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[hullonurse]

[Video switches on, the communicator looking up at England's face. There's her eyes are wide and she looks very disturbed. On her lap, a woman's head is resting. There's no sign of life on her face, though her features are similar to Rosemary's, and England's free hand is tangled up in her long, red hair.

But you only have a few seconds to take that sight in before England quickly fumbles with the communicator to switch it to voice as she originally intended.]

What's going on? [Her voice is a little shaky, but she's clearly trying to hide that.] They weren't- They weren't even here how could they have...

This is a trick, yes? [Laughs a little, sounding slightly hysterical.] It's not funny, you know! They're all too stubborn for this anyway!

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[hullonurse]

[She pauses and then steps back towards Francis, her eyes flickering open as she bumps against his chest- and that quick glance is all she needs to recognise the figure on the floor before she starts to fall to her knees.]

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

N-non-- It isn't real. It isn't...

[hullonurse]

[She doesn't pull away from his grasp, at least, but she doesn't pick herself back up either.]

... She's dead. But I didn't kill her. So it can't be her. She wouldn't dare.

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

She is not dead.

It's a trick. It's false. I-- I saw--... I saw Arthur, but I know he is alive.

[hullonurse]

You can check. [Snaps back without thinking much and shudders.]

... I know it's not her.

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

[hullonurse]

[Keeps staring at the corpse... Then she takes a deep breath and stands up unsteadily.] ... Sorry.

[crotchroses.livejournal.com]

... Don't be.

We will have tea and something to eat, non? Let's think of better things, like literature and the bright green countryside lit by the blue skies overhead.