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[jjtaylor]

It's the day before Thanksgiving and it is rainy, gloomy and I have zero motivation. Are you stuck in an office like me, destined to get nothing done? Are you on a bus or a train? Are you home and stir-crazy? Are you just generally bored out of your mind? Then come and play

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[penknife]

Okay, so, I think canon implies that Declan and Nikola have never met before End of Nights, so the way I see this having gone down is, James is off on some kind of mission exploring isolated ruins full of elaborate traps and ancient inscriptions and things that are catnip to him, only it all goes terribly wrong. Somehow (whee, I don't have to figure this part out) he manages to send a message that's picked up by Nikola (possibly the suit has a built-in emergency transmitter of some kind, la la plot device), but Nikola isn't actually close enough to do anything about it before James dies of dramatic plot device.

Which makes this a job for James's energetic young staff! But Nikola isn't really sure what James has told them about him, and he doesn't want to get "sure, this is a plan for taking over the world, right?" So he calls Declan up using an alias to tell him about the message, and then spends the rest of the story calling/radioing Declan at intervals to harass him about why he hasn't found Watson yet, while Declan is rapelling down cliffs and trying to figure out Raiders of the Lost Ark-style traps before they squash him like a bug.

Eventually Declan finds James, and when James asks Declan how he knew where he was, Declan just says "I deduced it," because he is tired of the mysterious Mr. X and all his unsolicited advice.

Years later, when Declan finally meets Nikola, it takes him a while to recognize the voice, and then he isn't sure whether to thank Nikola or say "next time you climb down the cliffs, mate, and I'll do the backseat driving."

[jjtaylor]

Before he dies of dramatic plot device! Hee, that's half of why I like this game, because you can *handwave* your way through it.

I seriously love the idea of Nikola calling and calling. And calling. While poor Declan is just trying to mount a rescue mission! That's lovely.

[reflectedeve]

I love the framing of this story so much! Tesla snarking at people is basically my favorite thing ever, and the contrast of the phone calls and ridiculous feats of physical prowess is fantastic! I really wish I could watch this episode.