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Escape 024

Jul 24, 2010 18:55

( Chalked on the Wall of Rudy Miller's Bedroom | Off-Network )

curse: brzzrzzrzzrzzzzz, obviously up to something, observing the natives, guidance would be ecstatic, i love the eighties, not sure if want, sneaky yet adorable, vuvuzela extravaganza, let's get dangerous, i want to go home, well huh, perpetually deadpan, affected, former head counsellor webster, nothing fazes rudy miller, forced to socialize, he knows everything

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laughs_for_two July 24 2010, 23:55:39 UTC

This definitely worse than reveille. At least reveille didn't start at midnight.

prefers_chess July 25 2010, 00:02:34 UTC

And at least reveille had the dignity of being a bugle. Old Elias would not be pleased with this development.

laughs_for_two July 25 2010, 00:30:45 UTC

You're probably right.

What was that about aliens?

prefers_chess July 25 2010, 00:33:59 UTC

You saw the movie, right?

...I thought I sent this. laughs_for_two July 27 2010, 15:24:53 UTC

Most of it. Enough to get the idea of what it's about.

prefers_chess July 27 2010, 16:57:34 UTC

Remember the part where all the people are going crazy building identical sculptures out of mud or mashed potatoes or whatever malleable medium they have near them at the time? And it turns out it's that mountain in Wyoming.

Apparently, aliens like to congregate at mountains.

laughs_for_two July 28 2010, 04:44:14 UTC

What a...are they going to land there or something?

prefers_chess July 28 2010, 04:46:56 UTC

I don't know. But they've already infiltrated our numbers.

laughs_for_two July 28 2010, 05:23:28 UTC

Like bodysnatchers, you mean?

...who's an alien? Should I come talk to you in person?

prefers_chess July 28 2010, 05:30:13 UTC

Only in the literal sense. They appear to be possessing people and controlling them from within.

Sure. I'll set up our command centre in the kitchen.

[action] laughs_for_two July 29 2010, 04:26:57 UTC

As soon as Rudy tells him where to go, Mike heads for the kitchen, looking a bit worried.

"Okay, so can we stop it or anything?" he asks, as soon as he enters the room. "Make them unpossess people? How do we get them to not possess us?"

[action] prefers_chess July 29 2010, 04:37:50 UTC

Rudy pauses momentarily as Mike enters the kitchen, regarding him with a thoughtful look. There are plenty of other people he knows that have been possessed by the invertebrate space aliens, certainly, and if Mindy's experience is any indication, the aliens are highly skilled at imitating the people they possess. It is, therefore, entirely possible that the aliens could have infiltrated the apartment somehow ( ... )

[action] laughs_for_two July 29 2010, 05:40:20 UTC

Mike gets a little bit confused at Rudy pondering him, and it about to ask what it's about before Rudy actually answers his first question and he decides not to bother. Instead, he moves over to actually sit down and lean forward onto the table, watching Rudy.

"What good is making them angry going to do, though?" he asks and then thinks about the salt. His lips go very thin as he tries to bite in a laugh because this is serious business. Alien abductions and possessions and people are probably hurt and this isn't something to laugh about. Still, his voice is a bit shaky when he talks again. It's just the mental image. "So do we go around salting people or something?"

[action] prefers_chess July 29 2010, 05:55:59 UTC

"For one thing, it reveals who's possessed and who is not," Rudy replies, retrieving a couple bottles of Pepsi from the fridge and returning to the table, passing one to Mike and keeping one for himself. "For another thing, it presents an excellent opportunity to antagonize them even further. Naturally, we cannot allow alien invaders to believe that conquering the human race would be easy."

As for what to do about the situation, though...that's a bit trickier. It's not as though they can feasibly go around capturing people and attempting to forcibly remove the aliens, assuming they even knew of a reliable way of doing so. "You want to go crusading on behalf of the possessed natives?"

Had it been addressed to anyone else, that question would have taken on an incredulous, even ridiculing tone. But this is Mike that Rudy is talking to, and so there is no sarcasm in it; merely a faint note of curiosity.

[action] laughs_for_two July 29 2010, 06:29:21 UTC

"Right," says Mike, taking the bottle. "I get it. It might be a better idea if it wasn't bugging all of us as well." He rubs a bit at his right ear with one hand before he opens the bottle.

"Well..." It's a nice thought but he has no idea what will work or what they could possibly do. But. "Maybe not for everyone, but I mean, if you know any of our friends who've been slugged, then we should probably work out how to help at least them. Who's been possessed anyway?"

[action] prefers_chess July 29 2010, 06:36:21 UTC

Rudy notes that ear-rub with a hint of mild suspicion, but he carefully keeps any sign of it off his face. The buzzing would bother anyone today, especially after this long; it could be entirely innocent. But he'll keep watch.

"Such are the whims of our jailers," he remarks blandly. "Mindy had one, but she killed it earlier. Dr. Chase and Dr. Wilson are also suspects. It would be difficult, but not impossible, to subdue the adults, so if we intend to free them, we'll need a plan."

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