Dr. Santa Claus, MD

[saltysanta]

Featuring: Akechi Goro, Noël Christenbell
What's happening: Noël comes to take a look at Akira's clinic and see what he can do to help; Akechi catches him "delivering presents" the way so many little kids dream they could.
What day: February 28th
CW: None yet!


[It's early evening when Noël arrives at the clinic, with a roughly stitched cross-body tote bag made out of a curtain slung over his shoulder. He takes a moment to paint the hinges with fresh oil, then moves on to a window, peering inside. He doesn't see anyone from where he's standing.....

Well, that's not too surprising; Akira is probably still in bed recovering. Noël pulls out his device, still framed by the window as he starts searching for his screen name. As long as he can message the guy to let him in so he can look around, it doesn't matter if Akira goes right back to bed after.]

Comments

[lowkeycrazy]

[...hm... there's definitely something going on there, but he gets the sense he shouldn't press it. So he relents.]

I see. At least here you have more freedom to do what you please.

[saltysanta]

Such as it is anyway. Considering the circumstances, nobody here really seems very free.

[What kind of freedom is it, really, where people live their lives cringing and cowering in fear, afraid to even breathe too deeply? A life where tripping and falling even once could be the first and last mistake you ever make, before you're even old enough to realize what you've done?]

[lowkeycrazy]

You'd be surprised. To some, this is a haven compared to what their previous lives were like.

[He's talking about a friend. Obviously. Heeeee's just looking over here to... put the supplies Noel had made in a particular spot!]

[saltysanta]

I suppose so.

[He's thoughtful at that, at least. Would he and Charles have been happier in Reims? And Pierre? There's so much danger here..... but they wouldn't have had to steal for a living, either. Even Charles might have been able to find some kind of work he could do, even with just the one arm.....]

[lowkeycrazy]

I don't blame you if you find that difficult to believe.

[What could be worse than living in fear and under the constant threat of death? Heh... and yet his life was exactly like that, except he was forced to kill as well.]

[saltysanta]

I believe it. It's just not easy to think about.

[Being worse off at home, after all, is a subject that almost anyone would want to avoid thinking or talking about, if they could. If that was the case for Akechi, too--well, it's no business of his, is it? They hardly know each other.]