22 // accidental video, because candid is the best camera
Dark room, mattressless bedframe, blah blah blah. The most unusual bit of scene-setting is the plastic tray in plain sight on Alex's desk, right in front of the screen. It sits on a heating pad, it's covered with a clear plastic lid, and on it is an oval egg about the size of a large chicken's
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What is?
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It's a, uh...
[ Alex clears his throat. They've had a lot of conversations by now, but he's still uncomfortable about what... well, about what Markus is. His connection to the Operator can't be denied. When he treats Markus like a wholly separate person, Alex is never sure whether he's helping Tim or harming him.
And on top of that, he's definitely done Markus harm.
'Course, he wouldn't be Alex if he let all this out, so it translates chiefly to a hesitation and a very sombre face. ]
Crocodile egg. Hi.
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Is a crocodile in there?
*Pausepausepause. Get ready for the most emotion he's ever showed ever*
WHY?
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Because it got dumped on me.
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Keeping it?
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[ See, there's this chance that if he doesn't he might end up as its mother's dinner. ]
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*Getting the sense that Markus doesn't like crocodiles?*
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I get a full-grown one set on me if I do that.
[ Fucking. Crocodiles. ]
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*Guess who's gonna be less than pleased to find his own little egg incubating?*
What happens when it hatches?
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[ He has no earthly idea, but damned if he's going to state that outright. ]
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*Hey. It bears repeating.*
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[ Oh. Oh no. No, that came out completely wrong shit ]
--No.
I just told you, I'm being blackmailed with an adult one.
[ Nice save, Kralie. Smooth. Like gravel. ]
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He sends the comm into static and then clicks it off. He should know better than talking to people. It never works in his favor. He should just stay in the forest where he belongs.
He gets up to do just that. Giving Tim's bed a solid kick in fruatration. And away he goes..... To get killed by Philip.*
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