http://1ofyour5aday.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] 1ofyour5aday.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] badfic_manor2010-09-20 08:54 pm

Pripyat, Day 8: Elphaba - Snow fall


[When Elphaba woke up suddenly, it was still very early morning, the sky still dark. However, she hadn't stirred from her sleep due to a bad dream or discomfort, but rather, a penetrating cold. Her limbs and joints felt stiff and painful, and as she sat up, she found herself on the floor, rather than in one of the beds of the safehouse. Looking around the darkened room, she found she didn't recognise where she was at all. The only thing she did recognise was the cold. The bitter, aching cold, which she soon discovered the source of. Clumsily getting to her feet, she followed the draft of freezing air. She discovered that she had been sleeping on the floor of the foyer in one of the apartment blocks, the front doors wide open, allowing the new sheets of snow slow entry over the threshold.

Taking a few steps towards the door, she looked out over the white street, her heart sinking. Snow was frozen water, which she was deathly allergic to
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I guess I'm stuck here..

[identity profile] jadedserpent.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Snape is trudging down the streets, wearing a cloak, mittens and a knit hat over his usual robes. He's got his hands in his pockets, head bowed, and is walking quickly.

Bloody snow. Bloody town. Bloody Author. And why did he wake up on the floor of some abandoned building?

He's walking by an apartment complex when something catches his eye; green amidst the white and grey.

He looks up at Elphaba.]

You look cold.

[identity profile] jadedserpent.livejournal.com 2010-09-21 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[He scowls.] Indeed. In some old building somewhere. My guess is that it happened to everyone else.

[identity profile] jadedserpent.livejournal.com 2010-09-22 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yes. It wouldn't do if anyone got stuck in this weather. Though they can all probably take care of themselves.

Her second comment catches his attention.]

Why? The door's open.

[identity profile] jadedserpent.livejournal.com 2010-09-22 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Allergic to water?] Uh-huh. [Though stranger things have happened. Still...]

You've got a hat. You can protect yourself.

[identity profile] jadedserpent.livejournal.com 2010-09-22 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
So you're going to stay in this old apartment for however long this storm takes. For days, most likely.

[identity profile] jadedserpent.livejournal.com 2010-09-22 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sneer. There's only enough room in this town for one sarcastic magic user.]

Then I guess you'll be happy staying there.

[identity profile] jadedserpent.livejournal.com 2010-09-22 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
The safe house. At least it's warm there.

[Even if Potter will be there.

But Lily should be there too.]

[identity profile] jadedserpent.livejournal.com 2010-09-23 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[He shivers. It's too bloody cold to stand around talking to people.]

Well, I'm sure you'll be fine. I'm going. [And he turns to walk down the street again.]