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Forty-Seventh Theory [Voice]

Jul 17, 2011 15:38

Filtered to Doc McCoy || UnhackableUm. About my brother's cat ( Read more... )

meditation is good for the soul, don't worry i'm not going far, other people invent things too i guess, c: mccoy, unpleasant business

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[voice, same filter] noprevaricating July 17 2011, 19:46:36 UTC

Someone's building a ship? An entire ship, not a boat?

[voice, same filter] i_speak_softly July 17 2011, 19:53:25 UTC

[... Now he's confused. You make it sound like a boat is some component part of a ship.]

I think it depends what you mean by 'ship' and 'boat'.

[voice, same filter] noprevaricating July 17 2011, 19:57:13 UTC

Ships have three masts at least. It's a bit more work, and requires a bit more of a crew.

[He's sounding pretty deadpan. It is safe to assume this is an understatement.]

[voice, same filter] i_speak_softly July 17 2011, 20:02:28 UTC

[Masts. Okay. Those are the things that stand up and hold the sails.]

I thought I heard that someone was building... something that floats.

[voice, same filter] noprevaricating July 17 2011, 20:04:12 UTC

Well, yes. Several. [The navy men have yet to get it together and build something, except anything they could reasonably build on their own just wouldn't be big enough to be satisfying after serving together on a 74.] Did you need one?

[voice, same filter] i_speak_softly July 17 2011, 20:06:10 UTC

[Equivocally:] I have a use for one.

[voice, same filter] noprevaricating July 17 2011, 20:09:58 UTC

Do you know Rupert Giles?

[voice, same filter] i_speak_softly July 17 2011, 20:15:56 UTC

Yes? [Please explain how this is relevant.]

[voice, same filter] noprevaricating July 17 2011, 20:19:47 UTC

[Don't be a know-it-all, kid.] I've been helping him with a boat that's coming along nicely. You should speak with him.

[voice, same filter] i_speak_softly July 17 2011, 20:36:51 UTC

He never told me he was building a boat.

[But he is delighted to hear it.]

[voice, same filter] noprevaricating July 17 2011, 20:39:25 UTC

[There is a pause as Archie tries to determine if he just told someone he shouldn't have. He's pretty sure he was supposed to keep it mum from Jack and no one else, and now even Jack knows, so...]

Is he a friend of yours?

[voice, same filter] i_speak_softly July 17 2011, 20:58:46 UTC

[Good question. He's pretty sure the answer is still -] Yes.

[voice, same filter] noprevaricating July 17 2011, 21:04:11 UTC

[He detected the hesitation. Or maybe he imagined it.]

What's your name, Mister-- [A glance at the picture. He freezes. It's one of those walking turtles. He is actually talking to one of the walking turtles. They talk. Oh wow.]

[voice, same filter] i_speak_softly July 17 2011, 21:13:57 UTC

[They walk, they talk, they do any number of amazing things.]

Donatello. Just Donatello.

[voice, same filter] noprevaricating July 17 2011, 21:32:00 UTC

[And hey, they have names. Fancy, foreign ones. See, Archie can handle Kurt. At least Kurt is human-shaped. He could handle talking to Robert in this form because Robert was human deep down. But after six months of seeing these guys, here and there, he's still not sure what to say to them. Do they have interests? They don't wear clothes, so how civilized is their society? The wonderful 18th-century British thinking that would make him sound like a colossal jerk if spoken out loud is actually little more than a way to determine what is proper around this creature. But all comes out is the following:]

That's...very lovely, yes.

[voice, same filter] i_speak_softly July 17 2011, 22:30:38 UTC

[Acting normal usually works well on both sides.]

Most people call me Don. What about you?

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