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 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.

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.

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.

[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.]

[ jenna sidesteps attempts to keep her safe these days, it's a great new life trend rly. ]

I like how I don't even have to tell you we're definitely having a talk. It makes that part easier.

[ damn skippy a talking will be had, son. ]

I'd like to think you're getting predictable. [It's hard for most people to be cheeky when you're this shaken, but Desmond has made it into an artform]

[And when she arrives, he'll be sitting on one the beds in medbay, looking like he's planning on leaving as soon as possible. Long periods in medbay make him nervous. Freighter issues.]

'Predictable'? Really? Hah hah, very funny.

[ from the time traveler. HAH HA HA HA no ilu. anyway srs meta again, right.

despite the dry tone jenna makes a beeline to his sits and settles down, shoulders pressed gently together. ]

You okay?

Aye. [He drops his hands into his lap and stares at the ceiling.] All relative though, yeah? Seeing that ship explode like that. It stays with you.

[He rubs his face.] No one suspects anything, besides Alaric and Kirk. And I don't think they'll say much.

[ she tugs his hands into her lap, wrapping her own around them as well as she can. ]

Screw what anyone suspects, I just want to make sure you're here now, okay? With me.

[ another squeeze. ]

Where you'll be staying. No more of this 'adventures without Jenna', okay?

[He stares at his hands in hers for a moment and nods slowly.] I'm here. And we're alive, which makes it worth it.

[Finally, he raises his eyes to look her in the face. And puppies could not look that despondent if you kick them.] All right then. Whatever good it might have done, it's not worth the scolding I'm gonna get if I don't listen.

[He forces a smile. See? If he can joke, he's F I N E. Not traumatized or shaken or trying to suss out which time period he's in at all. He can't imagine how much worse it would be if Jenna weren't here.]

That's the spirit. I mean, you're not fooling me at all but if fake it 'till you make it's even a fraction as effective as my mom always said it was...

[ there's no real urgency to the words; it's more like the quiet tone you use to read a story to a child who's already half asleep, pitched low and comforting. ]

I'm right here, Des. Promise.

Edited 2013-05-17 10:14 (UTC)

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