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wesleynotponcy) wrote2012-03-14 11:22 am
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From the Causeway to Room 504, Wednesday Afternoon
A week after being checked into the hospital in Los Angeles, Wesley was free to go.
And as it turned out, Wesley was not really all that skilled at steering a wheelchair. Or... skilled at all, really. The process of transporting himself from the tip of the causeway all the way to the dorms involved quite a bit of bumping into things, a fair amount of swearing under his breath, and more than a little damage to the wheels of the damn thing.
It also took over an hour, what with the occasional (and then... less occasional) much-needed break to stop, breathe, and avoid straining the injury that was confining him to this stupid thing in the first place.
But. Eventually he made it. After, you know, swearing quite a bit to himself on the elevator ride up to the fifth floor, and bumping into quite a few walls and all of that.
It was safe to say that he he'd made more noise than intended, let's leave it at that.
[[door and post both open! and consider this your warning that if i forget to mention the chair in narrative for the next couple weeks, he is still in it, yup.]]
And as it turned out, Wesley was not really all that skilled at steering a wheelchair. Or... skilled at all, really. The process of transporting himself from the tip of the causeway all the way to the dorms involved quite a bit of bumping into things, a fair amount of swearing under his breath, and more than a little damage to the wheels of the damn thing.
It also took over an hour, what with the occasional (and then... less occasional) much-needed break to stop, breathe, and avoid straining the injury that was confining him to this stupid thing in the first place.
But. Eventually he made it. After, you know, swearing quite a bit to himself on the elevator ride up to the fifth floor, and bumping into quite a few walls and all of that.
It was safe to say that he he'd made more noise than intended, let's leave it at that.
[[door and post both open! and consider this your warning that if i forget to mention the chair in narrative for the next couple weeks, he is still in it, yup.]]
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It's nice to see you too, Katniss.
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"Gunshot?" he offered weakly.
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"Er," Wesley said, shifting a bit. Or as much as he could without hurting himself, really. "A demon. Of sorts." Which was true, just... you know, less weird than the other thing. "My, ah, my colleague Charles took care of it."
'Him.' Details, really.
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Yes, because clearly she minded.
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Look, you spend a week in a hospital with a serious injury, you come back wanting to make out with your girlfriend. Give the guy a break.
"Though it's not as though I planned it," he added when he drew back.
Don't whine, Wes.
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...maybe he shouldn't have added that part.
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"What can I do to help?" she asked carefully, biting her lower lip. "I mean, when I was shot, I don't think it was this bad. Or else they just pumped me full of morphling so I don't remember it being as bad as this."
Door number two's the right one, there, Katniss.
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So cheesy, Wes.
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...thanks, Wes.
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"Well," Wesley tried, "zombies are, ah, a type of demon?"
Oh, Buffyverse.
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Because 'demon' sounded way less scary?
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Why he'd thought he could make it all the way across the island in a freaking wheelchair and earn himself fewer than three questions from people was really a mystery for the ages.
"Gunshot," he said succinctly.
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"Okay, you know you have to give me more than that, right?" he asked.
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Better?
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Beat.
"Zombies, that is, not... guns. Though guns aren't terribly uncommon either. Er. I just mean to say, this sort of thing does happen."
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"Yeah, but hopefully not very often?" he tried to point out.
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Wes winced a bit, but decided to go for the literal interpretation. "Not... very often, no," he granted.
Sometimes the zombie cops were actually teenage girls. And the guns were, like, knives and lighters and aerosol cans and things. FAITH.
"It was, ah, just a one-time occurence," he promised. "And I'm told my colleague Charles was very quick to eliminate the threat." Sorry, zombie cops of Los Angeles.
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"Good, 'cause getting shot sucks," Alex said conversationally, sitting on his bed and crossing his legs. "I mean, I haven't ever actually been shot. I got stabbed in the gut, though, that really sucked...actually that happened twice, but the second time I just died then." He shrugged a sort of 'what are you gonna do?' shrug. "But, I mean, people I know who've been shot, it seemed to suck. Except my dad, he just doesn't care. But yeah, I've been there. I'm sorry, you're gonna be real uncomfortable for a while, huh?"
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Wesley blinked. A few times, actually.
"Er," he said after a moment. "You'll have to forgive me, I'm actually still on, ah, on some painkillers. But -- yes. Would be the answer there; yes, there's, ah, there's still a bit of discomfort. Did you say you were killed?"
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"...right," he said, dazedly, and shook his head to try to get some thoughts working there again. "And this was... when was this?"
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"So, how long are you gonna be in the chair?" Alex looked around. "I should probably clean my crap off the floor..."
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...yeah, that was what he had to offer right now. He'd get around to asking other questions -- lots of other questions -- later, but for right now... he'd just leave it at that.
"I'm told I need to stay in the chair for at least two to three weeks," he reported. "And then for as long as I need afterwards in order to stand comfortably. But there's really no need to go to too much trouble; I'm sure I can, er..." He steered forward, aiming to get to his side, and ran over something
idk it's moddable. "...manage," he finished, peering over the side of the chair to see what he'd destroyed.no subject
let's be honest, neverlater. "I can't just leave this stuff around for three weeks, come on, don't be stupid."no subject
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"Again," Wesley said. "Much appreciated. If you're ever, ah, stabbed again, I'll be more than happy to return the favor."
A beat.
"Er. Please, ah, do try not to get stabbed again."
The exceptionally articulate stylings of Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, ladies and gentlemen.
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"Oh, well, you know." He threw a few more things in the laundry basket. Wait, not those jeans, he could still wear those again. "I'll try, but, no promises."
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"Do your best," Wesley suggested.