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RAVEN REYES

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[wolfchild]

[ a link pops up first. then arya's voice, thick and heavy. ]

Think this is something you can do?

[regulatingpressure]

[ by the time she can reach for her communicator, she's already gotten pings from both charles and arya. arya's is the one she answers first, though. ]

I'm on it. [ and thanks for keeping her in mind. not that she's going to say that, of course. ]

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[skjalf]

( her face might not be recognizable, as the last time they'd spoken, she'd been too sick to be seen. now that she has quite recovered, elizabeth sees no reason to avoid using her preferred method of contact other than speaking face to face. she effects a small smile, so that her general state of unhappiness cannot be read easily by another, and exhales quietly before speaking. )

Good day, my lady. I would thank you again for your part in curing us all of that terrible plague.

Are you faring well of late?

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[regulatingpressure]

[ raven's face, translucent though the lower part of it may have been, was everywhere these last few weeks - she shoved herself wherever she was most useful, and that happened to require a decent amount of network face-time with anyone in the know.

while she may not recognize the girl by face, the voice does the trick, and she smiles a little. ] I think it's safe to say we're all feeling a little better lately.

action. let's say it's shortly after her post on the network

[trynotodie]

[this is getting ridiculous, and raven's post on the network has only served to remind him of how irritating it is to not be able to speak. or, not being able to speak well anyway.

which was honestly more annoying that losing his voice altogether. and while his voice is slowly coming back, he doesn't want to risk finding themselves in this sort of situation again, should something similar happen. he can't put it past happening on this ship, really.

jasper looks down at his communicator as he contemplates sending raven a text to talk about it, but that is seriously idiotic when she's sitting in the same room, isn't it? so instead he stands and walks over to sit himself down next to raven, quite close to her, really, and forces his vocal chords to eke out a very weak:] Non verbal communication. We need to come up with one.

[even if neither of them lost the ability to speak again, it couldn't hurt to have a secret way to communicate, could it?]

action. yes let's.

[regulatingpressure]

[ she scoots to give him room - the beds are narrow, but they both can fit.

and she wasn't really expecting the suggestion he makes, but in retrospect she should've been. it's only a matter of time before someone like jasper (or like raven, really) gets sick of not having a contingency plan. so she lets her communicator drop blank-screened onto her lap. ] Yeah, okay, [ she says, already thoughtful. raven's scooting out from beside him now, but not by much - enough to swivel cross-legged to face him in the little space she's got, with her back to the wall and one knee resting on his lower thigh. ] Signs, then. What've you got? [ any kind of sign he can think of, and she'll help brainstorm what the heck it means. ]

audio; at some less ungodly hour on the 20th or something

[nutsaboutscans]

I have a favor to ask.

[He sounds tired, like he hurts.]

[regulatingpressure]

I'm all ears.

[ join the club. ]

[alsohawkeye]

Just double-checking: you're just trying to get some helpful details from the nice lady who's tracking us and not actually planning to definitely contact her, right?

[regulatingpressure]

I have no idea who she is or what angle she's playing. What I do know is that right now she's got the upper hand and is going to keep having it if we can only communicate on her terms.

I'm not saying we're going to. I'm saying I want the option. We're in the dark here - could turn out sometime down the line that getting in touch with this chick's in our favor after all.

text.

[forgodssake]

if you find yourself entered into conversation with our latest guest
know that the only thing I can be certain of is that it employs deceit

that said, I hope it answers your questions
and that you give nothing away without something in return

[ He sends an attachment: lina_c38.txt ]

text.

[regulatingpressure]

I don't plan on giving anything away. Just trying to regain a sense of control over our own lines of communication.

voice;

[hairlocked]

Hello, my name is Leoben. I'd like to speak to you about Engineering.

voice; oh my god this sent when i wasn't getting alerts so i totally missed it, i'm so sorry

[regulatingpressure]

I'm all ears.

text; one day after the jump

[trynotodie]

[something's been wrong with raven since last jump, something that jasper doesn't quite understand, and it's only gotten worse this jump. he's tried to wait for answers, tried to just be there, but while raven isn't outright avoiding him right now, she's not exactly making things easy for him either.

jasper almost misses when it was just him and raven up here. he's thrilled to see all of his friends, obviously, of course he is, but things seemed simpler back then. he misses that, at least.]

raven? are you in engineering right now?

[regulatingpressure]

yep

need something?

[ meant like an offer, not like he's dismissed. ]

text.

[forgodssake]

hello Reyes
I'm conducting some experiments

is your cube of living flesh still alive and accounted for
and would you mind surrendering it for a time?
if you are very invested in its well-being I won't bring it any permanent harm

text.

[regulatingpressure]

It's accounted for. New Engineering mascot, in fact.

But sure, you can borrow it.

[eripui]

Hello?

[regulatingpressure]

Hey - who am I speaking with?

[ because even if this is the same communication source she spoke with before, there were two different people speaking from that line. ]

text, post jump;

[tectus]

b's missing.

what are the chances that he's just gone wandering off like an idiot and isn't actually missing from the ship missing?

[regulatingpressure]

check the pods. sometimes people get stuck.

if that doesn't work, i'll try tracing his comm

voice.

[kutte]

Hey. You mind swinging by Gunnery when you aren't busy?

pretend this isn't a million years late i'm so sorry

[regulatingpressure]

Sure, just gimme an hour.

[ and unless there's more to it, she'll leave it there and just show up about an hour later.

a couple of steps in the door, she calls: ] Delivery for a 'Jax Teller'?

[sorrycharles]

are you available

[regulatingpressure]

Absolutely.

text

[hybridification]

Hey what's up?

Not much here, just doing an awesome job. You know, basically what you hired me for. I should probably actually get a raise because the job that I'm doing is so awesome.

Oh wait, you're not paying me.

Anyway, this guy needs a cryo atmosphere because he's a yeti or something. Is tweaking temperatures or making space coolers within our scope?

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[regulatingpressure]

Absolutely is. Find out where he's staying, then you can set up a protocol inside the system to keep that particular room as hot or cold as you want it.

Easier to do from the on-site ENG docks (right next to our lift) but that involves walking and something tells me you'd rather do it the hard way and not get off your ass.

[ she means that in the most positive possible way. ]