Svalin Thorsdottir (shield_maiden) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2013-03-06 20:27:00

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brandr, cosmopolitan, halbjorn, kael, svalin

Moving Meditation (Hal)
When Svalin needed to think she headed to the training room. Smashing and killing things, in a sense, helped her clear her mind. When she was fighting things she blocked everything else out and focused on the task in front of her.

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shield_maiden
2013-03-24 01:05 pm UTC (link)

Svalin regained consciousness a day later and found Dr. Demasi looking down at her. Then came the order to remain in the bed. Svalin didn't have a choice but to obey.

Her face was sore on both sides, but the swelling had gone down. Had she looked into a mirror she would see that both sides of her face were black and blue. Both cheekbones had been broken, but were already starting to mend.

Her ribs were sore, but were also starting to mend. Her thigh and arm had been stitched up and were starting to heal.

She knew she could get up and move around, but she wasn't about to face Dr. Demasi's wrath. She knew she was already going to face her wife's wrath, she didn't need another yelling at her.

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	butterflybullet 2013-03-24 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	"So..." Vernique said from the doorway. "A large part of this is my fault, and I'll own it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-24 04:06 pm UTC (link)
	"Aye," was all that Svalin said. It was her wife's idea that Hal talk to her. Hal and Svalin didn't do "talking". (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2013-03-24 04:24 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm glad you're going to be okay, of course." Relieved that Hal had kept a hold on himself. "This would seem like the time for the much-vaunted Tiny Human Rage, but there isn't much point, is there?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-24 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Nay, my lady. It wast thine idea to have Hal seek me out." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2013-03-25 03:52 am UTC (link)
	Hal stirs from the next bed over, in similar condition. It could have been worse, of course - the worst damage was to the head. "Mayhap. Besides, fair purpose wast achieved." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

butterflybullet
2013-03-25 11:53 am UTC (link)

When Svalin essentially repeats explicitly what they'd just basically established implicitly, Vernique flinches slightly, as if she'd been slapped. Fear of Svalin's repeating things at her was why she'd tried this idea in the first place.

"I appreciate your intentions, Hal," she says hollowly. "And I'll hold her to whatever crazy bet you made in this debacle. I believe in deals." She's too much Paladin's daughter not too. "But all this has really done is give her another talking point. Something else to repeat at me rather than helping either of us understand what's going on."
A breath. "So okay. The deal's the deal, but otherwilse, I, Vernique Denning, admit to you, Svalin's Sifsdottir, that I am the crazy one. My attempts to get you to open up were all stupid. How's that? I'll be with Solver if anything needs me. Like that'll happen."

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stone_bear
2013-03-25 11:57 am UTC (link)

Hal pushes up to sit, wincing a little, but not bad.

"Vernique, hold but a moment. We talked. Truth, not much wast achieved by word alone, but this wast not first recourse. And the bet wast not so crazy. Mine sister hast but agreed, upon her recovery, to once a month leave the house, leave Solver in other's care, and see to more social needs. Nights with thee, dates, whate'er ist desired, but she must still see to't. I know tis not balm for all things... but a beginning."

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	butterflybullet 2013-03-25 12:09 pm UTC (link)
	"That's very sweet of you, Hal. And in broad general principle, it would be a very good idea." But her voice is still flat. Vernique's not exactly psyched about sitting across a restaurant table, or letting someone else do so, while Svalin just resented her, and at best talked at her or Brandr or whomever instead of to them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-25 12:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Apologies if I doth offend, milady," Svalin said. She too struggled to get to a sitting position. "I doth not believe thou'rt crazy and that thou only hast mine best interest at heart. I art too stubborn to take time for mineself and to listen to thee when thou wert trying to get me to take such time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

stone_bear
2013-03-25 12:17 pm UTC (link)

Halbjorn frowns. He hadn't realized things had gotten to quite that state with them. Granted, he's not exactly the most socially perceptive or empathic of people. Still... he glances at Svalin, then back to Vernique.

"A beginning then. And naught but that... but an opportunity, e'en so, that my sister mayst seize in time. I am sorry if I hath vexed thee, good Vernique. Mayhap mine mother wouldst be good source to speak to both of thee? She knowst far more of keeping harmonious home, and communicating between wife and warrior, than I."

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butterflybullet
2013-03-25 12:27 pm UTC (link)

And Vernique manages to smile a little, relieved. "That's good to know, hon, thanks."

It wasn't all Hal's obliviousness. Things had been getting a little better again, but Vernique's become extremely sensitive to the cues of Svalin Won't Be Listening Today; She Has a Line to Tow. Perhaps too much so, hence her fear of starting this conversation yet again herself, or just insisting on taking her out personally sooner.

"Yeah. Starting is good, Hal, thank you. And talking to your mother sometime might be the right thing to do."

A breath. "You know I love you both. Maybe... try to cut down on the concussions the next time?"

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	shield_maiden 2013-03-25 01:01 pm UTC (link)
	Svalin smiled. "Mayhap the only way things sink in," she said. "Better once than the once a month mine brother suggested." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2013-03-25 01:12 pm UTC (link)
	"...Oh, goodness gracious, I'd have killed you both." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-25 01:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Aye, milady. I didst ask for once and wilt abide by the terms e'ery month." Svalin really did try to avoid Tiny Human Rage whenever she could. The problem lay in that she didn't know everything that would provoke Tiny Human Rage. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2013-03-25 01:40 pm UTC (link)
	Vernique isn't out to make it a guessing game, but her attempts at Human-to-Aesir translation don't always work enough to make her boundaries clear. "Well, okay, yeah. Deal's a deal," she says, less morosely this time. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-25 01:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Aye, and I will abide by the terms and go have fun, that thou and mine brother doth think I need to have, once a month." Svalin was pretty sure they both would object to sparring sessions as her having fun, even if they were fun for Svalin. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2013-03-25 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Wonderful." Vernique was able to comprehend that Svalin found sparring fun, but she thought hiding behind the repetitive and familiar was not going to be useful (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

stone_bear
2013-03-25 11:14 pm UTC (link)

Halbjorn is well aware how fun sparring is, even if its a pale shadow of real combat, and holds little to no risk of death. Its still better than a lot of things. But no, it most certainly doesn't count, and he'll hold Svalin to that.

"I merely set the terms, tis thine wife's choice what entertainments thou'rt to see to. Mine own part in this ist done... now I must need set mine sights to recovery enow to attend the premiere of mine new movie but a month and a half hence."

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	shield_maiden 2013-03-25 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Thou wilt be up and healed before then," Svalin said. "What movie ist this?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stone_bear 2013-03-25 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	"He-Man, mine second leading role, and to a much larger release. The reviews art favorable, and I hath been invited to a party for the release." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-26 12:21 am UTC (link)
	"I doth look forward to seeing it," she said. "Mayhap mine wife wilt go with me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2013-03-26 06:45 pm UTC (link)
	"If it's a good night for other schedules and wouldn't interfere with Hal's picking up chicks." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shield_maiden 2013-03-27 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	"I doth doubt mine brother wilt have any problem picking up wenches if we art there or not." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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