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Dorcas Meadowes is still alive (_dorcas_) wrote,
@ 2012-05-15 01:24:00

002 - Here goes nothing.
Seeing as how I've been literally hiding out in the Leaky for the past month, afraid of my shadow, I have decided that it is time to stop being afraid. So, here goes nothing.

Hello, everyone. My name is Dorcas Meadowes, and contrary to popular belief, I am not dead.

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	Dor nox_aterrima 2012-05-15 07:25 am UTC (link)
	That was a huge step. I'm proud of you, though I always knew you're a lot braver than you give yourself credit for. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Reg _dorcas_ 2012-05-15 07:07 pm UTC (link)
	I never made a very good Gryffindor. I'm still a coward, I'm just trying to make up for it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Dor nox_aterrima 2012-05-16 03:00 am UTC (link)
	I don't think you see yourself properly. You're one of the least cowardly people I know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Reg _dorcas_ 2012-05-16 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	~~You don't know the truth about how I got away.~~ Kind of you to say, Regulus, but it isn't true. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	marymac 2012-05-15 01:19 pm UTC (link)
	...Dorcas? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_dorcas_ 2012-05-15 07:07 pm UTC (link)
	Yes? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	marymac 2012-05-15 07:09 pm UTC (link)
	...it's been quite a while. It's nice to see you again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_dorcas_ 2012-05-15 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	I suppose it has been... nearly twenty years, maybe more, since I last saw you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	marymac 2012-05-15 07:44 pm UTC (link)
	At least twenty years - the last I saw of you was when you graduated. I would ask how you've been but seeing how you phrased your entry, that doesn't seem appropriate. But it is good to see you around again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_dorcas_
2012-05-15 07:55 pm UTC (link)

I suppose you're right. But you seem to be doing well. Regulus mentioned to me that you'd opened your own clinic.

It's been a difficult twenty years, and I still haven't decided if it is something I should talk about or if I should just forget it entirely and try to move on. ~~Except that being here has brought on a lot of nightmares, so it's difficult to ignore.~~

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	marymac 2012-05-15 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, you've spoken to Regulus? And yes, I have - it's located in Diagon Alley. Couldn't really settle at the hospital. In my personal experience, it's best to just live in the present and look towards the future. I don't want to dwell in the past any longer. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_dorcas_ 2012-05-15 09:06 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, I actually ran into him the first night I was in town. It was a rather... unsettling reunion. I don't think I could ever really settle at a hospital, but I'm just not a fan of them in general. That's good advice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	marymac 2012-05-15 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	He seems to have that effect upon seeing him again after quite some time. It gave me good training - but I'm definitely happier out on my own. And thanks. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Mary

nox_aterrima
2012-05-16 02:57 am UTC (link)

I went to the Leaky for a drink and ran into Dorcas. I didn't tell you or anyone else for that matter because she was kind of freaked out about being back here, so I figured it would be best for her to break the news to everyone when she was ready instead of having a lot of people hounding her right off the bat.

Went for a short walk with her, got her back to the Leaky, and went home for the evening.

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	Regulus marymac 2012-05-16 03:02 am UTC (link)
	You don't have to explain anything to me, Regulus. I'm not going to be that kind of woman who tells you that you can't have female friends. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Mary nox_aterrima 2012-05-16 03:04 am UTC (link)
	I didn't think that you were. I just wanted to be honest and make things clear. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Regulus marymac 2012-05-16 03:06 am UTC (link)
	Really, Regulus - it's unnecessary. I trust you. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mrsalicelong 2012-05-15 03:08 pm UTC (link)
	It's good to see you taking your first steps out. Dorcas Frank wants you to come over. Maybe for a few days? The house is empty as it is with all the kids in school, it would be good to have company. You shouldn't be alone in the Leaky. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_dorcas_ 2012-05-15 07:10 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you. Alice I would like that. I still can't believe you and Frank have so many kids. ~~I really dropped the ball on the family thing...~~ I don't mind being in the Leakey... it's not as lonely as I thought it would be. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	catchfallenstar 2012-05-15 03:09 pm UTC (link)
	Well, that's just unfair. No-one's ever going to be able to beat 'coming back from the dead' as far as journal entries go... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_dorcas_ 2012-05-15 07:10 pm UTC (link)
	It's not really coming back from the dead if I was never dead to begin with. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	catchfallenstar 2012-05-15 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	Though if people thought you were, it's as good as, no? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_dorcas_ 2012-05-15 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	I suppose. Apparently I was buried, though I haven't gone to see proof of that yet. The thought of it makes me feel pretty uneasy. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	breakingapart 2012-05-15 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	Wow.. welcome back. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_dorcas_ 2012-05-15 07:11 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	breakingapart 2012-05-15 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	How are you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_dorcas_ 2012-05-15 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	Well, I'm alive, so I suppose that must count for something. How have you been? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	breakingapart 2012-05-15 07:57 pm UTC (link)
	That always counts for something. I've been pretty good, I guess. In a general sort of way. You look amazing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_dorcas_ 2012-05-15 09:06 pm UTC (link)
	Has anything exciting happened here in the last twenty or so years? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	breakingapart 2012-05-15 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	Exciting? Hardly. Well I'm sure there have been some things. Nothing exciting on this front though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_dorcas_ 2012-05-16 09:02 pm UTC (link)
	Twenty years of dullness? I think I'd take that over Soviet Russia. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	breakingapart 2012-05-16 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah well at least nothing of note on my end anyway. I'd take just about anything over Soviet Russia. I've heard it's cold as balls there. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mrsprongsie 2012-05-16 12:47 am UTC (link)
	Oh Dorcas, I'm so glad. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_dorcas_ 2012-05-16 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	We really ought to get together and catch up. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mrsprongsie 2012-05-20 12:10 am UTC (link)
	Absolutely! Let me know when you're free, will you? (Reply to this) (Parent)