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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[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...]

Huh.

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

[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.

[ 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.

[ 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 ]

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

What are you talking about?

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 ]

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Carolyn.

[ He says it like 'She might not survive that gunshot wound.' ]

Carolyn, sorry.

...in her defense? I'm pretty sure she had no idea you'd absolutely hate me knowing you're a giant marshmallow inside. [ cheerful needling with jenna sommers. ] We were talking about-- god, I don't know. Maybe Obi? But she mentioned you knew the crawl, I asked what else you did around her, and... pedicures.

I'm also not entirely sure she's aware we were girl-talking. I think she was just-- answering my questions.

[ which worked out fine. ]

So-- okay, before you ask: no intentions towards public humiliation, only private. I mean... I honestly kind of never pictured you as the pedicure type.

[ Grumble grumble this translates but mostly it's Casey grouching to himself. He doesn't really hold it against Carolyn; he'd meant it well. ]

You know how it is.

[ Yes Casey that's so helpful. This one's even better: ]

I've done a whole lot of things I'm not proud of.

Oh, please. Do not even try that 'I've done a whole lot of things I'm not proud of' war movie thing-- [ her imitation is... not superb mostly it's just raspy ] on me, because you know the whole Star Wars crawl and you give pedicures. I've got your number now.

And what are you planning to do with that number, exactly?

[ What else do you know, Jenna. ]

Right now? Oh, tease you. Horribly. Sorry, this is just too good to skip.

[ More grumbling. ]

Not really any of your business.

[ Oh he is such a sourpuss. ]

Oh, completely none of my business. But I'm from smalltown Virginia, that's the kind of business we love best.

[ You can't see him rolling his eyes. ]

You're a right piece of work.

For your information, I've had a lot of...temporary jobs.

[ Yes that's what we're calling them today. ]

Comes with the territory. We had debutante balls.

[ not that jenna ever attended any of them, but details. ]

Uh-huh. So if I asked for a pedicure, you'd say...

I'd say: Have you ever had your toenails polished with a Beretta?

[ Grumble grumble. ]

Carolyn's my boss.

[ LOL no that's not it. ]

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[ oh my god jenna you can't just ask about pedicures ]

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.]

[ 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.

Just when you got used to the mechanics on this one, yeah? Suppose forty years makes the difference.

It's definitely not a Cessna.

[ It's practically gallows humour. It's like a guy stepping onto a Boeing 747 and saying 'I flew a paper plane once.' ]

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