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Post by Shadi on Feb 4, 2008 11:13:35 GMT -5
*Shadi followed him out calmly, but once the door was closed behind them she rounded on him.*
"Who are you and where have you been?"
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Post by Simon Tam on Feb 5, 2008 8:21:40 GMT -5
*Simon's eyes grew wide at the sudeen interrogation.*
"I...I'm Simon. I mean, I'm River's brother. Her real brother. I've been looking for her for close on a year. But River...you must know by now that she has a mind of her own."
*His eyes narrowed.*
"What about you? Who are you, really?"
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Post by Shadi on Feb 5, 2008 10:35:26 GMT -5
*Well. He didn't seem duplicitous. But appearances...*
"Just who I saw. Shadi Khan. I was living in the opera when I met River, and we... we stuck together. Took care of each other."
*She glanced back at the door to River's room.*
"Not so well, lately, I guess. She was the first family I ever had."
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Post by Simon Tam on Feb 6, 2008 21:52:11 GMT -5
*Simon frowned, but tried to be sympathetic.*
"Thank you...for looking out for her."
Too bad that you couldn't save her from this...situation.
*He fidgeted.*
"She's...there were some complications...there may be a period of adjustment..."
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Post by Shadi on Feb 7, 2008 1:31:20 GMT -5
*Shadi looked down.*
"I should have been there. I was distracted."
*She looked up then, her green eyes meeting his calmly.*
"But it doesn't mean I don't love her. Tell me what's wrong."
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Post by River on Feb 7, 2008 6:55:18 GMT -5
*Inside the room River slowly backed away against the wall. She had dug her nails into her bandages and was shaking violently.*
"Rhabdophobia, Bogyphobia, Merinthophobia, Teratophobia, Demonophobia, Soteriophobia, Iatrophobia, Lyssophobia, Mnemophobia, Scelerophobia."
*River whispered softly, but hysterical. When she had backed up against the wall she slowly slipped to the ground.*
"Fruity Oaty Bars Make a man out of a mouse Fruity Oaty Bars Make you bust out of your blouse Eat them all the time Let them blow your mind."
*She kept repeating those lines.*
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Post by Simon Tam on Feb 7, 2008 8:57:22 GMT -5
*Simon shifted nervously, as unhappy to admit it to himself as to Shadi.*
"There...was a fire. She's badly burned. Her eyes..."
*He swallowed.*
"They're gone."
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Post by Shadi on Feb 7, 2008 9:48:29 GMT -5
*Tears sprang into her own at his words.*
"Oh my god," *she said, her guts turned to lead suddenly.* "It's my fault. I was supposed to be looking out for her. I left her... I left..."
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Post by Simon Tam on Feb 7, 2008 12:13:19 GMT -5
*Simon took her hand gently, even as his own trembled slightly, he tried to stay calm for her.*
"Come on now. If you've spent any time with River, you know that no power in the 'verse can keep her out of harm's way. It's no one's fault."
It's mine for losing her like that.
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Post by Shadi on Feb 7, 2008 13:41:04 GMT -5
*She didn't cry. Shadi never cried unless she meant to. And hell, she'd been plagued by evil paintings at the time.
Still didn't make her feel much better. She looked up at him shrewdly.*
"Aren't you from the future or something? Can't you do something for her?"
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Post by Simon Tam on Feb 8, 2008 0:39:24 GMT -5
*She had a point, but this would be complicated, even there.*
"Maybe with the right tools, but...."
*He sighed, consumed by hopelessness.*
"Everything is so backwater here. I don't even know where to start. I might just make it worse."
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Post by Shadi on Feb 8, 2008 11:25:15 GMT -5
"Worse than blind?" *Shadi asked archly.* "You can't just... Does she know?"
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Post by River on Feb 12, 2008 9:41:06 GMT -5
*Inside the room River hugged her knees. She didn't want to be scared. She feared fear.*
"Who's there?"
*River turned her head up to the ceiling.*
"I can hear you."
*Any normal person would only hear silence. River heard more. A harsh voice coming from nowhere and everywhere. The voice cut through her like a knife.*
"Why?"
*River relaxed the grip on her knees.*
"You could .... help me? But who are you."
*Silence.*
"But I want to know. Can't trust you if I don't. Can't talk to strangers, can't talk to ... "
*Image filled Rivers head. It was too much! She was going to burst. River screamed.*
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Post by Shadi on Feb 12, 2008 10:16:53 GMT -5
*Shadi tore into the room and straight to River's side. She didn't know if, or where, she could touch her.*
"River! I'm here. I'm here."
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Post by River on Feb 12, 2008 10:21:20 GMT -5
"Burning! Burning!"
*River screeched.*
''They are all burning! They are all dead!"
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