[VOICE POST] FIVE.

[treastening]

[when the mic clicks on, there's the loud noise of something shuffling over it, like someone's brushed or knocked themselves into it. there's the low murmur of voices, and in the background, the bubbling of some kind of liquid. the murmurs die down after a minute, and lu's voice comes in:]

--onder what's taking Vincent so long?

[she pauses as

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[caffeine_power]

[Voice post]

[There's the sound of gurgling. One would almost think that it's the sound of bubbling chemicals. Actually, it's sound of a Veld.]

Won't explode, my--

[The sound of coughing goes on for quite a while.]

Got any water? The stuff got all over me. Good thing it's not acidic--

--I think--

--shit.

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[foreswear]

[more random ass shuffling in the background. lu's hurrying about the lab, and vincent's prbly just standing there. he speaks up after a second:]

Uh. Maybe--

Maybe you should sit down.

[lu pipes in from the background with a "if he faints, make sure to catch him!"]

Yeah. Don't worry, Lu. He's not gonna faint.

... Right? You aren't gonna faint, right?

[another pause as vincent moves closer.]

Shit, Veld, you really need to sit down.

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[caffeine_power]

[sound of someone stripping off a very wet jacket]

What is this stuff, Lucrecia?

Damn, it went straight through the shirt... don't think bleach is going to get this out--

--I'm perfectly fine, Vincent. Of course I won't fa--

[He doesn't faint. Of course not. But he does slip on the wet floor.]

Oh shit--!

[Crunch.
Pause.
And then, like an avalanche, there's the sound of a lot of things falling off the shelves.]

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[foreswear]

[lu's still moving around in the background, and she only pauses to reply to veld with a "oh, you know~ that's not important." vincent mutters something unintelligible to her response before he moves a little bit closer to where the other is standing.]

Are you su--

[he cuts off as Veld slips. there's the sound of feet sliding along the ground as he tries to steady him before he falls. metal clinks down onto the ground as he drops his gun -- something he probably drew upon first entering the room.]

Damni--

[the shuffling of clothes as vincent kneels next to him.]

I told you to sit. Are you all right?

[theheirshinra]

I'll be taking Veld out of the rotation and replacing him with Tseng now.

[caffeine_power]

I'm perfectly fine, President. I just need a change of clothes.

[theheirshinra]

I think not. Get to Medical and get cleared before you get near the Director's office.

[caffeine_power]

We have a medical? And the last I checked, there was something large and nasty using that office as a nest.

Very well, sir.