Ichabod Crane (
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milliways_bar2014-04-09 10:32 pm
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The door swings open, unaided, on a woodland scene, and Ichabod stumbles through and nearly collapses, black veins standing out on his arms.
And then he notices where he is, eyes widening. "No. No, no, not here - " and he turns to stagger back through, the door closing behind him just after he slumps against a tree on the other side.
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Some time later, he returns, looking considerably healthier - if rather wet.
[ooc: reactions to the first part or tags to the second equally welcome!]
And then he notices where he is, eyes widening. "No. No, no, not here - " and he turns to stagger back through, the door closing behind him just after he slumps against a tree on the other side.
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Some time later, he returns, looking considerably healthier - if rather wet.
[ooc: reactions to the first part or tags to the second equally welcome!]

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He's hanging around the bar when Ichabod reappears. "Mate? You okay?"
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"Very much better now, thank you." Bar supplies a towel, and he starts rubbing at his hair. "The bar showed itself at a very inopportune time."
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"An unidentified virus very nearly ran riot over Sleepy Hollow - and beyond, if it hadn't been contained again."
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"Yes", Ichabod assures him. "It was the Horseman of Pestilence's attempt to free himself, and it seems we have also discovered what happened to the lost colony of Roanoke. It was highly contagious - several of the personnel who simply worked on the first victim were infected - so you see why I could not stay here."
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"Absolutely fine, she escaped the infection completely", he says with relief. "And when young Thomas and I returned to Roanoke and entered the baptismal font, all the surviving patients were cured instantly."
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"Ah, the holy-water cure. Very nice and a good thing to know."
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"You look much improved to the last time," he says, "but let me get you a towel."
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"That's much appreciated, thank you." His expression turns self-deprecating. "And I apologise for my unfortunate entry earlier."
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"I suppose that the circumstances weren't in your control?" he says. "Few people can make their door appear on purpose."
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He begins rubbing - and wringing - his long hair with it. "No, and I'm not one of them. Still, the consequences could have been dreadful."
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"This was something quite different", Ichabod says bleakly. "Highly contagious, and deadly until we found how to stop it."
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"Returning the first carrier to his home, where it all began, and he and I taking a dip in the font."
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Ichabod glances at him and smiles.
"Yes, indeed. It wasn't the best moment for the bar to appear."
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It's always better to ask. Some people get very alarmed about having spells anywhere close to them, even minor, harmless ones.
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"If it's restricted to drying me out, I'll take it gladly", he says with a nod. "Thank you - the cure for my illness involved a dip in some very particular water."
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He holds it up to the nearest light source, peering curiously at it, then shakes his head. "It's not very particular anymore, but that is often the nature of such things," he says. He lets his hands drop, and the sphere shatters into droplets too small for the naked eye to see. "Oh well."
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Ichabod chuckles. "I suspect it lost its special quality on leaving its source. Thank you again - I'm Ichabod Crane."
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He shakes hands readily. "The water in the baptismal font of what turned out to be quite literally a ghost town."
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