There Yet

Scenes taking place outside of London or Muir, but still on the Islands.

There Yet

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Tue Feb 05, 2019 7:22 pm

A rented Volkswagen turns into the parking lot of Doctor MacKinnon Memorial Hospital, a tall German lady at the wheel, gritting her teeth after the long drive with her passengers. She circles and finally pulls into a parking spot.
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
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Aspect: Steeped in Blood
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Re: There Yet

Postby Nailah Weaver » Tue Feb 05, 2019 7:29 pm

Nailah, who had commandeered the stereo with her phone much to Isolde's chagrin, takes her feet off the dashboard.

"Want us to leave one of the windows cracked for you?" Nailah wise-cracks at Isolde.
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Re: There Yet

Postby Narrator » Wed Feb 06, 2019 4:04 pm

The hospital itself looks small. More of a stop-over for serious case or handling of less serious injuries. There's a well-built and well-used helipad off to one side of the hospital. All-in-all, nothing appears out of the ordinary. Just a quiet place in a small village in the Scottish isles.
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Re: There Yet

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Wed Feb 06, 2019 5:31 pm

"You're making it hard to justify taking you along," she says as she gets out of the car.
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
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Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: There Yet

Postby Nailah Weaver » Wed Feb 06, 2019 5:45 pm

"I mean, you turned somebody into a werewolf and tried to kill my roommate who you're now, like, dating or something..." she says as if that explains it when she's mainly just uncertain how to act around the older woman.
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Re: There Yet

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:05 pm

"Do you feel left out? I could likely talk Wanda into a double-date," she smirks casually as she leads Tosh and Nailah into the hospital.
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
Aspect: Older Than She Looks
Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: There Yet

Postby Nailah Weaver » Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:46 pm

"With whom?" Nailah asks, confused.
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Re: There Yet

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:48 pm

"Oh, I'm supposed to find you a date, too?"
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Aspect: Steeped in Blood
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Re: There Yet

Postby Nailah Weaver » Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:58 pm

"Yeah, you're right, it's probably entertaining enough to watch you dance. What's the latest craze you were in on? Ballroom waltz? The Charleston?"
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Re: There Yet

Postby Narrator » Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:22 am

The entry room of the hospital has more in common with a doctor's office than most hospitals. A small desk with a receptionist oversees small islands of waiting room-style chairs. The receptionist is an older woman with the air of a volunteer who watches the mismatched group enter the waiting room with the expectancy of someone who likes answering questions.
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Re: There Yet

Postby Toshiro Narumi » Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:52 pm

"My money's on Gangnam Style," Tosh smirked.
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Re: There Yet

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Tue Feb 12, 2019 7:02 pm

"Hello," she says as she spies the volunteer.

"We're from X-Corporation. We want to verify the likelihood of the recent animal attack actually being spurred by mutant activity."
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
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Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: There Yet

Postby Narrator » Tue Feb 12, 2019 7:06 pm

"I..." That seems to throw the woman for a bit. "I'll have to call the administrator." She picks up the phone and dials a number, giving them a patient smile.
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Re: There Yet

Postby Nailah Weaver » Wed Feb 13, 2019 7:30 pm

"You'd think she's never seen somebody with wings before..." Nailah mutters to Tosh. "Bet you could make her faint by going all shark."
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Re: There Yet

Postby Narrator » Wed Feb 13, 2019 7:49 pm

After a bit, a man with grey sprinkled through his red hair and beard appears. He's wearing a doctor's coat and relaxed business attire that includes a bowtie and a stethoscope around his neck with a name tag that marks him as 'Doctor MacReady.' "Good day. I'm Doctor MacReady. Matilda here says you folks are from X-Corp?"
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Re: There Yet

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Wed Feb 13, 2019 7:52 pm

"Right. We were hoping we might be able to explain some of the oddities with the recent animal attack. I understand you're not used to dealing with something this severe in the immediate area."
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
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Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: There Yet

Postby Narrator » Wed Feb 13, 2019 7:57 pm

"The occasional hiker who has a fall or breaks a leg is more our typical case. Wild animal attacks just aren't as common up here. You mind if I trouble you for ID?"
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Re: There Yet

Postby Nailah Weaver » Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:02 pm

"Sure." she says and pulls out her passport that has a, perhaps superfluous, red MUTANT stamped across it the background.
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Re: There Yet

Postby Toshiro Narumi » Thu Feb 14, 2019 3:25 pm

"Not a problem," Tosh said, showing his driver's license.
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Re: There Yet

Postby Narrator » Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:32 pm

He looks over their IDs. "A bit young for X-Corp employees aren't you?" He looks at Isolde, "Showing interns the ropes. I remember those days."
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Re: There Yet

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:38 pm

"They have to learn somehow, eh?"
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
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Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: There Yet

Postby Narrator » Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:53 pm

"This is quite the startling case to learn on," he says with a gesture, leading them back into the hospital. "You think this might have some sort of mutant connection?"
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Re: There Yet

Postby Nailah Weaver » Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:59 pm

Nailah rolls her eyes at Isolde behind the receptionists back.

"It could have. Animal... uh... characteristics are common physical mutations and if this was a mutant then you'd want mutants handling it, right?"
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Re: There Yet

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Thu Feb 14, 2019 9:04 pm

"As well, wouldn't it be a boon if you knew it wasn't just a wild animal you're looking for?"

"It would be a nasty surprise to animal control if they weren't prepared for something that's a bit smarter."
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
Aspect: Older Than She Looks
Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: There Yet

Postby Narrator » Thu Feb 14, 2019 9:10 pm

"Of course, of course. We didn't call you earlier because, well, the injuries looked so much like a pack of some sort of canines, dogs we assume, that we didn't even consider that as a possibility." He stops outside one of the hospitals few long term rooms. "I'll warn you. Her injuries are severe." He opens the door and from inside the room comes the steady whir and hum of medical equipment.
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Re: There Yet

Postby Narrator » Fri Feb 15, 2019 5:23 pm

The woman in the bed is covered in bandages everywhere except her head. There are a few scratches on her head, but nothing that appears serious. Long iron gray hair is allowed to lay loose on her pillow. It may just be the bandages, but the woman looks well-muscled in build. "She's been unresponsive since we brought her in. She seems to be stable, but with injuries this severe at her age, I'm not sure if she'll ever wake up. I'm not sure what it is you hope to find here." He looks around the group, "Just try not to disturb her if you can. I'll be outside with the nurse if you need something," Doctor MacReady says as he excuses himself, leaving them in the room alone.

In the back of Isolde's head, she can feel a small rustle like wind through grass.
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Re: There Yet

Postby Nailah Weaver » Fri Feb 15, 2019 5:27 pm

"Dang... she got messed up real bad..." Nailah says quietly.
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Re: There Yet

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Feb 15, 2019 6:21 pm

"There's... something here," Isolde says, her eyes unfocused.

She tries to catch that hint, hone in on it.
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
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Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: There Yet

Postby Narrator » Fri Feb 15, 2019 6:32 pm

The more she tries to hone in on it, the more it tries to slip from her grasp. The woman's definitely not werewolf. She can almost smell it, that weakness inherent to humanity. The thing that makes them so much prey. And yet, she feels a sense of loss. Briefly, a long forgotten memory flashes across her brain. She'd been a young woman then and soldiers from a skirmish near Wurzburg were burying their dead. She can remember the looks on their faces as their comrades were placed in the ground.
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Re: There Yet

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Feb 15, 2019 6:46 pm

"Why is this...?"

She purses her lips, lost in thought.
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Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: There Yet

Postby Nailah Weaver » Fri Feb 15, 2019 6:49 pm

"I feel like a secondary character in one of those dumb police procedural. She's like Bones, except with weird werewolf baloney."
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Re: There Yet

Postby Narrator » Fri Feb 15, 2019 7:02 pm

The woman doesn't seem to wake, but still she mutters something, almost lost among even the soft noise of the equipment. 'For the Earth Mother loves them, so we...' Nailah catches sight of a single tear rolling down the old woman's cheek.

That sense of loss begins to build on Isolde.
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Re: There Yet

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Feb 15, 2019 8:36 pm

"...earth mother." She says, snapping to attention.

"...were you the child, or were you the guardian?"
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
Aspect: Older Than She Looks
Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: There Yet

Postby Narrator » Fri Feb 15, 2019 8:55 pm

It seems to take some effort, but the woman's eyes open, though they're looking at nothing. "... so we guard them with love. He's... gone."
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Re: There Yet

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:27 pm

"...I'm going to have to kill Eric," she mutters through gritted teeth.
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
Aspect: Older Than She Looks
Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: There Yet

Postby Toshiro Narumi » Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:32 pm

"So is she... you know?" Tosh asked hesitantly.
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Aspect: Crowded Brain
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Aspect: Guilty Conscience

Re: There Yet

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:11 pm

"She's bereaved on a level most people wouldn't understand."
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
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Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: There Yet

Postby Nailah Weaver » Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:40 pm

"Wait, I thought bereaved meant you lost somebody. You think whatever did this to her killed someone as well?"
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Re: There Yet

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:59 pm

"...her husband."

"She was... supposed to protect him."
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High Concept: Broken Fairy Tale
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Aspect: Steeped in Blood
Aspect: Ledger Wiped Clean
Aspect: Guardian of the Child

Re: There Yet

Postby Narrator » Fri Feb 15, 2019 11:24 pm

At the mention of her husband, the woman closes her eyes and the tears starts to flow more freely.
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