[171] Anne Rice Strikes Back // Voice

[stopthat_destro]

[Once again, Rex's communicator is having issues. You can hear the sound of kissing and the accompanying happy moans and whatnot that tend to go along with kissing. Then, there's a pause, a disconcerted grunt and Iago saying:]

Too hard. Rex-- Too hard[OH MY, WHAT HAVE WE WALKED IN ON? There's a surprised yelp, then the sound of some brief

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[equally as accidental - video]

[dovehearted]

[ looking down and mashing the stop button; eyes are squeezed closed even if it's only sound, but once Rex starts his hysterics there's a gasp and the feed cuts ]

[ but she thinks she might have been a witness to some kind of sex crime so the audio that comes next is deliberate. She shouldn't get involved, she really shouldn't, but... ]

...you guys all right?

[voice]

[stopthat_destro]

[Rex is stubbornly sticking to voice while he's rocking a pair of fangs, but he caught her expression.]

We're fine. It's not what it sounded like. [Which Rex assumes is just really awkward sex.] At all.

[voice]

[dovehearted]

[ it sounded like she was an witness to some kind of aborted sex crime is what it sounded like, Rex; she's definitely dubious about that ]

No, I mean...

[ a quick pause as she tries to switch the filter to something just Rex and the other guy she's pretty sure it was can hear; it doesn't actually work, even though her comm says it does ] Sounds like you're the one who got hurt. From something else.

[voice]

[stopthat_destro]

[He thinks he's responding to a private message, AND FAILING.]

No, I was just startled. I, ah-- it's embarrassing. [Time to lie!] I thought hickies involved teeth. Apparently they don't.

[voice] and next time I need to read the entire thread before I respond

[dovehearted]

[ she can tell that's not true, it sounded like real panic, but if she calms him down... ]

...don't think you can really hurt a guy like that unless you're some kind of vampire. It's all right.

[voice] All good!

[stopthat_destro]

[That hits his hysteria button pretty hard, because he was already panicking and losing his cool. He lets out a nervous laugh.]

Vampire! Right. Absurd. I couldn't be a vampire.

[voice]

[dovehearted]

[ He'd know what to actually do with his fangs if he was; granted her experience in this department is really skewed so she's not exactly coming to the right conclusion. But she keeps up the soft, calm, almost big sister voice, and hopes it works. ]

Then you're more scared than he is. Sometimes you make mistakes. It'll be all right.

[voice]

[stopthat_destro]

[He sniffs-- NO HE WASN'T ON THE VERGE OF TEARS AT ALL-- and sounds utterly miserable and pathetic now.] Yeah... It'll be fine. Everything... everything on the Barge is temporary.