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Stephanie Brown ([personal profile] ichoosefight) wrote2010-11-04 10:52 am

18 - Text - Any time from Thursday to Sunday

[ooc | Throwing this up now for close friends who were interested in popping in. Depending on when you decide to talk to her/show up, her condition will be steadily improving in the direction of Monday, so pick a day based on what you feel like dealing with? Placeholders perfectly acceptable. Assume text responses take a while. ]

[ Private to Paddy ]

I got my very own corner. It's dark and full of blankets. I'm really quite fond of it.

...Any thoughts on things I can eat that won't make me nauseous?

[ Private to Tim ]

Smuggle me food? Or better yet, smuggle me an IV so I don't have to actually eat ever again.

[ Spam! For anyone brave enough to come and check on her. And look, you have a choice of days! ]

[ The moment she made it back to her room, Stephanie locked the door and barreled onto her bed. She was well enough to walk, but every part of her body still ached. Still, she was determined to seem strong. The whole way back she took special care to avoid running into anyone she knew. She didn't do anything to the drawing of what she had to assume were honeysuckle flowers, probably from Claire, outside her door. She locked the door and kept the light off, keeping as quiet as she could. Her room should look for all the world as though she wasn't there. That way she could pretend at times that she wasn't there at all, but in the CES, the library, the gym, or best of all her room back home.

Most of the time it wasn't so bad. Sometimes she would get out of bed and pace the room, try to work through her feelings about what had happened during the flood. She even took a shower at one point. Other times she would get depressed. She thought a lot about quitting, going home, even giving up the cowl and living the rest of her life like a normal person. When it got really bad she thought about quitting school, giving up both her vigilante life and normal life, living on the streets. Every time she thought about killing herself she opened up her Philosophy textbook and pretended to do homework.

The worst was the cravings. She cursed herself for not knowing who it was she got the damned stuff off of, for not having the courage to ask around and admit that she remembered everything. She even picked up all the empty bottles and both wine glasses from her floor and shattered them against the wall in a rage. The bathroom was the only part of her room that was spared any wrath, and then only because she needed a clear path to the toilet. She cut her feet on the glass a couple of times, but she barely felt it. That was Thursday.

She wanted it all to stop. She wanted to know who had done this to her (because how could she possibly have done this to herself?) and exact some sort of revenge. Most of all, she wanted the drug. She even remembered most of the stupid song he had sung to describe it to her. Zydrate comes in a little glass vial... Friday was spent huddled on her bed in the corner as she sung it under her breath, shivering and sweating and hugging the blankets she wrapped herself in. Saturday was better. She actually got to sleep, and spent more of her time cold than overly hot. By Sunday she was beginning to clean her room, mostly by shoving everything on the floor against the wall. Still, it was an improvement. She was getting better, day by day. ]

SPAM.

[identity profile] christ-onabike.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Knock knock. Paddy has oranges, toast, and a big bottle of water. And is outside Steph's door.]

SPAM. What day is it?

[identity profile] ichoosefight.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Have a loud fwump as something- possibly a shoe- hits the door. And then another one, accompanied by the sound of a lock clicking open. Leaving the bed is for losers. ]

Re: SPAM. What day is it?

[identity profile] christ-onabike.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Paddy takes that as a 'come in', so lets himself in.]

That is a nice corner right there.

SPAM. Friday then?

[identity profile] ichoosefight.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Awesome mind-reading skills there, Paddy. She smiles a little, wryly. ]

Made it myself.

Re: SPAM.oops! I meant to reply. and yup, that works.

[identity profile] christ-onabike.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[He looks around,] It's very... homely. [He offers her the toast first of all, and looks for somewhere to put his bag of oranges.]

SPAM. lol awesome sauce

[identity profile] ichoosefight.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Careful of the glass. [ She... doesn't even know where it is anymore, actually. She takes the toast and glances around, trying to spot some of it. The oranges will fit in anywhere, what with the mess. ]

It's in here somewhere. Thanks for all this.

Re: SPAM. lol awesome sauce

[identity profile] christ-onabike.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[He glances around the floor for the glass, then ends up finding a spot to plonk the oranges, then offering her the water.]

Not a problem. I'll... if I find that glass, I'll tidy it up.


SPAM.

[identity profile] ichoosefight.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She accepts it gratefully, taking several large gulps. The things you don't think about when you aren't feeling good, I swear. ]

Don't worry about it. I'm pretty good at not stepping on it.

Re: SPAM.

[identity profile] christ-onabike.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
And tidying up's the last fucking thing on your mind, right? [Even Paddy, who had a streak of ocd, completely abandoned any kind of tidy when he was in this kind of state.] Even so, if I notice some, I'll tidy it up.

Re: SPAM.

[identity profile] ichoosefight.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
S'on the to-do list.

[ She curls tightly in on herself as the nausea makes another comeback. Her voice is a half-moan. ]

How's the barge doing without me?

Re: SPAM.

[identity profile] christ-onabike.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Whole place has collapsed in on itself.

[He shrugged,]

So no change from the usual.

Re: SPAM.

[identity profile] ichoosefight.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. Can't leave you losers alone for a minute.

[ She starts nibbling on the toast once her stomach settles. It doesn't help any, but at least it's something in her stomach. ]

Re: SPAM. - SORRY FOR THE RANDOM ICONAGE. ...misclicked.

[identity profile] christ-onabike.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
We tend to fuck shit up pretty badly.

[He leans back against the closest surface, and considers asking something, then ends up doing it anyway,] Remember anything, by the way?

Re: SPAM. - I was wondering about that xD

[identity profile] ichoosefight.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Her body goes rigid. She does not want to think about that right now. She got herself into a royal mess there, and she can only partly blame it on the alcohol. She answers maybe a little too quickly. ]

No.

Re: SPAM. - it was next to the icon I wanted!

[identity profile] christ-onabike.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Paddy nods, and doesn't think much to the reaction. She's a bit fucked up,] Alright, just checking.

Where'd the glass come from, anyway?

SPAM. - that happens to me a lot D: Which is awful when you have my keyword set

[identity profile] ichoosefight.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She relaxes when he lets it go. Her poker face isn't as good right now as it would normally be. ] If I remember, I'll let you know.

There were some bottles.

Re: SPAM. -

[identity profile] christ-onabike.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
How... [He peers around for some,] How d'you break them?

SPAM.

[identity profile] ichoosefight.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Threw 'em at the wall. Hard. [ She's trying to remember which wall... maybe the one furthest from the door. She nods in that direction. ]

It might've been over there.

Re: SPAM.

[identity profile] christ-onabike.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Paddy goes and looks near the wall and spots some glass, and can't help but pick it up,] In anger, or just sheer frustration? As I said. Next time, throw an orange.

Re: SPAM.

[identity profile] ichoosefight.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She shrugs grumpily. It was a bit of both, combined with the fact that it had felt really good to destroy things. ] It looked at me funny.

Re: SPAM.

[identity profile] christ-onabike.livejournal.com 2010-11-05 10:19 am (UTC)(link)
Bottles are fucking wankers like that, aren't they?

Re: SPAM.

[identity profile] ichoosefight.livejournal.com 2010-11-05 12:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She almost laughs. Almost. ] Stupid glass jerks. Think they're so much better than everyone else.