[ AUDIO ]

[shifts]

The crowding again, is it?

I would say the deities could have chosen better timing, but that seems rather unrealistic, when you spend too long thinking of it. I can't say I've much interest to play tour guide, but there are plenty of other pleasant people for you lot to take proper advantage of. Lay of the land, of sorts, while you're here.

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VIDEO;

[proportioned]

[ A familiar face with a crooked little smile looking - well - not really surprised to be here. ]

Volunteering the rest of the class, Eames? Not sure they'd appreciate it.

VIDEO;

[shifts]

[ The video flips on without much delay, Eames' eyes crinkling a little as his brow quirks in turn. ]

I've disability allowance for it.

VIDEO;

[proportioned]

[ Ariadne's eyebrows lift but in a way that continues to be completely unsurprised. Amusement quirks at her smile, though her voice is less than impressed. ]

So. You've been busy.

VIDEO;

[shifts]

More or less.

You've been gone.

AUDIO;

[hantes]

[ The hiss of white noise, of the mic left on with nothing but air to attend to it. Then a breath, slow and deliberate. Then: ]

And what if we have no interest in- [ A pause. ] -other, pleasant people?

AUDIO;

[shifts]

[ And here he'd thought he might have reprieve of this particular specimen of a person. But these weekends seem hardly fit to due for relaxation, so some of it remains utterly unsurprising, regardless of what he could do without. ]

Then I suppose you're out of luck.

AUDIO;

[hantes]

What - no eager attempts to welcome me? [ She manages to sound both pleased and wounded in the same breath. ] No soft-eyed renunions for us, mon loup?

AUDIO;

[shifts]

When's the last time you remember my eyes going soft?

[ He keeps the conversation light; after all, should Mal honestly decide to set her eyes on him, he can do little except hobble away as quickly as possible. Timing, deities. Awesome. ]

audio;

[merrrcy]

Hello? Kit?

audio;

[shifts]

Sorry?

audio;

[merrrcy]

Hey is Kit there, tell her it's Vivian calling.

[If she took a John back to their apartment God help her.]

audio;

[shifts]

[ Man that voice is familiar... ]

Vivian who?

audio; 1/2

[spinorfall]

[This isn't right.

Dom knows he shouldn't have been dreaming like he has, lately...but it's what he does.

He finds the rules, sets them, and promptly breaks them.

...and he's lost everything because of it.

So really, a bit of unstructured dreaming in a broken mind (his own)...what is the worst that can happen? He has little left to lose, any longer. On the run, without recourse, without a way back home, Dom has to do something to keep from going completely mad.

And that means dreaming, for now.

But this? This dream isn't right. It isn't the one he had been in moments ago...and he hadn't placed a second level into the scheme.

This isn't right.

And Eames? Eames certainly shouldn't have been here.]

Eames?

audio; 2/2

[spinorfall]

If this is your idea of a joke.

It isn't amusing.

I'm kicking us up.

[Because if Eames wants to talk to him, if he wants to fling accusations (and how could they not end up coming?), he wants to do it in reality. Not here.]

audio;

[shifts]

Cobb?

[ Pause. ]

If you're meaning to by regular mechanisms, I'd advise against it.

[ Or do it. Eames isn't sure if the people who show up on weekends like this necessarily follow the same rules as the rest of them, concerning death. Could do for an experiment. ]

audio;

[spinorfall]

And why is that?

What did you do?

[It sounds accusatory, but if they can't kick up, it's something that Eames has done, not himself. He checked the dosage twice before going under--he always does. Even in his exhausted state, his habits are precise. In fact, Dom wonders if he's even better at this, now--stripped to base instincts in his exhaustion, his body does what it knows to do, without his pesky mind getting in the way.]

How did you even find me?

[Not even Arthur knows, yet.]

[nothingfalse]

Oh, Deities really do have the best timing, if you look at it a certain way.

[shifts]

Mind giving some insight on which way I'm supposed to look?

[nothingfalse]

Well, you can't assume we're all here to dampen your spirits, for one.

[shifts]

And why can't I? I've not had good experience, thus far.