Edmund's Heart

[dramatispersonae]

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Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[senior_citizen]

Why?

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[dramatispersonae]

Why? What do you mean why? It's called being useful or doing something worthwhile!

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[senior_citizen]

[ quiet, but serious ]

How is talking to you not worthwhile?

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[dramatispersonae]

You're the bloody foreign military, you tell me!

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[senior_citizen]

... I signed up for the army at least four times before they actually took me. You see, I wasn't a whole lot taller or stronger than you are right now.

So when it comes to feeling powerless, when you could be doing something... Trust me, I know what that feels like.

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[dramatispersonae]

Don't you dare think you understand anything!

[ He spits out, getting up and running out the door quick as he can! ]

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[senior_citizen]

[ nabs the back of his shirt as gently as he can ]

-- wait!

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[dramatispersonae]

[ Only you would grab the back of a kid's shirt as he's running and not expect him to fall flat on his face as a result. ]

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[senior_citizen]

[ craaaap. kneels next to him, immediately worried. ]

Sorry, I'm still - are you all right?

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[dramatispersonae]

[ He scrubs at his face with his arm, hiding whatever tears of pain there were, and glares before shoving himself up and taking off again! ]

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[senior_citizen]

[ this time, he's going to let him run. and just listen for the footsteps, following him at a nonthreatening pace. ]

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[dramatispersonae]

[ They go down the hallway into the room at the end, with the sound of an opening door, and then silence. ]

[ Just. Silence. ]

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[senior_citizen]

[ no ... breathing or anything? That's. strange. he enters the room, looking around. kind of worried now. ]

Edmund?

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[dramatispersonae]

[ There's nothing in here except a tall wardrobe. ]

[ No sign of anyone here. ]

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[senior_citizen]

[ being much more gentle about nudging the door to that open ]

... Where'd he go?

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[dramatispersonae]

[ The wardrobe seems rather deep for one, but what you see immediately is only a set of fur coats! ]

[ Strange... ]

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[senior_citizen]

[ half-stepping into it then, brushing the coats aside ]

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[dramatispersonae]

[ If you reach for the back of the wardrobe, you can't feel it immediately. ]

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[senior_citizen]

[ ...ssteps all the way in. but doesn't shut the wardrobe behind him, because who's silly enough to shut themselves inside a wardrobe? he keeps working his way back. ]

Re: COUNTRY MANSION

[dramatispersonae]

[ '-' ]

[ You magically stumble out here... ]