001 ✚ voice

[sufferably]

_{( A few hours after arriving, and after meeting up with Jim and figuring out some basics, because he's not about to make a public post that makes a fool of him in front of a bunch of people, Bones picks up the comm and says, rough southern accent and all-- )}

Alright. There's obviously no point asking about how to hail a ship that's in orbit two hundred years in the future.

_{( A great start, by Dr. Leonard McCoy. He sounds all business, and you can almost hear him rolling up his sleeves. )}

If this is a city of heroes, I'm willing to bet it's also a city of danger. _{( He says that derisively. )} If you were going to rate this place based on how easy it was to get sick, injured--how would it compare to your home ti--that is, world? Are buildings getting knocked down, people getting crazy interdimensional diseases?

I like to know what I'm working with.

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[sufferably]

Can't see why you'd want anyone else, really.

_{( And for a second he sounds like he's joking. Good job, Mitch, you broke through. )}

[viced]

[ All his dreams as a sixties child come true!! ]

Shit, who knows? If you ask me, that's really the only thing left that we need now. Then maybe we'll all be really drunk by the time they figure out a way to get us home.

[sufferably]

That's one way to test if dimension-hopping can result in motion sickness.

[viced]

I don't know, I'd think it'd either result in that, or maybe spliced bodies.

At least the way all the shitty sci-fi would make us think.

[sufferably]

Eh. Can't be that different from warping. And they tell me that's safe enough.

_{( He doesn't believe it, though. Sorry Scotty. )}

[viced]

Well, we're still alive, so there's that. I'd say that's a point in safety's court, but I'm not sure I really want to repeat it all that often.

[sufferably]

If you say it three times someone's probably going to spontaneously combust.

_{( Is joking? Is not joking? Hm. )}

[viced]

Hm.

Now that's fucking tempting.

[sufferably]

You got elected, making cracks like that?

[viced]

You bet I did.

I think they like my "everyman" quality, or some shit like that.

[sufferably]

So wanting people to explode is relatable, now. Good to know.

[viced]

You haven't met the entirety of the import population yet.

If you did, you'd probably understand.

[sufferably]

That they'll either want me to explode, or make me want them to explode?

No, I pretty much got that, already.

[viced]

Oh yeah. It gets worse with time, too.

[sufferably]

Of course it does.

[viced]

Would you expect anything less? I mean, it can be a long time in this place.

[sufferably]

Yeah? How long you been around?

_{( Weighing this against 5 years in space... )}

[viced]

Er. It'll be four years in September. You might be in for a long haul here, pal.

[sufferably]

Shit.

_{( Muttering: )} They're going to be unbearable off the ship.

[viced]

Yeah, double shit.

At least, if "they" are as bad as you make "them" sound.

[sufferably]

Probably worse.

[viced]

Eech--

That sounds bad.

[sufferably]

Be grateful they're the thorn in my side, not yours.

[viced]

Hey, I'm the Mayor, remember? I'm pretty sure they will be at some point.

[sufferably]

That'd mean I'd screwed up somewhere along the way.