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008 ♠ voice | reboot.

Jan 08, 2010 15:19

[ When the sound clicks on it's nothing but a bit of scraping (like gravel against metal), followed by a long stretch of silence. Eventually there's ragged breathing as the microphone is brought close to Nigel's mouth. There's the audible chatter of teeth, but when Nigel speaks, his voice is (for the most part) even. The tone is a bit distant, ( Read more... )

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voice; namesnotjack January 8 2010, 20:23:55 UTC

January eighth, two-thousand-twelve. Hello, Nigel.

voice; WHY IS MY BEST FRIEND SUCH A DOUCHE implemented January 8 2010, 20:26:09 UTC

[ Panting. ]

...twelve?

voice; I'M SO SORRY namesnotjack January 8 2010, 20:27:52 UTC

You have no sense of how long you've been "away on business" at all?

video; ENCRYPTED // I SHOULD TAKE AWAY YOUR BFF CARD implemented January 8 2010, 20:32:08 UTC

[ The image clicks on and at first it's not clear what the camera's looking at. Some darkened bit of warehouse, cut clear across by an abstract slope of white that shudders and shakes. An adjustment to the camera reveals it to be Nigel's bare shoulder, shivering from the cold. There are dark circles under his eyes and an odd bruise at the corner of his mouth. He's seen better days and looks a bit...well, desperate. ]

Alex.

voice; ENCRYPTED // I THINK YOU SHOULD'VE TAKEN IT AWAY A WHILE AGO, SWEETHEART namesnotjack January 8 2010, 20:34:51 UTC

[ The loud sigh of Alex giving in. ]

Two-thousand-ten. About a week, like you said.

video; ENCRYPTED // I THINK YOU SHOULD'VE TAKEN IT AWAY A WHILE AGO, SWEETHEART implemented January 8 2010, 20:40:44 UTC

[ His brow pinches with an unidentifiable expression and Nigel drops his head, low out of frame, exposing the slump of his shoulders and the line of his neck. There's something there that wasn't before -- a metal plate that runs across the nape, the skin around it scarred. Nigel's shoulders heave and shake some more. ]

One week. Not even.

voice; ENCRYPTED namesnotjack January 8 2010, 20:46:47 UTC

[ A long pause. ]

Yes. But you haven't missed much. Things have been quiet. The house should be exactly the way it was when you left.

video; ENCRYPTED implemented January 8 2010, 20:51:00 UTC

[ That low-hanging head nods weakly, Nigel's face hidden by the angle and his hair which falls forward over his eyes. A hand creeps up his neck, fingertips feeling perhaps for what is there but then stop just an inch or two away. Nigel gives a hard, visible shudder. ]

Have you been busy without me?

voice; ENCRYPTED namesnotjack January 8 2010, 21:22:12 UTC

[ Another pause, shorter this time. ]

No. I've mostly been bored, to be honest. Are you going to need medical attention? From what I see, that might be hard to explain.

video; ENCRYPTED implemented January 8 2010, 21:35:35 UTC

[ When the video comes on this time, Nigel's face seems...well, different. The bruise that was there a moment ago is now completely gone from his pale skin and the circles under his eyes have lifted a bit, faded. He shakes his head no, his hand now covering the back of his neck, palm pressed hard against the collar it's now concealing. ]

Even if I get hypothermia. It won't last. Not anymore. [ He heaves a few exhales, his breath wisping from his mouth like smoke. ] When the doctor is done with her tests, we can do something. Together. If you'd like.

voice; ENCRYPTED namesnotjack January 8 2010, 21:43:41 UTC

Hm. Assuming the doctor will let you. After the work you've both put into this, I doubt either of you are anxious to risk your investment.

video; ENCRYPTED implemented January 8 2010, 21:49:54 UTC

[ Nigel's smile fades and his brow lowers as he dips his chin down close to his chest and stares hard into the communicator with an odd look in his dark blue eyes. There's something almost territorial about it. Feral, like the way animals behave. It's not completely unfamiliar on Nigel -- that edge. ]

No. You are going to tell me what you want us to do, Jack. And then. You and I are going to do it.

That is the way things work.

voice; ENCRYPTED namesnotjack January 8 2010, 21:57:03 UTC

[ Alex's voice is either amused or annoyed. It's sitting in that grey area where it can be hard to tell with him. ]

That's what I'm going to do, is it?

video; ENCRYPTED implemented January 8 2010, 22:13:44 UTC

[ Nigel sneers a little bit, but that expression passes -- smoothing out quickly. He nods, very deliberately. ]

Yes.

voice; ENCRYPTED namesnotjack January 8 2010, 22:21:02 UTC

Go see the doctor. Make sure you're in one piece. We can talk when you get back.

video; ENCRYPTED implemented January 8 2010, 23:18:20 UTC

[ Chastised by Alex's response, Nigel stares into the camera silently with an odd look on his face. Alex probably doesn't recognize it very readily. One, because Nigel isn't prone to expressing sadness (least of all around Alex). And two, Alex himself has so very little experience with it. Opening his mouth, as if to say something, Nigel pauses and then shuts it again.

He looks away and rubs at his collar again, perhaps in the hopes that it will make him feel better. Some sort of comfort. Stupid, really.

Nigel nods. ]

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