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Oswin Oswald ([personal profile] souffle_girlek) wrote2013-10-26 06:54 am

Post-Zombies, Post-Bones

Oswin didn't get far once she and Autor returned to the bar - the doctor she'd seen before had spotted her almost before she could properly get into the infirmary. His plaintive grousing about how he'd just set everything to rights, couldn't she stay uninjured for just a little while, just for him is very distracting - the upper registers of her hearing return almost before she can set herself up to be properly worried about the exam.

The concussion, on the other hand, earns her a stay overnight, and no amount of pleading or nerves will get her out of it. He gives her an option - she can have pain medication and can sleep on her own terms in a quiet section of the infirmary, or he can sedate her now and keep her under constant machine surveillance. Either way, unconsciousness and staying in the infirmary are things that are going to happen here.

She chooses option 'a', after asking one of the rats to leave a note with Bar for anyone who might be looking for her.

So now Oswin (having commandeered a fair number of blankets) is making a somewhat half-assed attempt at reading to pass the time. Mostly she's staring at her book (Pride and Prejudice, if there was ever a time for Fitzwilliam Darcy, this is it), and occasionally making it far enough to turn a page.
hasthehighground: (just existing)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2013-10-27 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
There's a light knock on the side of the doorway. Clint's standing there, khaki jacket over one arm, package of some sort in his free hand.

When she looks at him, he smiles.

"Zombies, huh?"
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hasthehighground: leans forward with eyebrows raised (listening)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2013-10-28 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
Clint's smile quirks up slightly as she talks. He walks in, and settles in the chair next to her bed, elbows resting on his legs.

"Well," he said. "Dinosaurs live in fear of the day you visited." Oswin Oswald, bringer of the electric fences. "You've been checked for bites, right?"

She's dead already, right? He's not sure how that works, but someone has to be able to cure zombie-ism around here.
hasthehighground: giving you his attention (listening frown)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2013-10-28 06:21 am (UTC)(link)




Clint raises his eyebrows, brow knitting together. He's the picture of patient listening.
hasthehighground: angry and somewhat frustrated (I know what I'm talking about)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2013-10-28 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Grenades," Clint repeats, low and disbelieving. "In the bar room?"

She's incredibly lucky she got away with just a concussion.
hasthehighground: looking worn out (tired)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2013-10-28 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh," Clint says, and then he laughs, weak and relieved. "Flashbangs. Yeah, they're -- technically grenades, but the casing stays together, so the explosion's contained."
hasthehighground: leaned back casually, expression neutral (yeah I'm cool)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2013-11-05 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
He's quiet for a moment too long, thoughtful.

"Was it?"
hasthehighground: leans forward with eyebrows raised (listening)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2013-11-05 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
"That's something," he says, smiling slightly. He lays a hand against the side of her bed; open, so she can take it if she wants.

"I'm not sure if I should be relieved or disappointed I missed the zombies."
hasthehighground: double-checking your meaning (doubtful)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2013-11-05 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
Clint doesn't mention that her description means he's not relieved; there're too many civilians in Milliways who can't deal with that bullshit.

At least zombies are already dead.

His brow pulls together slightly, trying to conjure this mental image. "Punk... pirate?"
hasthehighground: laughing as he walks (laughter)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2013-11-05 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
The mental image fills itself in pretty abruptly, and Clint promptly chokes on laughter.

He doesn't try to pretend he doesn't. "I'll, uh," he says, when he recovers his breath. "Have to keep an eye out."
hasthehighground: Clint and Fury stand together (the boss)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2013-11-05 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
Clint can't help it, he starts laughing in earnest, bent over his free arm.

He recovers relatively quickly, rubbing his eyes clear of tears with the heel of his palm. "Oswin," he says, silent laughter shaking him again. "I'm pretty sure you're talking about a guy from my world. Black, a good few inches taller than me?"
hasthehighground: (look down - amused)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2013-11-05 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
"No, no, ...," Clint considers the last question, tilting his head. "... Sometimes?"
hasthehighground: looking out of the corner of his eye (peripheral)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2013-11-11 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
Clint huffs an amused breath. "As long as you don't tell him I laughed."
hasthehighground: double-checking your meaning (doubtful)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2013-11-11 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Oswin," Clint says, and his tone is serious, though he's smiling around his eyes. "The one thing I know you're absolutely going to do, at any given time, is the unexpected. You'll probably end up dancing with him at Cinderella's ball, or something."

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