3rd Artifact (video)

[curatesecrets]

[there's the sound of scuffling, and a perfectly fine view of the ceiling before Artie's tablet gets knocked off the pile of books it had been sitting on as he rummages around. he likely turned it on by accident in his search ... think of it like pocket dialing. he's talking to himself as he does so]

No, no, I know it's in here, it's got to be in here - unless it's in the wash, I hope it isn't in the wash, then it's ruined and where am I going to find a clockmaker to fix it in this place? At least one that will actually want to do business with me...

[he paces past the table, though the view is sideways and lopsided. he's patting down his pockets, frantically]

-- Of course I haven't completely lost it, why would you say that? I would never - no! No, not even now. ... I don't hate him that much, he - it wasn't his - well maybe it was but I don't ... he was my ...

[he shakes his head, looking almost desperate, then scowls suddenly] NO. That is NOT my fault and don't you even TRY to tell me that it was, he made his OWN decisions, and -- and -- DON'T YOU EVEN SAY HER NAME, DON'T YOU DARE.

[he picks up an empty glass from the table and hurls it into a shadowy corner with extreme prejudice]

I can take you wheedling me about my father. About my family. About Moscow and the NSA and about Carol and Jimmy, I've been doing that myself for years, but YOU DO. NOT. MENTION --

[and then he looks over and sees that the tablet is on. cue deer in headlights.]

((OOC: Have one more Transport seein' runeblade demons! Enjoy your peek at the skeletons in Artie's closet, and please feel free to poke the badger.))

Comments

video;

[pabulously]

Woah! Hey. Are you.....okay?

[curatesecrets]

Bolin--! [oh. oh oops. he winces a little, then forces a smile] I am, yes, just -- uh.

You ... you haven't been hearing things, lately, have you? I think something might be wrong with my tablet.

[pabulously]

Uh. I haven't heard anything I shouldn't be hearing? [What a weird question.] What kinds of stuff are you hearing?

[curatesecrets]

Oh that's just great, and me without any neutralizer.

Just, ah ... [he sighs heavily and starts looking around the apartment for anything out of place, anything strange his roommate might have brought in]

... Voices.

[pabulously]

Voices. That's...not generally a good thing. You should think about seeing a doctor.

[curatesecrets]

It's possible, but where I'm from, certain objects cause this sort of thing all the time. It's entirely possible that we had one brought back to the Hold after the last mission... A simple case of someone picking it up and not knowing it....

[pabulously]

Objects that cause... Oh, that's just a radio! Not crazy.

[curatesecrets]

[he chuckles. it's not quite what he meant, but if it worries Bolin less, he won't correct him]. Maybe Hubert left his on. I'll have to go check.

[pabulously]

Hubert. Funny name, Hubert. Is he a friend of yours?

[curatesecrets]

Sort of? [he says it as though he's still a little unsure, then shrugs and clarifies:] He's my roommate. A Lieutenant of some kind, but he seems really young for military.

[pabulously]

A military guy! Nice.

[curatesecrets]

He's... Well, he keeps his room neat. I gotta admit, I don't see much of him, he keeps to himself a lot. He seems to want to get done with things here so he can go home...