My friends don't walk, they run

[madcuriosity]

Who: Alice Liddell and YOU
What: Alice is running a high fever, and gets the bright idea that playing out in the cold will help cool her down. This is clearly a terrible idea
When: Throughout the week
Where: Fayren
Warnings: None at the moment


A: My brain is scattered [Fayren]

It was quite cold outside, but Alice felt like she was on figurative fire. Even holding snow in her hands didn't do much to cool her down. She was currently just walking down the street, not intending to go far from home and just letting herself get some fresh air. Fresh air was supposed to be good when you had a fever, right? She couldn't remember where she heard such a thing, maybe she had made it up. But it sounded like good advice, at the very least.

She was a bit more wobbly than usual from the fever and the slippery nature of the snow and ice on the pavement. Snow boots or not, Alice and balance tended to not get along.

Which is why, for a moment, she was wondering why she was looking up at a wall of gray... only to realize it was the sky and she had slipped flat onto her back and stayed there. Oh... She should most certainly move, she was likely being quite a bother to any passerby. Yes, she should definitely move... Just... not yet. Maybe once everything stopped hurting.

She was in pain, really everything ached, including her head. No. Especially her head. She was quite dizzy at the moment. Was that from the fall or the fever, she wondered?

Or perhaps it could be both.

When the wall of gray was suddenly broken up by a face and then two other identical faces, she offered a curtsy while laying down, more or less just moving her dress underneath her winter coat.

"Hello," she offered. "Could the three of you please stop moving? It's making me terribly dizzy," well... dizzier.

B: You can be Alice, I'll be the mad hatter [Closed to close CR]

She was restricted to bed rest and more importantly, to bed.

When the medicine didn't put her to sleep, she was bored. And a bored Alice meant a fidgety one.

Maybe, if only for a moment, she could just go downstairs for a change of scenary. At the very least, she could move her legs. Maybe she'd make some tea. For once, she actually felt hungry, which considering she pretty much couldn't stomach more than tea and soup before feeling full, was a small sign of improvement. She looked all around and made a "shush" noise to her moonflowers in their windowsill box and grabbed Basil before making to tiptoe to her door.

She opened it and looked up into a familiar face. Drat! She had been caught!

"Oh um... we..." honestly with her mind a bit fuzzy she actually couldn't think of an excuse. So she went for the truth. "We're hungry." She held up Basil whose head flopped forward as if upset about the state of his stomach.

Comments

A

[theyseemeroland]

Flushed, glassy-eyed, and now apparently with double vision... Roland could easily tell Alice was sick. He'd come over when he saw her fall, and offered a hand to help her up.

"What are you doing out here, Alice? You should be resting inside." Despite the scolding, he tries to keep his voice gentle.

[madcuriosity]

"I was," she whispered, closing her eyes because spinning worlds were never pleasant. Eventually, she managed to open them again and reached up for Roland's hand.

"But it's too hot. Even the snow is too hot," she was flushed, her hair a bit of a mess from the fall but otherwise nothing looked too be hurt. "I feel like my head is on fire."

[theyseemeroland]

Roland pulls her up, reaching over to feel her forehead with the other hand.

"Let's get you some medicine." Considering where they are, herbal medicine might be all that's available, but it's something. Or maybe they can find someone with healing magic that can help.

"Are you okay to walk?" He's happy to carry her, or at least let her lean on him.

[madcuriosity]

"No more medicine," she whined. She had so many pills and syrups to take. "Just... want to feel cool. It's so hot," she mumbled.

At the question she gazed at the ground, trying to focus on it.

"It's slippery," she offered. "Can't find my footing, I lose it and then I become footless... feetless? My feet are not where they should be, which is on the ground," she managed to finally say. She turned back to Roland. "Just wanted some fresh air and to feel cool."

A

[borntolove]

Ten is out and enjoying the snow, by here means, he's rolling around in it. When he hears a faint voice and turns, stops and looks up.

It's Alice - and by the looks of it she doesn't look so well or sound so well for that matter.

"Hallo. Sorry." Then offers his hand, "Here, let me make you better."

[madcuriosity]

She doesn't look or sound well simply because she isn't. Still, Ten's face is a handsome one to see three of, so there's that.

Alice reached for the hand and actually missed, grabbing a little too far to the right of his actual hand before she managed to grab his actual hand. Her skin was hot, and she was still red from fever.

"Can you stop making it feel so hot?" she asked, almost pleadingly. She just wanted this heat to go away.

[borntolove]

He can feel that - especially considering his body temperature is cooler than humans. She's burning up! Hopefully she hasn't come down with pneumonia!

"Yes." Ten picks up Alice gently and firmly with her bum in his arms and runs towards to where the Tardis is parked in Fayren.

Which upon entering the console room; least it's nice inside; not too hot or too cold.

[madcuriosity]

Oh hey! She's suddenly being lifted up! She gave a small eep, clinging onto Ten tightly from both the suddenness and dizziness.

She blinks as she's in the Tardis again and offers the main console a wave, having been informed that the Tardis was a living entity and it was rude to treat her as if she wasn't.

"Why did we come in here, Doctor?"

A

[ubiquitously]

[It was incredibly difficult for Uai to ignore children on their own. His fatherly instincts kicked in and he paused by Alice, looking down with concern. At first he had wondered if she was making a snow angel, but the poor kid didn't look like she was having much fun.

Her comment on three of him got Uai to look around. He hadn't glitched, had he? But he didn't actually see three other copies of himself... Was she seeing things?]

Are you okay, miss? [He knelt down, not yet offering her a hand. His word choice and tone remained formal, treating her curtsy with equal manners.] What are you doing out here alone?

[madcuriosity]

Just wanted to cool down. [She offered softly, closing her eyes against the dizziness.] It's so hot inside and out. But it's snowing out here... it's supposed to be cold.

I don't feel very alright, sir.

[ubiquitously]

[Between her concerns for being hot and the ill look in her eyes, Uai is able to put two and two together. It's almost nostalgic, given that he has his own daughters back home who behave quite similarly when they don't feel well.

Uai didn't want to touch her (due to his touch being harmful,) but he did take off his own coat to offer her. At least his is dry.]

Sounds like a fever. That's pretty clever of you, to try to solve it that way. [He smiles lightly, choosing praise over scolding. She's got enough to be upset about, being sick and all.] Can you stand?

[madcuriosity]

It is a fever. [She mumbled, remembering, vaguely, that Regina had mentioned if it got any higher she'd need to go to the hospital and such a thought terrified her. But it was still a high fever nonetheless. At his question, she gave a little nod.]

Yes... slowly, I think.

Thirteen is too much of a Mom for me to NOT throw her at this, oh no!

[nevercruel]

The Doctor had been just walking the streets of Fayren, exploring the side of the world that she hadn't devoted quite as much time to and enjoying the light snow, and she might have given little thought to the young girl who was walking some meters in front of her had it not been for the way she took a spill on a patch of ice.

She stopped in her tracks with a small sound of surprise and watched for a moment, waiting to see how the little one would handle her fall, but when she seemed to only stir slightly from her place on the ground, she felt a twinge in her gut as her internal parent came roaring back to the surface. No, she should be moving more then that, something was wrong, definitely wrong! She rushed over and looked down at the little girl, putting on a bright smile for her to hide her concern and reassure her, pulling her screwdriver out of her inside pocket as she crouched down to get a good look at her.

"Hello there, Dear, did you take a little tumble?" She blinked at the girl's words, concern growing as she realized the implications. Double vision, she sounded dazed, probably hit her head harder then it looked. She scanned her quickly, stared at the readings, and gaped at the results before stuffing it back in her pocket and kneeling down to get closer, pulling her coat off and draping it over her small frame. "You're burnin' up, should be in bed! Do you have any parents here, sweetheart?"

Mom away, Thirteen, Alice is all for it

[madcuriosity]

Oh, what a very pretty woman. It was really the first thought Alice had after she could better focus on her face. She had very kind eyes.

At her question about the tumble she glanced at her feet, or made to glance at them, only to close them when the dizziness came back.

"I'm afraid so... the ground is slippery and I've lost my footing." At the burning up statement, she nodded. "That's... why I came outside. It's too hot," she still hadn't moved to sit up, or to move at all really. "I do. Regina and Neil... they're..." actually going to be furious with her for leaving her bed again... she bit her lip. "I'm not supposed to leave the house, but it's too hot. It's snowing so it should be cold," emphasis on 'should be.' Alice was not actually feeling all that cold. Well, maybe a little now, the snow seeping into her jacket was making things simultaneously more and less comfortable.

B, for fussy Fire Dad

[hellorhighwater]

Towering over Alice, Neil raised an eyebrow at her--and privately, felt a knot of tension in his gut ease because appetite was a good sign. He knew, better than most, the importance of it in recovering from a nasty fever, and if she wanted more than soup or tea or the occasional sip of water he tried to get into her? It was a win.

"Likely story, princess." he sighed, sinking into a crouch so he could catch her around the waist and hoist her up into his arms as he stood so he could carry her back to bed. "I know a jailbreak when I see one--don't blame you, though. I hate bein' stuck in bed, too."

Depositing her back in bed, Neil bent to tuck her back in and kiss her cheek.

"Tell you what: how 'bout I bring you a snack, grab something for me--and a carrot for Basil--and I'll tell you a story while you eat."

And, as subtly as he could, look her over for himself to see just how well she was really recovering.

[madcuriosity]

Noooooo! She made a weak attempt to escape as he put her back in bed only to be put right back under the covers. She pouted. You make one stroll outside with a high fever and suddenly you can't even leave your bed for anything except the restroom.

It was hard to pout through a cheek kiss, but she still managed it.

Still... the promise of a story was, well, promising.

"I get to pick the snack," she mumbled.

B: (since they live together.)

[thefirething]

Charlie was home for the day. It doesn't mean she's not working, it just means she's home. There's paperwork from her cafe's sitting on the kitchen table and Charlie'd gotten herself up from all of those numbers and words to get Andi, one her direwolf puppies, her own food. Her other dog, Vic, was content to be left alone with his chewing bone, thank you very much. With the puppy happily chowing down on her meal, Charlie's stomach informed her she should probably get something to eat, too, so she heads into the kitchen and spots Alice.

"Hey, it's what a kitchen is for, right? Getting food when you want some?"

It's a pretty neat existence, honestly.

"What were you in the mood for? I think there's a thing of chicken noodle soup in there, probably made by Evie."

And Evie's food was always amazing.

Yish!

[madcuriosity]

On the one hand, Alice wanted something more than soup. If she didn't have soup again for a month she'd be content. On the other hand, it was Evie's cooking, and Evie was an amazing cook.

Truly she was torn.

"Can we have a sandwich too?" A sandwich should be alright, shouldn't it? Nothing too heavy? The idea of solid food as a whole made her stomach turn a bit while simultaneously rumbling.

Good cuz I'm sure Charlie loves her baby sis to the moon and back.

[thefirething]

Charlie eyes Alice with concern evident. She's not one to show emotions often, unless it's people she cares for, and Alice is absolutely one of those people. Running her hand along her own arm, fingers brushing over a wicked scar on the back of it, she seems lost in thought. Assessing the situation, she's determined Alice doesn't have blood poisoning.

Listen, okay. She once stole an apple from a pig in a very gross enclosure. There was a barbed wire fence and a mad dash under said fence to get away. Charlie got cut. Charlie got very sick. Charlie almost died. Wild as this first concern may be, she has her reasoning.


"How about a half a sandwich? Like...a cheese sandwich, to start? To go with the soup. And we'll see how you do with that, okay?"

a;

[unrequitedwake]

He hadn’t noticed her until her fall caught his attention. From the corner of his eye he caught the swift movement from a horizontal figure having lost its position. Not that it was a towering height, by any means, and as he came closer to inspection he also found out just who had lost to gravity. “A girl, here, by herself?” He said softly as his feet made the final few steps to the fallen body. He peered down at her, his bangs and position of his head cast a shadow over his face.

“There’s only one of me.” He felt an urge to make that clear first before anything else. “What are you doing here, alone?”

SORRY FOR THE DELAY!

[madcuriosity]

"Then you would you please stop moving about so much," she closed her eyes and swallowed, the act quite difficult considering her throat felt tight and swollen. "I'm not alone, you're here now," she offered simply, trying, and failing to make the dizziness go away. She opened her eyes again.

"Though I'm afraid I don't know who you are."

all good :)

[unrequitedwake]

Rather than keep still, as the girl had asked of him, he crouched down to peer at her from a closer distance. She was young, but well spoken, he wondered where her parents were. However, that thought brought his curious eyes to look over her for the same charm that all new comers were bequeathed with. His own was wrapped around his wrist, the necklace turned bracelet. “Do you know who you are?”

If knowing anyone, he would think knowing herself would be more important than knowing him. He hoped, anyway, her little fall didn’t knock that knowledge out of her. He could empathize, if it did.

B) so sorry for the delay

[fondofapples]

"Are you?" Regina studied her daughter and then reached down reflexively to test Alice's temperature.

After a moment, she sighed and bent down to scoop Alice up. "Still too warm, but we can't have you being hungry. That'll make you sicker. If I make you some scrambled eggs with cheese, will you go back to bed after you eat?"

[madcuriosity]

She pouted, now promptly caught and captured. But Regina was also just so soft and warm. She hugged onto her, even thwarted in her plans as she was.

"Could we watch a movie and then go back to bed?.... Please?" she just didn't want to be in bed anymore.

[fondofapples]

"Hmm." After making this thoughtful sound, Regina tapped Alice on the nose. "What if we eat, and then watch a movie on my laptop in my bed," she offered, reasoning that a change of scenery might be sufficient to take the edge off being cooped up.

"I know it's terrible being kept in when you want to be free." She stroked the girl's bed-mussed hair smooth, and then settled her more firmly to carry her downstairs. "I always hated it. Try to remember that if you do as your told, you'll be free again sooner."