10 // video/action // now the party don't start till I walk in

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[The wall comm' is on, and so are the lights. Except that that's not electrical light. Alex's room now sports a broad bay window.

The cameras are all off, and most of them are gone, including the one in front of the door and the camcorder that usually sits on the desk. Only three remain, and one of them is in Alex's hands, tripod and all, as he carries it across the room and slings it into the closet.

A CD player provides poppy background music. Alex whistles along while he works.

Off-camera, there's a towel pinned over the mirror.]

((OOC: for convenience's sake, let's say all threads which aren't J's or the Operator's happen before those two.))

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[J just nods.]

Sounds about right. Are you bruised? He probably hurt you. You probably could find some tape of it if the communicator was on, unless he erased it. There's... not really much you can do about it. I'm sure he ...

[He looks away, shifts slightly, watches people coming in and out of the room and the like. It's like admitting the Operator is now after m!Alex because he's fucked with the way things are is asking him to come kill them both.]

...I'm sure he's mad you're here.

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Why is he mad at me?

[ It's plaintive. Even though the presence of other people is soothing, Alex needs something extra to distract him from what's happened. He won't be here forever. Hopefully this will never happen again. ]

Let's... let's make something. Hey, name a cake, or a - a pastry or something. Just off the top of your head. I know a lot of them.

[ Because cooking will give him something better to think about, it'll reaffirm his faith in his memory. ]

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Probably because you aren't Alex. You've replaced Alex. He ... kind of doesn't like it when Alex disappears. [He grimaces, then looks up, frowning.] ...A cake...? ....Carrot cake. With cream cheese frosting. [His favourite. The narration would like to point out that this isn't the same as his mirror's - but curiously, his mirror likes carrot cheesecake. Some things are consistent.]

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[ Just a moment - yes! ]

I've made those!

[ A pleased smile, then he claims the nearest oven and turns it on, letting it start warming to temperature. Alex jerks his head, inviting J to join him. ]

C'mon over. D'you like walnuts?

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[Oh. Oh, he said something that someone didn't look at him like he was crazy for. He's startled at first, but then he flashes a nervous little smile and wanders over to the oven.]

...Yeah, actually. I think they're better than raisins in carrot cake.