( 04 ) text ♧ go ask alice i think she'll know

[became]

[ solitude is an easy leap for a guy who likes to throw around dostoyevsky quotes like it ain't no thing, and men who go looking for secrets often find them. as such: have the very first non-video caffrey post, tranquility. fuck smiling, this shit ain't right. ]

"Try not to die".

This ship really is the most user friendly around, isn't it? And helpful.

Anyone who isn't used to computers, ask Tony Stark what I mean.

[ he'd say he's sorry, tony... but he isn't. ]

L O C K E D ( listmates )

Normally I'd make an English lesson out of this one, but forget it. "Solitude" is the password you want, if you like feeling special, not to mention uncomfortably singled out.

I don't know about the rest of you, but this is a list I could stand not to be on-- and I don't feel particularly giving, especially not towards our smiling friend.

Any thoughts from the other esteemed honorees?

/ L O C K E D ( listmates )





L O C K E D ( wardnik )

I need a word. And you two need better PR, so let's help each other out here.

/ L O C K E D ( wardnik )





L O C K E D ( our smiling friend)

I'm flattered, but I like to exchange names before I commit to anything. How about a quick sitdown? Strictly off the record.

/ L O C K E D ( our smiling friend )

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[wiretap]

"the useful things we can't actually find are all in the same place".

a contradiction in terms.
how does she know?

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[tarheel]

hell if i know. apparently all the "buried data" we need is all collected somewhere we haven't been able to access yet. (and they're not on the little portable drives.)

i'm not sure she's telling the truth about that, but i do know i haven't been able to find anything so far.

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[wiretap]

[ She thinks about it for a minute. Then she changes the filter. ]

worried?

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[tarheel]

[ aw, aberdeen. that was almost kind of thoughtful. ]

i'd feel a lot better if i knew what the list was for, let's put it that way. any theories yet?

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[wiretap]

[ She's actually worried. It's...kind of a first. ]

troublemakers.
upstarts.
usurpers.
empowered.

but no through commonalities.
but a working theory that the list isn't comprehensive.

[ There's a pause, and then. ]

dundee's not on it.

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[tarheel]

[ chapel's worried, too, but—well, he's always been a fan of the "never let them see you sweat" strategy. ]

yeah, i expected it to be either longer or shorter if it's the whole list. it's definitely missing the other physicists, at least, and i'd have probably put the other petrelli brother on the list instead. [ HE REALLY DOESN'T LIKE YOU, NATHAN PETRELLI mostly because you are, like, the nega-boston and chapel does not approve ]

i noticed. that either means he's safer than the rest of us or he's on the part of the list that hasn't been found yet. and you have to admit, he doesn't exactly fit the "troublemaker" criteria.

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[wiretap]

[ Fucking honeybadger. We should hang out more. No, seriously. ]

magneto.
chase.
either sherlock.
some provide much greater threat than those already included.

[ Pro-tip: Aberdeen also doesn't like Nathan Petrelli. In fact she would like very much for actual Boston to be here if only to somehow negate his existence in this stream of reality. ]

i told him to stay off his radar.
when he tried to make contact.

he didn't appreciate it.

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[tarheel]

and the ultimate reason why this list is stupid nonsensical, if this is the whole thing: the hulk is here, and he's not on it.

[ that makes two of them, if for... very different reasons. ]

dundee, i know you can read this, so i'm gonna just leave this here.

that was dumb. that was really dumb. for real. [ and okay, he's kinda quoting "bed intruder", but the sentiment still stands. ]

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[romanticism]

A member of our organisation, doing something "dumb"? For all that we are, that is not exactly a rarity, though I am surprised that Dundee, out of us, is the one at fault.

[ Aberdeen and Chapel are definitely at the top of Oxford's list of potential troublemakers. Dundee, certainly not. ]

I have nothing to give in terms of theories, but I do have some advice - that I feel may be difficult to follow - could we perhaps attempt to keep something of a low profile? Perhaps refrain from further irritating the unsettling red smile and all.

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[wiretap]

he attempted to coerce.
for the sake of coercing it.

[ Not true, not entirely. He'd coerced it for the sake of her, of putting himself on its radar when otherwise he'd managed to remain out of sight. It'd been ballsy, but stupid and wholly unnecessary and even though it seemed to fail to drum up Smile's attention, there was no saying he wasn't sitting in reserve on some other list, elsewhere.

That is the only message for a long while, but then eventually Aberdeen follows it up with simply: ]

low profile.

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[telephones]

coerce, a verb with the following meanings:

1. To force to act or think in a certain way by use of pressure, threats, or intimidation; compel.
2. To dominate, restrain, or control forcibly: coerced the strikers into compliance.
3. To bring about by force or threat: efforts to coerce agreement.

I didn't coerce it. I attempted to make a conversation with it. As much as I loathe to admit it, Tony's attempts to poke it with a metaphorical stick and Aberdeen's attempt to poke it have yielded some results. While I am not even remotely implying that it was the wisest choice, and truthfully, I will admit that it was potentially one that I could have thought through a bit better, I was merely investigating. Attempting to collect information, if you'd like to call it that.

And considering the fact that with this exception of Aberdeen, who, need I remind everyone, was my choice for Aberdeen, I am the longest serving member of any order on this ship, I think I know what I'm doing. Not to mention, if the three of you are on there, it's a safe guess to assume that I am on the full version of this list.

And must you quote that, Chapel?

[ there's a brief pause between the messages until he sends this simple phrase: ]

The best we can hope for is medium profile.

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[tarheel]

be glad it wasn't sassy gay friend.

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[romanticism]

Oh for Christ's sake.

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[tarheel]

okay, fine. i can stay mediumish profile.

i'm just saying, it could have been "what, what, what are you doing."

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[romanticism]

Chapel. Please take a moment to look at your life, look at your choices.

[ yes he did. ]

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[wiretap]

[ OH MY GOD can somebody focus for once? ]

off topic.

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[telephones]

[ HA HA HA HA. no. ]

Thank you. Is it actually impossible for the two of you to act like adults for five minutes?

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[tarheel]

okay, back on topic.

two things. one, being older than the rest of us doesn't necessarily make you any wiser. and two, if it is a hitlist, we'd probably be best served by having at least one person who's maybe not on the list as opposed to everybody definitely being on there.

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[romanticism]

You'd like us to act like adults? That's rather rich, coming from the bickering couple. I, so far, haven't gone to any particular lengths to berate the unseen smile that seems to be keeping a constant watch on us.

That said, in my opinions, using the network to discuss these matters is not currently very appealing. "Nothing is off the record", after all.

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[wiretap]

the likelihood is that ship is equipped for surveillance.
off network, on network.
the difference may be inconsequential.

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[telephones]

Says the man who for a brief time was here before any of us.

With Cambridge.

Pot calling the kettle black.

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[wiretap]

[ Following this exchange. ]

make them stop.

[ Cause god knows, she can't. ]

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[tarheel]

[ ... really, you two? chapel might be quoting youtube videos, but at least he's not doing this. ]

oh good lord.

i'll try, but i can't promise anything. (sorry.)

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[wiretap]

[ And we run governmental organizations how? ]

lessons from the OED:
also off topic.

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[telephones]

[ because no one else wanted to? because for some reason we passed the evaulations? (how everyone did that is another question entirely.) ]

It wasn't a lesson, it was a correction. Minor difference. But feel free to lump me in with those individuals who you take lessons from apparently.