The New Girl preplay
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seaoftroubles| Directly off the end of last episode! Jordan decides to murder Nathan since Audrey isn't Audrey. There's a fight and lots of running and shouting. Eventually Lexi fires into the air to get everyone to stop. Duke says he can maybe clear things up if he talks to Vince, and gets Vince to agree to not kill Nathan right away so they can make Lexi fall in love with him and kill him instead. So basically, DUKE STALLS LIKE WOAH |
| Vince decides the best way to get Lexi in love with Nathan is to have her tag along on a trouble investigation like Audrey did. They head out to a case where a kid flipped his lid and tried to kill his girlfriend on a date, only to end up locked in a freezer. Nathan, Lexi, and Duke go to face him down, and see him end up slitting his own throat. |
| Duke ends up leading the questioning of the kid's girlfriend, because Nathan is being all strong silent type. Signs point to a hospitalized kid named Tyler being involved, he's in the hospital because he was paralyzed in a big car accident both the victim and his girlfriend were also in. Lexi just wants food. Duke is all "Nathan, come on, I know you have no game BUT THIS IS THE WOMAN YOU LOVE. SORT OF." |
| Duke and Nathan question Tyler while Lexi goes to get a CT scan. Tyler says that he felt like he was out of control when Katie looked at him, like she's troubled. Nathan gives the kid his card, and then Duke gives him a little "prescription" for free drinks at the Gull. Meanwhile, Katie throws herself in front of a car. Fun! |
| Duke gets Jennifer to go home for awhile. If anyone goes with her, they may get to see Jordan hit on Wade. If not . . . that'll just happen off screen. I'm guessing Luce and Tavi will be stuck to Duke for most of this? |
| Lexi says maybe it's Tyler because Josh and Katie were clearly getting it on behind his back. They all go back to the hospital, but find a dead orderly instead of Tyler. Duke goes to find a nurse -- this is where he gets possessed, and possibly where we start to go our own way because he has actual loved ones around who worry about him in our version. |
| Tyler-in-Duke sidetracks Lexi and Nathan and locks them in a walk in cooler. He tries to dodge Luce and Tavi too. I'm guessing it doesn't work well. |
| Perhaps they take him back to the Gull? He manages to get a minute alone with Wade to get the idea to kill his own body so he can stay in Duke's. He manages to get away from Luce and Tavi somehow and heads for the hospital, possibly with a very confused Jennifer in tow. |
| Lexi (and probably immune Lucifer?) heads in to deal with Tyler and keep him from murdering anyone, only to at the last minute "chicken out" and let Tyler try to kill his own body. This sets off Duke's trouble, which override's Tyler's trouble, saving Duke from the possession. Hurray! |
| Duke manages to pull Lexi aside at the Gull to point out that Audrey totally would have known what would have happened, and she admits to only pretending to be Lexi. Show ends here. Pretty sure Duke will want to stick around to try to clear things up/get rid of Wade, and this is where Lucifer and Octavia DRAG HIM BODILY HOME IF NECESSARY. And then it's all over but the moody moody aftermath, mmmmmm |
At the Gull part 2
Date: 2022-03-26 07:16 pm (UTC)Re: At the Gull part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 04:14 pm (UTC)Or maybe Atlantic City?
No. Mexico.
"Back so soon, little brother?" a voice asked as he searched the bar -- the stupid guy was being no help in finding the safe. "What's the, uh, trouble du jour?"
Fuck. Why did this body have to be so popular? Tyler ignored the guy.
"You gonna fill me in, huh?" the man asked, then sighed. "Figures. Why would you let me help?"
Wade! Duke cried, desperately trying to wrench control of his body back. Wade!! He was giving Tyler a headache. There had to be something he could do to make the guy shut up.
"Actually, maybe you can help," Tyler decided, turning to the older man. "See, t-there's this, um." What words were those cops using? "This Troubled guy. Who can possess people."
Wade looked impressed. "Really? Wow. That can happen?"
"Weird, right?" Tyler asked. "Yeah. Yeah, he he can jump into another person's body and and control them for a while, but then whoosh." Tyler spread his hands. "He ends up back in his old body. He's trying to figure out how to keep that from Happening, how to stay in the other person's body."
Wade nodded slowly, then shrugged. "Well, maybe if he, uh I don't know kills the old body, he can stay in the new one."
Wade you fucking idiot, Duke said. Tyler smiled.
"That'd be a really good idea." He nodded. Maybe having a big brother wasn't so bad. "Thank you. You've actually been very helpful." He turned back to trying to open the register.
"Duke?" Wade said, suspicious now. "It's not you, is it?"
Tyler sighed and straightened. He turned, tilting his head. "No, it's not."
He slammed his fist into Wade's face, knocking him to the floor. Damn, but this body was powerful. He could get used to this.
fucking idiot fuck get away from my brother you fucking psycho
"Now," Tyler said, ignoring Duke's ranting. "Tell me, do you have a safe here?"
Wade scowled up at him. "You son of a bitch. What happened to Duke?"
Tyler shrugged. "He's still in here. He's just . . . riding in the backseat."
I'll backseat you you fucking
"Thanks to you," Tyler said, overtop Duke's rant, "I think we know how to fix that now. First, the safe." He knelt down next to Wade. "Now, do you want to tell me where it is, or do I have to beat it out of you?"
Tires rolled across the gravel parking lot outside and Tyler looked up out the door with a frown. A woman was climbing out of an SUV.
"And now we're out of time," he hissed. And slammed his fist into Wade's head, knocking him out.
Re: At the Gull part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 04:57 pm (UTC)Huh. Duke had a lot of hot lady friends, didn't he. "Okay."
Jennifer nodded. "I'm going back to Baltimore!"
Tyler glanced to the side, waiting to see if the little voice in his head had any hints about how to react to that. ". . . Have fun."
Jennifer wilted. "Okay, well, you could try to talk me out of it just a little."
Not the right take then. Tyler looked her over, thought of the goth chick and the fancy man and how they'd both been so desperate to get Duke back. Guy got around. He dipped his chin, looking up at her through Duke's absurdly long lashes. "I'm sorry. I must have misunderstood. Actually, um, I'm leaving town too." He offered her a shy smile. "What do you think about coming with me?"
In his corner, Duke silently despaired. Jennifer did not deserve this shit. None of them did.
Jennifer frowned, blinking, and bit her lip. "Okay, I think, um. . . ." She hesitated, glancing around for Lucifer and Octavia, but didn't see anyone else. "But, uh, what -- or where --"
And then Tyler kissed her.
"Um!" she said. "Oh! I -- I mean, not that I haven't thought about -- with the -- and the other two -- but -- kinda fast?"
"Fast can be good, though," Tyler said, as Duke's cursing built in intensity. "Right?"
Jennifer studied his face. Noticed again that neither Lucifer nor Octavia were around, which seldom happened. Had they had a fight? Things had seemed tense between them after the blood stuff, but then during the yoga and all they'd been fine. . . .
Stall. She should stall.
"Okay! I just need to get my things." She turned to go and Tyler reached for her hand.
". . . We can get new things."
Okay, she couldn't stall. But she was sure as hell going to stick to him like glue until she figured out what the hell was going on with him. "Okay," she said, a little breathless. "Yeah, I can be spontaneous! Let's go."
Tyler gave her a slow, sweet smile. "I just need to make a quick stop. I need to pay an old friend a final visit."
Jennifer nodded and followed him out to the SUV. Any chance she got when he didn't seem to be paying her attention, though, she started typing out a text to Octavia.
sumthin up w Duke
maybe a trouble????
She was not up to dealing with one of those on her own, thanks.