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Philip LaFresque and Jack Daniel's depressing day in the kitchen [29/??? artefacts collected]
[ And then this happened and Philip was back in his body. Just like that. Just... like that.
Not that the time off was a breeze, oh no. The things he said to some people, the things Clarence did, but... there are the things he didn't do. The things he could've done so easily and yet--
And yet Philip is back in his body and nobody is hurt. Nobody is dead.
But the conclusions he's supposed to draw from this...
He takes a sip of whiskey. His first empty bottle now and quite likely not his last. That's how everyone will find him during the day: Sitting in the kitchen. Sipping on glass after glass, trying to make sense of what the hell happened in those past five days.
...Only later in the afternoon has he finally made his mind up about some things, leading to the following three audio transmissions: ]
[PRIVATE AND LOCKED TO DEAN]
Hey, I just... wanted to say that I'm- I'm back. I...
[ And then he hangs up, because everything else he wants to say is just so far out of his mental reach now, it's not even funny. ]
[PRIVATE AND LOCKED TO SANTANA]
Er, about... about the last time we talked, I think... there's something I think- I think I ought to tell you. Can we- Could we meet up someplace if you've got a moment? Please? Thanks.
[PRIVATE AND LOCKED TO BEISTE]
...Um, Shan-- Coach? I just... I just wanted to apologise for everything I-- for the last time we talked. That was after-- I wasn't... exactly myself then. I'm really sorry.
[[OOC: Slightly pre-dated to early afternoon on the 10th]]
Not that the time off was a breeze, oh no. The things he said to some people, the things Clarence did, but... there are the things he didn't do. The things he could've done so easily and yet--
And yet Philip is back in his body and nobody is hurt. Nobody is dead.
But the conclusions he's supposed to draw from this...
He takes a sip of whiskey. His first empty bottle now and quite likely not his last. That's how everyone will find him during the day: Sitting in the kitchen. Sipping on glass after glass, trying to make sense of what the hell happened in those past five days.
...Only later in the afternoon has he finally made his mind up about some things, leading to the following three audio transmissions: ]
[PRIVATE AND LOCKED TO DEAN]
Hey, I just... wanted to say that I'm- I'm back. I...
[ And then he hangs up, because everything else he wants to say is just so far out of his mental reach now, it's not even funny. ]
[PRIVATE AND LOCKED TO SANTANA]
Er, about... about the last time we talked, I think... there's something I think- I think I ought to tell you. Can we- Could we meet up someplace if you've got a moment? Please? Thanks.
[PRIVATE AND LOCKED TO BEISTE]
...Um, Shan-- Coach? I just... I just wanted to apologise for everything I-- for the last time we talked. That was after-- I wasn't... exactly myself then. I'm really sorry.
[[OOC: Slightly pre-dated to early afternoon on the 10th]]
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I kinda guessed that, yeah.
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I don't- There isn't... much else to say, I-- Sorry. Again. It- it won't happen again.
[ That last part might not have sounded entirely convinced. ]
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[ Sorry, little 2001 moment here. He laughs weakly. ]
I, um. I hope not.
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You know, I'm all up for a joke, but that was just downright cruel...
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:| I never got this notif good thing i was doing my CR chart
I have no excuse, I'm just painfully slow ;___;
;; /hug sokay
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[Audio]
And knowing that Philip feels worse makes Dean wish he wasn't so goddamn helpless.
But he calls back. It's what friends do.]
...hey, uh. Phil? You there?
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Dean! I-- Yeah, I'm... I'm here, are you-- Are you okay?
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[There's a sloshing sound. Philip might recognize it as the melodious call of the elusive whiskey bottle. Dean clears his throat (because damn, it's hoarse), and adds:]
I was gonna ask about you. You were kinda...more worse-off than me, dude.
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[ Finally. Finally he can do what he wanted to do since the moment he came back to life. Pretend that he's perfectly fine, that it's not a big deal. Pretend that he already forgot all about it and that Dean's voice doesn't still make his stomach tie itself into all sorts of knots, because ]
It wasn't your fault.
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...is what Dean wants to say.
But he doesn't. Because he knows that it's probably hard enough on Philip having to hear Dean's voice. The voice that screamed I'M COMING FOR YOU down the halls, followed by a bloody ax.]
Yeah. Sure.
[Doesn't that sound convincing? Almost as convincing as you, Philip!
Dean changes the subject, just like a good friend would. When they're not suffering from mutual trauma, they can broach the subject again in the distant future.]
How ya holdin' up, anyway? What with the past, uh...few days?
[He switches on the video. Dean looks like shit, by the way, but what's new? Lack of sleep will do that to a guy.]
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But finally, she does answer.]
...How do I know this isn't revenge?
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Because... because you didn't do anything I'd need to take revenge for.
[ And he really wishes he'd been the first to talk to her after his death rather than cleaning up Clarence's mess on top of everything.
...Look, bring a knife, bring a gun, I don't care, just... please, I've got to tell you something.
[ And fast, before he realises what a terrible idea this is. ]
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last night, baby~the other day, Philip.]...This is still really suspicious sounding. [But she still has Philip's own gun, actually, thanks to Dean. So fine, she'll bring that.
And seriously hope she doesn't need to use it.]
Fine. Where?
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[ Oh right, he should've thought that far ahead. ]
One of the t--
[ NOT one of the tea rooms.
...Not her room. Probably not his either.
The library is too public. The kitchen is too public. The dining hall is too traumatising. And too public. ]
...Third floor, first room.
[ Let's just hope that nobody's actually in there. ]
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1/I'll let you know
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done! 8D
Thank you, I quite enjoyed that.
you are welcome, serial-editor!
I feel I have to compensate for only offering one tag at a time
XD
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...I'll remind Philip to give you a call as soon as he's available again. Take care, all right?
Not the most reassuring words, either, and it's been so long already.
A bound manuscript titled Style Moderne that Evelyn has only been half-paying attention to most of the time is open in one hand as she pushes the kitchen door wide, stepping inside.]
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His state of mind and the gloom shrouding his thoughts does not need repeating. Thanks to Dean his decision on Evelyn is no longer as decisive as it once was.
It does open the future up for some better scenarios. And for some which are so, so much worse.
Regardless, his thought process calls for another drink of whiskey.
And when he lifts his head and sees Evie all he can do to stop himself from dropping the glass is--
Nothing. All too unprepared for this encounter it slips through his fingers and shatters on the floor. ]
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Holy f-]
Philip!
[Uh. Uh. U-Um. Oh, goodness. Oh gosh.
Evelyn stares for a long moment, the silence hanging like a heavy curtain until she warily adds:]
...y-you are Philip, aren't you?
[You can never be too careful.]
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Now it's a sentiment that washes over him and makes him want to stand up, forget everything he thought about not seeing her and hug her, just to confirm that she is really still here, that she's really all right.
...But even waves of relief ebb away, especially when they're being pulled by a question like that. ]
I wouldn't tell you if I wasn't.
[ Because that is why we can't have nice things. ]
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wake up => drink => hallucinate => drink => self-prescribe => fall asleep
...is not going to help him recover from his horrible murder or even be sustainable in the long run. It's gone on even longer than the last time he died. He should really make more friends who don't kill him recreationally.
He's staggered down to the kitchen, severely unkempt and visibly hung over, for some real food. Or, in the very likely event that he can't keep that down, at least an area that isn't his own stuffy, over-lived-in room.
Daniel slips in, sees Philip, draws back an inch and... closes his eyes for several seconds, waiting for the vision to pass.
Which, when he opens them again, it hasn't.
Not that that proves anything.
OH YEAH BABY
...Only search turns out to be a very loosely defined term, presently consisting of little more than a deep and thoughtful glance into a glass of whiskey. And another. And the next, all the while asking himself why and what and on occasion even how.
But wait, that was a while ago. Now it gets even more bizarre!
Several glasses in Philip looked at the half-empty bottle (probably not the first) and the all empty glass (most definitely not the first) and thought to himself that maybe... maybe that was enough for today.
And then he- and then he just... stopped. And went to do something else, leading to the image Daniel will see now:
Philip sitting in front of a bowl of soup, staring at it without looking up, not noticing Daniel while he braces himself to slowly accept that cooking may have been a suitable distraction; eating, however, is not.
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Well, now Daniel MUST be hallucinating.Philip's there. Maybe. Reasonably enough, since it's the kitchen, despite the deep sense of unreality that booze and psychosis and multiple resurrection have cast over Daniel's days. But some other hallucinations start out perfectly reasonable as well. So is he second-guessing himself now? Eighth-guessing? Does that mean that it probably is Philip or probably isn't?
...Daniel's brain isn't up to all this heavy lifting just now.
Let's go with real until proven otherwise. In which case, it's good to see the man. Daniel moves further into the kitchen, headed for... nothing in particular, actually; the savoury smell of the soup is making him feel ill.
"Philip?"
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You recently found yourself forced to commit TERRIBLE ACTS OF LECHERY on your dearest and most PLATONIC FRIEND.
> Philip: Utter the name of your dearest and most platonic friend in a shaky voice while gazing up in dramatic surprise.
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Philip looks up, visibly surprised. His voice is fittingly shaky.
He was really hoping he'd be done with the emotionally draining encounters for today.
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It all comes crashing down on your head now and you have absolutely no idea what to say or where to even begin.
> Philip: Be overwhelmed with thoughts and emotions.
4/thank you that is all
(Although you question whether you really needed an EXTRA TAG for that.)
and just in case I hadn't mentioned it enough, I love you
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