scots_wolf: (Grim)
scots_wolf ([personal profile] scots_wolf) wrote2012-11-27 01:18 am

OOM post: The Christmas Ghosts

Urquhart does not care for Christmas.

He has not for years, and despite recent events, he still doesn't.

All the cheerful people make him feel like the devil in a midnight mass, apart and angry.

That entire religion is a sham, and the holiday is just a case of whistling in the dark to make the sun come back, when science clearly says that the sun will come back anyway.

Urquhart is sitting in his room, the snoring dog by his feet, drinking scotch and reading a book about sharks.

Science. Yes.

Then, he looks up. There is somebody in his room that shouldn't be there.

A woman?
christmas_past: (brightly shone the moon that night)

[personal profile] christmas_past 2012-11-27 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
A woman, sure, albeit a glowing woman with shifting facial features and who is taller -- no, shorter -- than she was when first he looked at her.

But if he has to have something to call her "a woman" works as well as some things, better than others, if not quite as well as the one she'll offer.

"Hello, Urquhart.

"I am the Ghost of Christmas Past.

"And I am concerned with your welfare."
christmas_past: (golden days of yore)

[personal profile] christmas_past 2012-11-27 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
"I am the Ghost of Christmas Past," she repeats.

"Now do pay attention, because I only to this speech once.

"I am the first of three Spirits who visit on this night to assist you in your assessment of your own past, present, and future. My siblings and I . . . take an interest, in certain people. You're one of them. We are concerned with your welfare, we have much to show you, and our time is limited."

She holds one hand out to him.

"Rise and walk with me."
christmas_past: (most highty favored lady)

[personal profile] christmas_past 2012-11-27 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
It's also just ever to much more dignified to take her hand than make her take his.

Trust her on this.

"Let's see where your past takes us, shall we?" she asks, and leads him straight through the wall in front of them.
christmas_past: (dreaming of a white Christmas)

[personal profile] christmas_past 2012-11-27 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Do you remember this place?"
christmas_past: (also when 'tis cold and drear)

[personal profile] christmas_past 2012-11-27 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Let's take a closer look," she says.

And they've moved, though it might be difficult to say just how they managed that.
christmas_past: (I think of winters past)

[personal profile] christmas_past 2012-11-27 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes, I know," the Ghost says gently.

"Watch."

He has, after all, come all this way to see it.
christmas_past: from hollow art (dressed in holiday style)

[personal profile] christmas_past 2012-12-07 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not a feeling everyone gets to have," the Ghost says, just as quietly.

"Even at that age."
christmas_past: (dreaming of a white Christmas)

[personal profile] christmas_past 2012-12-07 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
The Ghost nods.

"You were fortunate."

Some might even say blessed.
christmas_past: from hollow art (ponder nothing earthly minded)

[personal profile] christmas_past 2012-12-07 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"That, I fear, is my keeping. The things you leave behind."

Otherwise, there'd be no need of her siblings.

"But to see what which you have found, or that has found you, I must turn you over to my middle sibling."

And that means first returning him to the bar.
christmas_past: ('tis the season)

[personal profile] christmas_past 2012-12-08 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
They start walking and maybe they step from one to the other or maybe the world around them simply shifts, but they are back in his room.

The Ghost of Christmas Past releases his hand, and immediately begins to dim, growing fainter and weaker, like the last seconds of a candle flame before it burns itself.

"My siblings will be along soon.

"I wish you well.

"Merry Christmas."

And then she's gone.
christmas_present: (A Thrill Of Hope)

[personal profile] christmas_present 2012-12-08 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
"You look like you're having an interesting night," a friendly voice says.

The Ghost is accompanied by a glow, warm like that of hearth-fire.

"My sister can have that effect," he adds with a smile.
christmas_present: (Royal Beauty Bright)

[personal profile] christmas_present 2012-12-09 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
"The Past does often have that effect," the Ghost says.

"I can as well, I must say, though it is not always a given. It can depend on the person."

She holds out her hand.

"Walk with me. We shall see if it's so in your case."
christmas_present: (Star In The East)

[personal profile] christmas_present 2012-12-10 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Let's see what the view looks like in this direction, shall we?" she says, leading the way toward the window.

And out the window.

To a new place.

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