PARADISA LOST

[Wes is chuckling and when he talks it's with a slight slur.]

The Peloponnesian Wars. Never thought I'd find reading about them so utterly hilarious.

[There's the sound of a page being turned. Yes, he's in the library. He takes an audible sip of a beverage.]

I don't know what they put in the tea here, but it's bloody marvellous.

[Have one very tipsy ex-Watcher, Paradisa.]

While being stranded in Paris of all places is a little disorienting, I have to admit that it's a rather large step up from our previous adventure on the high seas.

Has anyone else found employee credentials on them? I find it most intriguing that I apparently work at the Musée de l'Homme and that I'm a ranking member of the Ethnolinguistics department there. I haven't gone down to confirm that yet, but it's certainly preferable to being a fishmonger or pastry vendor.

The accommodations provided are quite satisfactory as well. At least this time I shan't be going days without hot running water or clean clothes. If anyone is in drastic need of shelter, please let me know, my couch seems to double as a futon.

WHO Wesley Wyndam-Pryce and YOU!
WHAT Wes has been seriously injured and recovers at the clinic and at home.
WHERE Paradisa castle clinic and Wes' residence in town.
WHEN Backdated from Oct 25th through the week.
NOTES Wes will be at the clinic 25th/26th and will be home from 27th. Will create subthreads, but feel free to create your own. Prose and action spam both welcome. Fred will be pretty much a constant fixture at Wes' side.
WARNINGS PG at most.

After six hours he wakes up again. Everything is a blur and his head throbs painfully, He's told that he has fractured ribs and a concussion and he's not well enough to be discharged yet. Well, that much is obvious. He sleeps quite a bit and feels bad that he can't remember a thing from the past day or so. It's troubling when people ask him what happened and he can't tell them.

Time passes in a way that he can't keep track of. At some point he ends up back home again. That means he's better, right?

The only constant is Fred. He's grateful for that. But frustrated that reading is too difficult. He's allowed visitors, which is a good thing, else he might have gone a bit batty by now.

WHO Wesley Wyndam-Pryce and various people (Ray Stantz)
WHAT Visits to the sleeping Fred.
WHERE Hyperion Tower. Fred's room, other rooms too if people want?
WHEN Anytime during the ten days that Fred's on her loss.
NOTES Treat it as an open party post, create your own subthreads if wanted. I just figured some people might like to check on Fred, catch up with other friends of hers. Mill around, stop the jigglypuff from drawing faces on Fred or making more people fall asleep or whatever. XD Prose or action spam is welcome.
WARNINGS G, I presume.

Wes sighed and rubbed at his eyes, placing a bookmark in the copy of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov that he'd been reading. He glanced over at Fred's sleeping form, then sighed softly. Even though he knew it wasn't anyone's fault, that it was just another temporary castle loss, there was still that nagging regret that he'd gone a whole day without talking to her. Hadn't noticed or sensed that anything might be wrong. Perhaps that was why he was now spending so much time keeping a vigil. Wanting to be there when she finally woke up again. To apologise. To reassure himself that she was going to be fine. He missed her. As did a great deal other people. Even though she wasn't gone, he could feel the lack of her. No doubt the others did too.

He stood up, then bent over the bed to straighten the covers again, even though they didn't really need adjusting. A kiss to the forehead for his sleepy beauty. Stifling a yawn he considered going to fetch a cup of coffee. A faint rustling noise caused him to glance off to the side. It was that strange creature again. Sometimes it floated in mid air, sometimes it started singing. He wasn't quite sure what to make if it. Some might find it cute, but Wes found it a bit on the annoying side, to be honest. Still, it was apparently a parting gift from Lorne for Fred and thus was allowed to stay in her room. Right now it was inching closer to him, humming softly.

WHO Wes and those who take him up on his offer to stay at his place during lockout (Spike, Fred, Gunn, Lilah, Lana)
WHAT Wes opens up his residence to houseguests
WHERE Wes' townhouse in the City Royale
WHEN Sunday 2nd through Tues 4th
NOTES Will put up separate day threads to keep this all together and organised. Feel free to start your own threads! Prose or action spam are both welcome.
WARNINGS PG. I doubt there will be any shenanigans.

Because he didn't have all that much room at his residence, Wes had keep his invitation to his friends only. However, he knew that Caritas had better facilities for dealing with larger numbers of people and fully intended to lend a hand there to make sure other people were settled and taken care of.

He'd gone into town to stock up on what he felt he needed to prepare for more people staying with him, but being the man that he was, he probably missed some items in terms of what was prioritised.

Having had a place all to himself for months now (save Spike staying over), it was going to be strange living with people in close proximity again. Wes prayed that the current crisis would be a mercifully temporary one.