2.01 -- video;

[blunted]

[ this five month sojourn hasn't been kind to keller. he's dangerously underweight, gaunt as a motherfucker. somehow trimming his beard hasn't done much to improve his appearance. keller looks more or less unbothered by all of this, fingers tapping on the comm for a long moment before a smile flicks onto his face. ]

Leaves a lot to be desired, you know, this part. [ he gestures up and around at the medical bay. ] I forgot how much noise you people make.

[ keller's voice is rusty, low and grating. it's off just enough to be jarring, as if he's lost track of how to pitch his tone. his fingers tap against the comm again, beating out the tune of a song. ]

While I'm here, who's left? I heard half of you whining a couple weeks ago. That much hasn't changed, huh?

[ there's a breath of silence, keller's gaze skittering up and away, expression flickering into something unreadable. ]

Caffrey, you still kicking around? Give a guy a holler, yeah?

[ ooc | keller's been hanging out in the ship for five months, so he's a malnourished, dehydrated wreck and won't be leaving medical. dibs go to neal for first visit then it's open season for other shenanigans. ]

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visual » ( 1.2 )

[became]

[ neal doesn't have to fake the shock on his face, his own gaunt face-- nothing close to keller's, but something gamine, nearly feral around the eyes connecting them-- drawn into clearer lines as his eyes widen. ]

Keller?

visual » stark locked ( 2.2 ) FUCK YEAH FIRST

[became]

Where the hell have you been?

visual » stark locked GOLD STAR

[blunted]

You look like hell.

[ pot, kettle. moving on. ]

Don't you know?

video;

[tumbleweeds]

[ She'd just been talking about him, just narrowly skirting over the fact that he'd vanished in the middle of the month, that he hadn't showed up again -- that he was probably dead.

And here he is, and there's a moment where Jaye gapes at him, scrambling for something to say that isn't... well, mushy. ]

You stole my underwear.

[ ... well, it's a start. ]

video;

[blunted]

[ speak of the keller and he appears. ]

You left them.

[ there's a pause before that, like it takes keller time to dig back and try to remember. ( it doesn't really feel real, but he isn't sure if this is the dream or if-- ) ]

video;

[tumbleweeds]

I couldn't find them.

[ She isn't sure she bothered looking very hard. She's also belatedly wondering whether she should have locked this, since Peter hadn't seemed to appreciate the mention of Keller, but... oh well. ]

You're... [ Jaye raises a hand, bandages around her wrist, and pinches her neck. ] I didn't take too many pain meds on accident, did I?

voice » ( 1.2 )

[suit]

[ the only thing heard is the sound of a plate shattering on the floor followed by an exclamation of shit. ]

voice » ( 2.2 )

[suit]

[ and guess who is about the least happy camper right now? peter is! it shows in how his voice has an edge of pure annoyance when he says one very simple word. ]

Keller.

[blunted]

[ that reaction is immensely gratifying, but the way keller smiles is...well. ]

Finally joined the party, Burke?

voice;

[cargojet]

[ This reply only comes after Nathan has done some research. While you've been gone, Keller, he's been archiving everything on the network, making it so he can search most of it by identity. Also he's suspicious about the talk about noise, and whining, because there's that mysterious message... Wonder who sent that? ]

How you managed to debut your return without a wall of poetry, I have absolutely no idea.

[blunted]

Well shit, how remiss of me.

Over hill, over dale,
Thorough bush, thorough brier,
Over park, over pale,
Thorough flood, thorough fire!
I do wander everywhere,
Swifter than the moon's sphere;

text;

[chiroptophobic]

Are you still inclined to airlock those you consider to be a threat?

[blunted]

Yes.
Betting that's still the unpopular opinion around here.

[certainproclivity]

Mr. Keller. What a surprise. [Sark's tone is drier than the Sahara. What? You were expecting him to salivate or scream like a teenage girl at a BSB concert? NAH.]

[blunted]

Try not to sound so happy to see me, Sark. A guy could get the wrong idea.

[ never change, sark. ]

video;

[lethalforce]

[he's not actually on screen, despite the video giving a great view of the ceiling where the device is balanced on one of the rafters]

No beat poetry?

[blunted]

What're you, shy all of a sudden?

[ qurl pls ]

Second request for poetry. Unoriginal of you.

video;

[gilding]

[Gold chooses video to respond with, but he isn't even looking at the camera as he speaks, almost like he's busy working on something off-screen.]

I see your communication problems have cleared up.

[blunted]

[ color him curious, gold ]

About time, right? Missing out on all that conversation was a heartbreak.

text » stark encryption

[starked]

you almost make me wish i had been misplaced with the rest of them.

[ hi keller hi. ]

permathat yo.

[blunted]

Too bad you weren't.

text » encrypted 100%

[adlered]

Don't tell me you thought I was one of the whiners.

second verse, same as first.

[blunted]

Nah, not you, sweetheart.

[ sweetheart ]

video|

[redwinged]

At least he recycles.

[blunted]

He does a lot of things. Not that you're aware.