xiii | voice; forward dated to saturday evening

[invoking]

[ PRIVATE to NICK FURY and BOBBI MORSE ]

Hector Peck might be a dead end. I don't think he's involved at all with Vulcanus or that New Vesuvius city. He's just an editor for a newspaper here and keeps himself busy with that. Nothing out of the ordinary with his schedule or work.

[ /end private ]


[ When Gil speaks up, he sounds as if he's slightly congested. ]

I believe Raven has been ported out. If she had any previous or future engagements to attend to I'm sorry, but I don't think she'll be showing up. I haven't heard from or seen her around the house since before some of us were ported to New Vesuvius.

I'm not sure what to do yet about her belongings. It seems too soon to pack them away somewhere so they aren't lying around the place, doesn't it? A bit rude, too... [ He sighs. It's hard to finish cleaning the place when he's caught in a tiny dilemma like this!! ]

It's always going to be impossible to predict how long before people return. [ A beat. ] If they do.

[ Followed by another pause, as if he may add something to that thought. ]

Ah, never mind.

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It wasn't as if I had a complete stranger in the house!

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But you didn't really get to know her?

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She isn't very good with conversation.

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I kinda noticed. Who'da thunk there was someone worse than you at that. [And now she's teasing him.]

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[ He walked right into that one. ]

It's not that bad!

[ His voice still sounds weird when he whines. It actually hurts when he twitches his nose even a bit. ]

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[That doesn't sound right.]

You okay? You sound funny.

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Huh? Oh, yeah. I'm alright. It's [ quick make something up ] just a cold.

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Ew. Stay away from me then. [She actually believes him...for once.]

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I wasn't planning on anything...

[wisecracked]

Good. I don't need no cold on top o-- Yeah, no colds.

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[ A pause. ]

On top of what? Are you sick?

[wisecracked]

[Long pause.] Yeah, sure. We'll go with that.

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Go with...

So you're not sick? What's wrong?

[wisecracked]

Hnnnng... It's freaky and weird.

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What is?

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The thing that's wrong.

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What is it? [ He's getting confused. ] What happened?

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I'm not showing or telling! Let's just say it's nightmare fuel.

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Wha -- Kenzi! What's going on? What do you mean by nightmare fuel?

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I mean just that! [She's yelling but she quickly gets a grip on herself and sucks in a breath.]

Just...look, it's freaky and I don't want to talk about it.

private

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Does it have something to do with New Vesuvius? Some of the people are coming back... different. Jessica's been turned into a troll.

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...Yes.

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Did the Porter change you, too?

private

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Well, if she didn't I don't know who did.

private

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What did it change?