Prescribed Recreation part 3: Chillax'n with a Vengeance

[fleurdesel]

Who: House 44, House 46, House 3, Saori, Steve Rogers, and whoever wanders in
What: Movie night on the beach
When: September 9th, in the evening
Where: The Beach
Summary: After an unfortunate tussle with a Chaos God, work on a farm, a swarm of refugees and stress piled upon stress, sometimes all anyone wants is to sit back and watch classic movies.
Rating: PG for possible adult language
Something that everyone could agree on was this: the past three weeks had been several shades of stressful. What they needed, what they all needed was something mindless and relaxing shared in the company of those they care for in a neutral environment. The beach works well enough, and it's not that far a trip for anyone involved.

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[deathsdoctor]

You know, that's what Mister Lupin asked me in our first conversation together. [A nod to where he was. A worn, weary chuckle.] How I haven't gone insane by now.

You know how busy I keep. It helps. A bit. It keeps my mind off things. It's no cure, it's just coping, and sometimes it's not the best thing. [He knows he has been a hypocrite in the note he wrote to Lupin for his 'intervention'.] Sometimes it wears me down terribly and I have to step back for a while.

I'm glad for Itachi. He usually kicks me in the ass before it gets too bad.

[fleurdesel]

Lupin is more stir crazy than the average man. By tenfold. It will get him killed one day-

[She snorts.]

Oh. Wait. It already has. And it's changed nothing in his demeanor. I understand railing against stagnation, truly, I do. But at the expense of one's health?

[A moment then she shakes her head, more at herself than anyone else.]

Ignore me. He's been chomping at the bit, as of late. He has no one to keep him calm, no matter what he might call me or Luke.

[deathsdoctor]

He's like one of mine. Hoo... health. It's why I wrote that note. It had gone too far. He still needs to be very careful. But at this point? He needs something to burn off that restless edge as well. I know he's stir crazy. I would be too by now. Perhaps you and I can concoct something that would be well supervised, but spontaneous and a break in the routine. I think he needs it. Before he acts out.

[Part of being a doctor was attending to psychological needs without putting the physical in determent.]

He calls you nakama?

[fleurdesel]

...I could modify the simulation I made for Gambit's birthday, but that may be too structured for him. [She sighs and scrubs her face with a hand.] He is going to do something foolish, break out in some way and I don't know if I'll have the patience to manage him. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

[There's only so much of this she can stand, and Lupin's low boredom and ire is starting to build up. She can almost feel it.]

...Nakama? What does Nakama mean?

[deathsdoctor]

I'll see what I can do.

... it's a difficult concept to describe, and I likely won't do it justice. It's something in my world that's just known. [Not a lot of people get it here.] It refers to the relationship a group of people have when it goes beyond friendship and family. Bonds forged so strong that they can survive betrayal and heartbreak and everything else that would normally tear people apart because despite it all, you still love and accept the other person. With nakama, you are theirs and they are yours, and there's nothing you won't do for each other.

[fleurdesel]

Partners.

[The closest term Lupin might have for it. It's a romantic notion, having that sort of bond with someone.

It's also a destructive bond. Dangerous. Well worthwhile for some but...betrayal. It's not something she can easily forgive. Not after Robert. Not after Irving. Not after what led her to Unger.]


It might be what he thinks of us. It might not. I cannot say.

[deathsdoctor]

Partners.

[The word works.]

It's not for everyone.

[It doesn't occur as much as it should on the Line. The Marines don't have it. And there are many pirate crews that aren't nakama.

He knows. He didn't find nakama till he broke free.]

... that is something, then... you should one day ask him.

[fleurdesel]

We shook on it. Sealed with a glass of brandy- my father's tradition. It may mean more to me than it does him. And you know just...asking isn't something one does with Lupin. He rarely gives a straight answer, especially since he's bored.

[But it'd be something to ask...maybe in a few days. He's too tense right now, it'd only bother him.]

[deathsdoctor]

Mm. Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe it's the reverse. It's a big mess of maybes. Though not asking will get no answer at all.

... if it's important enough, he will. All you need to do is make sure he knows just how important it is to you.

[fleurdesel]

I will at that.

[She's told him enough of herself that it should be apparent. He's not an idiot- just. Flighty.


Better to be direct with this.]


Thank you, Law.

[deathsdoctor]

No problem.

[fleurdesel]

[A beat, then...]

Would you care to join us? For the film.

[deathsdoctor]

I would. I hear it's going to be about Superman. We had him in the enclosure once upon a time.

[fleurdesel]

...Really? That must have been...

[She's friends with Luke Skywalker and contemplating a romantic relationship with Obi-Wan Kenobi. But that's. Superman is a league all his own.]

Amazing.

[deathsdoctor]

He was one of a kind.

[Never met him. Just stalked him through the journals. But interested in getting to know a bit more about the man just the same. In case he came back.]

Him and his Justice League friends. They were a unique bunch.

[fleurdesel]

Batman, the Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, etc?

[Robert would have died. Adele's not certain she could remain blank faced just thinking about it.]

[deathsdoctor]

Yes. Batman, the Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, the Flash. All here at that time.

We do have a Robin in the village right now. I think he's from their world.

[fleurdesel]

That must have been something to see, I am almost sorry to have missed it.

[She takes a half step back and nods to the chairs set up along the beach.]

We've refreshments, blankets, and plenty of space whenever you wish to join us, Law.

[deathsdoctor]

I'll be over soon. [Smiling and a quick glance at the deck.] Just gotta finish getting things tidied up over here. There isn't much left to do.

[fleurdesel]

I shall keep a chair available for you.

[Adele lifts her hand in a wave, turning to make her way back up the shore.]

[deathsdoctor]

Thanks.

[He waves and watches her go, then turns to the deck. What a mess of rope he has here...]