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[beenherebefore]

A pale fourteen-year-old wearing a hospital gown slips into the Bar proper and stares, blankly. It's been a long time (a lifetime, maybe, though it hasn't even been a year) since he saw this place. A lot of things have changed - things like his understanding of who he is and where he comes from, what he's capable of and what he's willing to do, and what he can survive.

He shoves the door to his world shut, hard, and it disappears into the wall with a gratifying slam. There's one thing he knows: he's not going back. Not even for Jack and Tom or Sabina. Going back would kill him.

With that decided, he just has to figure out what to do now. And - he tugs on the medical ID tag around his wrist - get some proper clothes.

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[guppy_sandhu]

"Alex?"

Guppy is nearby, with a small baby girl in a sling on his front.

[beenherebefore]

"Dr. Sandhu."

That's right, he ought to head to the Infirmary as well, for a painkiller script if nothing else. The Bar doesn't give them out without one, does she?

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy breaks into a smile.

"It's been ages, how are you doing?"

[beenherebefore]

"I'm - "

He offers Guppy a painfully sardonic smile. "It's been an experience."

(He looks older. Maybe even a couple years older.)

[guppy_sandhu]

"Are you... still in the same line of work?"

[beenherebefore]

"I quit."

About as well as you can quit a job you never accepted.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Congratulations." Guppy says. "Did you get away with it?"

[beenherebefore]

He glances down at his hospital gown.

"Sort of."

(Not really.)

[guppy_sandhu]

"Are you hurt?" Guppy asks, eying the gown.

Brooklyn, the small child in the sling, opens her eyes and peeps at Alex.

[beenherebefore]

"A bit."

Just a nearly-fatal gunshot wound. Alex abruptly heads for the bar. "I'm getting some clothes."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Okay. Do you want to get some food on me?"

[beenherebefore]

"I don't think it will matter much, really."

After all, his bartab's bound to end up incredibly high, at this rate.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Ah, okay." Guppy follows him. "This is Brooklyn by the way." he adds. "She turned up two weeks ago."

[beenherebefore]

Ahhh, jeans, t-shirt, underwear, socks, and shoes. Just what he's always wanted.

Alex blinks. "The stork dropped her off, then?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Well if by stork you mean Fran and dropped off you mean gave birth in the hospital car park, you're close."

[beenherebefore]

"Oh."

He really has been gone for a while. He slips off to the loo quickly to change and wanders back out.

"How're the others taking it?"

(He mostly means Fry.)

[guppy_sandhu]

"Well, Fry pretty much ignores her unless she cries, like he did with Coral until she got old enough to move around. Coral's... Playing up somewhat, refusing to eat her dinner, asking to be carried, but I'm sure it'll pass."

[ooc: sorry for delay, on nights]

[a1enzo]

One of the two little girls with Enzo tugs on him and points. "He has a dress."

Enzo looks. Ah.

"That's not a dress, it's what they wear in hospitals."

"Why?"

"Good question."