gabriel_tam: (shadowed by blue)
Gabriel Tam ([personal profile] gabriel_tam) wrote2007-08-03 12:09 am

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The room is fairly nice, all things considered. There are several chairs, a porta-cot set up discreetly against one wall for visitors that for one reason or another are reluctant to leave, and it's clear that whoever designed this particular private room in the first place intended to make it seem as warm and welcoming as possible.

Of course, given that it's a hospital, there's really only so much that can be done.

Currently, the hospital bed is tilted upwards at an angle, with the evident intention of making the patient comfortable. It seems to be working, at least a little, because Gabriel Tam is asleep.
wolflord_andain: (Default)

[personal profile] wolflord_andain 2007-08-03 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
Galadan, Mary's hand still held in his, opens the door to Gabriel's room after a brief exchange with one of the guards outside.

His tread is noiseless, and he raises a hand to caution Mary as they enter the room.

She, of course, may not be silent enough not to wake the Senator.

Galadan can make no provision for that.
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[personal profile] mistressmaryquitecontrary 2007-08-03 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
Mary isn't much concerned with silence at the moment, anyways.

As they enter the room, she pulls her hand out of Galadan's and runs immediately over (boots clattering somewhat on the pristine floor) to stare fiercely down at Gabriel Tam, attempting to ascertain with her eyes alone exactly what's wrong with him. And what the likelihood is that it will get worse.
wolflord_andain: (Default)

[personal profile] wolflord_andain 2007-08-03 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
Galadan stays where he is, watching the door, the girl, and the man in turn.

Most especially he watches to see what Mary will do, and how Gabriel will respond.

There is much too be learned in moments such as these.
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[personal profile] mistressmaryquitecontrary 2007-08-03 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
She knows enough not to wake him up deliberately if he is sleeping - though it's a strong temptation to do just that, just to make sure that he's still there.

(He looks different. And there's things in him and -

She wants to know he's still there.)

But she stays still, now that she's by the bed, with her hands clasped tightly behind her back, staring still down. Looking perfectly ready to stand there for hours, until he wakes up.

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[personal profile] regan_tam 2007-08-03 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
His hand in hers is still warm. Sometimes, if her thumb shifts to the right spot, she can feel his pulse.

She should move to the cot, she knows. She will soon, probably; her neck is still stiff from having dozed off in this armchair earlier. She's old enough for her bones to prefer a soft bed and a real pillow.

But she can feel her husband's pulse, and she's not falling asleep quite yet. So she'll stay a while longer.

And let her eyes drift closed. Just for a bit.
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[personal profile] regan_tam 2007-08-03 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
She's half asleep at best, and the sound of his voice brings her jolting back to awareness.

"Gabriel?" It comes out hushed, here in this hospital room where the only sounds are breathing and the low whirr of monitoring machines and the occasional mutter of a guard. It'll be another ten or twenty minutes before another nurse comes by.

But, no, he's awake -- drugged, yes, and bandaged and rasping, but awake, and her heart lifts to see it.

"Morning, xin gan," she murmurs with a smile, clasping his hand in both of hers now.

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[identity profile] night-hibiscus.livejournal.com 2007-08-05 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
The height of the man, and the hieght of the bed, and last of all the height of Yuna, all factor together to require her to tilt up on the toes of her chunky hiking boots to get a full-body scan of the sleeping man through the lens of her staff.

She tries to be as quiet as she can, as the red and blue lights play on her face once again, but the posture is awkward and she is, perhaps, ill at ease, surrounded by the full might of a machina society, all bent on preserving one life.

There's a bell that hangs by a thin cord from the end of her staff; it jingles, clear and sweet among the beeps and gusts.
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[personal profile] simon_doctor 2007-08-05 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Simon is standing between the bed and the door, watching.

If any of the hospital staff step in, he wants to be able to intercept and explain.

[identity profile] night-hibiscus.livejournal.com 2007-08-05 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
...whoops.

Yuna stills the bell with her free hand, and drops back on her heels. She darts a glance at Simon before speaking. "I'm Yuna. Simon brought me to check on you."


She speaks clearly and calmly; more self-possessed than a wisp of a seventeen year old girl really ought to be. "I was there, when you were--unconscious. In the bar."

"I'm sorry I woke you."

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[personal profile] gonna_live 2007-08-05 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Kaylee is smart enough to be quiet.

Means she can sit and occupy herself with the book in her lap.

There's something leafy on the bedside table that wasn't there before; there are two small, colorful paper umbrellas neatly speared into the soil at the base.
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[personal profile] gonna_live 2007-08-05 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
Her head immediately turns to the table. The cup of water there is empty.

She closes the book, leaves it on the chair, and goes to the sink off in the corner -- there as discreetly as it can be, but -- it's still a hospital room, isn't it.

The sound of running water is quiet; she tests the stream with her thumb first to make sure it's cold.

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[personal profile] un_fallen 2007-08-12 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
A few days into Gabriel's stay when the security staff are less inclined to confiscate all cards from well-wishers on principle, a battered envelope addressed to the senator arrives. It says only:

Tam-Tam,

Looks like I owe you one.

-R


As though to drive home the point (assuming there is a point), the envelope also contains one wooden tile bearing the letter R.
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[personal profile] wolflord_andain 2007-08-12 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
Galadan was not precisely lurking in the corridor, but he can hear the medalarms well enough, and it is the work of a moment for him to slip inside the room.

There is no immediately visible threat, but that does not always mean much.

When the nurse finally leaves, assured that the Senator is in no danger of immediate death, Galadan steps closer to the bed.

"Gabriel?"

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[identity profile] a-fell.livejournal.com 2007-08-13 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Sometime late in the afternoon, Aziraphael slips into the room, walking silently to sit in a chair just adjacent to Gabriel. After some hesitation, he lifts a hand and settles it on Gabriel's wrist, his eyes slipping closed, assessing the senator's condition for himself.

[identity profile] a-fell.livejournal.com 2007-08-13 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
It's.

It's hard to smile, knowing what he knows about what happened to Gabriel Tam only days ago. Aziraphael just manages it, and squeezes Gabriel's wrist lightly. "Fortunately, I was already on my way."

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