[Video opens on an otter, smallish for a male, its back and head fur around the same colour as Chris' hair. It's leaning with its front paws on the edge of Chris' desk, and it's clearly managed the hop up to his chair (with his device in his mouth, no less). It raises a paw to wave with it at the camera, looking a bit awkward, and speaks. Yes, ( Read more... )

[Nervously] Was it okay, that time?

[Chris is JUST TRYING TO EAT LUNCH. Yes, at 3:30ish. Coppers have to eat when they can. And he was just going to sit down and eat his sandwich peacefully with a pint but all of these people keep coming and asking him questions and flirting.... Confusing. Random. So he decides to ask.]

S'there a curse on today or somethin'? Sommat t' stop folk from ( Read more... )

I have enough bloody work without the deities addin' more stuff on top of it. What was all that meant t' be? I still 'aven't finished all the paperwork it made me do. Oh, an' y'might not think you 'ad t'come an' tell us when your stolen things got returned but that'd easily free up at least half of the form fillin' out. Could just write "found" at ( Read more... )

[Chris is draped over a sofa in his flat looking hangover-style miserable. His collie-cross puppy, Jareth, has hopped up with him to lie half onto Chris' chest with his nose poked uncomfortably into Chris' ear for some reason. Dog reasons. Chris doesn't know he's got the video on. He just sort of flailed at the device to try and switch it over to ( Read more... )

[Police Filter]
S'pose this...
This's an official police announcement that DS Ray Carling's left the City. It in't...flu or sommat, he's properly gone. ...do I still 'ave to fill out th' Missin' Persons paperwork if I did all the workin' out an' checkin' meself?
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Ray's gone, if any of you knew 'im. ... Wonder who'll be next?

[Chris has been out patrolling for the day so far and he hasn't really noticed anything odd. Or rather, he's noticed quite a lot of kissing but presumably it's holiday-related? Nothing to do with him, unless it's a troop of devious kissing-pickpockets. But he doesn't find that likely, at least, not likely enough to bother with investigating any of ( Read more... )

[Chris doesn't sound sad so much as he sounds weary. And maybe a bit drunk: he was at Ken and Mara's party.]

Been 'ere a year, or sommat like. A year an' now Penny's gone.

[The following silence is decidedly pregnant. He wants to affirm that he's sure she's in heaven, or that she'll be back for Christmas. Also, the fact that he's pretty sure he ( Read more... )

[Filtered very badly to Solomon/hackable by babies and people hacking in their sleep]
Dr. Solomon? I...um... I think I might 'ave that thing again. Only it's dark out, I s'pose, so I'll jus'...come an' find you, yeah?
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[Police Filter]
I'm goin' on patrol now instead of later. Um. I were goin' outside t'smoke anyway so... Jus' shuffle the ( Read more... )

M'not really sure what the curse is today...but I'm not any sort of bender. Not even a cursed one. Just thought it needed sayin'. For reassurance, like.