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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[That doesn't sound clever to him. It sounds crazy.]

Don't think they were looking to die.

[Welcome to Martin Keamy.]

I think they were looking to get whatever it was they wanted and do anything it took to get it.

[It's hard to tell if he's talking about the freighter or the pirates.]

Wasn't gonna do them any good, they had nothing to take it away in.

I don't think the lovely people I met before were all that concerned with taking anything away, brotha. Can't say what our pirates' excuses were. Maybe they were afraid of being caught or maybe they were afraid of us.

Or maybe their ship ain't rigged to explode.

You don't believe me, brotha?

Believe there's a switch.

And what would you say the switch does then?

[He's both curious and humoring him, because dear god he doesn't want to explain why he knows the ship's rigged to explode.]

Disables the ship. Internal. Fixable.

[If you knew the ship, knew what the switch would damage, if you had the time. It's what he'd do.]

Were it that simple, brother.

[But he hopes to God no one's stupid enough to try it.]

Suppose we'll never know.

You're underestimating Carolyn.

Personally, I'm hopin' she just doesn't get herself blown up.

She won't.

[And with that, he hangs up.]

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