vanillajello: (Sitting on the bed.)
Kate Gregson ([personal profile] vanillajello) wrote2009-10-19 07:57 pm

Room 324, Monday Afternoon

The awesome mood Kate had been in at the Perk in the morning? Completely gone, thanks to religion class. It seemed like the island was adamant on dragging her back down when she was feeling good.

She had been happy, finally thinking of Fandom as home, finally realizing she was really staying here and not just visiting. Of course the world had to go and remind her of the worst time she had had in Fandom. The fact that her face was painted blue didn’t bother her; that could’ve been just karmic payback for laughing at Bobby so much when he was pranked. No. It was the sudden paralysis, and the panic that followed it.

Being paralyzed was too close to the nightmares she had had after the incident with the sleepers and the other Fandom. Too close to the nightmares, and worse than them, because it really happened. Screaming inside her head with no control over her body, and completely awake.

She had calmed herself down in class, and she had made it to her room – because there was no way she was going to town looking like this – before she realized how messed up she was. And now she was sitting on her bed with her back against the wall, looking at her shaking hands, just like she had been for... quite a while now.

It was another way of being paralyzed and stuck inside her own mind.

[ooc: Door half-open, post completely so. I couldn’t resist being evil to her.]
living_endless: ([neu] heart)

[personal profile] living_endless 2009-10-19 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey Kate," Didi said, peeking in as she passed by her neighbor's door. "How are you doing?"

She wasn't psychic; she was just good at turning up when people needed a friend.

[OOC: I could not resist, but you can shoo her away if you want ;-). Heading home and to SP in about half an hour.]
living_endless: ([neu] two faces)

[personal profile] living_endless 2009-10-19 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Didi peeked a little more in the door. "You sure?" she asked. "You look kind of -- well. Blue. To start with."

She wasn't commenting on the shaking hands yet.
living_endless: ([neg] serious and thoughtful)

[personal profile] living_endless 2009-10-19 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not a big fan of blue, huh?" Didi asked. "I don't blame you. It's not really a color you want to see on human skin."
living_endless: ([neu] listening)

[personal profile] living_endless 2009-10-19 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Bobby looked fine, but I agree with you," Didi said.

She was closer to white than to pink, but that was a side issue.

"What was going on in class?"
Edited 2009-10-19 23:48 (UTC)
living_endless: ([neg] looking away)

[personal profile] living_endless 2009-10-20 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"... on purpose?" Didi frowned. Hard. "Why did they do that?"
living_endless: ([neu] biting her nails)

[personal profile] living_endless 2009-10-20 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"... not much of a lesson if it took paralyzing you and painting you blue and they still didn't get it across," Didi said, eyes skittering to Kate's hands before she jerked them away. "That's ... I mean, I'm not a teacher, but that sounds like bad teaching."
living_endless: ([neg] Meh)

[personal profile] living_endless 2009-10-20 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Especially if they didn't warn you what they were doing," Didi agreed. "Sometimes people get carried away with power, right?"

She reached to put a hand on Kate's shoulder. "You're safe now."
living_endless: ([neu] two faces)

[personal profile] living_endless 2009-10-20 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sorry I can't make you not blue." Didi said with a shrug.
living_endless: ([pos] you might be okay)

[personal profile] living_endless 2009-10-20 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, I figured that much," Didi said. "Are you going to try to talk to the teacher about it?"
living_endless: ([spec] I'm death)

[personal profile] living_endless 2009-10-20 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Worst she can do is laugh, right?" Didi said with a little shrug. "Maybe it went wrong for her, too, and she feels bad."
living_endless: ([neu] thinking)

[personal profile] living_endless 2009-10-20 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good luck either way," Didi said. She wasn't sure she believed her encouraging thought either.
living_endless: ([pos] has her secrets)

[personal profile] living_endless 2009-10-20 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"No problem," Didi said. "I like listening to people. Sorry I couldn't do more."

She rose to leave. "See you later, Kate."
Edited 2009-10-20 18:59 (UTC)