[Permavoice - Screened from all known baddies/The Organization/Paixao natives]

[shout_geronimo]

[his voice is quiet, his tone still, but despite this, the anger is quite obvious by the way his words tremble slightly. He takes a deep, slightly shuddering breath before he speaks]

I assume that most of you have seen the new information that's come to light. I'm not sure when this started, or exactly why this started, but one thing is inescapably clear: this all needs to stop. All of this. The experiments, the disappearances, the arrests. All of it. And we need to stop it ourselves. I'm sure some of you already know what I'm going to suggest, and some of you might already be ready to suggest it yourselves. Maybe some of you did, before I got here.

We need to stand together. We need to be strong enough and brave enough to weather the storm that's ahead of us. The longer we stand idle, the longer this goes on, and the more people get hurt - and I, for one, am not willing to let this slide. We have to gather together, and I think you all know exactly what I'm talking about.

Oh, I'm angry. I've never done that before, not as this me. I honestly have no idea what I'm going to do now, or what's going to happen. [a shaky laugh emerges]

Anyway, who's with me? We can have meetings and get into group hugs and everything. [despite the lightness of his words, it's clear he's deadly serious about gathering an army, even though he - barely - refrains from saying it]

Comments

[shout_geronimo]

I barely even got out, as that version. I think I did just fine, though.

Good. Interesting's good. [cough]

[somethingblue]

You've done very well in all your varieties of self, Doctor.

Good? I should think so, otherwise interesting in and of itself would then, well, would cease to be interesting.

[shout_geronimo]

Really? I dunno about some of them.

Oh, right. Yes, we wouldn't want that. [once again with the awkward]

[somethingblue]

You've always come round.

Judging by your tone, I would say, that this line of conversation is bothersome to you, Thief.

[shout_geronimo]

Well, yeah. I suppose I have.

Bothersome! No, it's not bothersome. It's just... [flustered] unexpected.

[somethingblue]

I've never worried.

Well of course it's unexpected, you can't know everything I'm going to talk to you about. But just the same, should I stop discussing it with you? I can only imagine the blush upon your cheeks, though...

The trailing off is because he's thinking of the Valeyard, by the way.

[shout_geronimo]

Not even with... [trails off, afraid to say it]

Well, no, I don't actually mind, but maybe we ought to discuss this when we're both home?

[somethingblue]

Time lines are not set in stone, Thief, you know that as well as I. That was not necessarily your outcome. ( she just knows, because she's awesome like that )

Is that so I get to relish in the delight of looking at your blush whilst we discuss it?

[shout_geronimo]

[sounding slightly reassured] You're right. Of course you're right.

What? No! You won't see me blushing. [SO MANY LIES]

[somethingblue]

You're so much more than he was, anyway.

No? Pity, I would have liked that quite a bit.

[shout_geronimo]

[unsure] Am I?

[mumbles] Okay, fine. Maybe a little blushing.

[somethingblue]

You haven't reached the state of mind he was in.

Only a little? I suppose I can live with that, if I must.

[shout_geronimo]

No, I haven't. [not yet, anyway]

Dear, do you want me to permanently resemble a tomato?

[somethingblue]

And there is no guarantee that you will.

I might, we did establish that I do like red!

[shout_geronimo]

Right! You're right.

I thought you liked blue better.

[somethingblue]

Don't fret, sweet Thief.

If you were blue, though, it would mean you were choking, wouldn't it?

[shout_geronimo]

... I won't. Thanks, dear.

[defensively] I could be wearing face paint!

[somethingblue]

I will do my best to keep it from happening.

Oh, I suppose so. Do you often wear face paint?

[shout_geronimo]

[softly; fondly] I know you will.

No, but I could.

[somethingblue]

Do you even have face paint?

[shout_geronimo]

I could buy some!

[somethingblue]

Can I have some as well?

How did they get from marriage to this?

[shout_geronimo]

Alright, next time I go to the store, I'll pick some up.

I think the real question is how did they go from army, to marriage, to this?

[somethingblue]

Excellent, I've never had any face paint before.

Their brains were ping pong balls in a previous life?

[shout_geronimo]

I have, but not in awhile.