fionnuisce: (it was your heart on the line)
Lord El-Melloi II [AU] ([personal profile] fionnuisce) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2013-09-02 04:35 pm

[open] // do what we must because we can

Characters: Waver and open
Setting: Floor 27, cafeteria, dorm floors
Format: Either
Summary: Tea, science, and sleep are Waver's priorities. In that order.
Warnings: None yet.

[floor 27]

[Waver had spent the majority of his time in the laboratory; being the leader of the group researching the clear collar fluid, he might have felt obligated even if it didn't fascinate him. Luckily (for some value of the word), he was a researcher that often became utterly absorbed in his work to the point of forgetting everything else. 'Minor' things like sleeping and eating, for example.]

[Though he hid it the best he could, if the ponytail-wearing magus looked exhausted that was likely no one's imagination. Today he was looking over his own hastily-written notes and narrowing his eyes at the container of fluid itself as though it had perhaps insulted his mother, thin cloud of cigarette smoke hanging in the air in front of him.]


[cafeteria]

[It was a remarkably simple thing, tea. Last time it was available, Waver had taken quite a bit of it to store in his trunk (along with a whole lot of alcohol.)]

[Then, glamour failure. If asked for one petty thing Waver would never forgive the administrators for, he would always answer with that.]

[Needless to say, he'd finally dragged himself away from his work long enough to enjoy the shift in provisions. Today in the cafeteria one could find a magus in a black and green suit sitting by himself, looking over near-incomprehensible notes with a cup of tea in his hand.]

[And if one happens upon him in the evening, it's likely he's minding his own business and leaving with a bottle of wine or two, liquid mercury maid trailing a step behind him.]


[dorm floors]

[Only at some ungodly hour did Waver finally give up for the night and leave the laboratory, Volumen Hydragyrum behind him carrying two bottles of wine. If he was willing to stop at all, it was likely he'd reached his physical limit or damn near to it. Sure enough, it had been several days since he slept a full night--or slept, period. As a result Waver was pale and walking just a little unsteadily, but at least he didn't seem ready to drop dead.]

[Drop into a coma when he got to his room, sure. But not drop dead.]
puppy_lancer: from <user name=aicons> (But come ye back)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-09-03 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Oh come on! If it was Diarmuid telling you to sleep, you'd sleep!

[GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP!]
puppy_lancer: <user name=cu-chulainn> (my love and I did stand)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-09-03 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Well, just because I'm saying it doesn't make it any less right.

So...yeah?
puppy_lancer: <user name=cu-chulainn> (And kneel)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-09-03 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
You can keep working on this after a break. It's not that hard.
puppy_lancer: <user name=cu-chulainn> (As all the flowers are dying)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-09-03 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Doesn't take a mother to tell an idiot to sleep when they need their sleep. Besides, we went over this. I'm your bodyguard. I need to keep you safe and killing yourself with exhaustion is not safe!
puppy_lancer: <user name=cu-chulainn> (as dead I well may be)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-09-03 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh? Well, everything you're saying and doing sure point the other fucking way!
puppy_lancer: (The enemy nearly slew ye)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-09-03 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
You should.

[Implication: He still doesn't know them.]
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[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-09-03 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
So how will I know when you're at your limit? If you really aren't at it right now, with your eye circles!
puppy_lancer: (Oh Danny boy oh Danny boy)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-09-04 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
What, do you have the Blessing of Sleeplessness or something?
puppy_lancer: <user name=cu-chulainn> (But I being young and foolish)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-09-04 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
But you're still gonna need to sleep sometime.

[He hesitates for a minute.]

How about I give you another hour? And if you can't figure anything out, you sleep.