thelatechrisfreeman: (the eyes have it (PB))
Chris Freeman ([personal profile] thelatechrisfreeman) wrote in [community profile] ph_logs2024-07-01 04:53 pm

[OPEN] She said my spirit doesn't move like it did before

Who: Chris Freeman ([personal profile] thelatechrisfreeman) & you (or maybe you? perhaps you?)
What: the bitch is back, baby!
When: the month of July
Where: various places around the island
Warning(s): discussion of illness and death likely



I said 'I'm just tired', she said 'You're just high.' [Back to Work]
The reason that Chris hasn't been social, like... at all? For about two months now? Post-flood outbreak of pneumonia among patients of the Winterbottom Clinic. They took full responsibility, refusing much in the way of help, and thus their days have been full of treatment and sometimes palliative care for the most frail.

There were also concerns about not burning through the antibiotic supplies for this particular outbreak, which led to some difficult decisions and even more difficult days and nights...

But now, finally, things are looking up. There haven't been any re-infections for a whole week. Chris walks from their house to the clinic proper, looking forward to a shift filled with cases other than infectious disease.

Feel free to swing by the clinic to say hello, now that they've finally emerged from their self-imposed sequestration.

Oh, I make you cringe now; don't I make you cringe? [Something Life Balance]
Newer arrivals may not remember this or not have been present, but Chris was downright weird upon first coming to Marrow Isle. They've apparently reverted back to that, what with being found up a tree, or on a roof, or wandering along the surf's edge and chattering away to empty air.

Perhaps you feel like figuring out what's going on with them?

Lover come hold me, head's on the fritz [Breaking Bread]
Chris could probably cook for themself, sure. They've had enough practice with baking, and simple cooking. But sometimes meals are about more than getting fed. Sometimes meals are about community.

Perhaps you catch Chris at one of the meals after Wednesday service in the Temple of Sacred Roots. Or maybe you notice them sitting at a table at the Oak and Iron some other night. You'll be waved over to sit beside them once they notice you!
ss_buttcrack: (i will stop you)

[personal profile] ss_buttcrack 2024-11-08 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
As he starts to feel the weight of her lighten, it's like it's being transferred to a shroud over his heart instead. This little girl he holds safe in his arms is precious in her own right, but at the same time she represents something larger to Crichton. This time, just this once, he was able to change something meaningfully. He stopped the suffering of one little soul and it was good.

He doesn't turn at the touch of Chris's hand on his shoulder. Somehow, he knows who it is without needing to look. He'd kept his faith in Chris, and they have prevailed. Tears leak from his eyes, and his voice is a watery croak from holding back sobs, but something important still needs to be said. To Chris, to himself, to Coral, to whatever hands of fate put him where he needed to be at the exact right time.

"Thank you."

Even if poor Coral cannot yet be free of this island completely, Crichton still feels as if one restless spirit has been soothed this day. His own.