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Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:43 am Post subject: Scene 2.5D - Rebecca and Doc Dee

Doc Dee is smoking a cigar, his hands stained red even after he scrubbed them thoroughly. He is cleaning his spectacles with a clean white handkerchief. He is half-sitting, half-leaning on a wooden crate on the large patio of the Lone Pine.

He looks at Rebecca when she arrives and nods her way and gives her a pinched smile. He seems less affected by the situation than others might, probably due to his years as a war medic when he was still young. Doc Dee was a good man of a practical nature who, if Rebecca judged him correctly, would put himself at tremendous risks in order to save the lives of others.

He blows smoke in the direction of Silver City, facing the hills hiding them from seeing it properly. "Nice weather we're havin'... I's gonna rain t'night." He gives her a big grin and adds, "Rust is a blessin' these days..."
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Arden · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 720 Location: Oklahoma

"Imagine so." She gives him a ghost of smile and squats down nearby. She sets her elbows on her knees and regards the doctor. "There's some medical supplies in with the rest o' tha stuff we brought in with us. I think there may be somethin' in it to help Zach. I hope so, anyways. When ya finish yer smoke, we'll walk down to the barn its in and have a look."

She fishes out her own cigarette and strikes the match on her boot. "I'm curious 'bout somethin', Doc. That kid you were workin' on when we came in; tha one that lost both arms. Don't mean ta sound callous, but wouldn't it have been kinder to let him die?"

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:17 am Post subject:

"Funny ya'd say that. That's what he asked us... And I don't mean ta be callous myself, but I'll be damn'd if I dun' give 'im a chance ta set his own noose if he wants ta end his life so badly. Time kills a lotta worries, ya know, even sorrows we can't overcome on our own." He drags hard on the cigar and when he exhales he is surrounded by a cloud of smoke. Thusly shielded he says, "Besides, the kid can sing. He'll be fine."

He sighs loudly, "B'sides if I'd followed that kind of thought, Zach'd be buried and yer supplies'd be 'ere much too late." He looks at her and says, "He didn't lose both arms, but he was in such bad shape and deep coma Wyatt ask'd if it'd be a fair thing ta do ta give him back ta his folks."
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Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:20 am Post subject:

"Funny ya'd say that. That's what he asked us... And I don't mean ta be callous myself, but I'll be damn'd if I dun' give 'im a chance ta set his own noose if he wants ta end his life so badly. Time kills a lotta worries, ya know, even sorrows we can't overcome on our own." He drags hard on the cigar and when he exhales he is surrounded by a cloud of smoke. Thusly shielded he says, "Besides, the kid can sing. He'll be fine."

He sighs loudly, "B'sides if I'd followed that kinda thought, Zach'd be buried and yer supplies'd be 'ere much too late." He looks at her and says, "He didn't lose both arms, but he was in such bad shape and deep coma Wyatt ask'd if it'd be a fair thing ta do ta give him back ta his folks."
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Arden · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 720 Location: Oklahoma

Rebecca isn't at all sure the boy's voice was going to make his life any easier. He would require assistance for the rest of his days. But she lets it go and smokes quietly for a moment, looking out over the camp on her front lawn.

"Tha same forces behind the machines, they're causin' trouble elsewhere, further out. Ya need ta be lookin' fer any strange markin's on folks. Back o' the neck's usual I've been told, though could be anywhere on their torso. Talk ta Finn - the tall raven haired fella with me, or Fay. They know."

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject:

"I've seen a lotta folks these past few months, as ya can imagine, but I ain't seen no weird mark... I'll keep an eye out and tell tha others ta do tha same, though. What's it do?"
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Arden · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 720 Location: Oklahoma

Rebecca is silent a beat before answering. "It makes 'em do things they wouldn't do without it. It's like a disease. Don't think there's a cure either. Likely they'll be needin' killin'. Isolation at tha least.""

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject:

He grimaces, "This is more serious than the machine things, then... Do you know how it spreads?"

As he asks, Wyatt comes around the corner and tips his hat to both of them, "Howdy. I got'em checkin' each other fer marks and such. So far, so good..." he tells Rebecca.
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"Dunno," she says to the Doc. "Finn an' his sister brought tha news. They know more. Don't remember 'em sayin' how it was spread."

She looks up when Wyatt's boots hit the wood of the porch and she smiles. Rebecca nods at his announcement, rising to her feet. "Good. Best ta get it done. Then we can make arrangements ta get these folks out of the open an' down inta tha deep warrens. Tha caverns are all big enough to house at least fifty in each of 'em without steppin' on toes. Be easier ta guard, an' will protect 'em from the winter that's comin'." She looks out over the corrals and sucks her teeth. "Have to let the herd loose. I'm guessin' there ain't enough hay and feed stocked to feed em all. Got enough for tha personal horses?"

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject:

"Yup. Did ya get in touch with Eric?" He continues walking to her and kisses her, passionate but much to brief: there are things on both their minds.

Doc Dee resumes his smoking and watching the smoke rise out of Silver City.
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"Your gonna find yerself dragged off inta tha bushes if ya keep that up, darlin'," she whispered to Wyatt after the too brief moment passed.

She frowned a little and then shook her head. "Don't know what tha problem is, but I couldn't get him. Tha others were gonna try their hand at it."

"Why don't ya come with me ta check the supplies in tha barn Finn brought in? Doc can finish his cigar in peace an' meet us down thar."

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject:

He turns around and says, "Doc, we'll see ya in a few. If ya see any weird mark on anyone, don't alarm them and make sure ta get me or Finn right away."

Doc Dee nods, dragging heavily on his cigar.

Wyatt takes Rebecca by the hand and waits for her to point to the barn in question. When she does, he takes her there and makes sure they're alone inside, at which point, supplies suddenly become secondary to their passion...
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Arden · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 720 Location: Oklahoma

Arden · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 720 Location: Oklahoma

Under normal circumstance, Rebecca most likely would have reigned him in. But these weren't normal circumstance. She could have lost him while she had been gone, they still might lose Zach, and she had never seen Tristan so fatalistic. Rebecca isn't too ashamed to admit - if only to herself - that circumstances had scared her half witless from the moment she saw Wyatt's scar.

So instead of 'now's not a good time', Wyatt hear Rebecca's husky drawl near his ear. "I missed you...."

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:37 pm Post subject:

He holds her cheek in his hand and caressing her hair with his other, he looks at her and says, "Oh, how I've missed ya!" He holds her tightly, caressing her back. "I almost couldn't believe it was really you when ya arrived... I..." he sighs and steps back a bit. He gives her a loving smile, his scar shifting the features on the right side of his face in a strange grimace.

"I had hoped for better circumstances for your eventual return... But ya do have ta leave with them, don't ya?" He takes her hands in his, dark and calloused. "If you and Finn and your cousins can fix this, then do it. I'll take care of things here as long as we can manage. If we can't, we'll head north... If things turn out better, I'll wait for you here."

He sees the worry in her and adds, "Look, stop worryin' 'bout T so much... He got shook by the ordeal in Silver City. Told me it was the kids... One of 'em looked like ya, he said. He's been odd since, but it'll pass. It doe'n't look like it but the men are startin' ta recover and adapt... It takes time. I'll do what I can ta protect everyone else 'til you figure us outta this mess..."

He steps closer and holds her again, whispering, "I'll marry you then. When it's all over."
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