019 // Voice

[easy_aspie]

[A series of loud female screams in the background, punctuated by static. Ned's voice wavers, and his breath hitches as if he's on the verge of tears.]

... H-hayley? ----yone?

--- want to ----- home.

Please.

[A shuddering sob, and then transmission flicks off]

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[voice]

[gammapulsed]

Ned? Is th-[STATIC!]-ou? J-just stay calm, all r--[MORE STATIC!]--t? Everything is going to, w-[EVEN MORE STATIC!]-robably will be. I don't know. I h--[SPECIAL BONUS STATIC.]- so.

[voice] If I am being totally incomprehensible, just tell me and I will give you a translation XD

[easy_aspie]

--- don't like --- here. ---- scared, Bru---.

They know, Bruce. --ey -----ow about me.

[voice] NO PROB. also i got bored just writing static. :|

[gammapulsed]

I don--[DADERP.]--her, but. Just gotta re--[DERPBAPERP?]--r, it's n--[Deeeeeeeeeeeerp.]--real, okay?

Just. K--[Pbbbbbbt.]--lking, and I'm. Well, I'm not g---[Salami and cheese.]--g anywhere.

[voice] YOU ARE MY FAVORITE. Also this makes the situation decidedly less creepy.

[easy_aspie]

T-thanks.

--- don't suppose ------ know how -- scare off ghosts?

[whateverthemess]

[IMAGINE THERE IS STATIC. I'm lazy.]

Ned. Can you hear me? It's Karrin. Closet truth-buddy.

[easy_aspie]

[WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THIS? So much easier]

K-karrin?

[He's got his broken little boy voice on] Why is this happening?

[whateverthemess]

Because the Admiral is a sadist.

[A pause, then somewhat contrite:] That was a joke. Sorry. Morbid humor is coping mechanism number one.

[Quieter] Whatever this is, it's going to be fine. We'll all get out of this and you can make celebratory pie.

[easy_aspie]

It's okay.

[He's quiet for a moment, then his voice is just a tiny bit hopeful]

Golden Cherry Red Pear?

[you_run_i_chase]

Ned, you're going to be okay. It's not real.

Imagine there is static here. I'm too lazy to write it all in XD

[easy_aspie]

It feels real to me.

[victimofnoone]

--my way-- --mon and Bel. Hang-- --ere. --you--?

--caref--. Are y-- --ight?

[easy_aspie]

[Imaginary static!]

I - not really, but - I can hold on.

Thank you.

[victimofnoone]

--course. I wou-- --er leave y--.

I'm com-- . --eed to f-- --a too.

[easy_aspie]

Okay. I don't know where I am, just that it's underground. Uhura's here, Molly and Harper and, um, Piper. I don't know who else.

[i_cantakeit]

Ned, hey, he-- u're going t-- fine, ever-- --ing to be okay--.

[easy_aspie]

------ so dark.

--- 're right. Dee------ reaths, happy thoug ---.

I real----- wa ----- out of here.

[i_cantakeit]

I kn-- it's alr-- we'r-- et out of h--.

[Hmm, what can she talk about to distract him?]

Hey N-- at's you-- avorite typ-- pie?

[easy_aspie]

[There's a long pause, in which some judicious sniffling sounds are probably audible. Then, in a teensy voice, he ventures -]

Apple.