Forty-Fifth Drop: recovering [video]

[spiritofsorrow]

[The device is sitting on a hospital table, and Sorrow is lying in the nearby bed. He's clean -- fairly miraculous, considering the way he looked before -- and thus is about as white as the sheets as he stares into the ether from his vantage point against the pillow. There's an impressive train of stitches across the left side of his face, where

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Action? I swear she's more of a vampire baby sitter

[whattingawhat]

[Empathy is a quality that Buffy has in spades. Sometimes even when she shouldn't. Everyone deserves a second chance so when she heard Sorrow's statement, she trudged up to the hospital with a brown paper bag. Inside is a quart of blood; half animal, half human. She sets the bag on a nearby table and holds her hands up in a surrender position.]

Not here to kill you. Promise. I'm here to help.

action! ha ha ha wow, yes, she is XD

[spiritofsorrow]

[His eyes flick over when she enters, and he starts to sit straight, but when she holds up her hands, he relaxes without a second thought. Surrender is a concept ingrained in his soldier's instinct -- it is respected and unquestioned.

The statement is a little less believable, and his despaired smile turns wry. He narrows his eyes behind his one-lensed glasses -- the odd contrast between good and terrible vision isn't so kind to his brain.]

I thought you said that it wasn't like that.

Re: action! ha ha ha wow, yes, she is XD

[whattingawhat]

It doesn't work like that when you're running around killing people. When you want help, it works like this.

[She perches on the edge of a chair.]

You stay well fed. Animal blood because then the rest of us don't smell as much like food to you. Lots of solitude. Xnay on the crowds. I know someone in the City that's done it. I helped him.

action;

[spiritofsorrow]

Solitude drives one mad here. You know that. And my only desire now is to live in peace -- and that means also with the companions I have made.

I am patient, and I am persistent. I will do whatever it takes -- but I must return to what I was.

I'm not even human, most of the time. I think like a beast. I act like one. I'm furious, impulsive, and destructive. I have no control -- and understand that I usually have a very high level of self-control in most areas.

video; i apologize for her in advance? :\

[cuffyoutwice]

It will depend on whether or not anyone decides to press charges. Which we'll be pursuing shortly.

video; lol, that's quite fine XD

[spiritofsorrow]

I understand.

video; :> she's ... touchy. and cranky. everyone is going to end up hating her D:

[cuffyoutwice]

You do, huh? Do you understand that there is no justice system here? I could throw you in a cell and leave you there.

Re: video; ^^ sorrow is a nice guy with a lot of years -- he can deal :)

[spiritofsorrow]

Yes, I do. I prefer to have enough confidence in the judgment of those who have taken the law into their own hands here, that they will use their consciences correctly. But I understand that this is not always a proper thing to think.

Thus, I too will make my own judgment. In a place with no law, I will resist if I consider the sentence unjustified. Still, if you were to lock me up for so long as I am a vampire, I would not disagree.

Afterwards...I would consider it wasted potential.

voice

[bladed_siberian]

That's twice you've gone after me. We gotta stop meeting like that.

Seriously, are you okay?

Re: voice

[spiritofsorrow]

No. I don't think the people here understand...when my instincts come back, I can't think straight. It's not just wanting food -- it's an animal kind of thinking, where my conscious mind can't hold on so well. I can't drag out more than simple thoughts. Sometimes not even language, but most often just basic sentences.

...I didn't mean to fight you, either of those times. I didn't want to, somewhere...but that part of me was crushed into a box and put away by this new monster.

I hope that someday you can forgive me. But for now, I will understand, if you cannot.

voice

[bladed_siberian]

So it's not just a food thing, then. Great. Can you think of anything that can be done to help you?

... well, right now, you need to worry about the Chief tossing you in a box somewhere and leaving you to rot. I'm not on the case anymore thanks to being on leave, so I can't help there.

Re: voice

[spiritofsorrow]

I'm not sure. I know little about vampires. I do know, though, that I cannot tolerate being one, and that all it has brought is ruin...perhaps the Deities.

I noticed that your Chief is particularly unsympathetic. While I don't blame her, I also believe she is jumping to too many conclusions, too quickly.

You know that I can cross to the spirit world, yes? Here, that manifests as the Shadowlands. That is how I escaped the first time.

[horrible_penny]

Sorrow! What happened to you? What do you mean, kill you?

[spiritofsorrow]

I am a vampire, and there is someone in the City who specifically slays vampires. I was surprised that no one cut off my head, instead of taking me here.

I can't think when my instincts come back. I'm no better than an animal at that point. That...that's why I stayed in the forest. So I wouldn't hurt you, or anyone else, but that failed.

I tried. I'm so sorry -- even if that won't do much good.

[horrible_penny]

Even if you trust yourself around people, you can still contact me, okay? If you can't control this--whatever it is that happens, then it's not your fault. I'll talk to the police if you want, or... I don't really know. There's got to be a way to fix it. Maybe the deities could do something.

Do you need anything right now? What did they do to your face?

[spiritofsorrow]

I'm hoping so...that is my only recourse right now. Still, I especially didn't want to frighten you, but it looks like I failed spectacularly. Send my apologies to Iroh also...

Right now, I am being taken care of. As for my face -- Justin shot me, and the doctors here had to repair my jaw and remove the bullet.

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[soulofocean]

[She's just going to take note this is the person who hurt Ken and swallow any angry words she'd have for him, seeing as he's obviously his friend and how she knows Ken wants him to get better.]