#earthrunes

Kimberlee moves towards the young man. "Easy there. Easy."

"Visiting hours? What's she talking about, Delores?"

"I have to see Magnus." Doggedly.

"Who's magnus?" Confusion on the nurse' face.

Coradel has to focus, to remember... "Tony. He means...Tony."

"Well, we're about to move you to another room, young man. Hospital policy. Tony is in special care" Kimberlee says "That's all I can say"

"No! No...wait...please...don't move him. I need him here...." Coradel says urgently. "Delores...tell her....?"

Delores sighs, "I'm afraid that's really not possible, miss... here, this will explain why" SHe offers over a note.

August swings his legs over the side of the bed, swaying slightly. He works on standing up.

"Unless this is from a doctor, I'm afraid I..." She takes the note, and glamour flows and the nurse gains a dreamy happy expression.

Delores turns "August, don't be an idiot.."

"Is he getting up? Can he get up? If he can't, don't let him. Tie him down." She sounds hazy.

"Some days I completely understand rebels." The boggan is moving towards August

"S'ok." August uses the bed to make his way, learning on it unsteadily. "Delores, help me to see Cor... Chloe."

The hospital scent...and the bleak ceiling tiles.... Coradel stares at them, slowly grasping her situation. "We...can't stay here...."

"August, stay right where you will. Coradel. Shush. Let me explain the situation. Right now, we can't just steal you away … you came to a hospital and are on record as damaged, broken limbs? X rays are taken? If you vanish, we threaten the right of ignorance. you have to wait until the others do their work"

"She isn't wrong." August admits. "We'll be ok, though. I'm with you here and I'm not going to leave. I want to check on... on Tony. Is that ok?" August hand-over-hand walks to Coradel's bedside.

"No, it's NOT okay. I think the nurse on staff there might object." Delores says "Now, I care for you all, but so help me, if you all don't let me help you, I'm going to tranq each of you and just get things done efficiently. Don't make me have Claire come in here and slam you down. She's more loyal than obedient. And so far she's the only one listening to me."

A deep breath. "I...okay. Okay, Delores. August...lie down. Please. I'm...okay. You stay there."

August is checking Coradel, which limbs are broken, what other injuries....

Nurse Kimberlee giggles

His own cast-bound arm held against him, numerous scratches and abrasions evident.

Looks like A broken left leg, a broken right wrist. A broken left forearm, AND wrist .

All on our driver

Gingerly he bends to put a careful kiss on her lips. "Once we can get home, we can heal these up no problem." He murmurs to reassure.

"I'm okay..." she assures him. It's a clear lie. "August...." She looks at the cast on his arm. "I'm....oh, August, I'm so sorry...."

She takes the kiss, though forced to be motionless. "Well..." she murmurs. "At least this part is familiar....?" A slight wry smile.

He shares a guilty smile. "Practice makes perfect?"

Something stabs August in the ass.

As a shot full of tranqulizer fills him.

"And there we go." Delores says

"AAHH!" He jolts, just avoids falling across Coradel, and staggers to turn. "What was that!?!? Woah...." He sways.

And gets caught as he goes liquid.

Bones dissolving, he leans on Delores. "What... why??"

"August?!" Alarmed, as she can't see well enough. "Delores, what happened to him???"

And the boggan, has had it. "Tiredofbeingignoredeverydamntimeitellyousomethingthat'whatwhyIcareforhertobutyouareendangeringEVERYTHINGandIam sick and tired.." A deep breath "I've knocked him out so I can handle him

"

"That -hurt-!" He protests weakly as she dumps him back in his bed.

"GOOD"

Delores rolls her sleeves up "Now. AS I WAS SAYING... there are others of us here."

"He's okay, though? He's....okay, of course he is. You wouldn't harm him. Okay....okay...." She swallows, looking at the ceiling.

"Ver' dizzy. Room's movin'...." muffled mumbles into his pillows.

"Sleep, love," she calls over to him. "Sleep. I'm here. We're here."

"Others, wwho are risking banality to steal and falsify records, and get folks out. Emma slaved over healing brownies."

Then she refocuses her attention on Delores's voice. "Others here. Okay." She nods...and a deep breath. "Get them dross, as much as they need, for themselves and Magnus. He's the priority."

"If we have to, we flicker flash Magnus out. As for your nurse, well, you helped with that ...she's having sex dreams based on experiences you've had in the hold."

"Need Coradel better."

A pause. "Well...I hope she enjoys. She's likely to learn a thing or two...."

"I did." obscured, his breath going deeper and move even.

Delores mutters something, "We'll see how it goes. Here. I'm going to give you a brownie," She offers it to Coradel