002; Voice

[thatsaflaregun]

[When Desmond's voice comes over the line, he sounds.... Crazy, so it's basically a Tuesday, except maybe you ought to listen to him this time, because this sounds extremely important.]

All right, look- [Muffled, as if said to someone behind him.] Get off, I'm fine! [Back to the comm] I don't know if anyone's even considered trying to pilot the Scylla, because believe me, it sounds like a lovely idea. But don't. There's a-a dead man's switch embedded in the flight controls. If anyone touches it- [He pauses to chuckle under his breath- it sounds crazy, but also painfully exasperated] - boom.

[He hesitates for a moment, as if already anticipating the protests.]

Don't believe me- send someone from flight crew to check it out. I know what I saw- [He hisses- goddammit, he needs to keep that shit under wraps better] I just know. 

[[OOC: POSTED WITH MOD PERMISSION. Basically, as of this log, Desmond will have had one of his flashes (which are now back thanks to his adventures in the ship- thanks for that, TQ). I need a couple volunteers to tag in and be witnesses to the discovery of the dead man's switch and Desmond's subsequent freak out, but yeah, as of this post, anyone who was on the Scylla probably would have heard Desmond being Final Destination about not touching the switch.]]

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[unparental]

Des?

[ bro. BRO.

jenna and penny need to swap 'and then he ran off and didn't let me do my job' stories js ]

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[thatsaflaregun]

[Yeah, that's a thing...]

Jenna. I'm sorry. I just-

[...Had to go investigate the freighter. I mean ship.]

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[unparental]

You could have asked me to come with you-- that's what I'm here for, remember?

[ G D I ]

Are you okay? Do you need me to come up to the bay? I can do that now, there's nothing I need to handle right this minute.

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[thatsaflaregun]

I was with Alaric. Thought that would be enough, yeah?

[He rubs his face.]

Yeah, I'm fine. It was- You might not need to. Reminding myself you're still around's good enough. It didn't last very long this time.

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[suddenlycaptain]

Shit.

[ She needs to go take a look but she can't, not while she's in medical -- not that she isn't trying to get up out of bed and go look anyway. ]

Are you still there?

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[thatsaflaregun]

No. Kirk and Jenna's fiance saw to that. I was, ah, making a scene.

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[suddenlycaptain]

They'd better fucking keep an eye on it until someone can get there, then.

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[thatsaflaregun]

Unless someone wants to take every bloody one of us down with them, no one will go near it, anyway. Maybe I'm optimistic, sistah, but I don't think we have anyone that desperate.

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[sugarbear]

[ Grumbling. ]

And there was me hoping we could fly it in through the shuttle bay doors and then rip it apart.

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[suddenlycaptain]

[ There's no sigh of relief, but it's a close thing. ]

I need you to go down there. Make sure no one triggers the switch.

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[sugarbear]

I'm already here.

[ Huff. ]

There's shuttles up here need stripping.

[ But Carolyn, why do I have to guard the stupid ship? ]

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[thatsaflaregun]

We're not exactly lacking in less than ideal situations, yeah?

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[sugarbear]

You can say that again.

[ Only don't. Don't actually say it. ]

How'd you figure it, anyway?

NOT HERE.

[altercate]

[ but derek is going to continue to squint suspiciously at you, desmond. ]

[northerner]

They left a trap, for anyone who would take their ship?

[thatsaflaregun]

Aye. It could have been worse than it is, but that doesn't say much. Without being warned, anyone would have thought to take the ship and run if they believed they could get away with it.

[northerner]

They were clever.

[ robb's quiet for a long moment. ]

Do they believe you, the others?

[thatsaflaregun]

[He laughs, although it sounds more like a hiss.] Don't see that they have much choice, brotha. If I'm right, trying to prove me wrong will just end badly. It's not worth the risk.

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[faderbroderson]

No one has been allowed access to the controls. [Godric hadn't planned to let anyone fly off with the Scylla before you had your freakout, Desmond]

We're waiting on someone from the flight crew to confirm, but you can rest easy.

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[thatsaflaregun]

[Resting easy is difficult when you just experienced an entire ship blowing up.]

I'll rest easy when that ship's not attached to ours, brotha.

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[faderbroderson]

I doubt that will be much longer. I can't imagine it will survive the jump, can you?

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[thatsaflaregun]

Doubt it. But what comes after?

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[20mentholkools]

Shouldn't be surprised. They were smart.

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[thatsaflaregun]

The tragedy of it, brotha, is I'm not surprised at all.

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[20mentholkools]

[He doesn't really think that's the tragedy of any of this, but he doesn't say as much.]

You sure it's rigged to blow?