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Post by Preston Saint on Jun 24, 2007 13:07:29 GMT -5
Preston hurried back, a gown and scrubs bundled in his arms. "Here, Dr Burke...er, Juliet?" he asked, wondering if he should call her doctor or by her first name.
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Post by platinumblonde on Jun 24, 2007 13:17:31 GMT -5
Juliet switched back into detached mode as she heard the doors swing open. "Thank you, Preston," she smiled at him, taking the gown and handing it to Samantha. "We'll give Miss Harkness some privacy to get changed, shall we?"
***Juliet ushers Preston outside to the Corridor***
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Post by ana on Jun 27, 2007 16:30:07 GMT -5
SAMANTHA
Samantha waited until the two of them had left the room before she tossed the gown on the table and began searching the room for anything she might be able to use to her advantage. Firstly, she went for drawers and then the cupboards, hoping to find some kind of scalpel or sharp implement, maybe a syringe. Though they had seen fit to remove anything that was remotely pointy. Annoyingly thorough of them.
Rushing over to the door and pressing her ear against it, she judged that they were just outside, probably talking about her. She didn't have long so she quickly changed out of her bloody and tattered clothes and slipped on the clean gown. There was something to be said for having clean clothes on, even if they didn't really close at the back. The contrast between her dirty skin and the fresh white material was startling. Next the oversized paper clip that she'd concealed down her top, now had to find a new home, so she did her best to clip it in her hair, under the curls and out of sight.
She tied the gown as best she could and checked the door again. Just as she put her ear to it, the handle moved. It made her gasp and she rushed back from the door, trying to make it appear that she hadn't been eavesdropping.
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Post by Preston Saint on Jul 8, 2007 14:50:58 GMT -5
***Preston and Juliet enter***
"Hello again." he said, with a false smile. He could see her standing nice and still, and his eyes darted around for a moment to detect any changes in the room. He didn't see anything of note, and so his eyes turned back to her.
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Post by platinumblonde on Jul 8, 2007 15:29:28 GMT -5
As Preston suspiciously scanned the room, she went about reassuring Samantha. "The first thing we want to do is check your vital signs," she explained, slipping the scrubs on over her shirt. "You have endured a plane crash and several days of isolation in unfamiliar terrain. That's bound to increase anyone's blood pressure."
She placed a stethoscope around her neck and removed the blood pressure monitor from the wall, slipping the black cuff around Samantha's upper left arm and securing it with the velcro. Then she placed the stethoscope on the inside of Samantha's elbow.
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Post by ana on Jul 9, 2007 9:51:17 GMT -5
SAMANTHA
The way Dr Burke worked, patiently and gently, gave Samantha the impression this wasn't the first time she'd examined someone who was, for want of a better word, agitated. However, there was no immediate threat to Samantha and she felt that the best action to take right now was to comply. She sat back on the table and allowed Juliet to take her blood pressure. It wouldn't hurt to know what kind of state she was in after all.
"You have endured a plane crash and several days of isolation in unfamiliar terrain. That's bound to increase anyone's blood pressure."
"I would have thought all the sedatives you people keep giving me would have taken care of that." She replied, watching Preston didn't come too close. Juliet examining her she could handle, but if Preston was to come near and try anything, he'd likely get a foot in the crotch for his efforts.
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Post by Preston Saint on Jul 9, 2007 16:00:33 GMT -5
Preston kept his eye on Samantha, and then pulled up a spare chair to sit in. He crossed his arms, carefully watching to make sure she didn't try to make a run for it. Of course, just watching was extremely boring. "The sedatives were to calm you down. You made it worse by getting yourself all worked up."
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Post by platinumblonde on Jul 9, 2007 19:45:26 GMT -5
"Yes, Preston, I'm sure you'd be the picture of calm and serenity if your plane had just plummeted from the sky," she cautioned him. "Could you hand me one of the otoscopes, please?"
She released the pressure on Samantha's arm and unzipped the cuff, reciting, "132 over 98. A little higher than normal. But that dry British wit is certainly still intact." She placed the blood pressure cuff off to the side and then placed the stethoscope on Samantha's back. "Deep breaths," she requested, listening to her heart and lungs.
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Post by ana on Jul 14, 2007 5:21:33 GMT -5
SAMANTHA
"The sedatives were to calm you down. You made it worse by getting yourself all worked up."
"Oh my mistake." She reorted, deadpan. "I wasn't aware of the proper etiquette a hostage is supposed to display."
"Yes, Preston, I'm sure you'd be the picture of calm and serenity if your plane had just plummeted from the sky,"
Samantha went quiet again, still unsure why one of them was defending her. She watched Juliet closely while she worked and wondered if it wasn't the fact she seemed to be the only other woman here. Perhaps it was some kind of sisterhood thing.
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Post by Preston Saint on Jul 22, 2007 15:18:40 GMT -5
He looked from Samantha, to Juliet, realizing he'd already forgotton he was meant to fake empathy. He drummed his fingers against his legs. Then, he managed a sheepish, "I'm s-sorry."
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Post by ana on Jul 23, 2007 9:26:14 GMT -5
SAMANTHA
Well that was unexpected...
Samantha honestly didn't know what to say. She was fairly certain he was only saying it to please and that he didn't mean it. In fact from now on, she wasn't going to take anything these people said to her at face value.
"Why is Ben so interested in whether I'm pregnant or not?" She asked, hoping to catch them off guard by the bluntness of her question. It had been niggling at the back of her mind ever since he's brought it up.
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Post by platinumblonde on Jul 23, 2007 11:04:48 GMT -5
"Why is Ben so interested in whether I'm pregnant or not?"
"I apologize for the seeming lack of interpersonal skills in our community's male population," she replied, trying to work out a diplomatic answer to her question. Preston certainly be counted on for such a response.
"We merely ask out of concern for your health, Miss Harkness. Carrying an unborn child would mean certain adjustments in the way we treat our guests. From the food you eat to any medicines we might give you. We wouldn't wish to put your pregnancy at risk anymore than it already has been," she explained.
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Post by Preston Saint on Jul 25, 2007 13:14:42 GMT -5
"I apologize for the seeming lack of interpersonal skills in our community's male population,"
That was a little hurtful. It showed on his face for a moment, and then he kept himself quiet. He bowed his head like a dog that had done wrong.
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Post by ana on Jul 30, 2007 9:36:16 GMT -5
SAMANTHA
"We merely ask out of concern for your health, Miss Harkness. Carrying an unborn child would mean certain adjustments in the way we treat our guests. From the food you eat to any medicines we might give you. We wouldn't wish to put your pregnancy at risk anymore than it already has been,"
"I think it's more than that. If Ben was really concerned about my health; well for one he wouldn't have sparked me out with a taser..." She idly rubbed the spot on her belly where she'd been electrocuted. "But a more logical line of questioning, considering I had just fallen from the sky, would have been do I have any broken bones or head injuries? He was very specific about pregnancy and nothing else."
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Post by Preston Saint on Aug 2, 2007 17:42:38 GMT -5
"But a more logical line of questioning, considering I had just fallen from the sky, would have been do I have any broken bones or head injuries? He was very specific about pregnancy and nothing else."
"Well, to be fair, if you had broken bones or head injuries, they would come across as rather obvious." he said simply. "The fact that you've gone this long without complaints of any pains makes it likely you have no serious internal injuries. However, what doesn't affect you, could affect any child you're carrying."
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Post by alcatraz on Aug 3, 2007 15:45:59 GMT -5
SOFIA
She knocked on the door after hearing voices.
"Is there anyone in here Preston...Preston are you here yet? Benasked for you to be here....Are you with someone?"
She shouted curiously, expecting the worse after the news Pickett had told her earlier.
"If there's anyone in here who shouldn't then......"
Sofia's curiousity took over and she opened the door and burst in taking a gun out her pocket
"STAY WHERE YOU ARE!" She burst in and looked around seeing both Juliet and Preston with another woman
"What's going on...what are you doing..Is everyone OK?" she asked puzzledly
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Post by Preston Saint on Aug 3, 2007 16:47:38 GMT -5
"STAY WHERE YOU ARE!"
He jumped in his seat as Sofia burst in like a maniac.
"What's going on...what are you doing..Is everyone OK?"
"Jesus Christ!" exclaimed Preston, his usual calm breaking as he stood. "What the hell are you doing? What the holy bejesusing fuck was going through your mind? What the hell?"
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Post by alcatraz on Aug 4, 2007 6:04:42 GMT -5
SOFIA
"Sorry, but seeing as I called out a dozen times with no answer. As well as the fact that Chris and Gregory were killed earlier by the survivors and that I knew you were suppose to be down here, I thought maybe, just maybe someone was in trouble ." she said sarcastically "It's called looking out for eachother!" she looked round and saw Juliet with the woman, and tried to calm herself down.
"I came down here to see what was happening, I thought Ben might of been down here." She acknowledged Juliet with a nod, she couldn't be bothered to say anything to her
"So is she one of them?" she said putting her gun back into her back pocket
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Post by Preston Saint on Aug 4, 2007 6:24:07 GMT -5
"Sorry, but seeing as I called out a dozen times with no answer. As well as the fact that Chris and Gregory were killed earlier by the survivors and that I knew you were suppose to be down here, I thought maybe, just maybe someone was in trouble . It's called looking out for eachother!"
"It's surprising how much 'looking out for each other' is similar to 'waving a gun around at your co-workers for no real reason other than paranoia'." he said, approaching her.
"I came down here to see what was happening, I thought Ben might of been down here. So is she one of them?"
Preston just stared, gaping at her stupidity. She's burst in, waving her gun in everyone's face, giving the prisoner information, interrupting the whole procedure and acting like she knew more. It was insane. "Wonderful." he turned to Juliet and Samantha. "Join us next week for another episode of, 'let's make no fucking sense' when I will be waxing an owl." He turned and poked his head out the door, calling, "Ryan!"
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Post by alcatraz on Aug 4, 2007 8:57:40 GMT -5
SOFIA "Oh come on Preston, I wouldn't of stormed in like that if I didn't think anyone was in trouble. Like I said I called out half a dozen times, with no answer! I'm guessing she IS one of them then, seeing as you've ignored me twice now" she went over to Juliet
"Listen, I know we might not be the best of friends, but I wouldn't shake a gun around for no reason, you lot should be flattered that someone in the teams looking out for you both because no one else is!"
Sofia knew she was wrong but hated the way Preston responded to her, I mean since she's known him he hasn't even opened his mouth, he was the one in the team everyone thought was a social reject and now he's verbally abusing her? It was't right.
"Well seeing as trying to make amends isn't working with you Preston is there any other way I can assist?" she went up and whispered to him in his ear "Does she know who killed them?"
OOC: Sorry I interrupted this guys, but Sofia's been inactive for so long and this is actually the only place that's doing anything
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