answering machine post!

[victormakesart]

Hey, so, if you're hearing this, I'm elbow deep in paint or trouble. Leave your name (or alias) and number, and day that you called, and message, and I'll get back to you forthwith -- hey, hey, what is it? I'm in the middle of doing one of those phone messages. Oh, that? Just reverse the proton stream, and re-angle the dish -- ahem. Sorry

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[bestinblack]

He growls. It's not his fault Victor is the first person he thinks to call. He needs an outsider's perspective, alright?

First he presses two.

"This is a crisis, Victor. I fear I am both mortally wounded and mortally insane."

He hangs up and calls back. Then repeatedly presses one, in a rather frantic way that is completely unbecoming of him.

[victormakesart]

When he presses two, Victor's phone starts sending off a siren, which means that Vic knocks her knee very soundly on the shower wall, and scrapes her elbow against the shower door, and presses a towel to her front as she answers the phone with one shaking hand, hair dripping warm down her back. Soaking the receiver. She doesn't even bother to check the message. "Hey, hey, hey, what's going on?"

[bestinblack]

"I am having a... personal crisis. I am, as my message states, somewhat mortally wounded and mortally insane both."

He blinks, groans, then lets his head collapse against the table in front of him.

"I... saved her. Her, of all people. I braved the Time War and the source of the drums to save her. Her!"

[victormakesart]

"Man, oh, man, okay, tell me what you need. What can I get you? How, uh, how can I help?" She wraps the towel around her properly, holding her phone between her ear and her shoulder, bustling about for a robe.

[smallvillians]

The caller ID says it's Clark's PINpoint calling, but it's Chloe's frazzled voice that leaves a message after pressing two. "Um, Vic? It's Chloe. I have a bit of a problem. Clark doesn't remember a thing about... well, anything, really. I'm sending him to the Nexus for a little while so he doesn't blow his cover on accident. If you're around, can you maybe take a look at him? You're the closest thing to a doctor we know that we can trust. Thanks."

[victormakesart]

When Victor calls back, her voice is heavy and thick with sleep, but she says, "I'll be right there, don't worry. And usually, with amnesia, the best we can do is wait it out, see if it fixes itself."

[Text message]

[kalel_ofkrypton]

Worst case scenario happened.

[victormakesart]

Victor says a curse word that is a combination of a part of anatomy plus a type of pastry. It has never been heard before.

She texts back:
Where are you. What's going on right now?

[kalel_ofkrypton]

Home. What's left of it.

It's over already but I haven't had time to take a breather until now.

[victormakesart]

Do you want me to come over? How are the medical personnel handling the influx? Can I do anything at all?

[bulletproofkal]

It's Clark's PINpoint that calls, and Clark's voice that speaks. But it's not him in the driver's seat, and that's something that doesn't show over the phone.

"Hey, it's me. Wondering if you felt like hanging out in Metropolis with me tonight."

[victormakesart]

She dials back almost right away (okay, it's hard to find your phone when the babies are playing the let's-try-to-eat-paper-before-Dad-notices game) and her voice sounds rushed, but she says, "Absolutely. I can be there."

[bulletproofkal]

"All right. Dress for clubbing. Meet me here." He sends along the coordinates, and turns the ring so that the stone is inward, towards his palm. It'd be smart to take it off, but he doesn't want to. What damage could she possibly do if she figures it out?

[slayers_desire]

Nervously April presses one.

"Victor? Something has happened to Clark. He was infected by a piece of silver kryptonite and believes everyone is plotting against him."

"I am really worried about him. If you see him. Please let me know."

[victormakesart]

She calls back quickly, hazy with sleep she had fumbled for the phone and knocked it under the bed. "Absolutely. Heading the the Nexus now, as soon as I put on real pants."