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Under"making things worse for everyone"taker ([personal profile] exequies) wrote in [community profile] snowblindrpg2017-02-10 05:16 pm

[Log] An apple a day keeps the doctor away [closed]

Characters: Bucky Barnes, John Watson, Steve Rogers, and Undertaker (walk into a bar...)
Location: Building 131 (the hospital)
Date: Day 208, midday
Summary: Undertaker revives at the hospital after being dead for several days. He's found by both Bucky and John. Also I suck at summaries.
Warnings: Suicidal ideation and mentions of suicide.

131: The roof of a large, square hospital. At first, it seems like this is as far as you can go--but actually, there's a door on the rooftop. It's locked, but there's a card key reader attached. As for what spared it from having its parts stripped? It was frozen over with ice, though not any longer. The building can now be entered from the rooftop.

The hospital is eerie in its silence, and snow presses in against many of the windows, keeping much of it in sterile darkness. It still smells like a hospital; the antiseptic is fresh, and there isn't much dust. Someone must be cleaning it, and yet it's clear no one is here. The hospital is four stories high with one basement, all connected via the elevator lobby and staircase. Unfortunately, the wall of the elevator lobby has been torn open all the way down, exposing it to the bitter air outside. While you can explore and remain on most of the floors of the hospital at night, you cannot travel between them until it's daytime once more, as the lobby seals itself up at curfew.

The first floor has both more and less relaxed areas. There's an operating room down here, too, as well as another sort of laboratory, and a large section of this floor is taken up by labor delivery. The hospital has a generally oppressive atmosphere, but this area is marginally less so. Only marginally, though. The rooms in the delivery wing are larger than the rooms upstairs, with a more private atmosphere, but there are extra beds in here, and even VIP delivery isn't private on first blush. A closer inspection reveals the rooms only really seem fit for one of the beds. Others must have been added later for some reason. The lobby is very large here, with plenty of seating available for waiting. There's a door that works, also, opening to the south into a small, empty parking garage and finally revealing the rest of the ice tunnel area. During the day, at least. It's locked at night like everything else. There are finger-sized slits cut into many of the mattresses. One of the bathrooms on the first floor has signs of a fire having been set, with scorch marks. "ALPHONSE ELRIC, DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO, CONTACT @LELRIC FOR ANY ASSISTANCE" is written on the wall. "ALFIE SOLOMONS, 1922. Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe, Earth. Day 165, February 24." is carved into the wall. Underneath the RECEPTION sign is the following, scrawled in black crayon:
"NⓍ NIMA
where is it?
73 74 69 6c 6c 20 73 65 61 72 63 68 20 69 6e 67"
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[personal profile] advanced 2017-02-18 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[He turns properly towards Steve now, not even half away looking for an escape route, and spreads his fingers placatingly. It's probably only now that it becomes obvious that he only has one arm, the other sleeve hanging loose all the way down from the shoulder.]

If I'm on my own then I can't hurt anybody. That's the most important thing, I don't want to-- I never want to hurt anyone again, but I keep doing it anyway.
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[personal profile] fiteme 2017-02-20 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[God, he didn't know about the arm, he had no idea, and Steve stares at it a moment, a flood of worry and anger rushing through him before he squeezes his eyes shut and reminds himself to focus. He can ask about the arm later.]

You hurt yourself by being alone, is the thing. Please. At least... let me try, for a little while. We can travel together just a few days, and if it doesn't work out, you can leave again.
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[personal profile] advanced 2017-02-21 11:00 am (UTC)(link)
[It's such a bad idea, he can't trust himself at all. But something about Steve's earnest eyes and a tugging memory of the friendship they used to have stops him from just immediately saying no.]

Three days.

[Is that the wrong decision?]

If I even try and hurt you before that, it's done.
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[personal profile] fiteme 2017-02-21 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Deal.

[He won't celebrate, not when this could very well end horribly, but Steve is glad Bucky agreed regardless.

He struggles to his feet, which is a lot harder than it should be, but he makes it. Even if he's swaying a little once he's there.]


So which direction do you want to go?

[As if they're leaving right now. Jeez, Steve, hold your horses.]
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[personal profile] advanced 2017-02-22 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
It's lockdown, we can't go anywhere until morning.

[But he finally notices the swaying, and he steps close enough to almost hesitantly lay his remaining hand on Steve's shoulder.]

You're hurt. Where?
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[personal profile] fiteme 2017-03-06 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, yeah, but planning stuff out ahead of time would be a good idea...

But Bucky's asking about how he's hurt, and Steve tries to wave it off.]


Just hit my head on a door. I'm fine.

[He's not.]
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[personal profile] advanced 2017-03-06 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Show me.

[It's a demand rather than a request, and if Steve doesn't acquiesce then Bucky will move to try and take hold of him and move him around so that he can see.]

Dizzy? Nauseous?
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[personal profile] fiteme 2017-03-09 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Steve rolls his eyes a little but lifts his hair away from his forehead and kind of gestures at the spot which is definitely red and yeah there's a bump.]

Yeah, yeah, but it's fine, I'll be fine.
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[personal profile] advanced 2017-03-09 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's very carefully that Bucky reaches out to touch that bump, before he reaches into his pack for one of his bottles of medicine.]

I have pain killers, you can have a quarter.
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[personal profile] fiteme 2017-03-12 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[To his credit, Steve only winces a very tiny bit when the bump is touched. He protests, but he's too tired to put any real effort into it.]

You don't have to. I'm fine. You should keep that.
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[personal profile] advanced 2017-03-12 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's not listening at all, tipping one of his stolen vicodin into the palm of his hand and then carefully trying to split it with his one remaining hand.]

Take it. Then rest.
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[personal profile] fiteme 2017-03-15 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Steve sighs deeply. He's too tired to fight Bucky on this, so he nods and takes the offered medicine and swallows it dry.]

You see a bed or a couch close by?
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[personal profile] advanced 2017-03-15 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, there's plenty of beds.

[This is one of the hospital wards, after all. He stands and leads Steve down the corridor to where some ratty beds still stand.]

Sleep.

[He'll keep watch.]
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[personal profile] fiteme 2017-03-16 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, yeah, fine.

[He's practically falling asleep on his feet as it is, especially as the medicine kicks in. Steve collapses on a bed and shifts slightly to get comfortable.]

You get some sleep too.

[He manages to mumble it before he completely passes out.]