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Archie Kennedy ([personal profile] simplestgift) wrote2011-06-15 01:43 pm

Fifteen Bells: [ACTION/WRITTEN]

[Archie woke up yesterday.  How is this new?  Well, after getting some fairly critical stab wounds from Grell, he was put on a ventilator and kept under sedation for a few days.  The ventilator was exchanged for a less impressive-looking concentrator yesterday and he was taken off sedation.  He spent yesterday sleeping anyway, since anesthesia doesn't generally leave you bright-eyed immediately afterward.

This morning, he is talking and eating Jell-o, which is a new experience. The most important bit comes written on the journal network in wobbly handwriting courtesy of the heart monitor clipped on his finger.]


I have been informed that I may have visitors. I'd like to know everyone is all right.

Kennedy

[Anyone who comes in will find him looking predictably weak and pale but lucid and in good spirits, or possibly catnapping after a dose of painkillers.

OOC: Purely for the sake of mercy, Archie is unaffected by the event.]

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[identity profile] poorneedyand.livejournal.com 2011-06-16 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
I guess so. [She can't really know for certain--after all, Archie's existence remains a mystery to her as far as the stories go, and she hasn't had much chance to get to know them here--but there's no denying the miasma of sadness under which Hornblower conducts himself in Forester's books.] He's lucky to have you, then. It'd be a sad thing, to go through life without anyone there to pull you out of your misery. [Something something platitude something something. This Kay would rather solve problems with cake, on the whole.]

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[identity profile] poorneedyand.livejournal.com 2011-06-16 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Even if she's not aware that Archie has a sudden case of the sads himself, the fact that he's set down his toast doesn't go unnoticed.] You've got a lot of rest to catch up on, I'm sure. I shouldn't keep you.

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[identity profile] poorneedyand.livejournal.com 2011-06-16 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
You get some rest, then. [One more round of hand-patting, and she stands.] And when you're feeling better, I expect to see you and Mr. Hornblower for dinner sometime. I'll make a good English roast for you, it'll be just like home.

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[identity profile] poorneedyand.livejournal.com 2011-06-16 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Good. [Luckily she's in decent practice when it comes to roast beef, and not just because she's turned into the angel of the house for a week. After taking up the plate and what bits of toast remain on it--they'll surely be stale by the time Archie's hungry again, there's no point to leaving them for him--she heads toward the door, glancing back once before she goes.] Feel better.