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[lovethissuit]

[Peter sounds bone-freaking-tired, and if you detect a hint of self-loathing in his voice? Well, you win the Kewpie doll and the lifetime supply of turtle wax.]

Dr. Meredith Grey is dead. [A beat to let that sink in.] So unless somebody else is medically trained and hasn't said anything, that leaves the barracks with just the one doctor. If I'm

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[im_apimp]

You have a giant tiger made of metal.

[Alec swears he listened to the whole thing. He just has priorities]

[lovethissuit]

[Peter haaaaates your priorities right now, Alec. Just. Ffffff forever.]

...Not exactly my main point here, but. For the time being, yeah.

[im_apimp]

[you take all the fun out of everything]

I have basic field medic training. And I'll be at the meeting.

[see? he was listening.]

[lovethissuit]

[Yep, that's Peter Burke in a nutshell: Fun Nazi.]

Look forward to seeing you there. ...How've you been? Haven't heard that much from you since you decided on the medieval route.

[im_apimp]

I'm good. I haven't been eaten, stabbed, or turned into a not-quite-human sacrifice yet, so in theory, things are looking up.

[a beat]

Can we talk about how you got a giant metal tiger now? Because really -- that's not something you can just throw out there and not expect people to ask questions.

[he waited a full ... two minutes. you gotta give him a little bit of credit.]

[lovethissuit]

Given how things around here have been, I'd definitely say that's pretty solidly in the silver lining category.

[Sorry, Alec, your credit is denied. Like, forever denial. Like the president of the A/V club asking the head cheerleader to prom, denied. And let's see how long Peter can go without actually saying what happened. Taking bets now, ladies and gents.]

Sorry, but funnily enough that particular subject isn't on the agenda for today. Maybe another time. [How's never for you? Peter likes the sound of never, and he's wide open for then.]

[im_apimp]

[see, Peter, never tell Alec that he can't know anything. Because that doesn't stifle his urge to know it. But he'll settle for smaller curiosity that makes him sound like a ten year-old who found out that his best friend just got the coolest new toy on the block]

Can I see it?

[lovethissuit]

[Sadly. Peter knows this. But he will still bask in the temporary respite of having to describe his amazingly epic dumb.]

Give me a minute. [He tries to turn around to get a decent shot, but it's somewhat complicated by the cat moving to try and follow Peter as he moves a couple of feet. There's much exasperated sighing until Peter barks:] God, could you just stay still for five seconds? STAY. Stay.

[And there you go, Alec. It stares at Peter behind the comm for a minute before leaning in to sniff at the device.]

[im_apimp]

[GIANT FIVE YEAR-OLD GRIN]

That's ... so cool.

[lovethissuit]

[And swing back to Peter as he tries to shove its face out of the picture.]

Yeah. And a giant pain in the ass.

[There is a sad, sad metallic whine that can be heard, cuing a facepalm from Peter.] Shut up, and sit back down. [Which the tiger apparently takes to mean 'PLEASE COME OVER HERE BEHIND ME AND DO A COUCH IMPERSONATION'.

There are no words for Peter's face. Epic lineface doesn't even come close.]

[im_apimp]

[is ... grinning shamelessly]

This is a cat. They never do what you want them to do.

[lovethissuit]

Which is exactly why I prefer dogs.

[...Hey. Hey, Peter. Guess who's headbutting your hand. Go on, guess. Someone wants attention. It'd be adorable if not for the giant freaking fangs that are going with that headbutting.]

[im_apimp]

[is still so incredibly amused]

I think he'll grow on you.

[lovethissuit]

It is not going to grow on anyone. There's not going to be any growing. No growing happening here at all.

But, y'know. Glad to see you're enjoying yourself with this. That just makes everything else freaking peachy.

[im_apimp]

Oh, come on, Peter. You have a giant metal cat. I get that the woods aren't such a great place but ... relax.

Face it, if this happened to someone else, you'd find it just as funny.

[lovethissuit]

[Yeah, he's. Not in a relaxing state of mind. And given the circumstances of his getting this thing... But he's not talking about that. So he'll just not quite look at Alec.]

Yeah. More fun than a whole barrel of monkeys.