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trilluminati) wrote2013-09-12 12:10 am
trilluminati) wrote2013-09-12 12:10 am
voicemail
[ BEEP! ]
I'm sorry for whatever I did to you. Leave a message.
I'm sorry for whatever I did to you. Leave a message.
Bullshit. There is no logic or argument that would turn Jim on his friends. What did he do?
[ Q tilts his head to the side absently. ]
It didn't matter. He was the weakest link. The easiest to bend. No.
[ Q exhales raggedly beneath his hands. ]
That wasn't the cap'n.
It didn't matter. He was the weakest link. The easiest to bend. No.
[ Q exhales raggedly beneath his hands. ]
That wasn't the cap'n.
...Alright then.
[Neural and cortical suppresses, mood elevator, all coded in at the same doses. McCoy holds his hand out for Q's and waits.]
Let's take care of this first, then we'll continue.
[Neural and cortical suppresses, mood elevator, all coded in at the same doses. McCoy holds his hand out for Q's and waits.]
Let's take care of this first, then we'll continue.
It's really fine, Doc. It's been easier to deal lately, with the big picture all out there.
[ He puts his hand out though, anyway. Why the hell not. Maybe it'll complement the bouquet. ]
Anyway, I don't really have too much more for you. Like I said, I'm sorting. I don't even wanna know what happens if I don't take it step-by-step.
[ He puts his hand out though, anyway. Why the hell not. Maybe it'll complement the bouquet. ]
Anyway, I don't really have too much more for you. Like I said, I'm sorting. I don't even wanna know what happens if I don't take it step-by-step.
You been writing stuff down as you remember it?
[The press of the hypo against Q's skin is gentle.]
Could help you make some sense of the fuzzier bits.
[The press of the hypo against Q's skin is gentle.]
Could help you make some sense of the fuzzier bits.
What? Blogging? Yeah that would do...irreparable damage to the street cred.
Personal logs, meant to help a man vent, order his thoughts, and keep him healthy. Only people with access to them would be you and your personal physician, baby bear.
Maybe. I don't exactly have time for that. I haven't slept since I got it all back. Not all of the vision was bad. Some stuff was...innocuous, you know? Harmless shit. Alternative energy, exploring new frequencies -- I remember a stick of incense with impossible physics that never burned down.
Things like that are pitched to scientists and communities for a reason. The bullshit that comes with academia and the bureaucracy slows everything down but it's there to keep things safe, fair, and from doing...
[He waves a hand at the window]
Shit like this. Neural grafting is going to take another additional three or four years just to get other surgeons on board with it, trained up, and convinced of it's safety- and I invented the procedure as something life saving.
[He waves a hand at the window]
Shit like this. Neural grafting is going to take another additional three or four years just to get other surgeons on board with it, trained up, and convinced of it's safety- and I invented the procedure as something life saving.
[ Q snorts. ]
That sounds like something that'd come in handy now.
That sounds like something that'd come in handy now.
Don't have the equipment or a viable donor, and I'm not clon'n one for you.
Believe me, I ain't asking you to.
[ He will roll his eyes until: ]
I might be the one responsible for our next plus one.
[ He will roll his eyes until: ]
I might be the one responsible for our next plus one.
I want to learn different types of dancing, but I don't have a teacher here. So...I thought I might be able to learn from videos.
You can't learn to dance from no video, girl!
Learning can't be that hard. I'm rather good at dancing too!
Because I want to learn different styles of dancing. And since this is way in the future for me, there's probably a lot of styles I don't know about.
Well shit, all you gotta do is ask. What you wanna learn? Hah? Swing? Flamenco? Meringue? Pop-n-lock?
[ Q presses his lips together. ]
I have to figure out how to cure a somnua. If-- it can be done. And I got this gnawing feeling we ain't got much time to figure it out-- Doc--
[ HOOD. ]
I really think I could.
I have to figure out how to cure a somnua. If-- it can be done. And I got this gnawing feeling we ain't got much time to figure it out-- Doc--
[ HOOD. ]
I really think I could.
How.
[For a moment he leaves the hood alone. Just a moment. Then he reaches over and pulls it down further- covering Q's face entirely for a second or two before flicking it back. Really kid.]
Explain the process to me. Walk me through it. You wouldn't be planning on it if you didn't have some idea.
[For a moment he leaves the hood alone. Just a moment. Then he reaches over and pulls it down further- covering Q's face entirely for a second or two before flicking it back. Really kid.]
Explain the process to me. Walk me through it. You wouldn't be planning on it if you didn't have some idea.
The somnua are-- wrecked. But if I could grab their consciousness, clean it up like I did for the cap'n, and introduce it to Sparky, I might be able to save them.
[ Extra-hood. ]
N'n'iwou'n'ha'ta'worryboutyounomo'.
[ Extra-hood. ]
N'n'iwou'n'ha'ta'worryboutyounomo'.
[He's gonna rip the hoodie right off your back at this goddamn rate, kid. Hood up, back, and held in place as he leans in because what in god's name was that last bit?]
Say that again.
[He knows he was made differently. He knows he was made without the spark. He knows that it makes him some kind of abomination but goddamn what does that mean in the long run?]
Say that again.
[He knows he was made differently. He knows he was made without the spark. He knows that it makes him some kind of abomination but goddamn what does that mean in the long run?]
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