vor: (Night-night)
Emperor Gregor Vorbarra ([personal profile] vor) wrote2012-08-15 01:51 pm

Sixth Cream Cake: [Written/Action]

[Filtered to Ivan Vorpatril, 65% unhackable because it's early and he's sick.]

Ivan,

Would you please look in on the horse for me? The Imperial Ass seems to be having trouble getting out of bed today, as the Imperial Sniffles have turned into the Imperial Plague. We apologize for Our impending death and your impending resulting frustrations.

Regretfully,

Gregor

P.S. If this letter caused you alarm, please give yourself a refresher course in detecting the Imperial Sarcasm.

[/Filtered]

[Gregor is sick as a dog. Apartments adjacent to his have probably heard violent, deep, chesty coughing for about two weeks now. Ordinarily, he'd have on-site approved physicians checking him out and prescribing whatever antibiotic was necessary, but here, he has to actually go seek out help. So. To the Battle Dome clinic he goes, looking specifically to see Adele LeBlanc when she's in. He will wait for her, if necessary.

Afterwards, he's going to the library, then the bakery for coffee and something sweet. Anyone stopping in can see him sitting inside, devouring a psychology textbook and sipping coffee, the cream cakes reduced to crumbs. They are the only thing he has eaten all day. He is not looking great, occasionally falling into bad coughing fits, for which he ducks outside, but recovering fairly quickly. When he heads home, he goes straight to bed despite his plans to work out. And the fact that it's the middle of the day.]


[Filtered to Phoenix Ikki 79%]

PI--

I suppose we're supposed to be pen pals, whatever that entails. I hope you're adjusting to the village well.

--GB
thedicearecast: (get out of the way)

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[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-15 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll take that to mean they did.

[Sorry Greg. Amelia doesn't drop things easily. She crosses her arms over her chest, then nods toward the door.]

Amelia. Which table is yours?
thedicearecast: (determination to make things right)

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[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-15 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Amelia follows him in, and over to his table. She isn't there for pastry, however, and once they get there she immediately pushes Greg's drink toward him.]

If you went to the doctor, then you'll have medicine. Which you should take, if you haven't already.
thedicearecast: (serious talk times)

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[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-15 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
All the more reason for you to be wherever you live instead of here.

[She pulls out the chair across from him, dropping down in it.]

So is there any particular reason you're being an idiot, or just general stubbornness?
thedicearecast: (corset on the outside)

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[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-15 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[The quip makes her frown, when Greg so easily says he isn't dying. Before she can reply, however, he's off getting her a desert, and she shakes her head when he comes back.]

I'm not actually here for a cream cake. [Although she'll take it back to the house so it doesn't go to waste.]

You're not helping yourself get any better, either.

[She can ignore his questions just as well as he can hers.]
thedicearecast: (that got her attention)

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[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-15 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Amelia's quiet for a moment after that; it's hard to put up a front of righteous indignation when she's had those same exact thoughts herself.]

How long have you been sick?
thedicearecast: (so not impressed)

[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-15 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm trying to figure out how stupid you're being.
thedicearecast: (in my sights)

no worries :)

[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-15 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[That answer gets a flat look.]

Not much of a secret when you end up outside a public place hacking up a lung.
thedicearecast: (the lecture face)

[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-15 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
And inside your own house would be better. It's not about your immune system; it's about taking care of yourself. You're not, and if you don't have a good reason, you're being very stupid.

[There's a certain brand of logic there. Honest.]

Last winter I got sick. I was stuck inside for too long, and I got that same feeling like I was going nuts. So if you've been sick and inside for awhile, then that's one thing. If it's only been a couple of days, then you don't have a good reason, and you're being incredibly dumb.
thedicearecast: (get out of the way)

[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-15 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
It isn't.

[It's just a bad reminder of things that are.]
thedicearecast: (a shot in the air)

[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-15 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
You've got a bad cough.
thedicearecast: (there's no meaning at all)

[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-15 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[All he'll get for that is a shrug.]

You should listen to her.
thedicearecast: (did you say something?)

[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-15 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[She gives his cream cake a critical eye.]

She probably meant something more than just dessert.
thedicearecast: (the truth right there)

[personal profile] thedicearecast 2012-08-15 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Your only one? [She's not quick to trust, which is why she raises an eyebrow.]

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