35 - Audio, Text - I'm too tired to use filters.

[ichoosefight]

[ Audio ]

I'm back. That means crisis averted, right? Or at least ended. Whatever. [ A groan. She sounds beat all to hell and exhausted. ]

Feel like I was hit by a bus... that tried to dissect me.

[ Steph fumbles tiredly with the communicator a little, finally getting it set on Video so you can see the infirmary and confirm that yes, she looks tired, but relatively healthy. She doesn't have that "I haven't slept in days" look that death-tollers have. She gives the camera a sleepy little smile before turning serious. ]

Hey, uh, has anybody seen my backpack? It's... sort of dark green, pretty average looking? I had it when I... whatever I did. Got hit by a metaphysical bus. Anyway, it didn't make it to the infirmary with me. Do we have a lost and found here? We should start a lost and found.

[ Private to Tim and Dick, added a little later ]

[ She dun goofed. But Tim asked her to let him know, and Dick should probably know too. So. Somebody looks tired and upset with herself! ]

In the future, if you can at all help it, don't let me use this thing until I've had coffee.


[ooc | Forward-dated to tomorrow because my memo-machine is broken ]

Comments

private;

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

Hurt me like that. You had to know that it would.

private;

[grayatonement]

I hurt you by sleeping with you?

[His voice is sincere (if this is voice?). He doesn't understand.]

private; heehee oops yes voice;

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

It meant something to me that it didn't mean to you. You took advantage of that. That hurts.

private; voice;

[grayatonement]

I told you I wanted you, that we had something. What more could it have meant to you?

private; voice;

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

It meant that I trusted you. That I wanted to be with you. I was only thinking about you. You were thinking about Cissie.

private; voice;

[grayatonement]

No, not then.

I trusted you. I wanted to--

[There's a beat and then he continues in a slightly different tone of voice.]

I felt that I was enough when I was with you, that I didn't have to be more. That being special was okay. I didn't feel that way with her. It was what I wanted, to feel.. good enough. To forget everything else. I only feel that way with you.

private; voice;

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

Do you really mean that?

private; voice;

[grayatonement]

Yes.

private; voice;

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

Can I ask you one more question?

private; voice;

[grayatonement]

...

I'm listening.

private; voice;

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

Are you trying to be friends with Roman?

private; voice;

[grayatonement]

[There's a pause before he finally answers in a tone which cannot be read as either truth or fiction.]

No.

private; voice;

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

Good. Because if you were, nothing could fix that.

private; voice;

[grayatonement]

What did he do?

private; voice;

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

He... he tortured me. Nearly killed me. Actually, he thinks he did kill me.

He's the reason I left Gotham.

private; voice;

[grayatonement]

[A short silence, then Sylar continues in the same tone of voice.]

Do you want me to kill him?

private; voice;

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

[ Yes. ]

It wouldn't do any good.

private; voice;

[grayatonement]

If you say so.

private; voice;

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

As satisfying as it would be, I can't encourage you killing anyone. Especially not for me.

private; voice;

[grayatonement]

You're not encouraging. I'm asking.

private; voice;

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

I'd be lying if I said the thought never crossed my mind.

private; voice;

[grayatonement]

..Let me make you waffles.

private; voice;

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

Would I ever say no?

private; voice;

[grayatonement]

If you were still angry with me.

private; voice;

[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

I figure if you poison them, I've got the whole infirmary to keep an eye out for me.