09 // text // private to Sofia
[The message is pretty elementary to hack. There's nothing worth hiding in it; Alex just doesn't feel like spamming the entire network. Not that he really expects any of this to get through.]
is the comm working yet
is the comm working yet
is the comm working yet
Is the comm working yet
is the comm working yet
is the comm working yet
? is the comm working yet ?
i s t h e c o m m w o r k i n g y e t
is the comm working yettttttt
is the comm working yet
[ACTION]
After a short pause: ]
I'm... putting these in the closet now.
[ He crosses the room, edges past the main cluster of cameras to reach the closet door, deposits the jars on his bed while he opens it. What he wants most at that moment can't really be expressed physically, so it's empty; he dumps the bottles on a shelf and backs out with his hand on the door.
The glow of them, sapphire and ruby, picks out the details of the enclosed space. The way the light falls on the surface beneath them, it's possible to imagine that they're sitting in thin puddles of themselves. A stronger plasmid, a better use of EVE. What's he turning his back on?
But the decision is made. After a few moments, he pulls himself back and sternly closes the door. There's no puff of smoke or anything, but when he opens it again to make sure, they're irretrievably gone.
Well, good. Good. That's done, then. ]
[ACTION]
I will be taking my leave then.
[ She hasn't worded her goodbyes to Alex like that in a while. ]
Unless you have any other questions?
[ She sounds weary, not at all enthusiastic to answer, but giving off the feeling that she considers it her duty to do so. ]
[ACTION]
Despite the leaps his mind might make when he's angry, he doesn't genuinely think that she chose not to tell him. Why would she? But even as a mistake, it's pretty horrible. This is Alex's own body they're talking about. This is his own mind. ]
No, I don't.
[ ...But she is the person here he's closest to - hell, probably the only person here he's close to. He doesn't want to burn a bridge he can't rebuild. ]
Sof', I don't... think you forgot on purpose.
[ACTION]
That is not an excuse.
[ Pause~ ]
But... thank you.
[ And then without another dose of goodbye she turns around and leaves. ]