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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:04 am
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While he had promised Temperance some sort of lessons that would bring her closer to her vision of nobility and had done a decent job of sounding like he knew what he was talking about, Rabbit really had no idea. He knew that whatever he came up with had to involve healing or a healing related activity, because she was a nurse and saving people was kind of her obsession, but he had only ever healed someone once in his life, and that had been an emergency. He didn't know where to find creatures that might require medical attention outside of a hospital, and he was pretty sure there weren't any of those in other Ashdown. And anyway, even if he could find a load of space worms or whatever in need of band-aids, how was he ever going to convince them that some random pair of humans were the ones to help?
It was late when he walked out of Darlene's and into the otherworld, and though he'd been drinking, Rabbit was far from drunk. He was tired, however, and he sighed at the thought of hanging around here for another couple of hours until the magic spat him back out and he could head home. He briefly considered going to court, but he didn't want to face Temp again until he had an answer. Instead, he magicked himself a bright green raincoat and shoved his notes into one of its pockets, then started off toward City Hall.
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 2:37 pm
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He definitely turned around now, cigarette bobbing once as he swallowed. He expected a smallish person or a child, judging by the height of the voice, but when he saw who had really spoken, he realized he should have known better.
It was something else. Someone. It was... that guy from the ball. Rabbit might have been very, very distracted that night, but between mask fights and murder he'd had the sharpest urge to introduce himself to the weasel in the vest. He hadn't, but it seemed he was being given a second chance to do so now.
"Yeah, pretty bad," he replied, grinning like it was Christmas morning. "But once you start with them, it's hard to stop. You want one? Not to smoke, but I hear people use them as money in prison." Surprisingly he'd never been, though he had marathoned Oz a couple of years back when he'd been stuck inside with the flu.
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 6:31 am
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Rabbit had a hit or miss track record when it came to identifying and appropriately reacting to cuteness, especially cuteness born from other Ashdown, but this was...
He wanted to hug Gloom. A lot.
He refrained.
Maybe when they knew each other better he'd give it a shot, though there was something else that held him back too. A pretty blue scrap of paper he'd found in his pocket over breakfast with Temperance, one with the single word GLOOM printed on it in pale, shimmering ink. Not the strange, evil portent he had imagined, only a name scribbled into existence when he'd hit a dead end.
"I'm Rabbit Vaughn. You don't have to be all formal if you don't want to, but it's very nice to meet you too. Were you just... walking around?" The cigarette disappeared for now, shoved into a pocket as he debated offering his hand to shake.
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 4:03 pm
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"I wouldn't mind, no," Rabbit said, making sure his lips were closed around his smile this time so it wouldn't be mistaken for some rabid grimace. "I like being more informal unless, I don't know. Court things." He glanced back at City Hall, wondering if Alwise's death had been caused by something turning different. The building certainly seemed normal enough now.
"Do people get hurt a lot for no reason?" he asked, trying to appear less interested than he was. "I mean, for reasons no one expects, I guess. I met a siren once who was attacked, but I couldn't save him, mostly 'cause I didn't know what was going on."
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Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:59 pm
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"Yeah, it was." He had thought he'd just come across some normal othercrow at the time, but in hindsight the siren's death meant fewer guardians of this place when it needed them the most.
"He was caught... by darkness, I guess. Even if I'd been able to get him out, I wouldn't have known where to take him." Rabbit paused, certain he was being incredibly obvious, maybe even creepily so. But if he didn't ask, he'd never know. "Is there a place you go around here? Like a hospital? My friend is really good at healing, but she only knows how to do it to humans, so I was thinking if she had someone here to ask about it, maybe she could help you guys too."
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