2.7 - Text

[breakingmyheart]

There's a new filter on the communicators. 'Special Access'. Does anyone know what purpose it's meant to serve? [Because she's not adding anyone to it until she can benefit from someone else's experimentation,]

[Private to Gaheris and Wanda]

I don't know that anyone else is going to say this, so - belatedly, I can't thank you enough for your help and for taking the risks involved. We wouldn't have made it out safely without you.

[Private to Duo]

Thank you for your help.

If you're planning to ask the Admiral for a key to the engine room then I'd be fine with sharing my schematics and working out a shift pattern. [And due to her unhealthy territoriality of the engine room she can't really bring herself to sound any more amenable than that.]

[Private to Megamind]

[Switching onto voice for this one. She sounds warm but tired ,and her voice is a little thick, which is only to be expected when she's been sleeping on and off for almost twenty hours.]

I feel like I could stand to be in bed for another day or so.

How...how are you?

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[Voice]

[yeahscience]

It's probably for rooms. [He sounds a lot like he did the last time she saw him. His voice is also oddly muffled, and this is because he's broadcasting from his bed, face half-buried in a blanket.]

[Voice]

[breakingmyheart]

I suppose that's possible. [Man, fuck that noise, nobody's getting in her room.]

...how are you feeling?

[Voice]

[yeahscience]

It's either rooms or jobs. Like what else do we even have access to? [Doot doot avoiding the question.]

[Private]

[truth_is_cold]

Arthas gave Wanda an unfortunately hard time. I'm going to have to talk to his warden about that.

But I'm glad the repairs were successful.

...Where did the new ship areas come from? [Because sometimes the Admiral is strange when he fixes things.]

[Private]

[megamind]

[ There's a little laugh, a remarkably warm chuckle there on the line; when Megamind's 'off stage' he's oddly normal sounding. Less shrill; he smooths into an even baritone. ]

Me? I'm fine. I only sleep a few hours a day, but-- creative frenzies like that tend to be draining. I have a dog as an alarm clock now too, so-- If I haven't been in bed, I've been with Angus on deck... and headed back to bed shortly.

No warnings from the engine room though? Nothing's popped, leaked, cracked, or exploded? This is what they call the 'all clear', yes?

[ There is a jaw-cracking yawn and some shuffling. ]

Looking forward to normality? [ He can't, but surely, she can. ]

[Private]

[breakingmyheart]

[Well, Arthas is a dick, this isn't news.]

I wish I knew. The Admiral does seem to like sneaking new things in while most of us are distracted.

[Voice]

[breakingmyheart]

I suppose it makes more sense than having keys copied.

[Private]

I know it's not my business, but you really don't sound well.

[Private]

[breakingmyheart]

Such as it is, yes. Though I have to say I've never minded the odd crisis. Keeps us on our toes.

[Private]

[megamind]

Oh, it was exhilarating! [ ...which he pronounces hex-eel-a-rating .] I do some of my best work under pressure. I mean I love the long drawn out plotting... but sometimes working under the moment of I must have that thing right now, it makes for a certain fantastic energy that allows for bursts of clarity and brilliance!

So, yeah, I don't mind a little madness here and there. It's sort of in the job description. I'm just used to being the one making it, not, you know...

[ Fixing it it. That's a hero thing. ]

[Private]

[breakingmyheart]

I know. [There's something teasing in her tone.] You did a very good job nonetheless. I won't tell anyone if you don't want me to.

[Private]

[megamind]

Oh, I'll tell everyone how awesome I am in my own way, I assure you.

[ He just won't attach any good motives to it. ]

It was a fun thing, though! Most stimulation I've had since I got on the barge.

[Private]

[breakingmyheart]

...[cough]

I feel like I'll be disappointing you when I say things like that are few and far between.

[Private]

[megamind]

I think I can manage to contain my disappointment. [ Oh well. ] Besides if they happened once a week they'd lose their impact.

No pun intended.

[Private]

[breakingmyheart]

If you insist.

Can I ask a question?

[Private]

[megamind]

Uhm, sure?

I mean, I can reserve the right to not answer if I don't want, but you can ask.

[Private]

[breakingmyheart]

Alright. I just - we've had some time and some rest and things are a bit more normal now, and...

[Her voice is a little brittle, but she's forcing herself to get the words said.]

If you've had second thoughts. About...what we discussed. Then that's...fine.

[Private]

[megamind]

Whoa, what? [ There's some sudden shuffling and a bit of twisting in the bed because this demands more immediate attention. He's clicking on his lights, and Angus, who has been getting away with sleeping on the bed while Megamind is exhausted, whines in protest about being moved. ]

[ He's also turning on his video feed, peering with his brow furrowed and his mouth tight. ]

No. No second thoughts. I don't really-- second guess myself. But if you are... Well, I'd rather know now than get told how awful I am in the middle of the street in the rain.

[ Way to not even cover half of Roxanne's damage, okay. But he'll get to that if he has to. He knows... ultimately, Roxanne dumped him for perfectly good reasons and he deserved it. It's why he didn't pull a Hal to get her back. ]

[Private]

[breakingmyheart]

[She turns on video as well - she's in her room, sitting at one of the workstations, still looking a bit tired and tousled but better than she did a day or two ago.]

I'm not. I promise. And I've got...no plans to do that.

[Private]

[megamind]

Okay.

Good.

That's-- good.

[ He pauses, and then scratches the back of his neck. ] You're not going to get in trouble, are you? I mean, I encourage badness at all times but...

[ Not if it's going to really wreck their lives on the boat. ]

[Private]

[breakingmyheart]

[She laughs a little.]

No. No, I don't think so. It'd be completely inappropriate if I was your Warden, naturally, but as is...no. It won't be a problem.

[Private]

[megamind]

Thankfully, Kay is not my type. Anyone who can grow more hair than I can on their face is right out.

[Private]

[breakingmyheart]

Well, that works out nicely for me.

...Us.

[Private]

[megamind]

[ He smirks, just a little, though it gentles. ]

It does.

I suppose I should-- ask about ground rules. I mean. I don't-- really...

Just assume I've never gone out with a woman at this point, because the last time I did my holographic disguise generator failed mid-dinner and next thing I know I'm wearing champagne and being told just how repulsive I am.

So, uh. Yeah. Ground rules. What are yours?

[Private]

[breakingmyheart]

[Megamind your life.]

This...isn't something I've ever been asked before.

[If Tosh had ground rules they'd all boil down to 'please treat me like I'm a sentient being who feels pain and not just a temporary convenience', but, you know. She can't say that.]

What sort of thing did you have in mind?

[Private]

[megamind]

[ In his heart of hearts, he knew he brought it on himself. He was thinking about telling her-- trying to work toward it... ]

[ In the end, it didn't matter. He got his answer. ]

No? Why-- not? I mean, I-- thought that this sort of thing was...expected? Boundaries and stuff.