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Jan. 2nd, 2010 02:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The rafters have a few advantages.
They're comfortable, for one thing! (If you're River Tam.) And interesting. And sometimes you find candy. And they provide a fun change of perspective.
And sometimes they're a good way to find people.
They're comfortable, for one thing! (If you're River Tam.) And interesting. And sometimes you find candy. And they provide a fun change of perspective.
And sometimes they're a good way to find people.
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Date: 2010-01-07 06:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-08 11:26 pm (UTC)Beat.
"You are. Too. Services rendered are the chronological roadmap."
"Pick a card, the house falls down."
River's fingers shift against the air in small, irregular motions, and her body is held a little too tightly with effort. Communicating clearly is hard, and she's never completely sure if she's managing.
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Date: 2010-01-08 11:30 pm (UTC)A chronological roadmap--
"And there's a time limit?"
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Date: 2010-01-08 11:46 pm (UTC)"Call it the results."
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Date: 2010-01-09 12:56 am (UTC)She sounds sincerely apologetic. This obviously isn't easy for River, and Nita gets the sense that asking for clarification makes it harder. But she's got to understand this as clearly as she can.
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Date: 2010-01-09 01:01 am (UTC)(If she's frustrated, it's not by Nita. And it's a frustration she's very used to.)
"It's a variable. Time's not relevant."
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Date: 2010-01-09 01:07 am (UTC)"--Oh! You mean Puck's released when he finishes whatever he's doing for the other party?"
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Date: 2010-01-09 01:40 am (UTC)Then she nods firmly.
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Date: 2010-01-09 02:22 am (UTC)"Did he manage to tell you what exactly he's doing? What the task is?"
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Date: 2010-01-09 05:46 am (UTC)Communication with River is an uncertain science in all sorts of ways, and that's even more true of her conversation with Puck than of this one with Nita.
"Time to go to ground," she says, half a question.
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Date: 2010-01-09 05:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-09 06:16 am (UTC)Only secondarily! So mostly no.
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Date: 2010-01-09 06:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-09 06:53 am (UTC)"I don't know."
Her shoulders are tight with frustration; her gaze jerks sideways, to the doorknob and the soundproofed door beyond. She presses stiff fingers to her thigh, skating them over the slightly crumpled fabric of her skirt.
"The words hid. And I can't see what they're underneath."
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Date: 2010-01-09 06:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-09 07:11 am (UTC)"It's not relevant."
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Date: 2010-01-09 07:17 am (UTC)Damned if you do . . .
"Can I ask about the other party?"
She's pretty certain it's the vampire, but it can't hurt to check.
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Date: 2010-01-09 07:20 am (UTC)So that's a yes.
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Date: 2010-01-09 07:21 am (UTC)"So. The vampire?" She swallows. "Just checking."
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Date: 2010-01-09 07:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-09 07:39 am (UTC)(I prefer the quiet and the comfort of darkness. . . . I have forgotten my manners.)
I know."
She folds her arms, tucking the bite on her wrist against herself.
"You don't have any suggestions for finding lost memories, do you?" she adds, very rueful, then shakes her head. "Sorry. That's kind of -- tangential."
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Date: 2010-01-09 08:00 am (UTC)River's posture is a little hunched; her gaze is now firmly fixed on something across the room.
(The names of the doctors. The names of the teachers. What were they?)
Low, "Hypnosis is a proven facilitator. Under optimized conditions."
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Date: 2010-01-09 08:04 am (UTC)"I'd thought about that," slowly, "but I don't think I know anyone with that particular skill set."
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Date: 2010-01-11 03:06 pm (UTC)"Watch the bullets."
If Roland comes around again, maybe.
A beat; her eyes dart back to Nita. "Ask the undermind. You know it. Just got hidden."
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Date: 2010-01-12 07:17 am (UTC)"I know," tiredly. "I guess if I'm supposed to find it, I'll find it. The Powers have a way of making that kind of thing work out."
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