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[truth_is_cold]

[Public | Audio]*

[Rhade sounds a little distant when he speaks. Less forceful than usual, because he's having a What is the point? moment. His tone is a little cracked and weary, even.]

If anyone sees Kara Thrace, please inform her her that I liberated one of her bottles of alcohol from her new living establishment. If anyone sees Diziet Sma? -Well. You're not going to. She's back in her pod aboard the ship to last until the power gives out, anyway.

I would recommend if anyone who woke up in the ship has recently disappeared, you go and look for them there. It may be a sign of further malfunction.

[And he shuts off the feed.]


*OOC: Early before the windstorm on Wednesday, before the fire has started.

Comments

[Private]

[hunt4commonwealth]

I'm sorry Diziet's gone. I know you were friends. [Losing people is hard. Dylan has learned that well.]

At least she's safe for now.

Do you need anything? [Free optimism on offer here to balance out your pessimism, Rhade.]

[Private]

[truth_is_cold]

[He refuses! He can out-pessimism you in a heartbeat.] Yes. I need you to tell me precisely everything you've ever disliked about me.

[Private]

[hunt4commonwealth]

[Wha?]

That...doesn't sound very comforting.

[Private]

[truth_is_cold]

I'm doing you a favor, Then you won't be bothered when it happens to me. [It would be his luck that it would happen to him first.]

[Private]

[hunt4commonwealth]

In that case, what really annoys me is how pessimistic you are.

You're not going to disappear into a pod. And even if you did, we'd figure out a way to get you out eventually. [Rhade stuck in a pod wouldn't be great, but it would be less final than dying.]

[Private]

[truth_is_cold]

No, you won't. The ship will finally lose integrity, all the pods will die, and you'll either be here alone or I'll be here never being able to make it up to you that I ruined your life for nothing. [And there's a thump. It's sort of metallic.]

I'm being absurd. If it's me that goes you'll rebuild the Commonwealth by preaching to the dinosaurs until they spontaneously evolve.

[He's drunk.]

Audio

[thecricketer]

[His voice is gentle, but intent; it's not faith driving his tone, but determination.] We won't let the ship die. We'll see them again.

Audio

[truth_is_cold]

Easier said than done.

I'm not an engineer. My technical expertise relates to sabotage, not fixing. There's nothing I can do in this case.

[And it obviously irritates him no end.]

Audio

[thecricketer]

Then we'll work together. We're certainly not going to give up.

Audio

[truth_is_cold]

The last time many lives relied on me, I failed. [His cockiness isn't anywhere nearby at the moment. He's keenly aware of his limitations, despite desperately trying to help people recently.]

It would be in their best interest if you found more reliable assistance.

Audio

[thecricketer]

[It takes him a moment, but when he replies his voice is firm and intent.] This is a prime moment to make up for it, then.

Audio

[truth_is_cold]

I can't. I haven't done it yet. [Oh, to have one's future walking around and staring you in the face on occasion. It makes for a complicated sense of loss.]

What is it that you need?

[video]

[knightoflight]

Malfunction?

[This is worrying news. And all the more reason to keep the ship protected.]

Do you recall if she behaved strangely beforehand? Signs we might look out for?

[video]

[truth_is_cold]

No. She seemed perfectly normal. [This bothers him too.]

...As normal as I could notice someone that I wasn't all that well acquainted with being.

[femshep]

Doesn't sound like any malfunction I've ever heard of. The pods re-sealing, that I could believe, but who put them back inside to start with?

[She's not asking for an answer--he's probably as confused by that as she is. She doesn't want to cry wolf, but this just screams 'inside agent' to her.]

[truth_is_cold]

I have confidence that Diziet Sma wouldn't have been taken by surprise if she could have helped it.

[He probably knew more about what she was than anyone else.]

[femshep]

That just means the enemy's that much stronger. Or smarter. Or-... [She shakes her head, not that he can see it.] Shit, and it's not like speculation will get us anywhere, either.

[Especially not on a public network.]

[truth_is_cold]

[He turns on the video feed finally, but it's not facing him. There's a slightly bobbing few of the row of pods as he's walking along with a surprisingly firm stride for being so inebriated. And then he points it up to a pod with Kirk in it and Kirk's name on it, sealed and closed.]

Like I said, you might want to have a look around.

[femshep]

[At sight of the name, she swears under her breath. When she speaks again, her voice is a little quieter.] It's like they know. [They're neatly picking off those she's decided she can trust, one by one, despite that she was for the most part very careful to keep it off the network.]

[truth_is_cold]

[He clicks off his feed.] I'm 13 rows down. If you can't find me, you'll know where to look.

[Private]

And don't let anything happen to my captain.

[voice]

[atwar]

Is Kara missing?

[voice] and I know that the mun requested Kara go with the spell, but he'd notice the absence

[truth_is_cold]

I can't find her or her roommate. Perhaps she's out looking for her or vice versa.

[He snorts a tight, unhappy laugh] She wouldn't be here on the ship, though. There's no pod for her. The most I can hope for is that she found her ship and was agreeably selfish and left while she could.

[If that's the case, he wishes he'd have gotten at least a good-bye. But they weren't really anything for him to deserve a good-bye.]

[voice] crap i forgot about that. the spell hasn't actually even happened yet ic.

[atwar]

I knew her only little, but she did not sound a woman fit to be bound to the earth.

[voice] :/ Yup. So I'm just assuming for now he can't get in contact with her.

[truth_is_cold]

I hope she's found her ship, because I don't want to deal with the Authority and a captive situation.

[He refuses to consider the possibility that worse might have happened to her.]

[voice]

[atwar]

If that is truly the circumstance, you will have my shield. Kara has shared drink with me, and I will not leave her imprisoned.

But we must hope that it is not.