[Log] An unexpected reunion
After Jeff's rather drastic "enhancement," he gets a surprise visitor.
* Jeff_Levitt , unsurprisingly, can't sleep. What with being combined with a nocturnal animal, having a whole new body to contend with, and realizing that his sentience is probably hanging by a thread, it's not making for a restful night. By now the hospital (or wherever he is) is quiet even to his hearing, and all that's left is to stare at the ceiling, vaguely wishing there was something on it he could hang upside down from.
Gabriel: Quiet, and then there is the sound of footsteps, not far down the hallway. Funny he hadn't heard them sooner. They approach his door and stop.
* Jeff_Levitt stirs uncomfortably in his bed, ears perking up.
Gabriel: There are small clicks coming from the lock; this does not sound like someone with a key. Even so, it doesn't take long before the handle turns and the door starts to open, the light from the hall cutting through the darkness.
* Jeff_Levitt 's ears swivel towards the source of the noise, and there's a hiss of pain when the door opens. Ow, *bright.* He quickly tightens his wings around himself and squints at the silhouette in the door. "Who's there?" he says, his voice recognizable but pitched high and grating.
Gabriel: A figure slips in, a bit taller than his usual visitor Dr. Marco, and closes it behind itself quickly. The door locks; the presence inside the room smells clean and masculine.
Jeff_Levitt: It's a typical hospital room, nothing fancy. There's an IV stand off to the side, and an empty basket on the table next to Jeff filled with the ravaged remains of a large assortment of fruits. The half man, half bat blinks rapidly at the figure, willing his night vision to come back. "What do you want?" he asks, sounding more resigned than anything else.
Gabriel: The voice may be a surprise. It may bring memories, positive or negative. It may just be the icing on the proverbial cake. "Are they treating you well here?"
Jeff_Levitt: There's a stunned silence for a long moment. "*...Gabriel?*" He asks timidly, peering at him in the darkness. "...it *is* you! Oh thank God. Gabriel, please. You have to get me *out* of here. Th-the Clinics. Or...or *something.* Maybe they can *fix* this." He stops his babbling long enough to extend a wing. He's a *bat,* Gabriel!
Gabriel: "What has he done to you?" Gabriel doesn't turn the lights on, nor does he move from his spot, half-way into the room. Not close enough to the bed to reach, but not as close to the door as to leave quickly.
* Jeff_Levitt is practically hyperventilating. "He turned me into a fucking *bat,* Gabriel! I thought this was a hospital! I just wanted to get my *leg* fixed and...Christ, just *look* at me! He's insane! Please, you have to help me. There's a way out, right?"
Gabriel: No movement. Just the breathing of the other man and the smell, and perhaps the feel of eyes upon him in the near dark. "The way out is through. I need to ask you some questions."
izzyryu: There's a high-pitched chitter in response, followed by a muffled curse as he clamps down on it. "Sorry, just...comes out sometimes. But yes, anything! What do you want to know?"
Gabriel: "What home world does Soze hail from?"
Jeff_Levitt: There's silence as he blinks at Gabriel in confusion. "Soze? Why? What happened? Is he all right?" Gabriel might see his fur begin to stand on end in agitation.
Gabriel: He reaches over and finally flips on the light. The scars on the left side of his neck identify him as which Gabriel he's speaking to. He's dressed much like one of the doctors there, slacks and tie, white coat. He also has a slim collar around his neck, which doesn't look like it's the usual fashion. "I need to find him."
Jeff_Levitt: "*Skree!*" Jeff ducks his head behind his wings, sheltering his eyes. He's gotten rid of the remains of the hospital gown, and only the bedsheets keep him decent. His body shed as much mass as it could to make him flight-capable, so his chest is sunken and emaciated. It takes his eyes a few moments to recover.
Gabriel: "... sorry." He actually sounds it, and turns the light back off. "I didn't realize..." And he is sorry, seriously. Mutants are his people, after all. Even if... well. It's complicated.
Jeff_Levitt: "It's all right...ow...gimme a minute." Eventually he manages to look up, squinting through half-closed eyes. "I...I don't know, exactly. It's one of the mundane Earths, I know that much. Time's a bit out of sync. It's um...1995, I think?" He breaks off. "Gabriel, what are you doing here? Is this your world? How did I get here? I can't remember *anything.*"
Gabriel: "Can you remember anything more specific? Co-ordinates, anything? It's very important."
* Jeff_Levitt frowns a moment, thinking, then shakes his head. "No. I'm sorry. I was there once, back when...um. The whole mess with when he killed all those people." He looks away, not quite able to meet Gabriel's gaze. "But that still wasn't really the right place...there was something off about the time, I think."
Gabriel: There is a pause. Then, cool, "You are absolutely sure."
Jeff_Levitt: "I'm sure. He was stuck in the Nexus the whole time we were um...joined." He winces slightly at the term, but he's had a long time to figure out that finding a way to phrase their bond without making it sound gay is a physical impossibility.
Jeff_Levitt: "So um...it never really came up."
Gabriel: Gabriel raises an eyebrow. He has absolutely no problem with teh gay, but Soze... well. Really, boy. You could do so much better. "Would you know if there was a PINpoint which might contain this information, or anyone else in the Nexus who might know this information?"
* Jeff_Levitt goes to run a hand through his hair and...oh. Right. No hands. Or...hair. Um. He wraps that wing around himself again. "It's not on mine. That information got erased at some point." He looks up again. "Gabriel, please. What's this about?"
Gabriel: "He tried to kill me. I want to know why." Not quite the whole truth, and not quite a lie. But enough of both to be dangerous.
Jeff_Levitt: The effect on Jeff is immediate. The skin beneath the patchy fur pales, his ears flatten, and his eyes go wide. He looks like he wants to be sick, actually. "He...what? When?"
Gabriel: "Very recently. He shot me. I was lucky to know someone who could heal me enough to live." He looks away. It was pretty fucking close.
Jeff_Levitt: "...oh." His voice is very, very small, and he looks away as well. "...I'm...I'm sorry. I-I thought..." He trails off and shakes his head. "Never mind."
Gabriel: "Mmm. So there is nothing." Disappointed? Weary, for sure. He reaches up and rubs his neck. Damned collar. "I will make sure you he doesn't damage you." That he can promise, but there isn't much else.
* Jeff_Levitt flinches again. "...Thanks," he says dully. There's a lot more he could say. Soze wouldn't hurt him, even now. But Gabriel wouldn't believe him.
Gabriel: Ah, but he wasn't referring to Soze. "Is there anything you need?"
Jeff_Levitt: "I need to get *out* of here," he says immediately. "Please...I can't stay here like some...lab rat! If...if I could just get a PINpoint...get back to the Nexus...I could get this reversed somehow...or...or at least get me outside! *Something.*" He halfway unfolds his wings, and they twitch in agitation, as if preparing to take off.
Gabriel: "That is not within my ability. I'm sorry." He starts to turn to go. Go? Yes, go. Just him. Going.
Jeff_Levitt: "Wh-what? B-but...! You can't just leave me here! I'm g-going to lose my mind in here if I stay much longer. *Please.*"
Gabriel: "Dr. Marco has interesting ideas about what should and shouldn't be done when it comes to mutants, but I've never known him to hurt anyone intentionally." This is because Gabriel doesn't know him well /at all/, which is likely best. "As I said, I'll make sure it doesn't happen. It's what I can do."
* Jeff_Levitt makes an animal whine, his ears flattened back. "Y-you work with him. You...oh my God." He closes his eyes, his shoulders slumping with defeat. "…Why me? C-can you at least tell me that? Who did I piss off to end up like *this?*"
* Gabriel tilts his head slightly. "It will get better." He smiles, but it looks more like his face is cracking open.
* Jeff_Levitt just laughs bitterly. "Better. Sure," he says sardonically. He closes his eyes, leaning his head back against the bed.
* Gabriel sighs. Without another word, he slips out, locking the door behind himself. Again, the footsteps do not die away, but simply stop not far from the door. PINpoint.
* Jeff_Levitt , unsurprisingly, can't sleep. What with being combined with a nocturnal animal, having a whole new body to contend with, and realizing that his sentience is probably hanging by a thread, it's not making for a restful night. By now the hospital (or wherever he is) is quiet even to his hearing, and all that's left is to stare at the ceiling, vaguely wishing there was something on it he could hang upside down from.
Gabriel: Quiet, and then there is the sound of footsteps, not far down the hallway. Funny he hadn't heard them sooner. They approach his door and stop.
* Jeff_Levitt stirs uncomfortably in his bed, ears perking up.
Gabriel: There are small clicks coming from the lock; this does not sound like someone with a key. Even so, it doesn't take long before the handle turns and the door starts to open, the light from the hall cutting through the darkness.
* Jeff_Levitt 's ears swivel towards the source of the noise, and there's a hiss of pain when the door opens. Ow, *bright.* He quickly tightens his wings around himself and squints at the silhouette in the door. "Who's there?" he says, his voice recognizable but pitched high and grating.
Gabriel: A figure slips in, a bit taller than his usual visitor Dr. Marco, and closes it behind itself quickly. The door locks; the presence inside the room smells clean and masculine.
Jeff_Levitt: It's a typical hospital room, nothing fancy. There's an IV stand off to the side, and an empty basket on the table next to Jeff filled with the ravaged remains of a large assortment of fruits. The half man, half bat blinks rapidly at the figure, willing his night vision to come back. "What do you want?" he asks, sounding more resigned than anything else.
Gabriel: The voice may be a surprise. It may bring memories, positive or negative. It may just be the icing on the proverbial cake. "Are they treating you well here?"
Jeff_Levitt: There's a stunned silence for a long moment. "*...Gabriel?*" He asks timidly, peering at him in the darkness. "...it *is* you! Oh thank God. Gabriel, please. You have to get me *out* of here. Th-the Clinics. Or...or *something.* Maybe they can *fix* this." He stops his babbling long enough to extend a wing. He's a *bat,* Gabriel!
Gabriel: "What has he done to you?" Gabriel doesn't turn the lights on, nor does he move from his spot, half-way into the room. Not close enough to the bed to reach, but not as close to the door as to leave quickly.
* Jeff_Levitt is practically hyperventilating. "He turned me into a fucking *bat,* Gabriel! I thought this was a hospital! I just wanted to get my *leg* fixed and...Christ, just *look* at me! He's insane! Please, you have to help me. There's a way out, right?"
Gabriel: No movement. Just the breathing of the other man and the smell, and perhaps the feel of eyes upon him in the near dark. "The way out is through. I need to ask you some questions."
izzyryu: There's a high-pitched chitter in response, followed by a muffled curse as he clamps down on it. "Sorry, just...comes out sometimes. But yes, anything! What do you want to know?"
Gabriel: "What home world does Soze hail from?"
Jeff_Levitt: There's silence as he blinks at Gabriel in confusion. "Soze? Why? What happened? Is he all right?" Gabriel might see his fur begin to stand on end in agitation.
Gabriel: He reaches over and finally flips on the light. The scars on the left side of his neck identify him as which Gabriel he's speaking to. He's dressed much like one of the doctors there, slacks and tie, white coat. He also has a slim collar around his neck, which doesn't look like it's the usual fashion. "I need to find him."
Jeff_Levitt: "*Skree!*" Jeff ducks his head behind his wings, sheltering his eyes. He's gotten rid of the remains of the hospital gown, and only the bedsheets keep him decent. His body shed as much mass as it could to make him flight-capable, so his chest is sunken and emaciated. It takes his eyes a few moments to recover.
Gabriel: "... sorry." He actually sounds it, and turns the light back off. "I didn't realize..." And he is sorry, seriously. Mutants are his people, after all. Even if... well. It's complicated.
Jeff_Levitt: "It's all right...ow...gimme a minute." Eventually he manages to look up, squinting through half-closed eyes. "I...I don't know, exactly. It's one of the mundane Earths, I know that much. Time's a bit out of sync. It's um...1995, I think?" He breaks off. "Gabriel, what are you doing here? Is this your world? How did I get here? I can't remember *anything.*"
Gabriel: "Can you remember anything more specific? Co-ordinates, anything? It's very important."
* Jeff_Levitt frowns a moment, thinking, then shakes his head. "No. I'm sorry. I was there once, back when...um. The whole mess with when he killed all those people." He looks away, not quite able to meet Gabriel's gaze. "But that still wasn't really the right place...there was something off about the time, I think."
Gabriel: There is a pause. Then, cool, "You are absolutely sure."
Jeff_Levitt: "I'm sure. He was stuck in the Nexus the whole time we were um...joined." He winces slightly at the term, but he's had a long time to figure out that finding a way to phrase their bond without making it sound gay is a physical impossibility.
Jeff_Levitt: "So um...it never really came up."
Gabriel: Gabriel raises an eyebrow. He has absolutely no problem with teh gay, but Soze... well. Really, boy. You could do so much better. "Would you know if there was a PINpoint which might contain this information, or anyone else in the Nexus who might know this information?"
* Jeff_Levitt goes to run a hand through his hair and...oh. Right. No hands. Or...hair. Um. He wraps that wing around himself again. "It's not on mine. That information got erased at some point." He looks up again. "Gabriel, please. What's this about?"
Gabriel: "He tried to kill me. I want to know why." Not quite the whole truth, and not quite a lie. But enough of both to be dangerous.
Jeff_Levitt: The effect on Jeff is immediate. The skin beneath the patchy fur pales, his ears flatten, and his eyes go wide. He looks like he wants to be sick, actually. "He...what? When?"
Gabriel: "Very recently. He shot me. I was lucky to know someone who could heal me enough to live." He looks away. It was pretty fucking close.
Jeff_Levitt: "...oh." His voice is very, very small, and he looks away as well. "...I'm...I'm sorry. I-I thought..." He trails off and shakes his head. "Never mind."
Gabriel: "Mmm. So there is nothing." Disappointed? Weary, for sure. He reaches up and rubs his neck. Damned collar. "I will make sure you he doesn't damage you." That he can promise, but there isn't much else.
* Jeff_Levitt flinches again. "...Thanks," he says dully. There's a lot more he could say. Soze wouldn't hurt him, even now. But Gabriel wouldn't believe him.
Gabriel: Ah, but he wasn't referring to Soze. "Is there anything you need?"
Jeff_Levitt: "I need to get *out* of here," he says immediately. "Please...I can't stay here like some...lab rat! If...if I could just get a PINpoint...get back to the Nexus...I could get this reversed somehow...or...or at least get me outside! *Something.*" He halfway unfolds his wings, and they twitch in agitation, as if preparing to take off.
Gabriel: "That is not within my ability. I'm sorry." He starts to turn to go. Go? Yes, go. Just him. Going.
Jeff_Levitt: "Wh-what? B-but...! You can't just leave me here! I'm g-going to lose my mind in here if I stay much longer. *Please.*"
Gabriel: "Dr. Marco has interesting ideas about what should and shouldn't be done when it comes to mutants, but I've never known him to hurt anyone intentionally." This is because Gabriel doesn't know him well /at all/, which is likely best. "As I said, I'll make sure it doesn't happen. It's what I can do."
* Jeff_Levitt makes an animal whine, his ears flattened back. "Y-you work with him. You...oh my God." He closes his eyes, his shoulders slumping with defeat. "…Why me? C-can you at least tell me that? Who did I piss off to end up like *this?*"
* Gabriel tilts his head slightly. "It will get better." He smiles, but it looks more like his face is cracking open.
* Jeff_Levitt just laughs bitterly. "Better. Sure," he says sardonically. He closes his eyes, leaning his head back against the bed.
* Gabriel sighs. Without another word, he slips out, locking the door behind himself. Again, the footsteps do not die away, but simply stop not far from the door. PINpoint.