It Came From Outer Space…

Here’s some bits from the werewolf story. This is one of the “vignettes” given it’s set quite a bit on in the timeline and involves a character that the other players thought was dead.

They think I’m still asleep. Lay still, keep breathing slow. I can feel straps on legs, arms. May as well be paper. Now is time to lay still though.
“I just thought you should know,” male, tender, “The amount we’ve had to put in his system. Surprised it’s not gone toxic. We should lay off…”
“No,” it’s the one from before. She was all pissed because the Anna lady calmed me down and she couldn’t, “He’s dangerous. It’s best to keep him down. Wean off though because I need to talk to him–sort out where he comes from so he can go back there.”
“But Anna–”
“I don’t care what Anna said. She’s not in charge of this ward. I am. Call me when he wakes up though. I have to go sort out an admission. Some idiot girl overdosed on weight loss pills.”
“It’s comforting to know you’re so concerned about our patients,” dripping sarcasm.
I make like I’m waking up, groggy mumbles and attempts to stretch and show shock at being tied down, “What? What’s going on?” I pull at the straps but not hard enough to rip them through.
“Good to see you,” one says, clearly not happy.
The guy next to her looks apologetic.
“Have we remembered anything more about who we are? What’s your name?”
“John.”
“Are you sure?” she folds her arms, mouth thin line, “or did you just overhear us calling you John Doe?”
At least my voice is cooperating more, “I may not remember much, but I remember that John. J.C.”
“So, John C…something? or just John C…Cooper or…”
“John C. something.” I confirm. Certainty growing.
“At least you didn’t say Smith, I suppose,” she sighs.

Initially the matron was going to be another man; but I got hung up on memories of the prim, bitter charge nurses running the wards remembering the stories my Grandad used to tell of the obnoxious night sister who ran the ward and deliberately put him on horrendous duties because she didn’t like having a male nurse on her staff.

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