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[huntersdaughter]

[It had been odd -- an otter in the clinic, but it was where Jo insisted on being. Spike had been hurt, again, and Chase was seemingly missing. She wasn't having any luck looking for him as an otter, so she figured if he was around, he'd show up for a shift at the clinic eventually.

Instead, Jo wakes up from her spot on the ground. She'd curled up in her otter-shaped self on the tile to take a nap. Now she is very much awake and very much aware of just how cold the tile is.]

Oh... no.

[the sheet she had been curled up on is now being tugged around her body. quickly. she reaches for her journal and glances around the room and hopes that Spike is sleeping.]

So... I'm human again. [Jo whispers to the journal.]


(ooc: over the journal or in person if you're in the clinic...)

Comments

in person;

[gottaknockhard]

[Spike had actually been sleeping a lot. For weeks, it felt like, and only recently he couldn't stand it anymore. What had tied him to yet another clinic bed did nothing but perpetuate his insomnia.

So it's just her luck that he catches sight of her, and identifies who she is the moment she talks to the journal. Why should he be surprised that the castle isn't done with him yet? Either that, or Jo has some strange ideas about cheering him up. (But then, he had a suspicion the otter he kept seeing in his dreams has something to do with it...)

He speaks up, humor lacking in his voice, but the words at least sound like him.]

Not the visit I was expecting.

[valuedstrength]

That's great, Jo. [A beat.] Why are you whispering?

[huntersdaughter]

Because, I am in the clinic and I don't want anyone to realize that I'm not an otter anymore.

[huntersdaughter]

[From the ground, she looks up. Sheet wrapped around herself.]

Trust me... this wasn't how I imagined it either.

[valuedstrength]

Why not?

[huntersdaughter]

I'm wearing a sheet. As in... otters don't wear clothing.

At all.

[valuedstrength]

[THE MOST AWKWARD SILENCE EVER.] .... Oh. Do you want some clothes? I can bring them. I mean I owe you one.

[huntersdaughter]

[DO NOT PICTURE YOUR SISTER LIKE PERSON WITHOUT CLOTHING.]

Steve, that would be amazing. In the room I have here in the castle, there's clothing. For emergencies. I'm going to assume you're strong enough to get in the door.

[valuedstrength]

[HE WOULD NEVER. HIS BRAIN THANKFULLY SHUT OFF DURING AWKWARD SILENCE TIME.]

I'll take care of it then. Just remind me to make sure the castle fixes the door later. [Or else obviously he'll make a go at it.]

[huntersdaughter]

[GOOD. Well, as long as there is no permanent damage...]

I'll remind you, just, clothing would be good. [does she need to tell him that he doesn't have to worry about getting her underwear???? Because she'll commando it... to spare him from having to look for that....]

[gottaknockhard]

[At least the sheet helps take away some of the embarrassment of being caught with another idiotic injury. Jo is always so considerate.]

Welcome back to the land of the tall.

Dictated forever

[wastheexample]

Oh good, you've stopped being an otter.

[dictated]

[thehistorian]

You're... human again? What were you before?

[huntersdaughter]

[Hey. Otter!Jo knows what you got yourself into.]

I'd prefer to be welcomed back to the land of the fully-dressed.

[huntersdaughter]

[presumably sometime later, when she has clothing and doesn't have to whisper.]

Yeah, no more duck pond for me.

[huntersdaughter]

I was an otter for... a week and a half? Two weeks?

[gottaknockhard]

[Maybe he's just visiting because he likes their beds.]

I could get a nurse over. There's a button for that.

[huntersdaughter]

I think Steve is bringing me something. I'm not big on wearing hospital ... anything.

[gottaknockhard]

Can't say I blame you.

[He'd probably take the sheet too.]

[huntersdaughter]

[He doesn't plan on taking her sheet, does he?]

I just have to look at the bright side -- I'm not an otter.

[gottaknockhard]

[Well, she does make it look pretty fashionable.]

That really puts things in perspective.

[huntersdaughter]

[Then she would be without a sheet. :| Spike...]

Yes, you know what else I can focus on? Why the hell are you in the clinic?

[gottaknockhard]

[Should have thought of that sooner. When the subject inevitably comes around to obvious questions, he can't quite shrug it off, but he'll try his best to delay an explanation.]

I was craving some Jell-O.

[wastheexample]

So how was it? Being another species? A part of me is morbidly curious.

[huntersdaughter]

Yeah... that's not gonna fly.