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Clara Oswald ([personal profile] bossily) wrote in [community profile] entrancelogs2013-06-19 06:06 pm

I'm trying not to sleep

Who: Clara & anyone! (totally open)
Where: Around the mansion
When: The week after the shadow event
Rating: TBA
Summary: When you have a terrible shadow event, it's time to stay busy to forget about it
The Story: Clara is beyond humiliated.

She's lost a great deal of her pride, she's fractured almost every single relationship she's formed in her time here, and she's at a loss as to what she needs to do to make herself feel better. So the best solution in her mind is simply not to think about it and stay busy. She can't act like any of the things her shadow said never happened, of course, but she doesn't have to linger on it. There's too much hurt there for her, and it's best to just build up some walls on the inside and close it off and away. And sleep? Forget about it, there's way too much time to have thoughts loiter on everything that went wrong, or have pesky dreams slip in, and that's definitely not something she wants to have happen.

On Tuesday, she has plans with both Luke and Owen, and despite not being up to her usual spirited nature she's grateful for the chance to interact with the both of them without shadows present.

On Wednesday, she thinks she has self-defense lessons but also spends a good portion of the day sprawled out in the sun at the beach. She's not usually a beach dweller and she doesn't usually sunbathe, but she thinks it's the perfect place to read through some Jules Verne. Journey to the Center of the Earth was a childhood favorite, and it makes her feel safe and nostalgic so she's grateful that the library has a copy on hand just waiting for her.

On Thursday, she spends her time out in the gardens, working on both drawing and painting. Her lessons with Whale have left her eager to continue practicing, working on a drawing of white roses which she has every intention of painting red by the end of the day. If someone happens across her, she's more than likely to grab hold of them and convince them to pose for her so she can attempt a more complicated subject.

Friday finds Clara holed up in the library, a stack of books on space piled up around her. She's sitting cross legged on the floor, and the pile of books towers above her, constantly wobbling as if they're about to topple at any given second. There's fiction, non-fiction, and even some picture books at her side. She started the day out reading for research but now has an old, worn copy of The Little Prince in hand. It brings back memories of her mother, and those are always good to hold onto when she's having a difficult time.

The rest of the weekend is spent either at the swimming pool or her room. The pool she's never really used before, so it's nice to just float around and stare up at nothing in particular. It's a funny feeling, just aimlessly floating, doing nothing for hours on end. She almost feels guilty for it, but it's a nice break from being cooped up in the library. When she's in her room she's working on painting her walls, trying to complete constellations for the night sky she's painted across every single wall. She's not much of an artist, but this has given her something to do in her time here, and the project is almost complete. There's even a little TARDIS painted right up above her bed.


torchwoodteaboy: (unsure of himself)

[personal profile] torchwoodteaboy 2013-06-23 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
Ianto hasn't been dealing very well with the fact that he's dead and he's stuck in Wonderland for the rest of as long as he's got left in whatever sort of stasis this is, so he's been doing a lot of hanging around anything familiar that he can cling to. And in this case, that would be Owen. Owen, who's been surprisingly understanding lately. Especially given the fact that Ianto's been sticking to Owen's own room more often than not.

He's sitting in a chair, dressed down at least in the sense that his jacket and tie are off, reading a book that he managed to scrounge up and is just barely holding his attention when she bursts in. It's obvious to both of them that Ianto isn't the person she was anticipating finding in Owen's room. Awkwardly he puts his book aside and stands. "I, uh," he says. "Owen's at the clinic."
torchwoodteaboy: (worried)

[personal profile] torchwoodteaboy 2013-06-23 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Ianto flushes, which probably doesn't help Clara's internal thoughts as to what he's doing there in Owen's room any. But then he does speak up to try to defend himself. He can see where she's going with all of that. He was sleeping with Jack, back at Torchwood, after all.

"I... He's letting me stay over," he says, stumbling over his words slightly. "Until I find my feet again." He realizes that it's not much of an explanation and that it's probably contrary to most peoples' opinions of Owen, but.
torchwoodteaboy: (wtf on edge)

[personal profile] torchwoodteaboy 2013-06-26 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)

Ianto almost automatically flushes a bright red in response to Clara's question, shaking his head immediately. "Ehm, no," he says, automatically. "No." He repeats again. "Definitely not. He's got me kipping on the couch..." The couch that looks suspiciously un-slept on, although that's largely to do with the fact that Ianto's just really good at tidying up after himself. In fact, he's even done a little tidying up after Owen in the last few days out of habit.