i_speak_softly: (I've fallen and my head hurts.)
i_speak_softly ([personal profile] i_speak_softly) wrote2012-11-11 11:10 am

Sixty-Fourth Theory [Action/Voice]

((First part is backdated to yesterday, November 10.))

[Would it really be so difficult for John's droids to just bring Don home?]

[Apparently, because they instead leave him in a side room of the barracks. On their way out, they drop his journal on the floor, just beyond his reach.]

[He can't feel his legs.]

[He woke up this way on John's table, and while part of his brain tried to assess the situation rationally and offer the mitigating factors that it's just for a week, thank goodness he didn't get this as his death loss, the rest of his brain was screaming too loudly to notice or care.]

[And now he's back in the village, half-paralyzed, still uncertain of his speech, and completely alone.]

[It takes a while, but he pulls himself together, drags himself a few feet across the floor, and painstakingly constructs a filter in the journal.]

Voice to Beast | Unhackable

Help. The barracks. Please...

[He closes the book when he's done. Beast won't get any reply from him through the journals, but will find him prone on the floor of the barracks, just wanting to go home.]



Voice for Everyone, November 11

[By the next day, Don has rediscovered his voice, and wants everyone else to hear it too. Being couchbound, he has nothing better to do than broadcast his every thought over the journal system.]

EVERYONE. Citizens, denizens, residents and inmates of our village of Luceti. Those of you who have just arrived, please find adequate shelter, because this is miserable weather to be out in. You're fortunate, though, to have missed our recent tornado. Also an infestation of ghosts and some messy business involving zombie viruses. Never a dull moment. I advise reading the guide, which can be found in your journal.

Those of you who are already jaded by such events, please entertain yourselves on this dreary day by suggesting a topic of interest: a fascinating subject, an intriguing project, or a hypothetical occurrence that you would find truly surprising. Jokes and stories are also welcome.

[He'll stop there. Finding words is still difficult and tiring, and like exercising any other faculty that hasn't been used in a while, he should take it slowly. Full recovery will come from patient practice, not from exhausting himself all at once.]


((Initial action is locked to Beast. Friends of Don are welcome to handwave hearing of his return and come visit, yesterday afternoon or any time during the week. Today's voice post is open to all.))
frost_jewel: (thoughtful)

[voice]

[personal profile] frost_jewel 2012-11-19 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
No, please don't be sorry. It was my fault. Maybe you should pick the topic instead.
bluemikan: (Default)

voice;

[personal profile] bluemikan 2012-11-19 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Start a poker game. [ at complete random. ] In order to...
ledbythewind: (Amused Prince)

[Voice/Filter]

[personal profile] ledbythewind 2012-11-19 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
Not at all-- I'd be happy to talk for a while. Did you have something particular in mind?

[Distractions are good after that draft, so he won't say no.]
tailasoldastime: (Ashamed)

[Action, November 10]

[personal profile] tailasoldastime 2012-11-19 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Home... [He lowers his gaze - he sounds so... defeated.] Yes. I-I will... take you home.

[But he doesn't want him to touch his legs... so... he moves over to his upper body and props him up.]
bluemikan: (a+ you think so? chat.)

voice;

[personal profile] bluemikan 2012-11-20 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately the cards were marked! Because...
wise_maiden: (should we try and stay)

[voice]

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2012-11-20 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm sure they're better, anyway. Just don't push yourself too hard.
frost_jewel: (looking up)

[voice]

[personal profile] frost_jewel 2012-11-20 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
All right. Is that something you would prefer to do in person?
song_princess: (Hopeful)

[Video -> Action]

[personal profile] song_princess 2012-11-21 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[It takes her quite a bit as she was still learning the layout of the village and the areas around it.

She shifts back into her normal form once she finds the house and goes to dust herself off first before softly knocking on the door.

Oh goddess, hopefully she is at the right house.]
semper_cogitans: (-w-)

[Action]

[personal profile] semper_cogitans 2012-11-21 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Now who could that possibly be? Luckily for Leanne, Robert is perched, like the world's most awkward hawk, very near the door. As soon as that knock sounds itself, he's on it, swinging the door open.

He dips his head respectfully, albeit anxiously, and tries to smile - but really, he's very nervous. He hasn't been around many strangers recently, and suddenly they're all coming out of the woodworks.]


Ah... s-salutations. Don is... j-just inside...

[He gestures to the Turtle on the couch, who's likely visible from the doorway.]
spohkh: Say what? (huh?)

~sorry about the late reply folks!

[personal profile] spohkh 2012-11-21 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Spock bows his head in politeness and steps inside.]

Greetings, I am Spock. [He looks at Donatello then back at the man who let him in... ]

May I inquire as to your name?

[Spock looks to Donatello again...] Why are you not able to stand?
semper_cogitans: (:|a)

Ami says I should reply first |D;

[personal profile] semper_cogitans 2012-11-21 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[At least he's nice and formal. This sets Robert at ease, if only slightly.]

My name is... P-Professor Robert Alexander Hastings...

[... He realizes just how long it's been since he's said that. It almost feels surreal, even though it seems as practised as ever.]

It is... g-good to meet you...

[As for the rest, he'll let Don answer for himself.]
spohkh: (Bemused)

XD

[personal profile] spohkh 2012-11-21 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Spock bows his head..]

It is well to make your acquaintance Professor Hastings. I am Spock.
spohkh: (Asking a question)

[personal profile] spohkh 2012-11-21 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
That is most unfortunate Mister Donatello. [Spock steps closer to the turtle on the couch.]

I must admit that I have never met one such as yourself before. It is well to see you in person.

[Spock turns to the Professor again...]

May I inquire as to what you are professor of?
semper_cogitans: (:/)

[personal profile] semper_cogitans 2012-11-21 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Safe topic. A good topic, really.]

Ah... I am, or, er, w-was, formally employed as... an a-astrobiologist.

[He's honestly not sure if he should define the term yet, mostly because he doesn't want to be presumptuous, but it's hard to make out Spock's expressions. In fact, he doesn't seem to have much visible body language at all... not that Robert is particularly good at reading it in the first place, but Spock's expression is very noticeably... blank.]
spohkh: Say what? (huh?)

[personal profile] spohkh 2012-11-21 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Indeed? This is most fortuitous. I am quite familiar with that area of study. [Spock won't get into all the degrees and doctorates he has...] I serve on board a space-faring vessel for an organization called Starfleet.
[Spock glances at Donatello who seems to be grinning quite broadly....] You have not familiarized him with the show?

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