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Anders ([personal profile] not_every_mage) wrote2015-03-27 09:41 am

Room 322, Friday Midday

After Nathan got him home from town the day before, Anders had slept 12 hours, woken up for just long enough to devour three sandwiches and a sleeve of cookies, showered, filled Lachlan's food bowl and made some abject apologies to the cat who was now ignoring him in retribution, and then gone back to sleep for six more hours.

He was awake again now, though he almost wished he wasn't. When he was asleep, he wasn't thinking about how bloody stupid he'd been to fall prey to someone obviously evil just because he dangled the right kind of shiny. It wasn't as if he hadn't been warned it was all too good to be true; he'd just chosen to ignore it.

He didn't like to think about what that meant for him the next time he went up against a real demon at home. Possession was a fear for any mage.

Even knowing he'd forced Cassandra to spend a week on a fool's errand didn't give him much satisfaction. He supposed he owed her some kind of apology for his conduct, though not nearly as intense of one as what he owed Kathy. That might take cookies at a minimum. (Or some kind of present, anyhow. He wasn't sure what exactly said "sorry I almost froze you to death while I was in a demon's thrall.")

He laid on bed with his eyes open, thinking all of this over. He'd heard people were gathering at the clinic, and he'd go there to see what he could do. Later. Right now he was still weak and achy, and still needed most of his energy to finish healing himself.

[OOC: Mainly a linkdrop but open if you want!]

[identity profile] likes-ducklings.livejournal.com 2015-03-27 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Rapunzel nodded, dropping her gaze down to Lachlan. "Someone brought a box of the stolen stuff to the clinic, and...well, I was pretty sure that was my hair. Kind of too long to be anyone else's."

And knowing it had been for a healing potion -- you know, supposedly -- did help a little, but still. She glanced up, her mouth settling in a tiny frown. "I would've given you it if you'd asked, you know. It doesn't do anything without me attached, anyway."

[identity profile] likes-ducklings.livejournal.com 2015-03-27 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"I know you wouldn't have done it normally," Rapunzel assured him, worrying her lower lip a little. "I know. That's the thing -- it's some kind of magic that he had you all under, because it sounds like lots of people gave up stuff or took things they wouldn't normally. So...it's okay. I just wanted to see if it'd been you under this influence, or if Mother was right that I need to be worried about people actually being after it."

Though Rapunzel did feel a little stupid for thinking that no one would ever steal it. Still. One strand in the course of a year wasn't too bad.

Her frown settled into something more thoughtful, now that she was feeling a little more reassured. "Why'd Cassandra want the phylactery, anyway? Is she a mage, too?"
Edited 2015-03-27 19:45 (UTC)