ataraxion | 002; Voice

[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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You can say that again.

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

How'd you figure it, anyway?

Some of them have names.

[ No. :| ]

[Paaaaaause]

Saw something like it once.

[And it made him... completely lose his shit there for a second. Yep. It's easy to lie when you're slightly more rational. Slightly...]

[ But they have personalities, Carolyn. ]

Victoria. I promise to keep her filters clean.

Huh.

[ He'll pretend he'll believe that if it makes life easier. ]

That's part of your job anyway.

Just get it done.

Aye, aye.

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.

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

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

Do we have someone who could disable it?

[ case and point. ]

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.

[HEY LOOK... He totally did.]

We ought to be lucky the captain of that vessel didn't think to hook that switch up to himself, yeah? If he had, the minute he died, we would've all been blown to hell. And that much, brotha? I've been personal witness to.

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.

[ What a curious thing to say. It makes Casey sit up and pay attention. ]

You've served?

Aye. Royal Scots Regiment. Did a six-month detail disarming munitions.

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.

[ A nod from Casey. His own military experience is a little more complicated than that, but Casey wears dog tags and a class ring that demonstrate his marine background. ]

Whole lot of pressure, being that close. Nothing but your own steady hands keeping you in one piece.

[ And now he's even more sure that Desmond knows what he's talking about with the Dead Man's Switch. ]

I bet steady hands help a lot in pedicures.

[ if desmond is okay and nobody is going to blow up

jenna is taking this chance gdi ]

At least there's that.

[ somehow desmond has either been adopted

or is part of a 1/3 platonic threesome. either/or. ]

'Didn't last very long this time'-- well now I'm definitely on my way up.

Got along fine without blowin' myself or anyone else up back then, brotha, but these days, keeping a steady hand's harder than it looks. And I think it'd take a lot more than steady hands to disarm that switch back there. Never seen anything like the equipment on that ship.

[Yes... That's it, exactly. And not crazy psychic visions at all. But he's calmed down enough that anything that points away from his rampant insanity is a good thing.]

[He doesn't even have to point out the whole "Alaric probably insisted on going so she wouldn't" angle. That much is abundantly clear.]

If you insist. Best not to talk about it here anyway, yeah?

[He's so resigned. He figured he wasn't going to get away with this scot-free, not when he's having flashes again. The last one (the first one in ages) he couldn't even remember, which was a first- just that it was most definitely a flash and Jenna having been both in that place and the ship had grounded him before his head could implode. Constants. Sometimes he thinks Faraday would have had a field day on this ship.]

[ You can't see his face but he is so horrified. ]

What are you talking about?

[ Maybe it's in the Intersect, but Casey doubts it somehow. ]

I don't doubt it. Most advanced thing I ever flew doesn't even compare.

Oh, you are so busted. Don't even try it-- I heard you give pedicures. And massages.

[ she's clapping with glee on this end pretty much ]

Edited 2013-05-02 20:37 (UTC)

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