Voice Post//The Hospital//Open to Action

[treadingdawn]

For anyone who may have been present last evening...I apologize.

Private to Pevensies + Reepicheep

I believe you all know by now. If I remain in good health by the day's end they'll release me tonight. I am well for the time being.

Comments

[tofuinthesky.livejournal.com]

Tell me what happened. Did you fall or something?

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

I had a bad night.

[tofuinthesky.livejournal.com]

Like a nightmare? Did you fall out the bed, Caspian?

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

No...but I probably fell off of something.

[tofuinthesky.livejournal.com]

You're not making sense, Caspian. Are you high on painkillers right now?

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

I'm not. Look if I tell you I think you will yell at me and not accept that it was an accident.

[tofuinthesky.livejournal.com]

You don't know that, Caspian. I doubt it was your fault if it was an accident.

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

No one intended for this to happen, I'm sure.

[tofuinthesky.livejournal.com]

Would you feel more comfortable telling me in person?

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

I can tell you now, Karolina.

I took a "pill" with a dove on it at the suggestion of a friend.

[tofuinthesky.livejournal.com]

A pill with a dove...

[Pause as she puts two and two together.]

Are you at home?

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

No...I am at the hospital.

[tofuinthesky.livejournal.com]

Which room?

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

[Insert Room # here.]

You're cross.

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[tofuinthesky.livejournal.com]

I'm on my way.

[tofuinthesky.livejournal.com]

[Karolina's beyond cross. She's absolutely pissed. Not only is she mad at her friend for trying anything he sees, but she's mad at the person who took advantage of his innocent nature and gave him the drugs to begin with.

Her anger shows in the way she busts into his hospital room, colors changing rapidly with her movement and mood, mouth open for a good modern day tongue lashing.]

Are you stupid, Caspian? I thought I told you not to do drugs!

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

[Thanks, he almost falls out of his bed over this one. Fortunately Caspian doesn't tumble over the edge because that would make a nasty mess of the needle in his arm.]

Karolina?

[tofuinthesky.livejournal.com]

[No, thank you, for reminding her what her name is as if she forgot.]

First it was shrooms, now it's E. What next? Crack? Meth? Do you want to end up in rehab or on the street drooling and dirty because you got addicted?

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

[The mushrooms were perfectly natural and not hallucinogenic, thanks. Gosh.]

No.

[It's all he can say because she's...very irate and therefore slightly unpredictable.]

[tofuinthesky.livejournal.com]

So why'd you take them? A pill with a dove on it totally isn't candy. You can't even say you were cursed while doing it, can you?

[At least that was her excuse. It makes her slightly less hypocritical.]

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

I didn't know. I didn't think about it. And no I wasn't cursed.

[tofuinthesky.livejournal.com]

That's right! You didn't think. You didn't think about me telling you that trying everything somebody gives is dangerous. You're lucky you're not dead, Caspian. What if you had gotten the date rape drug or something worse?

[A small part of her is bracing herself for him to ask for an explanation. He always does.]

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

What do you want me to do? Keep myself cloistered?

[Sigh. Hand to his forehead. The R word, at least he knows that is possible with just liquor, in this world and his own.]

It wasn't anything like that and it isn't going to happen again.

[tofuinthesky.livejournal.com]

If it'll keep you from being a druggie, yes! Caspian...

[Her volume slides down just a tad, but don't get it wrong-- Karolina is still upset.]

You gotta stop this. You're my friend. I don't want you dying because you trusted somebody you shouldn't. Not everybody cares about you like I do.

[Or the rest of the Pevensies. Even the mouse.]

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

I appreciate that, Karolina...

[His tone is less frustrated though frustration remains. It's difficult when he wants to give some people the benefit of the doubt.]

I said I would be smarter, I promise.