Forty-Sixth Theory [Voice/Action]

Jun 07, 2011 19:32

((Action part backdated to the wee hours of this morning ( Read more... )

c: daisy, c: frederic, too sick to think straight, coming home, c: mulder, c: kay

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[Voice | Filtered 100%] semper_cogitans June 7 2011, 23:49:46 UTC
(OOC: Figuring that, by now, Robert would have known what happened with Helios... Of course, when he leaves this message, he didn't, but he does by the time Don answers it.)

[Robert spent the last week being terrified that his friends - and his lover - weren't going to come back alive. And so the very first thing he does is leave a single, distressed little message for Don.

Of course, the other Hamatos are free to pick it up as well, if they want.]

D-Don...

...

Are you... [Healthy? Sane? Safe?] alright?

...

I-I... I missed you...

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[Voice | Filtered 100%] i_speak_softly June 8 2011, 21:14:44 UTC
[Don is quiet a while, thinking, but he doesn't have enough data.]

Don’t know...

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[Voice | Filtered 100%] semper_cogitans June 8 2011, 21:21:36 UTC
It... i-is understandable. Everything in L-Luceti is so difficult to... t-to get to any sort of c-consensus on.

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S-Sometimes I hate this place, e-even if I... l-love those within it... [This last part is clearly directed at Don, and Helios.]

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[Voice | Filtered 100%] i_speak_softly June 8 2011, 21:25:41 UTC
[He really wishes he could be with you now, as more than just a voice on the journals.]

Where are you?

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[Voice | Filtered 100%] semper_cogitans June 8 2011, 21:27:15 UTC
[The same place he always is when he's depressed:]

I-in my apartment.

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I-It has... b-been difficult to... t-to go outside, but... H-Helios w-wouldn't have allowed me t-to... t-to be t-totally alone...

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[Voice | Filtered 100%] i_speak_softly June 8 2011, 21:31:04 UTC
Who's with you?

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[Voice | Filtered 100%] semper_cogitans June 8 2011, 21:33:17 UTC
At the moment? [Pathetically:] N-Nobody... though I h-have, h-have gone out b-before. [To get away from the emptiness, to prevent himself from clinging to its placating oblivion.]

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D-Did you want me t-to... to... g-go to you...?

[Robert still doesn't know about the whole issue with the Hamatos knowing about their shenanigans.]

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[Voice | Filtered 100%] i_speak_softly June 8 2011, 22:08:06 UTC
[Gently chiding:] Robert...

[At the second part, his tone suddenly becomes much more energetic.] No!

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[Voice | Filtered 100%] semper_cogitans June 8 2011, 22:09:50 UTC
[Robert's tone sounds like that of a small, kicked animal.]

A-Ah, I... I am s-sorry...

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F-Forgive my... i-impertinence...

[It's clear that Robert took that as something against him, not realizing why Don said it.]

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[Voice/Written | Filtered 100%] i_speak_softly June 8 2011, 22:17:05 UTC
[The shout results in a coughing fit, but Don manages to fumble for a pencil and scribble one poorly-spelled word.]

CONTAGOUS

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[Voice/Written | Filtered 100%] semper_cogitans June 8 2011, 22:18:55 UTC
... Ah. [That, plus the coughing, makes it obvious.]

So it is a pathogen... [Okay, that makes sense.]

... Leonardo told me you had a fever... have there been any other symptoms besides that?

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[Voice/Written | Filtered 100%] i_speak_softly June 8 2011, 22:44:11 UTC
NOT SURE - BETTER SAFE - THINK I'M OK

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[Voice/Written | Filtered 100%] semper_cogitans June 8 2011, 23:00:13 UTC
At any rate, you are right. It w-would be best to... wait a bit longer.

[Despite the pragmatism of this, though, it's clear that Robert would kind of rather be with Don, even if he'd definitely get sick.]

... Can I do anything else for you or your f-family, Don...?

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[Voice | Filtered 100%] i_speak_softly June 8 2011, 23:55:44 UTC
[If only he could get someone to bring him his tricorder.]

[If it was just a little fever, he would seriously consider letting Robert come over anyway. But when he's possibly carrying malaria... no.]

Talk to me?

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[Voice | Filtered 100%] semper_cogitans June 9 2011, 00:05:19 UTC
[Is it sad that Robert would still willingly get malaria just to be with Don at this point? That's how lonely he is right now.]

... C-Certainly...

... [Quietly:] W-was... was the r-rainforest... like T-Terran kinds?

I... almost w-wish I could have t-taken samples...

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[Voice | Filtered 100%] i_speak_softly June 9 2011, 00:30:57 UTC
[A rustling noise as Don resettles himself in bed.]

Was beautiful. Lost my vials...

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