毒药 * Poison [Video]

[gemofshanghai]

Good evening.

[Jem smiled at the Dreamberry screen, leaning forward. He appears to be wearing an unbelted robe and a t-shirt, the closest he can find to the dressing gowns and sleep shirts he's used to, sitting on his carefully made bed, his violin nearby. Another sleepless night]

I was wondering--

[Jem's sentence was cut off by a violent fit of

Comments

action.

[halfthelady]

[Normally, Jessamine wouldn't care about Jem. I mean sure, he's nice enough but really? If he has some sort of condition (and from what Will told her it's something that's certainly not spoken about town but rather in the hushed corners of allyways) then that's his problem and certainly not hers. She only spoke to him when needed and being here in Somarium had really been no different

[Action]

[gemofshanghai]

[Jem was on his knees in front of the bed, the Dreamberry within reach, covered in bloody fingerprints. He glanced desperately at the door with eyes gone white, his vision blurring]

Close the door. [He managed to croak, not wanting anyone else to see or to worry. Less witnesses = less to explain]

action.

[halfthelady]

[Jessamine does what she's told and hurries over to his side, picking up his Dreamberry as she does not even really noticing the blood now. Jem may notice her slight hesitation when it comes to figuring out what to do next though. She could lecture him all she wants, but this looks worse than it did on the Dreamberry. Jessamine finally helps him back up to his bed before trying to give him her sternest look. It kind of fails though.]

Are you going to explain to me what happened or are you going to give me a silly excuse like Will usually does?

Re: action.

[gemofshanghai]

[Jem is light-headed by the time he reaches the bed, sinking back onto one elbow]

Would you...believe it? [He lay back against the bed, squeezing his eyes closed]

Under the bed. [He's asking her to look, preferably before he passes out]

action.

[halfthelady]

[She sniffs a little bit before she replies.] That all depends on y actually informing me about what is actually going on Jem.

[Jessamine bends down quickly to look under the bed but she has no clue what she's looking for. there's a small box which she assumes is what he wants her to get and she extracts it.]

[Action]

[gemofshanghai]

While I would love to...indulge your curiosity, I might...need a few minutes to come up with...a clever retort. [Jem replied, laying his head back in defeat. His body was useless. As he closed his eyes, brief flashes of images taunted his closed eyelids. He was on the verge of hallucinations]

action.

[halfthelady]

[Before Jessamine can come up with her own retort to that, Jem has collapsed on the bed and she's beginning to panic.]

Jem! Oh, for the Angel's sake, Jem, don't do this to me!

[Her eyes flit to the box in her hand and open it to reveal a powdery white substance. Her first thought is of course, the obvious: opium. While she doesn't approve, she's heard about what can happen to people if they're already addicted and need it in their system. How is she supposed to give this to him? She's not just going to shove it down his mouth. Jessamine searches the room for something to use and her eyes fall on a cup of tea on the near bedside table.

Without any hesitation she reaches for the teaspoon on the saucer, scoops some of the powder into the cup and mixes before gingerly sitting on the bed beside Jem. She lifts his head up with some difficulty and with a bit of a commanding tone, she speaks to him.]

Open your mouth.

[Action]

[gemofshanghai]

[Jem's eyelids fluttered open again, but he wasn't seeing Jessamine. She looked like a Dravek demon and Jem found himself recoiling against the pillows, shaking hand groping the sheets for his stele, for a seraph blade, something, mouth opening, but in a silent scream]

action.

[halfthelady]

[Jessamine almost spills the tea when Jem recoils. She's never seen him like this and it almost makes her scared. Jem is usually calm and composed and to see him like this was absolutely nervewrecking.

If her mother saw her now...Griting her teeth, she holds him down as best she can before pouring the liquid down his throat and shutting his mouth so that he swallows it.]

Re: action.

[gemofshanghai]

[Claws were digging into his throat! He couldn't breathe, couldn't breathe, By the Angel, he was going to die.

Finally.

But then he was choking on tea? Jem reflexively swallowed the cold tea, spiced with something bitter and familiar, until his throat was cleared again. Almost immediately he felt the warmth flare in his face, the sparks shooting into his fingertips. Then he took a sudden, deep breath, seeing pinpricks, then seeing Jessamine.

Jem blinked]

Tea...in bed. How gauche. [He tried to joke, relieved as he rode the surge of energy that always followed an episode and the administration of the "medicine"]

action.

[halfthelady]

[Holding him down is harder than it looks and when he finally regains conciousness, Jessamine is panting slightly and there's some colour in her cheeks. She immediately lets go of him and places the tea cup on the side of the bed with perhaps more force than she should have used.]

Pardon me for not wanting to stuff the powder up your nose. I had no other way to administer what I'm assuming is your medicine.

[She stands up, turning to face Jem with her hands on her hips. Can you tell she's not impressed with you, Jem?] Now, for putting me through that, I do believe you owe me an explaination. A proper one.

Re: action.

[gemofshanghai]

Yes. [Jem agreed immediately, without question. He wasn't particularly phased by the attitude she was putting off, but more moved by his own gratitude and shock that she'd gone through with it]

But first... thank you. [Jem whispered, reaching out to touch his fingertips to the edge of her hand, which was as far as he could reach without moving the rest of his body]

action.

[halfthelady]

[She pulls back slightly not out of disgust, but mere surprise. Jessamine blinks a moment before nodding as her body posture becomes less hostile. Her response however, is a dead give away that she was flustered by the sudden thank you. She doesn't get that a lot.]

Well I wasn't just about to let you die now, was I?

Re: action.

[gemofshanghai]

[Jem smiled a little, as if her defensive retort had been sweet instead]

I would have done the same for you.

[Jem's arm fell away, lax against the bed]

action.

[halfthelady]

I should hope so.

[Don't think that she's letting you get away without telling her what happened.]

Now tell me what happened. And if you try to give me an excuse like Will usually does, I'll know.

Re: action.

[gemofshanghai]

[Jem smiled half-heartedly]

I wish you... and he both weren't so vicious to one another. He's the only one who doesn't believe I'm a worthless addict, and say as much behind my back. And I owe my life to him, so many times over.

[He glanced up, one brow raised] He does have a good heart, you know. His mouth aside.

[Jem sighed] You think it's opium, don't you?