[voice]

[alittlesweptup]

[The voice on the network may not technically be shouting, but there's a distinctly hard edge to the words that easily translates into 'Oh my god I can't even believe this right now.']

Oi! Anyone using fire to deal with this nonsense had better knock it right off! I don't care if your fire's made of magic, Harry Potter, it's still probably burning up oxygen when you use it to light these bastards up-- and I don't know if you've noticed, but we're in bloody space.

[There's a beat, a sharp intake of breath as Charlie wills himself to not flip the nearest table. Finally, in a low steely tone:] We need oxygen for other things. Like, oh, breathing. Figure out a different way of doing things.

Comments

[lambofcolumbia]

What? No of course I'm not ripping holes in the walls!

Just tears in...the air. And I fixed them right away! Once the creatures have been sucked out.

[alittlesweptup]

[He's honestly not sure what on earth's she's on about, but better safe than sorry:] Don't do that either.

[lambofcolumbia]

It's fairly hard to avoid, those creatures are everywhere!

I can try though.

[alittlesweptup]

Then stay in the housing wing where it's safe if all you've got for offense is ripping holes in the space time continuum. [Which is slightly sharp, though after a beat he softens. Tries to be a little more reasonable.] There's plenty of people running about with swords and throwing lighting and hardly anyone back here holding the fort down. We probably could use a spare set of hands as it is.

[lambofcolumbia]

I...I was doing that earlier. I just didn't feel like I was much help.

Honestly I seem to do somewhat better in crisis situations out here.

[Which is WEIRD to her.]

[alittlesweptup]

You don't need to be off spacing zombies to be useful, but do whatever you like so long as it's not suffocating the rest of us.

[lambofcolumbia]

I...suppose.

It hardly feels as helpful though.

[alittlesweptup]

It is. [His tone's flat as anything.] Getting people food and water and organized is just as important as knocking a few heads together right now.

[lambofcolumbia]

...I will think about it?

-->disconnect

[alittlesweptup]

Better than nothing, I suppose.

[Aaaand, he ends his side of the feed. No one's ever made the mistake of calling Charlie infinitely polite at all points in time.]