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failssassin in somarium

Desmond Miles ❖ 15

Dec 08, 2011 18:43

Who: failssassin and somarium
Where: Somni main Hospital
Style: Starts in third, but I'll follow anyone's choice
Status: OPEN!

( It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back, It's like a whirlwind inside of my head, It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within, It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin )

isabelle lightwood, tifa lockhart, lucy stillman, desmond miles

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Holy crap I'm late... /sigh. And failing at this typing thing. livethecreed December 18 2011, 04:53:51 UTC

By the time Altaïr made it into Desmond's hospital room for his shift the novice was back in his bed. He hadn't heard anything from the others about the younger man waking, and so wasn't expecting Desmond's eyes to be open when he walked in.

A startling mixture of shock and relief washed over him before he was able to regain control of his emotions again. Even after the panic that had overtaken him when he saw the novice's collapse it still hadn't quite settled with him how familiar he'd become with the other's presence. But seeing him awake and knowing that the other would be okay drove home the fact that he now regarded the younger man as family and someone he was responsible for; that did not mean however that he was going to start cutting Desmond any slack.

"You're awake. Good. Now what happened?"

failssassin December 24 2011, 04:00:15 UTC

Looking out the window of his hospital room, Desmond had been lost in his thoughts deep enough for him not to hear the other man walk in. Moments before the Syrian showed up, he had pushed away the two persons most important to him, for fear he'd hurt them both again. The guilt was weighting on his shoulder and sorrow was worming its way into his heart, but the novice was set on his decision. Both Lucy and Isabelle would be better off without him, without a ticking bomb that could turn insane any minutes now, or so he thought.

And so when he turned his head to face Altaïr, Desmond blinked, a bit surprised at seeing his ancestor in the hospital:

"How did you know I was here?" was all he gave as an answer to the Master Assassin's question. It was clear that he was evading it.

livethecreed December 27 2011, 04:47:46 UTC

"I helped carry you with Elena and Isabelle. We saw you collapse on the Dreamberry and hastened to the bar. I brought you into this room and stood watch with them; why would I not know this room?" It's only after he mentioned the other's by name that Altaïr realized the girls weren't in the room. They hadn't left Desmond's bedside the entire time he'd been in a coma, where were they?

"Where are the girls? They wouldn't just leave you." Altaïr moved further into the room as he spoke and sat in the chair by the bed. A bit of adjusting and shifting later he'd made himself quite comfortable, obviously not moving from his spot anytime soon.

failssassin December 27 2011, 05:15:02 UTC

Desmond couldn't help the slight groan that escaped him when Altaïr revealed that his collapse had been shown to all of Somarium's population. Not only he had managed to worry people, but he had also humiliated himself, at least in his own regards. There was a long moment of silence before the novice relented, his gaze going back to his lap.

"Thanks...I guess."

The sound of the Syrian getting comfortable on the chair by his bed made him tensed, but the mention of Isabelle and Elena had him wince.

"They went back home. I'm awake, I'm fine and I'm sure they'll give me my leave pretty soon. There's no need to stay around."

And yes, that went for you too, Altaïr. Whatever had happened to Desmond, what he had seen and felt while being in a coma, and especially before he collapsed, had caused the bartender to close himself off.

livethecreed December 27 2011, 06:02:37 UTC

"You are welcome." He noted the groan and decided to not mention the video feed again. No point in stressing the other out after all; or in embarrassing him.

Desmond's almost casual dismissal of him did give him pause for a moment. The other man had never spoken to him this way before and it throws him for a few seconds. What had the coma done to him? Or was it because of what had been shown before he fell unconscious?

"Because healers are prone to just releasing someone who has been in their care for almost a month. You had a head injury; Malik would have me immobile for weeks if I'd done that around him. Especially with the unconsciousness added in."

Sorry Des, he's not about to be driven off that easily. The man has dealt with much worse then your current frustration level and it wasn't even fazing him.

failssassin December 28 2011, 18:55:36 UTC

"Well then, I guess it's a good thing I'm not you and that you're not Malik." Desmond almost added that Altaïr was only missing his ring finger, not his entire arm like the Dai did, but somehow he doubted that trying to hurting him on purpose would work on getting the Assassin to leave him alone.

Instead, the novice offered what he hoped to be a rather convincing casual shrug: "I'm fine, I doubt they can do anything for me."

There was no cure from the Bleeding Effect and even if there was one, no doctor in this world would be able to discover it. No one else but him knew about the machine. And he certainly wasn't an expert despite spending a lot of time plugged into it.

livethecreed January 3 2012, 18:07:06 UTC

"There would be more poking and prodding if Malik was your Healer. And he wouldn't allow you to try a 'I'm fine' excuse. We always got prodded more if we tried that one." He felt much more comfortable in assuming that Desmond's plan was to push him away and he wasn't about to allow it.

"I can assume though you know what is wrong? I would hope you are smart enough not to brush off help for an unknown; and I'll leave it alone as long as you are safe about whatever happened." Altaïr really hoped that what he was thinking was true; and that his approach would work.

The younger man was enough like him for Altaïr to know that confronting him would only end in a shut out; but letting the novice get there on his own? That had a greater chance of success.

failssassin January 4 2012, 05:15:15 UTC

There was a wry smile on his lips as he spoke, though it never truly reached his eyes: "I don't think prodding and poking is a good healing technique. No wonder people didn't live old in your time."

Desmond gave the Syrian a long look before moving his gaze to straight ahead in front of him. He wasn't surprised the man had tried to get answers out of him using another approach than Isabelle's or Lucy's. It made the novice realized that they were more alike than what he had first thought. He sighed, knowing all too well that the truth, even the partial truth, was probably the best way to get this over with the quickest. Altaïr had mentioned he'd leave it alone if reassured enough, no?

"I...think so, yeah. There's nothing the people here can do about it. I don't even know if there's something that can be done in the first place."

And for now, it was all what he was willing to say.

livethecreed January 21 2012, 21:55:34 UTC

"Yes well, we don't have all these machines you seem to have." He gestured to the instruments surrounding the younger man just to prove his point. To him, they're foreign and strange and something he'd never trust to ensure his health; he'd much rather have Malik and his instruments of torture.

He nodded to show he was dropping the subject and tried to think of something else they could speak about. Lucy's arrival popped into his head and he speaks before he could stop himself. "I met your team leader, Lucy. She arrived not long after you slipped into the sleep. She didn't believe I was me."

He immediately wished that he'd kept his mouth shut though, when the memory of the blonde he'd just met was replaced with the one Desmond had stabbed in his dream. Not good. Perhaps just acting as if he hadn't said anything traumatic would help?

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