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Sep. 24th, 2012 08:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ask_the_right_questionsWhen Erik wakes up, the last thing he remembers, is taking Thor for a drink. He glances around him. He's in Jane's caravan. He's still fully clothed. And he has a thumping great headache.
He heads across to the main building. Jane and Thor are both up and look like they've already eaten, as he grabs his wash bag, some fresh clothes and heads for the washrooms, to wash and change.
Once he comes back out, Jane is frying up something that smells excellent, and there's a fresh pot of coffee on the side, so he pours himself a cup, before getting a beaker of water and adding one of those water soluble aspirin tablets to it (he never could get the hang of swallowing tablets whole). It makes it taste foul, but that's why you chase it with coffee.
Thor brings over breakfast (brunch? or is it even lunch? at this time, Erik's not sure, all he knows is, he's breaking his overnight fast), and after remembering his manners with a hoarse "Thank you," he tucks in.
Just as he's finishing up, Jane comes over, glowing. He knows that look. It's the 'I've got an idea and I think it's amazing' look. He gives her a look. It's a look she's seen from him several times before, in a different context. Usually, it's seen over the head/shoulder of another student, and says, 'let me finish with this one first'. This time, though, it says 'give me twenty minutes before you throw this one on me'. That should be enough time for the Aspirin to kick in, and then he'll be able to think straight.
You know what's surprising? How long twenty minutes can be when there's nothing to do.
In any case, eventually, his head clears enough, and Jane begins to explain her theory.
It's a good theory, but there's no way he's going to admit that to her, not yet. Instead, he plays devil's advocate all through the afternoon. He gets her to bring it down to a level Darcy understands. Thor stays in the background through all of this. Erik's actually quite impressed at the man, now. He seems to require nothing but his thoughts, and some small jobs to do.
Finally, as the afternoon begins to draw to a close, he steps off the attack.
"It's a beautiful theory, Jane. But you won't be able to convince the scientific community of any of it. Not without hard evidence."
Which is precisely the moment that some 'Hard evidence' decides to walk up the street and wrap on the glass doors to their lab. He and Darcy both drop their (thankfully empty) mugs on the floor in shock.
"I don't believe it." Erik finds himself muttering as a large fellow with an Axe and a beard to rival a dwarf's introduces the group as 'The lady Sif and the Warriors Three.'
There's a discussion going on, but Erik isn't really paying attention, at least, not until Thor mentions the fact that his father is dead, because of him, and he has to remain in Exile. Then the lady Sif drops a bombshell. "Thor. Your Father still lives."
They stand there in silence for a few moments, before Darcy notices the spiralling cloud formations in the distance. They gather in the doorways to stare as the spiralling column sinks to the ground, before landing with a thud and a dustcloud, eerily reminiscent of the sequence of events on the night they found Thor. Again, Darcy is the one to voice what the three (four, maybe?) of them are thinking.
"Was somebody else coming?"
Evidently not according to the plans of the Warriors, given the concerned looks on their faces, and as fire balls appear in the area around the touchdown site, while the clouds fade to nothingness.
Thor and Jane have an argument about who's doing what. All Erik knows, is he'll go where Jane is. At this point, that means staying, and getting everyone except the Warriors Three and Lady Sif, out of the town. What's coming, Erik doesn't know. But if it's getting four Asgardians worried about facing it, then it's pretty bad indeed.
He heads across to the main building. Jane and Thor are both up and look like they've already eaten, as he grabs his wash bag, some fresh clothes and heads for the washrooms, to wash and change.
Once he comes back out, Jane is frying up something that smells excellent, and there's a fresh pot of coffee on the side, so he pours himself a cup, before getting a beaker of water and adding one of those water soluble aspirin tablets to it (he never could get the hang of swallowing tablets whole). It makes it taste foul, but that's why you chase it with coffee.
Thor brings over breakfast (brunch? or is it even lunch? at this time, Erik's not sure, all he knows is, he's breaking his overnight fast), and after remembering his manners with a hoarse "Thank you," he tucks in.
Just as he's finishing up, Jane comes over, glowing. He knows that look. It's the 'I've got an idea and I think it's amazing' look. He gives her a look. It's a look she's seen from him several times before, in a different context. Usually, it's seen over the head/shoulder of another student, and says, 'let me finish with this one first'. This time, though, it says 'give me twenty minutes before you throw this one on me'. That should be enough time for the Aspirin to kick in, and then he'll be able to think straight.
You know what's surprising? How long twenty minutes can be when there's nothing to do.
In any case, eventually, his head clears enough, and Jane begins to explain her theory.
It's a good theory, but there's no way he's going to admit that to her, not yet. Instead, he plays devil's advocate all through the afternoon. He gets her to bring it down to a level Darcy understands. Thor stays in the background through all of this. Erik's actually quite impressed at the man, now. He seems to require nothing but his thoughts, and some small jobs to do.
Finally, as the afternoon begins to draw to a close, he steps off the attack.
"It's a beautiful theory, Jane. But you won't be able to convince the scientific community of any of it. Not without hard evidence."
Which is precisely the moment that some 'Hard evidence' decides to walk up the street and wrap on the glass doors to their lab. He and Darcy both drop their (thankfully empty) mugs on the floor in shock.
"I don't believe it." Erik finds himself muttering as a large fellow with an Axe and a beard to rival a dwarf's introduces the group as 'The lady Sif and the Warriors Three.'
There's a discussion going on, but Erik isn't really paying attention, at least, not until Thor mentions the fact that his father is dead, because of him, and he has to remain in Exile. Then the lady Sif drops a bombshell. "Thor. Your Father still lives."
They stand there in silence for a few moments, before Darcy notices the spiralling cloud formations in the distance. They gather in the doorways to stare as the spiralling column sinks to the ground, before landing with a thud and a dustcloud, eerily reminiscent of the sequence of events on the night they found Thor. Again, Darcy is the one to voice what the three (four, maybe?) of them are thinking.
"Was somebody else coming?"
Evidently not according to the plans of the Warriors, given the concerned looks on their faces, and as fire balls appear in the area around the touchdown site, while the clouds fade to nothingness.
Thor and Jane have an argument about who's doing what. All Erik knows, is he'll go where Jane is. At this point, that means staying, and getting everyone except the Warriors Three and Lady Sif, out of the town. What's coming, Erik doesn't know. But if it's getting four Asgardians worried about facing it, then it's pretty bad indeed.