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The phone call had come through to Jillian while she was just finishing up at the clinic. By this point of the day the last thing she was expecting was a call from an angel in Vienna telling her about a bloody dream he'd had. Rolf certinally was a strange father figure for a girl to have.
She listened to him tell her about it, cradling the phone between her chin and shoulder as she put the last of her paperwork away. The point he finally got to was that there was a man- he used to be a priest- who was in or had been in enormous danger from a young demon. That was as much as Jillian needed to hear before asking for this man's address.
Less than half an hour later she was knocking on the door of one Peter Kemp.
dirty_one
2006-05-19 09:12 pm UTC (link)
Peter was still resting on the couch, as he had been since his release from the hospital that morning. Liz was the one to open the door.
"Hello!" She said, smiling. "Can I help you?"
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 09:14 pm UTC (link)
"Hello," Jillian said, smiling at the woman. "I'm looking for Peter Kemp. I was given this address."
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dirty_one
2006-05-19 09:18 pm UTC (link)
Liz raised her eyebrow. But this could be the new friend Peter had been talking about. At least she wasn't 14. "He's in a bit of a state at the moment. Right this way." She lead the woman through to the living room, without asking questions. She'd learned it was best not to. "Peter, there's someone here to see you." And then she returned to the kitchen.
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father_peter
2006-05-19 09:19 pm UTC (link)
Peter sat up straighter on the couch. There was a woman he'd never met standing in his living room and here he was, a broken mess. "Hello...?"
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 09:26 pm UTC (link)
"Mr Kemp," she said, sitting down across from him on a chair, the bells at her wrist jangling slightly. "Rolf sent me."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 09:29 pm UTC (link)
Peter's eyes widened. Well that made sense. Sort of. "Rolf sent you? Is he allright?" Of course he was all right. He's an angel. "I mean..." Peter shook his head. "Does he need something?"
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 09:30 pm UTC (link)
She smiled a little at the misunderstanding and shook her head. "No, Mr Kemp, he sent me for you."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 09:34 pm UTC (link)
"He sent you for..." Suddenly Peter understood. Rolf must have seen what was happening in a dream perhaps. "Because of this?" He asked, pointing to his blackened eye.
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 09:37 pm UTC (link)
"Yes, he called me earlier tonight and asked me to come around here." She nodded and looked at him a little closer. "I assume you've already seen a doctor?" Suddenly she stopped. "My god, where are my manners? I'm Jillian and, obviously, I'm a friend of Rolf's."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 09:40 pm UTC (link)
Peter smiled finally, "I'm Peter Kemp, but I am guessing you knew that. And any friend of Rolf's...ahem. Yes, I just got released from the hospital this morning." Peter licked his lips. "Did Rolf happen to mention...anything about the situation?"
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 09:42 pm UTC (link)
"He mentioned you trying to help a young demon girl and then he was mostly just telling me about the violence and blood. Frankly, I expected you to look a lot worse."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 09:46 pm UTC (link)
"I did look a lot worse but...nevermind. Long story. So Rolf knows then. What I did. Probably for the best. And you know too." Peter took a breath. "I did help the girl. She's doing a lot better now. Which is probably evident by the fact that I am still sitting here."
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 09:59 pm UTC (link)
"Demons are...very volatile. It doesn't seem like the safest thing to do for a normal man." There was a slight dissaproving sound in her voice she couldn't quiet keep out. It seemed so dangerous. But Rolf knew this man so... "Rolf sounded worried about you."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 10:05 pm UTC (link)
"I know demons are volatile. I've been dealing with them my whole life. I knew what I was doing and what I was risking when I went into it." Though he was the one foolish enough to leave the knife on the counter and now he had 32 stitches in his arm and a red line across his throat to pay for his stupidity. He hadn't quite expected Deirdre to get SO out of control. Still, it had worked and he could deal with a few stitches.
"Rolf is a good man. I should give him a call and let him know I am all right." He bit his lip, not wanting to be rude after she'd come out of her way to come over here. "So how do you know Rolf?"
How do you know about demons?
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 10:10 pm UTC (link)
"You've been dealing with demons your whole life? That's impressive. You must be very good at what you do." Her eyes drifted to the painful marks on him. "I'm glad things didn't go worse."
She sat forward a little more in the chair. "I'm a demon. Rolf came to me a year after my demon side had manifested and I was falling away to it. He helped me understand and control it."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 10:15 pm UTC (link)
Peter turned red. "Well I exaggerated a bit there. I've been trying to help them for 11 years but...the one that did this, her name is Deirdre. She's the first one I managed to help." He sat up straighter and looked her right in the eyes. The fact that she was here and was able to control herself encouraged him greatly.
"Rolf never told me about that." Peter smiled.
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 10:20 pm UTC (link)
"Demons are notoriously difficult to tame," she told him. Trying for 11 years and only really helped the first one now? Did it make him bad at it? No, it just proved more points about demons. "Some of them are beyond help, but only if don't want to be helped."
"I wouldn't feel bad that Rolf never told you about me. I'm not sure if he's really told anyone." She smiled as she thought about him. "The amount of times I almost killed that man..." A small laugh at the strangness of life.
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father_peter
2006-05-19 10:24 pm UTC (link)
Peter narrowed his eyes wondering if she knew that Rolf was unkillable. "Deirdre wants to be helped, I just had to prove that to her. Most of the others wouldn't accept what they were, or they weren't in a state to accept anything. Deirdre's different. Do...do you think she could meet you? I think it might do her some good to know that there are people out there that manage to control it."
He had to admit he was slightly in awe of her. He'd now heard of about a dozen demons and besides Deirdre, she was the first one that could sucsessfully control herself. Though with Rolf to help, it was little wonder.
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 10:34 pm UTC (link)
"Oh, I was a nightmare when Rolf first met me. I didn't understand what I was at all. When Rolf found me I'd been in goverment psychiatric care for a year since my mother killed my father and brother. I was full of anger, rage, and confusion. I was already violent before my demon side came out and after that they just couldn't control me. They locked me away as hard as they could. I thought I was possessed and didn't understand that it was me doing and thinking all the horrible things." She knew why she was telling him this. It was perspective. He'd been trying to help demons for eleven years and now she was telling him from the demon's side. "Rolf probably came to me just in time. Perhaps any longer and I would have lost myself fully. He took me out of that place and spent the better part of a year educating me and never turned his back." She wanted to mention how many time she would have killed him if he'd been an ordinary man. How many death blows she'd struck and how he'd still stuck around. But best not to reveal Rolf's angelic nature in case Peter didn't know of it.
"I'd love to meet your Deirdre."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 10:40 pm UTC (link)
Peter thought of the girl in the ward with Renee. Josie. If Jillian could come back from something like that, then maybe he COULD help Josie. He knew he had to try.
"Rolf is amazing, isn't he? He's helped me out of a lot of things. And thank you. For agreeing to meet with Deirdre. I think it would do her a lot of good. She's a good girl. Her demon traits didn't even manifest until she was 17, which as I understand it, is later than most. She's been struggling for awhile. She got herself addicted to sucking souls by going clubbing. Then recently, she was mugged and she slipped. She reacted by locking herself away, even though she knew that it was dangerous to do so because it made it easier to lose herself. So...so I went to get her and I locked her in a room with me. I said she could make a choice but whatever she did she'd ahve to do it to me first. She told me she had started to think of me as her father. I hoped she cared about me enough that it would save her from the brink and it worked. Though...it was close." He sighed.
"It probably sounds incredibly stupid, but you'll understand when you meet her."
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 10:45 pm UTC (link)
She told me she had started to think of me as her father.
A small smile at that. Jillian knew that feeling.
"Seventeen does seem quite late. Usually there has to be something to trigger the first change. With me it was my demon mother turning from regular old abusive on the family to murderous." It had been a while since she'd talked to a demon. Sometimes troubled kids came into her office and she knew they were demons right away and catered to that. But this was someone new. Someone with who had so recently almost lost it. "I think it would be really good to meet her. And if you think I could be helpful...well, that's what I do."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 10:50 pm UTC (link)
"I'm...so sorry. With Deirdre, it was something to do with her girlfriend, Renee." He paused. "What do you mean it's what you do?" He was getting excited now. Someone else to help. It was a good fight, and the more people, the better.
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 10:52 pm UTC (link)
"I'm a youth counciller. So I don't really work with demons very often, but I help out children and teens in bad situations. Although, a do get a handful of demons come in to talk to me."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 10:56 pm UTC (link)
"That's amazing." Peter said, smiling widely. He might as well tell her about the dreams now. "I...tend to dream of demons that need my help. I dreamt of Deirdre and lately there's another one I have been dreaming about. Her name is Josie and she's in a psychiatric ward nearby. She's...she likes what she is. She enjoys it. I still want to try to help her, however. Once I am better I want to go meet her and see what I can do."
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 10:59 pm UTC (link)
She likes what she is. "If possible, I'd like to come along when you meet this Josie girl. If only to put some muscle and another demon behind you. Demons who like what they are, demons who revel in it. There are few things more dangerous and I wouldn't suggest putting yourself in a room with her."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 11:01 pm UTC (link)
Peter nodded, quite willing to take her advice on this. "You just brought up the very reason I haven't visited her yet. I could give you a call before I go, if you like."
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 11:04 pm UTC (link)
She nodded and reached into the bag at her side, pulling out one of the clinics cards and turning it over and writing on the back. "This is my mobile phone number," she told him and passed it across. "It's always on and I always answer. I'd like to see this girl for myself as well."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 11:07 pm UTC (link)
"Thank you. I very much appreciate you coming over here. It's encouraging as well." Now he just hoped he'd heal fast. He wanted to get back into it! "Deirdre's been talking about helping lately. I hope one day that she can doing something like what you're doing."
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 11:11 pm UTC (link)
"It's rewarding to help." She smiled at him. "But I don't suppose I need to tell you that." She pulled up the sleeve of her shirt slightly and checked her watch. "Alright, I should be going. I was really only coming around to check on you for Rolf." She stood and picked up her bag. "It's been nice to meet you, Mr Kemp."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 11:13 pm UTC (link)
"It's been nice to meet you as well. Call me Peter." Peter managed to haul his sorry arse off of the couch to walk her to the door, though he did it rather ungracefully. "I'll make sure to give Rolf a call."
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 11:15 pm UTC (link)
"Alright. Peter." She let him walk her to the door even though he probably shouldn't have been moving. "I'm sure Rolf will be happy to hear from you. Now, you've got my number so call me any time if you have any questions or need anything."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 11:17 pm UTC (link)
"Will do, Jillian. Take care. Good night!" With that he went to the kitchen to crad the phone handset. He had a few phone calls to make.
She listened to him tell her about it, cradling the phone between her chin and shoulder as she put the last of her paperwork away. The point he finally got to was that there was a man- he used to be a priest- who was in or had been in enormous danger from a young demon. That was as much as Jillian needed to hear before asking for this man's address.
Less than half an hour later she was knocking on the door of one Peter Kemp.
dirty_one
2006-05-19 09:12 pm UTC (link)
Peter was still resting on the couch, as he had been since his release from the hospital that morning. Liz was the one to open the door.
"Hello!" She said, smiling. "Can I help you?"
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 09:14 pm UTC (link)
"Hello," Jillian said, smiling at the woman. "I'm looking for Peter Kemp. I was given this address."
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dirty_one
2006-05-19 09:18 pm UTC (link)
Liz raised her eyebrow. But this could be the new friend Peter had been talking about. At least she wasn't 14. "He's in a bit of a state at the moment. Right this way." She lead the woman through to the living room, without asking questions. She'd learned it was best not to. "Peter, there's someone here to see you." And then she returned to the kitchen.
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father_peter
2006-05-19 09:19 pm UTC (link)
Peter sat up straighter on the couch. There was a woman he'd never met standing in his living room and here he was, a broken mess. "Hello...?"
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 09:26 pm UTC (link)
"Mr Kemp," she said, sitting down across from him on a chair, the bells at her wrist jangling slightly. "Rolf sent me."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 09:29 pm UTC (link)
Peter's eyes widened. Well that made sense. Sort of. "Rolf sent you? Is he allright?" Of course he was all right. He's an angel. "I mean..." Peter shook his head. "Does he need something?"
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 09:30 pm UTC (link)
She smiled a little at the misunderstanding and shook her head. "No, Mr Kemp, he sent me for you."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 09:34 pm UTC (link)
"He sent you for..." Suddenly Peter understood. Rolf must have seen what was happening in a dream perhaps. "Because of this?" He asked, pointing to his blackened eye.
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 09:37 pm UTC (link)
"Yes, he called me earlier tonight and asked me to come around here." She nodded and looked at him a little closer. "I assume you've already seen a doctor?" Suddenly she stopped. "My god, where are my manners? I'm Jillian and, obviously, I'm a friend of Rolf's."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 09:40 pm UTC (link)
Peter smiled finally, "I'm Peter Kemp, but I am guessing you knew that. And any friend of Rolf's...ahem. Yes, I just got released from the hospital this morning." Peter licked his lips. "Did Rolf happen to mention...anything about the situation?"
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 09:42 pm UTC (link)
"He mentioned you trying to help a young demon girl and then he was mostly just telling me about the violence and blood. Frankly, I expected you to look a lot worse."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 09:46 pm UTC (link)
"I did look a lot worse but...nevermind. Long story. So Rolf knows then. What I did. Probably for the best. And you know too." Peter took a breath. "I did help the girl. She's doing a lot better now. Which is probably evident by the fact that I am still sitting here."
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 09:59 pm UTC (link)
"Demons are...very volatile. It doesn't seem like the safest thing to do for a normal man." There was a slight dissaproving sound in her voice she couldn't quiet keep out. It seemed so dangerous. But Rolf knew this man so... "Rolf sounded worried about you."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 10:05 pm UTC (link)
"I know demons are volatile. I've been dealing with them my whole life. I knew what I was doing and what I was risking when I went into it." Though he was the one foolish enough to leave the knife on the counter and now he had 32 stitches in his arm and a red line across his throat to pay for his stupidity. He hadn't quite expected Deirdre to get SO out of control. Still, it had worked and he could deal with a few stitches.
"Rolf is a good man. I should give him a call and let him know I am all right." He bit his lip, not wanting to be rude after she'd come out of her way to come over here. "So how do you know Rolf?"
How do you know about demons?
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 10:10 pm UTC (link)
"You've been dealing with demons your whole life? That's impressive. You must be very good at what you do." Her eyes drifted to the painful marks on him. "I'm glad things didn't go worse."
She sat forward a little more in the chair. "I'm a demon. Rolf came to me a year after my demon side had manifested and I was falling away to it. He helped me understand and control it."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 10:15 pm UTC (link)
Peter turned red. "Well I exaggerated a bit there. I've been trying to help them for 11 years but...the one that did this, her name is Deirdre. She's the first one I managed to help." He sat up straighter and looked her right in the eyes. The fact that she was here and was able to control herself encouraged him greatly.
"Rolf never told me about that." Peter smiled.
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 10:20 pm UTC (link)
"Demons are notoriously difficult to tame," she told him. Trying for 11 years and only really helped the first one now? Did it make him bad at it? No, it just proved more points about demons. "Some of them are beyond help, but only if don't want to be helped."
"I wouldn't feel bad that Rolf never told you about me. I'm not sure if he's really told anyone." She smiled as she thought about him. "The amount of times I almost killed that man..." A small laugh at the strangness of life.
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father_peter
2006-05-19 10:24 pm UTC (link)
Peter narrowed his eyes wondering if she knew that Rolf was unkillable. "Deirdre wants to be helped, I just had to prove that to her. Most of the others wouldn't accept what they were, or they weren't in a state to accept anything. Deirdre's different. Do...do you think she could meet you? I think it might do her some good to know that there are people out there that manage to control it."
He had to admit he was slightly in awe of her. He'd now heard of about a dozen demons and besides Deirdre, she was the first one that could sucsessfully control herself. Though with Rolf to help, it was little wonder.
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 10:34 pm UTC (link)
"Oh, I was a nightmare when Rolf first met me. I didn't understand what I was at all. When Rolf found me I'd been in goverment psychiatric care for a year since my mother killed my father and brother. I was full of anger, rage, and confusion. I was already violent before my demon side came out and after that they just couldn't control me. They locked me away as hard as they could. I thought I was possessed and didn't understand that it was me doing and thinking all the horrible things." She knew why she was telling him this. It was perspective. He'd been trying to help demons for eleven years and now she was telling him from the demon's side. "Rolf probably came to me just in time. Perhaps any longer and I would have lost myself fully. He took me out of that place and spent the better part of a year educating me and never turned his back." She wanted to mention how many time she would have killed him if he'd been an ordinary man. How many death blows she'd struck and how he'd still stuck around. But best not to reveal Rolf's angelic nature in case Peter didn't know of it.
"I'd love to meet your Deirdre."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 10:40 pm UTC (link)
Peter thought of the girl in the ward with Renee. Josie. If Jillian could come back from something like that, then maybe he COULD help Josie. He knew he had to try.
"Rolf is amazing, isn't he? He's helped me out of a lot of things. And thank you. For agreeing to meet with Deirdre. I think it would do her a lot of good. She's a good girl. Her demon traits didn't even manifest until she was 17, which as I understand it, is later than most. She's been struggling for awhile. She got herself addicted to sucking souls by going clubbing. Then recently, she was mugged and she slipped. She reacted by locking herself away, even though she knew that it was dangerous to do so because it made it easier to lose herself. So...so I went to get her and I locked her in a room with me. I said she could make a choice but whatever she did she'd ahve to do it to me first. She told me she had started to think of me as her father. I hoped she cared about me enough that it would save her from the brink and it worked. Though...it was close." He sighed.
"It probably sounds incredibly stupid, but you'll understand when you meet her."
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 10:45 pm UTC (link)
She told me she had started to think of me as her father.
A small smile at that. Jillian knew that feeling.
"Seventeen does seem quite late. Usually there has to be something to trigger the first change. With me it was my demon mother turning from regular old abusive on the family to murderous." It had been a while since she'd talked to a demon. Sometimes troubled kids came into her office and she knew they were demons right away and catered to that. But this was someone new. Someone with who had so recently almost lost it. "I think it would be really good to meet her. And if you think I could be helpful...well, that's what I do."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 10:50 pm UTC (link)
"I'm...so sorry. With Deirdre, it was something to do with her girlfriend, Renee." He paused. "What do you mean it's what you do?" He was getting excited now. Someone else to help. It was a good fight, and the more people, the better.
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 10:52 pm UTC (link)
"I'm a youth counciller. So I don't really work with demons very often, but I help out children and teens in bad situations. Although, a do get a handful of demons come in to talk to me."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 10:56 pm UTC (link)
"That's amazing." Peter said, smiling widely. He might as well tell her about the dreams now. "I...tend to dream of demons that need my help. I dreamt of Deirdre and lately there's another one I have been dreaming about. Her name is Josie and she's in a psychiatric ward nearby. She's...she likes what she is. She enjoys it. I still want to try to help her, however. Once I am better I want to go meet her and see what I can do."
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 10:59 pm UTC (link)
She likes what she is. "If possible, I'd like to come along when you meet this Josie girl. If only to put some muscle and another demon behind you. Demons who like what they are, demons who revel in it. There are few things more dangerous and I wouldn't suggest putting yourself in a room with her."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 11:01 pm UTC (link)
Peter nodded, quite willing to take her advice on this. "You just brought up the very reason I haven't visited her yet. I could give you a call before I go, if you like."
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 11:04 pm UTC (link)
She nodded and reached into the bag at her side, pulling out one of the clinics cards and turning it over and writing on the back. "This is my mobile phone number," she told him and passed it across. "It's always on and I always answer. I'd like to see this girl for myself as well."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 11:07 pm UTC (link)
"Thank you. I very much appreciate you coming over here. It's encouraging as well." Now he just hoped he'd heal fast. He wanted to get back into it! "Deirdre's been talking about helping lately. I hope one day that she can doing something like what you're doing."
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 11:11 pm UTC (link)
"It's rewarding to help." She smiled at him. "But I don't suppose I need to tell you that." She pulled up the sleeve of her shirt slightly and checked her watch. "Alright, I should be going. I was really only coming around to check on you for Rolf." She stood and picked up her bag. "It's been nice to meet you, Mr Kemp."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 11:13 pm UTC (link)
"It's been nice to meet you as well. Call me Peter." Peter managed to haul his sorry arse off of the couch to walk her to the door, though he did it rather ungracefully. "I'll make sure to give Rolf a call."
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tumblingjack
2006-05-19 11:15 pm UTC (link)
"Alright. Peter." She let him walk her to the door even though he probably shouldn't have been moving. "I'm sure Rolf will be happy to hear from you. Now, you've got my number so call me any time if you have any questions or need anything."
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father_peter
2006-05-19 11:17 pm UTC (link)
"Will do, Jillian. Take care. Good night!" With that he went to the kitchen to crad the phone handset. He had a few phone calls to make.
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