unparental: ( eaѕycoмpany ) (❝ i hit my head-- or 'brain helmet'. ❞)
jenna sommers. ([personal profile] unparental) wrote in [community profile] ataraxion2013-03-01 09:02 pm

( 14 ) video ✶ into the water let it pull him under don’t you lift him let him drown alive

[ the feed opens on two pairs of feet; one large, one smaller. then jenna's voice comes through. ]

Tell you what. I'm going to leave you here, with this broadcasting-- [ the shot jerks a little, exposing an empty and spotless kitchen. ] and that way you can have something to talk to while I try and figure out where we are right now. I'll be back in a flash, you've seen how fast I can move now, and you know I'll hear you. Okay?

[ not waiting for an answer, jenna presses her comm into desmond’s hand and brings it up a little, so his chest is in frame, squeezing his shoulder with her other hand. ] I'll be right back, I promise.

Right. [Desmond sounds... Well shellshocked and crazy pretty much covers it. You can hear him swallow in that sort of pained, half-panting way, like he's out of breath and can't quite manage to calm himself down.] Assuming anyone's still out there, yeah? [He might be talking to Jenna, but she’s already gone. The comm shifts violently, flashing to Desmond’s face for only a half second (long enough to see he has both eyes and doesn't seem to be missing anything vital) and then to the ceiling and then back to the floor.] I don't understand what more it wants from me. Three bloody years of my life, pushing a damned button wasn't enough. I've been to the heart. I saw the light again. It was supposed to put me back. It was supposed to- [The camera swings by so fast you can easily tell that Desmond was gearing up to smash it against the nearest wall before-]

--whoa whoa, hey. Hey, it's okay. It's okay, I'm right here. Des? Desmond? [ she crouches down, taking the comm back into her own hands and setting it on the counter, where it films the tops of their heads for the moment. ] We're fine, look. We're even back in the main part of the ship, so that trek back is cancelled. I'm--

[ she pauses, hand reaching up into the picture again as she reaches for the comm, setting in on her upraised knees so it's more or less centered on the two of them, looking a whole lot worse for the wear. ]

If someone could prove big brother is always watching and figure out what floor we're on for me, that would be great. Who needs civil liberties, anyway? --don't get any extra ideas, Nathan. [ there's a tinge of forced, unnatural cheer to her tone, and her gaze darts over to desmond every few moments as if she needs to make sure he's there and fine. ] And maybe whoever pulls rescue duty, bring him something with a lot of sugar in it? That would be great.

[Desmond rubs his face, weary.] Someone tell Tyke I found what I was lookin' for, yeah? It's all true.

[ she inhales, about to add something else; then she shakes her head, lips pressed together in a tired line and jabs the off button. ]



( ooc | they're on floor thirty eight, where they were dumped after being rescued by ward from some Seriously Bad Metaplot Shit. colors for ease: jenna and desmond. )
thatsaflaregun: (What about robot gophers?)

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[personal profile] thatsaflaregun 2013-03-02 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Never have and likely never will. [Bitter laugh] I'm apparently not suited for candidacy for some reason. I'm outside it all.
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[personal profile] northerner 2013-03-05 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Then be thankful you've not caught your eye. Surely nothing good can come of such attention.
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[personal profile] thatsaflaregun 2013-03-06 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Just because I'm not a Candidate doesn't mean I'm not someone's pawn. [FAINTLY DISGUSTED.] I've caught someone's interest or else I wouldn't still be here.
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[personal profile] northerner 2013-03-08 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
We're no one's pawns, ser. What do you mean by candidate?
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[personal profile] thatsaflaregun 2013-03-08 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Just what I said. Your name's on a list. Apparently, that means something to someone.
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[personal profile] northerner 2013-03-08 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
A lot of names were on that list. It may have meant nothing at all.
thatsaflaregun: (I sense a disturbance in the force.)

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[personal profile] thatsaflaregun 2013-03-08 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Then why bother with lists at all?
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[personal profile] northerner 2013-03-08 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Why bother with any of this? Perhaps they're after our reactions, nothing more.

[ not even robb believes this. ]
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[personal profile] thatsaflaregun 2013-03-08 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
Because it's never that simple, brotha.
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[personal profile] northerner 2013-03-09 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Some things are, deceptively so.
thatsaflaregun: (Suicidal Scotsman in D minor)

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[personal profile] thatsaflaregun 2013-03-10 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Not this. Nothing involving that place is ever simple.
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[personal profile] northerner 2013-03-11 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Do you intend to seek it out a second time?
thatsaflaregun: (Literally fuck your own face.)

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[personal profile] thatsaflaregun 2013-03-13 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
I don't have much of a choice.
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[personal profile] northerner 2013-03-13 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
There is always choice. Every man has a choice.
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[personal profile] thatsaflaregun 2013-03-17 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
[A dry chuckle] You haven't met some of the people I've met, brotha.
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[personal profile] northerner 2013-03-17 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe not. But if they aren't here, what does it matter?
thatsaflaregun: (INCOMING VISION.)

[personal profile] thatsaflaregun 2013-03-17 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Because she'll find me. She always does.
thatsaflaregun: (I'm getting out of bed for this?)

[personal profile] thatsaflaregun 2013-03-20 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Her name's Eloise Hawking. And she has a habit of turning up to remind me of what I'm supposed to be doing. And even when I refuse, I end up doing it anyway, because you can't change fate. It just course-corrects itself. In the end, you always end up in the same place you were meant to be.
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[personal profile] northerner 2013-03-20 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
There's no such passenger aboard, Desmond. Not that I've found.
thatsaflaregun: (Have fun storming the castle)

[personal profile] thatsaflaregun 2013-03-20 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a lot of things we haven't found, brotha.
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[personal profile] northerner 2013-03-20 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Is she one of them?
thatsaflaregun: (You've been mostly dead all day.)

[personal profile] thatsaflaregun 2013-03-20 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't be surprised if she was.