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[coffeeking]

So the lifts are working correctly now, far as I can tell. I got from the first floor passenger deck to Communications without any problem. And before anyone starts slagging me off for taking the risk of checking them, my defense is that I haven't had any coffee this morning and I was moving on automatic. When any one of you can tell me you've never done anything embarrassingly stupid while half asleep, then you have permission to berate me.

Jack, don't even start.

[Locked to Meg]
I have your chessboard ready, finally. In my defense, the delay was somewhat unavoidable.

[Locked to General Support: Murphy and Ariadne]
We should have a meeting, now that things seem to be in working order again.

[Locked to Nathan Petrelli]
Apparently I'm still in denial, because I looked for her in Communications. But I suppose she really is gone.

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voice;

[51stcentury]

Ianto...

[Yeah, like he ever listens.]

voice;

[coffeeking]

Sorry. Really. I thought I'd go to Communications and see if maybe...

I was so caught up in my thoughts I didn't even think about it.

voice;

[51stcentury]

...see if maybe Tosh was there.

Look. Ianto. I'm not gonna fault you for looking for her. [But they're going to have to admit that she's gone. The words are floating there unsaid.] But what if the lifts hadn't fixed themselves?

[theyalldieforme]

Someone had to do it.

[coffeeking]

Yeah, probably. Should have gone in alert about it, though.

[theyalldieforme]

Did you try it more than once?

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

[There's a very slight sigh - yes, all right, being half asleep is a good reason, but that hardly means Edgeworth is happy that there was a reason at all.]

Avoiding the elevators still seems sensible, however. One successful use does not guarantee that they are danger-free.

[voice]

[coffeeking]

On the one hand, yes, you're right. On the other hand, we can't avoid the lifts indefinitely. We should probably think about doing some controlled tests, now that I've unwittingly succeeded in an uncontrolled one.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

...Why can't we, precisely? We've gotten along well enough in the past few days without the use of them.

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[goodpath]

Why do adults need coffee?

video;

[coffeeking]

Because it's delicious. Well, delicious to adults. Kids don't usually like it. Sadly, once you start drinking it, you become dependent on it and then you can't wake up without your daily dose.

Don't ever do drugs, kid.

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[goodpath]

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[goodpath]

Why would you drink it, then?

voice;

[learnedtosmile]

Do you need a security escort before your morning coffee? [It's a joke, really. Mostly because Ianto is probably already getting lectured and it's that, or point out that Ariadne would be upset if something happened to him.

Blake is still too tired to remind himself of that. Being sick does that to a guy.]

Since one seems to work, or at least it did - we should probably get some volunteers together, maybe go in pairs and test some of the others.

voice;

[coffeeking]

I just shouldn't be allowed out before coffee.

Testing in pairs sounds like a decent enough plan. Armed pairs.

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[puppydogeyes]

You're right.
They're working.

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[coffeeking]

Is this what we're considering a controlled test now?

voice;

[constructum]

If Jack is not allowed to give you a hard time, can I?

[ because, seriously, what were you thinking, ianto? YOU COULD HAVE BEEN LOST! ]

voice;

[coffeeking]

...No, but you can draw disapproving faces on the notes you slip under my door. How's that?

[logicunlocked]

Hey, somebody had to take the risk sometime.

[coffeeking]

Would have rather gone into it with my eyes open, though.

[jilt]

What a brave soul you are, venturing in the unknown like that.

[coffeeking]

I thought we established it was rather stupid of me, not brave.

[northerner]

Are you sure it was not simply luck that lead you through, or a trick of the ship?

[coffeeking]

No. To be frank, I'm not sure of anything, except that I took the lift to Communications and arrived here without incident.