Anselm

Ouch.

seenitall

1/15/11 07:00 pm

The scruffy looking guy sitting quietly in a corner chair of the emergency room held a bandage to his upper arm. He rested his head against the wall behind him. He wouldn't be here if he could stitch the wound himself. Just his luck it was at an angle that he couldn't reach well enough to try stitching it.

That, and the cops wouldn't let him walk away until he was treated and they got a statement. Now all he had to do was sneak out after he saw a doctor. The last thing he wanted was to get into the system.

Damn mugger with a knife. He should've let the old guy learn the hard way about walking down dark alleys, but at the last second he was in between him and the two kids that followed him.

How come he was the only one ever left bleeding when the cops arrived?

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• seenitall

  1/16/11 03:35 am (UTC)

  

  "My mother was on vacation from South Dakota?" He tried a smile, but people didn't usually question his story.
  
  The notes seemed normal. He didn't need the antibiotics, but he supposed saying that would make her look at him just that much closer. She was suspicious about something, but he didn't know why. He blended. People didn't look twice at him.
  
  "Do you think I could get a glass of water or something while I'm waiting?"

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  • blackmagicwoman

    1/16/11 04:22 am (UTC)

    

    "I'll have a nurse bring you some.
    
    What part of South Dakota? I know a guy up there, voodoo healer. Very interesting guy."
    
    Shelly looked at him carefully. It wasn't exactly an outing of herself, but it was close, if he was the sort that might be in the know.

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    • seenitall

      1/16/11 04:51 am (UTC)

      

      "Joke, Doctor." The second she mentioned a voodoo healer, he got a chill down his back. That little bit that made him different did not like the idea of competition otherness in his life. As it was, his life had just enough to make him step lightly and move on.
      
      He didn't meet her eyes. "I appreciate your time."

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      • blackmagicwoman

        1/16/11 04:57 am (UTC)

        

        "There has been a rash of other types of night crimes in the city as of late as well," she said as though she was ignoring his reaction. "I hope you'll be more careful and I can make certain that Officer Grant is busy when I give you your discharge papers."

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        • seenitall

          1/16/11 05:35 am (UTC)

          

          "Thanks, Doctor." He hesitated. "If you'll get his attention after stitching me up, I can be out of here before discharge papers are necessary."

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          • blackmagicwoman

            1/16/11 05:40 am (UTC)

            

            "No, I need to give you the discharge papers. That's part of my day job and I take it seriously."
            
            Shelly left him for a moment and when she returned, she was alone with the tray of required tools and supplies to stitch him up.
            
            "I would appreciate it if you would speak to someone," she said as she started stitching him up. "There's a group--albeit a small one--of those of us who are special who are trying to keep the scarier things that go bump in Chicago nights at bay. Matt's good friends with a special officer of the CPD. Lynch can keep you off the radar but still get the information she needs."

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            • seenitall

              1/16/11 05:57 am (UTC)

              

              "Doctor, are you trying to tell me that scary things are mugging old guys in Chicago?" Anselm tried to project innocent confusion. "I don't know what I can tell your officer friend. I didn't really see anything other than the knife. It looked pretty big and..." He frowned then. There had been something weird about that. "What scary things are mugging old people?"

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              • blackmagicwoman

                1/17/11 01:38 am (UTC)

                

                "I think that you might have some ideas about the sorts of things that go bump in the night." She wasn't buying the innocent confusion.

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                • seenitall

                  1/18/11 08:00 am (UTC)

                  

                  "Maybe I should talk to your friend the officer. I might be in Chicago for awhile. Always good to know what I'm getting into before I get into it."

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                  • blackmagicwoman

                    1/19/11 01:12 am (UTC)

                    

                    "Call Matt first. He can set things up for you in a way that won't be suspect." She smiled at him a little. "Let me get those papers for you and then you can get out of here."

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