, if anything, the only thing she had been thinking about was Jack.[/scrolly] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;] |
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Post by Jay on Dec 2, 2011 0:26:30 GMT -5
[atrb=style,height:168;width:494;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 #EBA947 groove,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/jacktable2.png,bTable][cs=3] | [atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy]The squeeze on the hand was not enough to get Jack to stop, and his series of 'I's and sometimes 'He's continued on rather viciously in his speech that somehow made perfect sense to him. As Vengeance slid out of the bed, Jack froze for a moment alarmed. "You shouldn't---" he started before Vengeance managed to stop herself.
As Vengeance pulled herself up and sat on the arm of his wheelchair, he simply continued to stutter. The words were finally what caused the stuttering to fade slowly. It... It'll be alright? No it wouldn't! It....It wouldn't be alright until he said whatever it was he needed to say, but even what exactly he had been truing to get out was somehow slipping through his fingers. After a moment, he simply shut both eyes and sucked in quiet air despite the pain in his side.
He was quiet for a while, submerged in the relentless chaos of thought that somehow confounded all possible speech. However, in that time, his body relaxed a bit at least. "I...I've... done bad things... in Ripper's name... even when he wasn't in control... just... to get him to stop....the things he said.... in my head...." he spoke softly, barely over a whisper, but there it was: the first actual logical sentence. [/scrolly] | [atrb=style,width:154;border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;][atrb=height,27][cs=3] |
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Post by Maid Melody on Dec 2, 2011 3:20:46 GMT -5
[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none] | [atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]Vengeance remained quiet while Jack sat there, she wished that she could help ... to say anything that would stop him from hurting ... but no words came. As Jack spoke, Vengeance closed her eyes, feeling tears that she had tried to hide spill down her cheeks and subsequently onto his head."I ... I can't imagine ... but ... I know ... at least in part ... what you went through,"Vengeance whispered as tears continued to run down her cheeks,"... a voice ... before ... before I met you ... telling me I was weak ... a fool ... . A voice not my own ... she haunted me ... may haunt me still ... ever since ... I found my father ... that day ... . I believed her ... ." This said, Vengeance stopped briefly to allow Jack to think about what she'd just revealed, taking a breath, Vengeance continued,"It ... it doesn't matter Jack ... not to me ... . We can ... we can fight him ... together ... you ... you're not alone ... not anymore ... ,"she whispered, her voice raw with the emotion behind her words,"I won't ... won't let him ... have you ... ."[/scrolly] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;] |
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Post by Jay on Dec 2, 2011 19:09:10 GMT -5
[atrb=style,height:168;width:494;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 #EBA947 groove,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/jacktable2.png,bTable][cs=3] | [atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy]The feeling of dropping liquid on his head caused Jack to simply bite his lip and close his eyes. However, as she began speaking, he shook slightly. He didn't understand what she meant by 'that day' but felt as though he should have....As Vengeance's spoke, Jack slowly smirked despite everything. "I...." he started but fell silent again unable to find the words that he wanted to say. EEEEEEE She's so sweet ;3; was all Cas chimmed in with.
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Post by Maid Melody on Dec 2, 2011 20:05:53 GMT -5
[cs=2][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/ventable2.png,bTable][atrb=style,width:425px;height:115px;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 maroon ridge,bTable] | [atrb=style,width:20;border:0 black none] | [atrb=style,height:255;width:200;border:0 black none;color:#333333;][scrolly:h(255),w(196),sy,as(padding-right:6px;)]Vengeance said nothing more but simply sat there, ignoring the slight burning sensation in her shoulder she was beginning to feel for keeping her arm around Jack for so long. In Vengeance's mind, a little pain was nothing ... she had been through much worse before and wouldn't let it separate her from Jack ... not now ... not ever. The tears had stopped by this time, and Vengeance felt her eyes growing heavy but ... she wasn't going to succumb to sleep just yet. Hearing Jack begin to say something, Vengeance opened her eyes,"You ... what ... ?"she whispered, lifting her head slightly so that she could look at Jack. The action caused the world to spin slightly causing Vengeance to grip the back of the wheel chair more firmly lest she fall backwards, after a moment though the sensation passed allowing Vengeance to look at Jack, eyes filled with emotion that she wasn't even trying to hide.[/scrolly] | [atrb=style,border:0 black none;] | [cs=3][atrb=style,height:25;border:0 black none;] |
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