29. juxtaposition

[orderfromchaos]

[Video]

[Grumpy Dillon is grumpy. His clothes from over a month ago are unwrinkled, and he has no bedhead, but he manages to look groggy anyway.]

So, while I was unconscious for a month, Hangover ate all my socks. Or sucked the reality out of them, or whatever he does.

[The camera swings around to see a bobbing lavender jellyfish like creature, wriggling self-consciously on a few sad strands of translucent yarn. Squiddle shaming!

Back to Dillon.]

So can I borrow some, maybe?


[Filtered to Tucky, Dillon, Bucky, Jean, Iris, Abigail, Horatio, Chris, Helena, Gene, Snafu, and Scott]

What's up with you guys? Are you okay? I feel more out of touch than I did breaking out of prison.


[Spam for Merlin]

[Once he's checked in with people, he goes searching for Merlin, ends up discovering him in the infirmary which is, frankly, perfect, since he's stuck on shift. Dillon grabs a wheelie chair and scoots next to him, forcing himself to tamp down his anger. Just from the set of his shoulders, it's clear the guy is kind of messed up.]

Hey. Can I talk to you for a minute?

Comments

[youwillgotohell]

It's a tree. [shut up morgana you have very little room to talk]

[orderfromchaos]

It's my leafy baby.

[youwillgotohell]

[Okay, she's laughing.]

You're leafy baby?

[orderfromchaos]

Don't judge.

[youwillgotohell]

I'll try very hard not to.

But I make no promises.

[orderfromchaos]

[He laughs a little, then settles, a little more earnestly.]

It's just - it's made out of - whatever power's in me, it's in every bit of that tree. Winston's and mine. It does feel like. Kin, sort of.

[youwillgotohell]

Thus, your leafy baby. [She smiles, but inclines her head.] I understand, I think. [There was nothing in her that created Aithusa, but that dragon became a part of her when they were trapped in Amata.]

[orderfromchaos]

Yeah.

Anyway, if you ever want me to finger comb your hair into creepy perfection, I'm good for it.

[youwillgotohell]

Though I've missed having a maid, when you put it that way....

[orderfromchaos]

I could probably learn to sew okay.

[youwillgotohell]

When you can embroider, come see me.

[orderfromchaos]

Yes ma'am.

[And a deliberately sloppy military salute.]