herr_bookman ([personal profile] herr_bookman) wrote2014-10-05 07:27 pm

OOM: Conversations with Dead People II

Autor finds himself floating this evening. He flails in the air, thinking he's falling, though he doesn't feel that pull on his stomach. After a while, he surrenders to it, lying on his back and putting his feet up.

A chair with broken legs sits empty in front of him, and a lighted chessboard--his side oriented to white--hovers in the air. He gasps, recognizing the set, and executes a graceful turn in the air in an attempt to get away from the zombies that he knows are coming.
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[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2014-10-06 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
"You just know how to make a girl feel wanted." She has a (blood)red rose in her hair, and oven mitts over her hands, as she cradles her latest souffle creation, setting it carefully on the table.
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[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2014-10-06 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm not a zombie." She confirms, a laugh in her voice. "I might be a lot of things, but zombie was never one of them. Look, I didn't burn it this time." She's rather proud of her souffle - it's her mom's recipe. Mom always made the best souffles.
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[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2014-10-06 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Watching you flit about, evidently." She retorts, sitting primly on the broken chair. "All this time, and you never told me you could fly."
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[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2014-10-06 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm fine. Well, I'm dead, but that's better than some of the alternatives." She shrugs, pulling the mitts off her hands. "At least I had time to finish the souffle."
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[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2014-10-06 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course you did, silly. But no one lives forever." Oswin rolls her eyes at him, and fishes a fork out of her belt. "Who'd want to, anyway?"
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[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2014-10-06 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Because the planet blew up? Someone had to keep the shields down, after all." She replies simply, leaning into his hold.
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[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2014-10-06 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Leave you? Aren't you a cheeky monkey - what makes you think you're going to outlive me?" Oswin snorts. "Honestly, I'm not the one who ends up in the infirmary almost every other month."
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[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2014-10-06 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
"... Um, Autor? I haven't had a cat in years." Oswin eyes him, "You should have some souffle."
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[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2014-10-06 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
"My current, thank you very much. Not half bad if I do say so myself." She retorts, sniffing.
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[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2014-10-06 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course." She grins, digging through her belt. "Just a minute."

It'd help, of course, if the souffle was something more than part of Oswin's imagination. It fades as soon as her attention is pulled away from it.
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[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2014-10-06 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course it didn't - Daleks don't feel pain." Oswin ruffles his hair fondly. "They didn't think too hard about that problem when they converted me."
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[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2014-10-06 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, I figured you'd rather chat with me than some of the other folks around here." She smirks. "At least I'm pretty."
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[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2014-10-06 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Can't." She gives him a look, like he's being particularly slow. "Don't have legs."
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[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2014-10-06 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
"I do, but as someone once told me - they're just a lie I'm telling myself." She explains, patiently.
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[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2014-10-06 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
There's a clank, metal on metal, and the rattle of heavy chains.

AND. I. LOVE YOU. AU-TOR.

Someone had taken the time to strip the rose that's now in his hands of all its thorns.