Well that's just too bad because he's sticking to it. Mark's evident worry only makes him feel worse - it's not enough that his day has to suck, he has to ruin someone else's too.
I'm fine/ I'm fine. I can't find my crocodile
It feels like kind of a stupid thing to type, but he is worried. Where the hell's Mosa gone?
[text] I'M A GROWN-UP I DON'T NEED A CURFEW.40410March 10 2011, 14:45:59 UTC
Fucking excellent.
Yeah, he shouldn't have sent that, but godfuckingdamnit. The initial invasion of privacy would unsettle him anyway, but the fact that his friends were looking at his private notes - notes he keeps private for a reason - really makes his stomach twist.
They must think he's completely mad or something.
I wasn't hiding in a drawer/ That stuff was private
[audio] YOU DIDN'T CALLpaper_knightMarch 10 2011, 18:06:20 UTC
"I know."
There's a pause here. It's hard for him to admit to this, hard to take responsibility for a total mistake, but even though he doesn't fully understand the reason behind it, he's got to meet Alex's now-apparent anger with something.
[audio] son I am disappointpaper_knightMarch 10 2011, 19:07:59 UTC
"Alex? That's ridiculous."
Because that's not how it should work, because Mark's not just going to sit calmly and await further developments while someone he cares about is in trouble. Maybe he could have been calmer about it, but he doesn't regret that he went looking.
Ohthankgod.
"Are you--do you need anything?"
Sorry Alex, the text is a bit of a red flag in and of itself.
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I'm fine/
I'm fine.
I can't find my crocodile
It feels like kind of a stupid thing to type, but he is worried. Where the hell's Mosa gone?
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Because text transmissions are way easier to miss than a voice, and feeling like he's helping--even with a little thing like that--helps him.
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Mosa disappearing isn't pleasant, but he'd still rather focus on it than on the much more horrible... wait a moment. Mark saw it? What, on the comms?
Did you see who was in my room?
Someone went through my stuff. All my drawers and things.
And broke my door down.
He's kind of pissed off about it.
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But.
"But I looked at your things. Some of your papers, and your machines. I was trying to figure out what had happened."
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Why did you look at my papers?
Excuse me but no you do not need to look at those for clues and also no.
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He gets that Alex is a private person, but he might be missing some of the anger behind that question.
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What the fuck?
How many people were poking around in my stuff?
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He sighs, wishing he were speaking to something other than letters on a screen.
"Alex, there was a transmission of your room, empty. Of course we went looking for you."
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Yeah, he shouldn't have sent that, but godfuckingdamnit. The initial invasion of privacy would unsettle him anyway, but the fact that his friends were looking at his private notes - notes he keeps private for a reason - really makes his stomach twist.
They must think he's completely mad or something.
I wasn't hiding in a drawer/
That stuff was private
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There's a pause here. It's hard for him to admit to this, hard to take responsibility for a total mistake, but even though he doesn't fully understand the reason behind it, he's got to meet Alex's now-apparent anger with something.
"I kind of. I panicked. I'm sorry."
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Don't panic.
This shit's just how my life works.
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Because that's not how it should work, because Mark's not just going to sit calmly and await further developments while someone he cares about is in trouble. Maybe he could have been calmer about it, but he doesn't regret that he went looking.
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