09 △ VIDEO | FORWARD DATED TO THE 19TH

[neveraskedforthis]

[ Whoa, who's this guy showing up on your tablet screen all of a sudden... Adam Jensen after surgically getting the shades removed and somehow changing his eyecolor to blue-gray, it seems. He frowns deeply. ]

Hi. I've got something of a weird request. Probably.

[ ...Somehow he sounds different, too. Slightly less gravel, and is that inflection in his voice... ]

Guess I shouldn't be surprised given the nature of this place--or maybe it's really just me and premature Alzheimer's or something, but I'm having trouble recalling some things.

[ He briefly raises a hand--a perfectly normal, flesh and blood hand, at that--to his temple to rub at it. ]

...So if some of the guys I was talking to before could help jog my memory, I'd appreciate it. I'll be... at the precinct, in my office. Working. [ Yeah, still confused, but what can you do. As an afterthought before ending the feed, ]

It's probably a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone's seen or heard of Dr. Megan Reed? Just--

[ Yeah probably not. ]

...Nevermind.

[ And off he goes. Click. ]



(( ooc: forward dated with mod permission because next week will be busy for me! And just as a note, while I might use icons of augmented Adam, that's just because there isn't too much iconable material of pre-augs Adam. Until the end of the event he will have no roboparts or shades whatsoever and look like a completely ordinary human--and a few years younger. ))

Comments

[outright]

Well, I'm sure I was, and possibly enough for the both of us. [ not lookin too concerned about it, though. ] It apparently worked, too.

[neveraskedforthis]

Only if your intention was to forget whatever you were doing and why.

[ Though now Adam's concerned. WHAT IF there was a rampant orgy or something AND HE WAS IN IT not that he'd have a big problem with that depending....... oh no. ]

Do you... remember anything else? I know I know you.

[ Hopefully not from something like that ... ]

[outright]

What, do you? [ one long ear perks as he considers Adam, but... nope, he's got nothin. a shrug. ] Well, I can't return the favor, but these things happen.

[ and with a grin: ] But the real question, of course, is how well do you know me?

[neveraskedforthis]

[ Somehow, Adam isn't offended. ]

Yeah, that's where I'm drawing a blank.

[ And he's still fairly convinved that he wasn't drinking at all... ]

Van...Vannasomething. Right?

[outright]

Vanadi. [ come on guy, how can you only half-remember a face as pretty as this one. he only looks annoyed for a second before the smile is back again, though. ] Vanadi of House Vadarta, and if you're having that much trouble with it, whatever I was buying must have been very high quality.

[neveraskedforthis]

Sorry. You elves all look and sound alike to me, I guess. Makes it hard to connect names to faces, especially if alcohol was involved.

[ Oh good. The snark is still there. ]

Thanks for the drink though, if you were indeed that generous. Not like we'll ever know.

[outright]

Elves? [ Both ears draw back with that WOW HE'S OFFENDED. he's not even sure what elves are, but the offense remains, dammit. ] I'm a kitrite. I'm beginning to wonder if that drink was worth it. Are all apes— ah, sorry, humans— so forgetful?

[ Says the guy that can't remember anything. ]

[neveraskedforthis]

Pointy ears equals elf to me. Or maybe fairy, but whatever you say, man. 'Kitrite' it is. Wasn't trying to offend you.

[ Ahahaha ok no he will be serious now. Unlike Vanadi, Adam takes no offense to being called an ape. ]

We are, occasionally. But apparently I'm not alone in that, since anything regarding the matter seems to be escaping you, as well.

[outright]

[ ugh, makin a face. he's clearly dealing with an asshole, here. and he's still not sure if he slept with him or not, let alone if it was worth it. ]

At least I never claimed anything to the contrary.

[neveraskedforthis]

[ Being an asshole to this guy just feels right to Adam. YOU KNOW? ]

Why would I lie about this?

Seriously though, it seems odd to forget anything leading up to... whatever might have happened, too. I don't remember going out for a drink, but I'm fairly certain I've talked to you before. Multiple times.

[outright]

Not that I remember. Was there drinking involved in all of those conversations, by any chance?

[neveraskedforthis]

I... don't think so. I'm not a heavy drinker and even if I was, my tolerance's pretty high.

[ aaaaaaaaaaaahahaha ]

I'm not sure what's going on. I can't just be imagining things.

[outright]

Maybe you're losing your mind. [ shrug! ]

[neveraskedforthis]

...Sure, could be. Considering I feel like that about most things right now.

Do tell me what you think you were doing before last night.

[outright]

Before last night? That's hard to say... it could have been Laviera's party. Were you there?

[neveraskedforthis]

Lav--huh? Who's that?

[outright]

Nevermind, apparently not. Come to think of it, I don't think she much cares for humans, so you probably wouldn't have been anyway.

[neveraskedforthis]

That's not the point. Who's that person, and where was this?

[outright]

A rich and beautiful noblewoman with a weakness for a pretty face, and it was back in Aluthsa. Why?

[neveraskedforthis]

...So you're saying you just arrived here. How the hell would I have been at a party in another's world?

[outright]

Maybe you're from Wyander. How should I know without knowing you?

[neveraskedforthis]

I'm not--I'm originally from Detroit. So I suppose we can cross out any 'parties'.

[ Okay now he's just confused. He touches his forehead briefly. ]

Maybe I'm mistaking you for someone else.

[outright]

Oh, yes? Just how many "elves" do you know?

[neveraskedforthis]

A couple. Though none of them very... intimately.

[ HE THINKS ]

[outright]

You're certain, with that spotty memory of yours?