[arrival] || [holo]

[divtastic]

Chris found himself in the arrival chamber in a sprawl of limbs, the car seat he'd been seated on just moments earlier seeming to have vanished from under him. The car itself was missing too, for that matter. He sat up abruptly, clearly panicked. He calmed quickly though, relieved to no longer have a van on his tail. He was still nervous, but at

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[holo]

[dci_gene_hunt]

Forget welcoming messages to put you at ease Chris, besides Gene isn't exactly at ease with the whole situation himself yet, after only being here a couple of hours himself. After several minutes of fighting the damned pong machine to reply, Gene greets Chris in the only way he knows how - aka - he's pleased to see a familiar face, shame the familiar face'll be about as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

"You were going to the pictures with Raymondo you bloody woofter?"

Give him a minute and he might notice that Chris looks a bit different, a bit more seventies maybe.

[divtastic]

At the sound of the Guv's voice, Chris turned sharply. His relief quickly turned to confusion as he saw the little holographic figure.

He approached him, trying to work out why he suddenly seemed to have shrank down so much. It seemed most likely he was imagining him, which was a worrying thought. Why would he want to imagine a miniature Guv?

"Well, I weren't going to go on me own," he replied, staring down at him. "Why have you gone all little?"

[dci_gene_hunt]

He's just about got to grips with the way this works, it's like that bird in that movie, that movie that won't be released for another four years in Chris' timeline, but knowing him he's probably read the comics.

"Maybe you got big," Gene smirks at Chris's image, when in an unfamilar situation that's beyond your comprehension, act superior and mock the first target that comes along that knows less, "ever think of that?"

It doesn't last though, he can't be that cruel. "'S like a fancy phone innit, only you get a mini image instead of just a voice, like live TV."

[divtastic]

"Don't think so, Guv," Chris answers, somehow not quite managing to grasp the rhetoricalness of the question. "I think I've probably stopped growing by now."

The explanation makes very little sense to Chris, but it sounds impressive. "So it's like I'm watching you on the tele? That's good, that is. I'm surprised I've never heard of these sorts of phones before. Better than a normal phone, innit?"

Of course, he probably wouldn't be able to afford one, but he still thinks he should at least have heard of them. As it is, he's never even seen a rich person using one. Not that he's had too many encounters with anyone with too much cash, unless it's to do with work.