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 |
Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 03:32 pm (UTC)idiot, Duke managed.
Fuck off, answered Tyler.
Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 03:37 pm (UTC)Well.
One of them, anyway. Her other arm wasn't doing great, not that that kept her from trying.
Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 03:44 pm (UTC)Lucifer's eyes flared red. "You get out of him," he snarled, taking a step closer. "Right. Now."
It was more of a hellish growl, really.
Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 03:46 pm (UTC)Look, it had worked on the scary goth chick, okay?
Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 04:01 pm (UTC)He made a raw, unearthly noise, his body rocking back--
--and then lunged forward at him.
He was still a bloody celestial.
Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 04:05 pm (UTC)He made use of Duke's long legs and agility to bolt around Lucifer and out the door while he was still reeling.
Duke had moved from static to screaming obscenities in a multitude of languages, which only made the adrenaline in his body pump harder and drive him faster.
Get used to this, bitch. We're never seeing those two again.
Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 04:43 pm (UTC)The banging on the door was extra frantic, now.
Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 04:46 pm (UTC)Octavia.
--and then the noise penetrated his mind. He hissed a curse and ran towards the door. There was no need to yank it off its hinges. No need at all.
But he did.
Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 05:10 pm (UTC)And she was standing there, with Nathan's jacket haphazardly wrapped around her arm, a part of it drenched a deep red. Lexie was standing beside her, Nathan behind them.
Octavia's eyes were wide, and wild.
And the first hoarse thing out of her mouth was, "Where is he?"
Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 05:18 pm (UTC)Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 05:21 pm (UTC)"You have to find him."
Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 05:23 pm (UTC)Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 05:24 pm (UTC)Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 05:42 pm (UTC)Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 05:53 pm (UTC)He didn't say it -- basically ever -- but he still cared about Duke, too.
Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 06:04 pm (UTC)She didn't agree in any verbal way, but she stopped arguing, at least. And took a step forward, to get out of the room with no door.
It was wobbly.
Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 06:14 pm (UTC)His eyes darted up towards Nathan's face, and for once, there was no snark to be found in it. "Thank you," he said.
Then he turned, and crowded behind Octavia.
Re: Hospital part 2
Date: 2022-03-31 06:15 pm (UTC)If Tyler was going to keep Duke, he'd need funds. And the one place Tyler knew for sure Duke could access them would be the Gull.