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Heyyyyyyyy, kiddo, you've reached me. Me who is Rhys. Anyway, not sure why you're trying to get in contact with the king of the dweebs, but I'm sure you've got your reasons. Reasons you should probably re-examine. I'm just sayin'.
Last chance to back out.
No?
Don't say I didn't warn ya.
Last chance to back out.
No?
Don't say I didn't warn ya.
@jwatson; text; Night 208
Date: 2017-02-10 04:45 am (UTC)It was bound to happen, my darling. You shouldn't have turned on video.]
Rhys, hey. I wanted to apologize for how I talked to you the other night. My death price lifted this morning, and I think that's going to fix some things now I know what it was.
[Are you just going to insinuate seeing me was part of that price? Mary asks, raising her brows. She shrugs after a moment. Clever.]
I'm very sorry. I was rude and hostile, and you didn't deserve that.
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Date: 2017-02-10 04:57 am (UTC)coooooooooooool
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From:@Mnemosyne; text; Day 225
Date: 2017-04-09 09:14 pm (UTC)I can imagine in great detail the spiral of guilt I am sending you both into; I apologise, though I think you're well aware that I don't actually hold either of you responsible. MY departure has nothing to do with ill will towards you. I simply need time. To process, if you will. I suppose at heart I'm not as tamed as I thought.
As I've told Angel, I will meet you two at the entrance to the eastern tunnels in three days' time. Try not to lose any limbs in the meanwhile. Watch over each other.
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Date: 2017-04-09 09:45 pm (UTC)That's an actual promise, right? You're not just trying to make us feel better before you charge headfirst into an anomaly?
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From:action; night 231;
Date: 2017-04-28 07:08 pm (UTC)Still. Sleep comes. Angel's is fitful, though, and at approximately fuck o'clock she awakens for the billionth time and decides that sleep can go eff itself. Maybe she'll just surf the network for a while. It's better than just lying there thinking about things that she can't do anything about.
So she opens her eyes. ]
ERK--!
[ "Erk" is not a thing that real people actually say when they are startled. Except this once. Angel honest-to-god fucking erks before covering her mouth with both hands.
Jack has been freaking watching her sleep and that's creepy as heck. WEIRDED OUT WHISPERING, HO. ]
What the heck are you doing?!
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Date: 2017-04-28 07:56 pm (UTC)'It's called keeping watch, and it's a perfectly valid strategy in the art of Not Letting Our Asses Get Slaughtered.'
[ Another snorf from Rhys. Jack isn't bothering to whisper. ]
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From:@ASolomons; audio; day 138
Date: 2017-05-14 05:48 am (UTC)[Sup, Rhys. It's been a while.]
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Date: 2017-05-14 06:24 am (UTC)Still breathing over here, how 'bout you?
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From:morning 254; text; @guardian
Date: 2017-06-29 03:56 pm (UTC)[ Typed in a rush, first thing in the morning, before any sensible people are awake. Because gOTTA SAY IT FAST ]
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Date: 2017-06-29 06:02 pm (UTC)[ Smiling, hair looking a little ruffled but no worse for wear. Least he didn't pluck himself bald. ]
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From:@Spoiler; audio; Morning 255
Date: 2017-07-04 09:10 pm (UTC)@dickcheese, audio;
Date: 2017-07-04 09:33 pm (UTC)What.
[ That's one way to wake up a Reeser. His voice is strained and raspy, quiet despite his obvious distress.
Jack, in the background, titters. 'Language.']
No, nonono, it doesn't -- d-don't hurt him, okay??
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From:Night 257, text @Enoch - AND NOW FOR SOME BACKDATED MOOD WHIPLASH
Date: 2017-07-25 01:58 am (UTC)I know you're close to him, too, so I felt I ought to let you know. Be safe, and don't hold it against him, he isn't entirely himself even if he claims he is.
@Enoch, voice; Day 265
Date: 2017-08-01 03:41 am (UTC)It's when that part of him finally gives up as it should that he reaches out to the people that had been there...]
Rhys. [Enoch's voice breaks on that one simple syllable. He's short of breath, tearful, words racing out as quickly as his mouth can make them. Rhys is the first person he contacted, and it shows.] I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry Rhys, please tell me you're well again, please forgive me, how could I have- I know it wasn't me but I still- it was still my hands, my voice, that-
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Can't think, can't talk, just- sorry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... [He repeats until there are no coherent words left, only tears. Part of him has forgotten Rhys himself is on the other end of this.]
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Date: 2017-08-01 06:32 am (UTC)His heart is hammering inside his chest. Rhys paces, trying to burn off the excess energy before it fuels a major attack. ]
I don't --
[ Staggered breathing. ]
Want to hear this. Now. I -- nononono, nope, n-no. You didn't do it but you DID it and your face, your voice, I just.
No.
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From:@imtheboss, text ; day 265
Date: 2017-08-01 08:01 am (UTC)[ ...that felt like simply going through the motions instead of a genuine 'fuck you.' Man, he needed to sleep this off. But first-- this particular conundrum's bothering him, and Vasquez didn't want to think about it for more than the five seconds it deserved. Too late for that, though! ]
okay that did absolutely nothing to make me feel better and that is just disappointing on a fundamental level.
secondly, what was that. in there, with the whole...........not being a total dick in my direction thing. starting to think i'm losin my touch, here.
[ He prides himself in being a good nemesis, okay. He's not gonna halfass that, ever. For the sake of not leaving the message on that note, he throws in another line of text, although he's pretty sure the answer to it's obvious. ]
did you get your leg back
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Date: 2017-08-03 06:56 am (UTC)Or. Insert something less suggestive here.
[ Rhys has burned through fear, elation, and has settled on exhaustion. Bone-tired. The exchange of Fucks feels equally empty. ]
Call it a combination of being tired of you, tired of this, tired of everything. Pretty sure I've told you you're a tiny itch in the full body eczema that is Norfinbury life.
I meant it.
Also I stand firm that nobody deserves what happened back there, except maybe the Joker. That's not being soft, that's being human.
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From:@Enoch; text; night 267 - I am so sorry for the inbox spam
Date: 2017-08-07 11:11 pm (UTC)Only the next night does he realize he's forgotten the most important step of all, as the panic of nearly dying from drifting focus settles down. At least he has the presence of mind to use text, instead of video or audio. He's at the point where he can type more or less normally again, no matter how awful he feels.]
Hello, Rhys. I suspect I'm still the last person you want to hear from, and I'm sorry for this. But I'm afraid we may end up in the same place soon. When I died that night in my failed attempt to protect Beckett, I left my things with Brian. He still has them, and says he is going to meet you - or, rather, to meet Beckett. This means we may cross paths, as he doesn't know exactly where he's going or when he'll arrive.
I do admit no small part of me wants badly to rejoin our mutual friend, as well. But I won't stay if it will hurt you. If you'd like, I can only reclaim my belongings and leave as soon as it is safe.
I didn't want to arrive unannounced, after what happened. The last thing I want to do is cause you more pain.
I did find some things earlier to give to you, as a gesture of
[He's mastered the art of using a line break to indicate a confused pause.]
I'm not sure, really, whether it's apology, or goodwill, or both. But they are yours to do with as you wish, whether I am there to gift them in person or I send them along with Brian.
Safe travels, Rhys, and tell Beckett I wish him the same.
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Date: 2017-08-08 04:13 am (UTC)[ It's typed and sent in a second, fingers smashing against the tablet. And after a few seconds pass, after the initial reaction, he feels... the inevitable guilt.
He doesn't want to leave Beckett. He doesn't want to see Enoch in person yet. Something has to give eventually, and prolonging it... ]
Wait, hold up, nevermind, just come at me, bro. If I freak out and puke oh well I get it out of my system faster.
What kind of things did you find.
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From:283 @zd; text
Date: 2017-09-26 06:31 pm (UTC)You both okay? How was all the other weird shit from the last couple of weeks?
How's Dumpy?
Get back to me when you can!
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Date: 2017-09-29 06:47 am (UTC)We're doing oka -- no, better than okay. Great. Getting ready for another round of Pancake Heaven, and YOU are cordially invited.
Just put that weird shit (any and all) behind you. That's my goal.
Oh and show me the Thing, what's the Thing?
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From:@Enoch; text; Night 279
Date: 2017-09-28 11:27 pm (UTC)Hello, Rhys. Angel tells me you two are returning from downtown. Are you doing well?
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Date: 2017-09-29 06:49 am (UTC)I could not be more well if I tried. Stick a fork in me, I'm well... done.
[ Yes, she warned him. Yes, he's overcompensating. ]
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From:day 295; action;
Date: 2017-10-28 08:31 pm (UTC)Continued from here!]What the fuck.
[ Angel has become more forthcoming with The Eff in recent years. Just a bit, mind. You have to deploy your F-bombs with care if you want them to remain effective.
Now, however, is definitely a moment for the most strangled and gobsmacked of fucks. ]
Is that - are you - is - what the fuck, Rhys!
[ Maybe TWO fucks. ]
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Date: 2017-10-28 09:04 pm (UTC)He needs to not be here right now. She wasn’t supposed to know — he told her he was crushed. Yers and years and years.
So he turns heel and runs. ]
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From:night 298 probably shut up it's backdated to fuck; action;
Date: 2017-11-28 04:59 pm (UTC)[ It's nighttime. There are sleep piles. Some of the sleep piles feature people who have been recently stabbed.
GOOD TIME FOR A TALK AMIRITE!!
Meaning Angel is quietly-but-insistently nudging Rhys in the ribs. He probably doesn't need the sleep anyway. ]
Psssst. Are you awake?
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Date: 2017-11-29 07:28 am (UTC)[ Surprisingly enough, Rhys is awake. Almost totally alert, even, despite being curled up with Dumpy snuggled into his chest.
He doesn't need the sleep. Or. He doesn't feel like needs as much. ]
Yeah, just -- shhh, I don't think anyone else is.
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From:Day 301; action
Date: 2017-12-12 10:16 pm (UTC)Except in the middle of the day he wakes up with a start, stares briefly into space, and proceeds to freak the hell out.
It is a very quiet, contained freakout. He's experienced at those. With the cloak drawn tight, and walking fast down the corridors, no one can tell that he's shaking all over. Thank God he can even manage to move his legs in any sensible way. By the time he finds Rhys and drags him to a quiet out of the way corner, though, he's all spent with that effort. He practically collapses into a crouch, shaking like a leaf.]
Rhys. Remind me. The Book. When you and Angel - remind me - what did I do?
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Date: 2017-12-13 07:39 am (UTC)[ Rhys can feel Beckett's shaking as he stumbles, pulled down into the crouch with him. He flinches. Looks away. Eventually, his eye makes contact again. The expression is not unlike the one he wears around Enoch. ]
We... destroyed it and you...
[ Though he knows what ought to be right, the memory of teeth in his throat is still sharp and bizarrely fresh. ]
...you couldn't have -- you definitely didn't do anything.
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From:@Mnemonsyne; voice; Day 346
Date: 2018-04-10 10:45 pm (UTC)This is the worst death price ever.]
I... probably owe you an apology. One way or another.
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Date: 2018-04-11 06:24 am (UTC)Except. Not this time.
No, Beckett gets text and only text. ]
Just "probably"?
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From:day 376; @guardian; text;
Date: 2018-07-01 03:33 pm (UTC)[ oh hey angel is back and yes that's the full message
rhys is welcome ]
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Date: 2018-07-02 07:42 pm (UTC)DID YOU KILL ME WITH A PILLOW
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From:@Enoch, text; day 405
Date: 2018-09-25 04:31 am (UTC)[By that he means "are you and Angel all right", but the way Rhys answers this will let him know whether or not his communication is being watched. He knows Angel has a tendency to downplay any distress she might be in so a second pair of eyes on the scene is a blessing, and it might help Rhys's state of mind to know that someone is trying to look out for them from afar.]
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Date: 2018-10-01 12:29 am (UTC)Angel's fine, this is a super duper low-grade kidnapping. I don't even think it officially qualifies as one, since Angel very obviously WANTS to be here. My head feels like flaming oatmeal but what else is new.
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From:afternoon 421; action;
Date: 2018-11-25 11:21 pm (UTC)Or something. WHATEVER. The important thing is that Angel is approaching Rhys and actually offering eye contact and IT'S BEEN THREE THOUSAND YEARS ]
Hey. Feel like helping me out with something tomorrow?
[ PROFOUNDLY EMOTIONAL!! ]
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Date: 2018-11-25 11:35 pm (UTC)This is talking! This is words!! ]
You... want my help??
[ If only he was good at those. ]
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From:@Enoch, voice; Day 416, after Watson's network post
Date: 2018-12-18 05:41 am (UTC)Rhys, are you all right? I'm...I'm sorry, for what the- that other me did.
[It's not him, but it also is. Therefore, he must apologize.]