ataraxion | [ text and voice ] ✉ first transmission in which there are complaints and headaches.

[ the first thing dundee feels like doing is throwing up, which in and of itself is a bit of a feeling he tries to avoid. sure, he's felt like this before, but usually it was after a hard night of partying and to be perfectly honest, he hasn't done that in years. the second thing, the far more important thing for dundee, is that he realizes he's on spaceship of sorts and unlike the worrisome desire to throw up, this revelation causes him to pause.

logically, he doesn't think he should be here, but he is and he doesn't necessarily know how, though the weird pod is a definite possibility to him. he has to force himself to try to stop feeling so disoriented before he gets up to go find something to contact another human being with. (except, perhaps he's alone and- dundee doesn't want to think about that possibility.)

it takes him a bit to find his device, but once he does, he reads everything he can. he figures that there are probably locked bits that he can't see, but unlike some people he knows, he can respect a person's privacy. besides, looking at the locks and the differences between this tech and tech back at home, he thinks even aberdeen or cambridge might have problems with it. (speaking of, he notices a woman with the...name cambridge; it's confusing to him and he's pretty sure that it's just the residual disorientation talking. he makes a not to ask about that, perhaps later.) he notices oxford there and makes a face, not the best company, but it'll do in a pinch. though, dundee doesn't technically count this as necessarily being in a pinch, since in addition to oxford, there's what looks like aberdeen (oh he can recognize her texts anywhere) and durham. potentially five out of a number usually much larger than that. how enjoyable.

after a bit of a wait, dundee finds himself typing away, sending a very simple message that will make no sense to certain people, but will make enough sense to the people he wants it to. ]

if the city dundee means anything to any of you, i believe that we might want to talk. just for the sake of talking, perhaps.

[ he then flips it to voice. he's hardly vain, but he'd prefer not to show off how he might look right now to everyone else. not yet at least. ]

Out of curiosity, whose brilliant idea was it to make this transfer, I believe you'd call it, here, come with the feeling of being hungover. Had I have known, I would have packed pain medication in my bag so that I could take something when I got here. I would just honestly like to point out that hangovers are not a way to endear yourself to people. Odd, I know, but it's the truth.

Speaking of, does anyone have anything on hand in the realm of pain medication or should I just burrow into some form of a bed and come out once I feel better?

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you wouldn't know what it's like.

good god, tawse - why are you so keen on him, exactly? in a repeated and flagrant abuse of his position the man has fucked all his other aberdeens but he isn't fucking you. doesn't that make you wonder?

~~because he's needed.~~
everyone has tolerances.

[ He's reached his with Hallah. ]

whatever that means.

moore, leave her alone.

Sorry, was any of what I just typed untrue?

considering the relationships were consensual, and started by the aberdeens in each case, your assumption that i abused my position would be untrue. indeed, i believe that you have no leg to stand on when lecturing me about abusing power.

[ he'd pull up historical facts, but this is just tiring enough already. ]

not buying it, I'm afraid. Those are exactly the kinds of arguments that you hear in defense of student/teacher relationships too. Or were you under the illusion that this was all that different? Because I hardly think it is. Responsibilities of care and all that. I'm talking about a very different kind of power abuse, see.

it's difference since a) she's not my student and b) i've hardly coerced any of them into anything. typically those are hallmarks of a teacher/student relationship. a teacher is not required to do the things i have to do. which you would know if you were one. and see i can tell you're dying to prove that i am an opportunistic aberdeen fucker, enlighten me to the power abuse that you think i'm doing. or better yet drop it.

you should know, I suppose. You were a teacher, correct?

[ she's not implying anything at all, seriously. But she is going to let it hang a little uncomfortably as she mentally types out her next message to send on. ]

a certain duty of care, perhaps. I imagine she's rather reliant on you? Much like the Aberdeen that I know.

i do know. much better than you do. but of course, you're going to take that to mean something else. a bit of a crafty switching of my words.

[ she can't see it but the comment makes dundee clench his jaw just a tad. ]

she is capable of taking care of herself. she's hardly an invalid. i just assist from time to time. because i surprisingly care about whether or not her power has managed to make her snap.

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