paradoxlol | .048 | SPAM FOR ALICE MORGAN // backdated to start of flood // Perry and others welcome, too!

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.048 | SPAM FOR ALICE MORGAN // backdated to start of flood // Perry and others welcome, too!

[Talk about shitty timing for a flood. With things as rocky as they were with Perry, now was so not the time for the Admiral to throw another inmate at him. Arthur looked at his item, checking it for the, what, hundredth time, as he followed his instinct (or flood-mandated yearning for closeness) all the way to Alice Morgan. He'd seen her around before, knew Capa spent some time with her, knew her alternate reality self erred on the side of complete passivity, but that was about it. There wasn't much on the network to go on, unfortunately. Arthur pocketed his item-- a smartphone-- once he found his... new and probably temporary inmate.]

Alice Morgan?

[OOC: NOOOTTTTT quite sure if he knows about her and Capa being pals, so that bit may be deleted once I find out.]

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[Alice had been repressing the sense of needing to be somewhere else - with someone else - to the detriment of, well, everything else she might have been getting on with. He found her on deck, reading a dense cosmology text without actually digesting anything. It was only when a shadow cast across the page that the sense of unease faded. She looked up and smiled beatifically.]

Arthur. To what do I owe the pleasure?

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[Arthur canted his head a little to take a look at the book. Cosmology. A subject he knew little about, personally-- very little. Definitely up Capa's alley, though. Then, he offered Alice a quick smile.]

The Admiral, actually. You've been showing up on my item, so I thought I'd check in on you. [Actually, he felt compelled to check in on her. It was strange.] But I can leave you to your... light reading if I've interrupted.

Edited 2011-08-29 20:00 (UTC)

Actually, until you arrived I was finding I couldn't concentrate in the slightest. And I am ordinarily - very focused. [She closed the book and put it to one side on the bench.] The flood, I should imagine. Pull up a pew, won't you?

Yeah, me too. That sounds like the most logical explanation. [Arthur took a seat beside her, looking a little amused, and said wryly:] Even if there wasn't a flood, I'm pretty sure standard procedure would be to curse the Admiral, anyway.

Nice to know that there's an equivalent here to shaking one's fist at the heavens, for those that need it. [She gave him a sidelong glance.] I hear you're a friend of Robert's.

[And possibly more than that, given Capa's publicly stated ability to differentiate between Arthur and his counterpart's naked bodies.]

[He chuckled.] Exactly. [Arthur looked ahead at the deck and nodded.] I hear the same about you. [Minus the "more than that." Although if Capa were interested in women, Arthur figured she'd be a shoe-in for Capa's dream girl, from the little bit he heard.] He needs a friend he can talk shop with.

He's a very intelligent man. I admire him. [She leaned back a little, lacing her fingers together in her lap.] So. What did you do before you packed it in for something more thankless and metaphysical?

[Arthur nodded in agreement. Though he wasn't one to tell Capa most of the time, he admired the other man's intelligence and dedication, too. Sometimes, he honestly thought Capa was wasted as a warden.]

I was a research librarian. For the New York Public Library. I sort of helped people find what they were looking for with databases, that kind of thing. [He shrugged a little.] Not exactly glamorous, but it was interesting.

[He glanced at Alice.] And you were a... researcher, right? [Not that he didn't read the brief public exchange with Kay in her journal.]

Yes, at UCL. [She gave his outfit a sidelong glance.] I know it's in bad taste to ask, but how much do they pay research librarians, where you're from?

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[Perry hadn't been looking for Arthur--there was still too much shit swirling around in his head from the things he'd learned about the guy in the mirrorverse. But he saw his warden in the dining hall, second inmate in tow, and well, there were no empty tables and no one else he particularly wanted to sit with. Arthur was better than most of the other choices.]

Two inmates, huh? I'll bet you're real pleased about that.

[Arthur arched his brow a little and shrugged one shoulder.] I don't have any complaints. [Hey, he got to be attached to a beautiful, sophisticated woman for a while. Not so bad... well, okay, it was going to get awkward whenever one needed to take a shower. Or go to the bathroom. Or sleep. He motioned between the two of them.]

Alice, Perry. Perry, Alice.

[Alice waved, giving a cheery little waggle of her fingertips.]

Lovely to meet you, Perry. [She made a gesture to the free seats at the table.] Are you staying?

[Perry shrugged, twisting his neck to make the bones crack.]

Sure. Why not? [He sat across from her, looking her over.] I don't think I've seen you around. So who are you normally saddled with, princess?

Claire Bennet. She's a nice enough girl. [She glanced at Arthur.] And how long have the two of you...?

About six months. [Rough approximation. Arthur gave Perry a look, as if to preemptively warn him against making any snide or rude comments. JUST IN CASE.] Perry's my third inmate.

Too damn long. [Perry replies at the same time as Arthur's answer, eyes narrowing just a little at his warden. He's got a lot of feelings about Arthur right now.]

[It was late. Maybe even edging into 'early'. Alice was lying in the dark, eyes starting to discern shapes in the near-blackness. Not a heavy sleeper at the best of times, she hadn't really remembered falling asleep or waking up and could only assume she had from the fact she felt rather more well-rested.

Five feet was not a long way: she could hear Arthur's breathing. It didn't have the deep evenness of sleep to it.]

If it's any consolation, I doubt anyone is sleeping much tonight,

[OOC: III hope a second, later thread is okay. :C You weren't around to ask. I wept.]

[Arthur lifted his face from his pillow. He'd been drifting in and out, never really reaching the REM state, judging by the way he felt. Not that it was ever easy to tell-- he couldn't dream on his own. When he was younger, dreams were the way he could tell he'd actually been asleep.]

Yeah. [He chuckled softly, rubbing his eyes.] But at least we don't have to worry about the other pulling a knife or a gun or a... pillow, or something. [OR DID THEY?]

I was never any good at sleepovers. [Although, technically, his entire line of work was a giant slumber party.]

[Alice laughed softly, for just a moment longer than the comment warranted, then let the silence expand to fill the room again.]

Do you dream much, Arthur?

[He looked at her, brow raised slightly, then shrugged.] About as much as anyone else. I don't remember most of my dreams. You?

I think I must. I seem to get all my best ideas when I'm sleeping.

Some people are productive sleepers. I'm usually dead to the world. [Also, a liar.]

You do surprise me. I would have thought you'd find sleep very productive.

[There was a slight shift in his demeanor to something more guarded, although he kept up the friendly front.] Do I seem like the type? I'm not that much of a workaholic.

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[On the other hand Alice's tone was light and playful, almost gossipy.]

And that would certainly be the case if you worked while you slept, but I think it would be more accurate to say that you sleep when you work.

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