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Post by Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein on Feb 14, 2013 11:19:51 GMT -5
He nodded, swallowing. Darwin, his throat was dry.
"Just cut the dressings with those scissors." He said, breathing deeply... his head was spinning. Apparently just SITTING UP had been too much activity for one day. "Peel of the bandages underneath... if there is some fluid, that's okay... that 's normal...make sure that the stitches are holding. Clean it off with a towelette, and apply some oitment from that bottle right... there." He nodded in the bottles direction. He stopped... feeling the urge to vomit again... but it stayed down. To only come up LATER, he was sure... "And then redress with fresh bandages and gauze. IF the wounds are discolored, if there is alot of pus and a putrid smell... then we need a hospital...blood... blood poisoning..." It would be a MIRICLE if she wanted to date him after this experience... but now they were BONDED to each other... or so he thought... he couldn't tell...
"They should be redressed every four to six hours..." He let his head fall to the side, away from her. It was such an effort to keep it up. "Excuse me..." he murmured, trying to collect himself...
"We'll...we'll try food later...probably the diet sprite and saltines..." Though even THAT didn't sound very stimulating at the moment. He weakly turned back towards her, managing a slight, lop-sided grin. "...I don't think I've ever had breakfast with you, Ruby Lucas." He closed his eyes, exhausted. "... I had hoped... the first time would be... under different circumstances..." he was slipping into a light sleep. As sleep-deprived as he was, it was a wonder why he wasn't OUT... but he felt more lost when he dropped himself out of Red's presence and into the black void of slumber.
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Post by Red Riding Hood/ Ruby on Feb 14, 2013 13:32:15 GMT -5
Red couldn't help but smile a little at his last comment. She kissed his forehead gently then grabbed a few pillows and set them around him, hopefully making him a bit more comfortable.
Every four to six hours, alright, not too bad she thought to herself, Red pulled together the rest of the things she would need to redress the wound. She peeled away the bandages, so far so good, the stitches had held and their wasn't anything oozing out that shouldn't have been.
Red placed his arm on her lap, and started cleaning out the wound between the stitches. She had watched Dracula do and at some point Granny had done this too in their old life. However she had never really done this herself so she prayed she was doing this right and not hurting Whale as she did so. Luckily for her Dracula had done a decent job with the stitches
She wrapped his arm again, tight enough so it wouldn't come loose but no so much that it would hurt. Ideally she would have tried to move him to his bed, but for now this would work. She cleaned up any remaining 'mess', grabbed a few things to eat for later, then finally sat down beside Victor. Ruby was tired, dead tired from the long night and short amount of sleep she'd received honestly but she couldn't sleep She didn't want to leave unless she absolutely had to, but at the same time there wasn't a whole lot to do with Victor sleeping...
... She glanced over at the copy of Frankenstein on the end table. she really wasn't the reading type, unless it was some silly magazine or scandalous paper-back novel she could by for maybe five bucks at the drug store, but she had time to kill and.... Well, it just seemed appropriate- and being that she never read it, the novel could prove useful(though its accuracy was doubtful given how skewed her own story in this world was).
Red picked up the leather bound book and started to read...
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Post by Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein on Feb 14, 2013 19:47:01 GMT -5
A few hours passed. Whale finally awoke. Both his head and arm where THROBBING...
He looked around to find Ruby on the floor, laying on her stomach with a thick book. "Light reading?" He asked... which was a great effort. He reached for the water bottle on the coffee table, wincing as he disturbed his injured arm.
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Post by Red Riding Hood/ Ruby on Feb 14, 2013 19:56:21 GMT -5
"Hmm...?" Ruby glanced up a little dazed herself," Oh, um, yeah... just a little..."
She had managed to get through a decent portion of the book beore he had awoken... it was interesting.... she definitely had some questions.
Red sat up and closed the book marking her page," Need anything? I don't know if you wanna try eating yet but if you do... I could grab some crackers"
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Post by Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein on Feb 14, 2013 20:27:54 GMT -5
"We could give it a try..." he replied, attempting to sit up. He didn't feel vomity, but that could change in an instant. As she went to retrieve the sprite and crackers, Victor finally saw the book title... as blurry as it was from his place on the couch. How could he even FORGET that dreaded book???
...It was a week and a half over due from the Library...
Why was she reading it??? The anxiety made his head feel heavy, he leaned it against the back of the couch, not taking his eyes away from that book on the floor.
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Post by Red Riding Hood/ Ruby on Feb 14, 2013 20:36:56 GMT -5
Red opened a can of sprite and the little package of crackers, then came back to sit beside Victor. As she came in she noticed his fixated gaze on the leather bound book she'd been reading.
"Um... "He looked worried, she walked over and set down the snacks on the little end table by the couch," Sorry.... I... I couldn't help it... it was sitting there and I thought.. I dunno, I guess I just wanted a little glimpse of your world..."
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Post by Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein on Feb 14, 2013 21:57:40 GMT -5
"My world..." he echoed. "It was dark and bleak... the book does it justice, even if it has a few of the details twisted or omitted. Creative license on the author's part, I suppose." He accepted the can with a grimace. "I didn't make it very far into the book... stirred too much up within me... How is it that someone from a different world can see so clearly into my mind."
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Post by Red Riding Hood/ Ruby on Feb 14, 2013 22:03:27 GMT -5
"Yeah..." She moved in closer to him, wanting to offer some sort of comfort,"... I wondered about that... or at least how these our stories ended up in this world, I don't suppose you knew any Mary Shellys'?" She mused, but she got the feeling he wasn't up to it...
"So... can I ask..? I mean... how much of it's true...." and by how much, she wanted to know who... and if she was still waiting for him in his world.
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Post by Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein on Feb 14, 2013 22:13:57 GMT -5
He took a sip of the beverage experimentally... it when down cool. So far so good. He dared to take a single cracker from the package.
"Well... from what I did read... she got the location and the schooling down right... and my inspiration for my work...though the importance of my brother was downplayed... he's hardly even mentioned..." he had a hard time recalling. He nibbled on the cracker.
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Post by Red Riding Hood/ Ruby on Feb 14, 2013 22:21:16 GMT -5
"Yeah... I noticed that... I didn't think that was really fair to leave out..." She bit her lip a little, she needed to know SO bad.... but she didn't want to put pressure on him or make him feel... judged....
but still....
"So... what about Elizabeth... was she really your cousin and...?"
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Post by Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein on Feb 14, 2013 22:40:01 GMT -5
"Elizabeth?" He asked. Victor couldn't help but give a little smile at the memory of dear Elizabeth. "My father adopted her as a cousin in to the family... but she was as close to me as a sister..." He gave a slight laugh. "She was always trying to reform me. Get me out of the lab and socializing. If not with others, then AT LEAST with her..."
"...What do you mean 'and'...?"
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Post by Red Riding Hood/ Ruby on Feb 14, 2013 22:44:47 GMT -5
"Well..." Elizabeth was... was like a sister, that was it right? The end of it? Then why did she feel so... jealous, "No... it's nothing... never mind..."
She shook her head trying not to think too much more about it. Nope, it only took a few seconds for her to change her mind again
"Did you really get married?" she finally blurted out
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Post by Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein on Feb 14, 2013 23:02:49 GMT -5
"WHAT?" He didn't know if it was the fever or his face reddening with hot embarrassment. "To Elizabeth? I...what?" Where in the world did Red come up with THAT idea???
...But if Victor were to be completely honest... Elizabeth was the only girl in his life to show an interest in him. And he cared for her dearly. And... perhaps... there was always a part of him that always knew he would choose her as a bride eventually... ever since they played together as small children.
"...is that what the book says?" He asked her quietly. "...I... I didn't get to that part..."
He was trying to read Red's expression. "Red... not everything in there is true..." Or perhaps the curse just ripped him away before it COULD play out. Thinking about it made his head hurt.
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Post by Red Riding Hood/ Ruby on Feb 14, 2013 23:37:15 GMT -5
So... no, Red was a little relieved to hear him say that...
"Oh... Um, Sorry, I-I didn't mean to spoil it for you...." She ran her finger through her hair, embarrassed at the turn this conversation had taken,"... I should have guessed, I mean if you look at the little Red Riding Story..." She laughed a little,".... the part about me having a grandma is true... but that's about it"
She smiled weakly," I just... I guess I was just jealous"
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Post by Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein on Feb 14, 2013 23:52:36 GMT -5
Victor's expression softened. "You have nothing to be jealous about..." There was only Ruby. He bit his lower lip. "...And...about Bertha. I just want you to know that nothing happened. She showed up here, pushed her way in, hardly had anything on under the coat, but I made her leave. Perhaps... Whale... would have taken advantage of her offer during the curse, but not me. Not now that...you..." he seemed to trail off. He suddenly grabbed the bowl she had washed out and ducked his head into it. And there came the sprite and cracker. He leaned back down. "Oh, Darwin...how long did Granny say this would last? "
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