Kevin Thompson ᴬ.ᴷ.ᴬ. Kilgrave (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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nexus_sages2015-12-03 01:48 am
inthesinbin) wrote in nexus_sages2015-12-03 01:48 am
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this place needs some mind-control ~
He'd been drugged.
That was Kilgrave's last coherent thought.
He'd also been choking on something dense and cloying in his mouth, gagging as it was pressed down his throat with sure, quick fingers. He'd tried to yell, to say something but then a syringe was in his neck and the plunger was depressed and he'd lost all the strength in his arms to fight back. It must have been a dangerously high dose, almost on the verge of lethal, because he'd lost consciousness barely a few seconds later, when all of his writhing and screaming had eventually tapered to a stop.
He has no sense of time or distance after that.
Despite the less than ideal circumstances of his departure, Kilgrave wakes up in the Forums slowly, methodically, waiting for the very last of the drug in his system to melt away. He's in no hurry – if they'd wanted him dead he has no doubt that he would be – and he needs his ability to be in full working order before he starts addressing anything else. Regain control. That's the order of the day.
After a few minutes of groggily staring at the sky, not quite able to move, he flops onto his side, his suit jacket bunched uncomfortably underneath him, the tips of his fingers and toes still slightly numb, his extremities in general difficult to manoeuvre and too far away. He digs his hands into the grass for purchase, gritting his teeth as he draws his legs up, trying to get his feet back under him. Some stumbling, the world tilting on its axis for a moment as he squints his eyes against its lurching, and, finally, he's up, wobbling where he stands, bruised and dishevelled.
Jesus, his head hurts.
Will be for days, he imagines, as he presses the heel of his hand against his temple, rubbing in quick, sharp circles.
“This is getting old already,” he mutters, scowling as he orients himself. He turns on the spot, searching for a landmark, anything remotely familiar to clue him in on precisely where he is. There's nothing. He doesn't recognise any of it, even the air here feels different, and all he has to welcome him is the loudest sign he's ever seen in his life. If he could tell it to shut up, he would.
“Oh, good. Nice. Just leave me in the middle of nowhere. Why not? Is this your idea of stopping me, Jessica?”
His snarl melts into a more general concern – if there aren't any people here, he's more or less helpless – and he lets his hands drop limply to his sides, breathing a heavy sigh. “Bollocks.”
[ooc: the deal with kilgrave and what he can do.]
That was Kilgrave's last coherent thought.
He'd also been choking on something dense and cloying in his mouth, gagging as it was pressed down his throat with sure, quick fingers. He'd tried to yell, to say something but then a syringe was in his neck and the plunger was depressed and he'd lost all the strength in his arms to fight back. It must have been a dangerously high dose, almost on the verge of lethal, because he'd lost consciousness barely a few seconds later, when all of his writhing and screaming had eventually tapered to a stop.
He has no sense of time or distance after that.
Despite the less than ideal circumstances of his departure, Kilgrave wakes up in the Forums slowly, methodically, waiting for the very last of the drug in his system to melt away. He's in no hurry – if they'd wanted him dead he has no doubt that he would be – and he needs his ability to be in full working order before he starts addressing anything else. Regain control. That's the order of the day.
After a few minutes of groggily staring at the sky, not quite able to move, he flops onto his side, his suit jacket bunched uncomfortably underneath him, the tips of his fingers and toes still slightly numb, his extremities in general difficult to manoeuvre and too far away. He digs his hands into the grass for purchase, gritting his teeth as he draws his legs up, trying to get his feet back under him. Some stumbling, the world tilting on its axis for a moment as he squints his eyes against its lurching, and, finally, he's up, wobbling where he stands, bruised and dishevelled.
Jesus, his head hurts.
Will be for days, he imagines, as he presses the heel of his hand against his temple, rubbing in quick, sharp circles.
“This is getting old already,” he mutters, scowling as he orients himself. He turns on the spot, searching for a landmark, anything remotely familiar to clue him in on precisely where he is. There's nothing. He doesn't recognise any of it, even the air here feels different, and all he has to welcome him is the loudest sign he's ever seen in his life. If he could tell it to shut up, he would.
“Oh, good. Nice. Just leave me in the middle of nowhere. Why not? Is this your idea of stopping me, Jessica?”
His snarl melts into a more general concern – if there aren't any people here, he's more or less helpless – and he lets his hands drop limply to his sides, breathing a heavy sigh. “Bollocks.”
[ooc: the deal with kilgrave and what he can do.]
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It's hard to miss the 'Welcome!' signs all around the forum of the Nexus with little pamphlet stations what appear to be every twenty feet or so, damn near.
"This is sort of...uhm...I can't explain it really well. But it's a place in between worlds."
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"Enough of this shit now, alright? Just tell me -- hm." Ah, no, no. Bad Kilgrave. He's determined to be patient, not to give himself away, at least until he has a clearer understanding of the situation he's in. He bites his sore lip for a moment, considering his phrasing. "Okay. So. Will you please just explain to me where I am as expeditiously and as monosyllabicly as possible? If you can."
'Would you kindly...?'
For someone who didn't really have a clear grasp of the Nexus, Steve seems to be much better at giving a clearer answer, suddenly. But that really is all he knows.
"You might be stuck here a while too. I didn't see a doorway stick around for long." There's another sympathetic wince before Steve is moving to make sure Kilgrave isn't too seriously hurt. "Do you need medical attention?"
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"Shit." Shit is right. He's stuck here? With no Jessica, with no home and with absolutely no hope of ever really getting back to them? "Shit!"
He turns on his heel, looking for a door, a portal, whatever it was that brought him here. He has to get back. It's absolutely vital that he gets back where he belongs. "No, I don't -- Just - just stay exactly where you are!" And of course Steve will have to freeze in place, suddenly unable to move his feet.
Kilgrave draws his hands down his face. "No, no, sorry. I mean -- Ignore that. Just - Can you help me find a way back? I can't stay here."
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Weird, but he hardly even notices because he can move almost immediately again.
"No problem. I know you didn't mean to be short. It's normal to be upset. I was." He still is, if he's honest. "There's a couple people who specialize in portals and doors in between worlds. I have one of their numbers? Let me try to call him."