Fifteen Bells: [ACTION/WRITTEN]

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[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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[voice]

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None at all? [He racks his opiate-addled brain for something that isn't depressing.] Do you know Katherine and Petruchio?

[voice]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

We didn't really have a lot of time to read back home... but I've never heard of that one before.

[voice]

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All right, well.

[He launches into what is essentially the story of The Taming of the Shrew, shortened to a manageable length. He's a decent enough storyteller--no stand-up comedian, but he can manage to capture and hold most peoples' interest, even if they're not going to be riveted.]

[voice]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[Selphie listens quietly and giggles during the more amusing parts as she starts to nod off during the story.]

And they all lived happily ever after...?

Re: [voice]

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Of course they did. [Telling the story took a lot out of him, and he blinks sleepily.] I should tell you more, perhaps after you sleep for a little. I imagine we'll both be here for some time yet.

[voice]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you need a nap too.

[voice]

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Just a little one. [Because he is manly and tough and doesn't need more sleep than that.] Good night, Selphie.

[voice]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Sweet dreams...?

[voice]

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Archie.

Re: [voice]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Sweet dreams Archie.