7 Fathoms Down ☠ Returning [action/accidental audio]

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[noprevaricating]

[Kennedy had been reading with his journal lying open beside him when...]

Jack? [SCRAMBLING FOR THE JOURNAL NOW. Crap, it slides out of his grasp, hits the floor, Archie dropped the phone. After a second, it gets picked up again and the excited voice continues.] Jack! Where are you?

[lists_to_port]

[That voice....he tries to place it. It's not placing, not right away. The spring day is suddenly overwhelming to the senses.]

Dunno...dunno, lad.

[noprevaricating]

A-are you in the town, or in the woods? What does it look like around you?

[Does he need to steal Scotty's bagpipes for this?]

[lists_to_port]

[Because bagpipes always help quell paranoia and confusion. Always.]

Woods? Trees. Sky. [Jack's voice has something of wonder in it, and wistfulness.] Air. Breathing. Blood. Bones.

[voice]

[derek_bliss]

[He'd been waiting for this, so when Derek hears the voice from the half opened journal, he wakes up, rolling over in his makeshift bed to flip it open.]

Welcome back.

[voice]

[lists_to_port]

[Tentative:] Glad of Jack's return, are you?

[voice]

[derek_bliss]

Yeah, Jack, I am.

[Pause]

You don't think you're in the Locker again, do you?

[voice]

[lists_to_port]

Nah, mate; I'm-----Luceti. Luceti? I've my wings again, now.

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[hippocraticly]

[ McCoy has been waiting for this: a sign of Jack's return and he can't even feign surprise at his disoriented mumbling being broadcast over the network. grabbing the journal, he speaks into it. ]

Where are you?

[ voice ]

[lists_to_port]

[That voice. So familiar. Bones. Doctor McCoy. A friend, yes? He doesn't sound about to fulfill the promise of ringing Jack's neck, although one can never be certain.]

...Here? I'm here, at present. Not there anymore.

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[hippocraticly]

I mean describe where you are.

[ he manages to resist rolling his eyes and calling him an idiot in response. instead, he preoccupies himself with keeping in contact with him as he prepares to leave the house. ]

I'm coming to find you.

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[lists_to_port]

[In spite of all of the questions--is this just a paranoid delusion? Is this REAL?--Jack decides to trust. It's his best mate; he knows that much. Best mates help you.]

Dunno---there's a tree, here. The ground's wet, like. River nearby...

[He squints, looking through the trees at what might be the back of C1.] Think I see a tall building, doctor. Just...to the east. To the northeast.

[Action]

[mountain_sage]

[During his patrol of the forest, Saleh heads back towards the village, and spots the pirate.]

Jack?

[Action]

[lists_to_port]

[Hmmmmmmmmmm Sage. Jack eyes the other man suspiciously.]

Aye, that was me. Is. Is me.

[Action]

[mountain_sage]

[Quickly moving over to him, slightly wary of the pirate's confusion.]

Jack, I heard you were...

Are you...?

[He pauses, unable to imagine that a person revived from death would actually be feeling well. So he rephrases his question.]

...How are you feeling?

[Action]

[lists_to_port]

[Jack unfolds himself and rearranges his body into a lotus position to consider this very difficult question.]

....Breathing.

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

[He sounds a little rambly, but also has help on the way.

She'll watch and wait until he's a little more settled by his buddies, and until his location is a little more defined, before making contact.]

Captain?

[Voice]

[lists_to_port]

[Oh-----that voice. It relaxes him, slightly, although his guard is still up. His reply, when it comes, is soft:] Aye, Mistress Raine?

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

You seemed a little disoriented, earlier. Is there anything I can do?

[Voice]

[lists_to_port]

[Jack is quick to put on his least-disoriented voice possible.]

Nah, lass---everything's grand, now I'm alive and all. Nothing to worry about.