mental link | day: 36

[wrackful]

[Exhaustion buzzes dimly, resignation a bitter aftertaste. It's a clear sensation that Murphy doesn't want to be doing this, but that somehow, he's ended up feeling it's his best option.]

( I need a ride to the station. Someone who can fly the shuttle. )

[The request is in his tone, even if he doesn't extend a please. And before his teammates can weigh in:]

( It'll be a round trip. Can't miss stage three of the alien crazy death show, can we. )

[The last is absolutely dry as a bone.]

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[inflori]

( You sound like you're having fun. )

[ hurrrrrrr ]

[wrackful]

( What, like you haven't been watching? )

[inflori]

( Sure I have!

So you are, right? )

[wrackful]

( Sure. So much fun my brain's going to explode. )

[inflori]

( Cool! You could make that part of the act. )

[sistershoggoth]

( The fuck, jackwagon!? )

[wrackful]

( Relax. I'll be back. )

[sistershoggoth]

( Famous last words. Why the fuck even bother? )

[wrackful]

( Coming back? I don't know, maybe so I can avoid you being a pain in the ass and never letting me forget that time I bailed on you.

And don't try and tell me you wouldn't do that. I won't believe you. )

[sistershoggoth]

( Uh! Excuse you, when have I ever been a pain in the ass. )

[ Besides, you know, always. Her amusement is large, loud, toothy, reverberating in the immense space of her Inside. ]

( And I mean why go in the first place, don't be a fuckin' obtuse ass chimp. )

[shiro2hero]

(I can fly it.)

(What's going on?)

[wrackful]

( I just need to head back for a while. ) [It's not even entirely a lie, phrased like that.] ( Their shuttles take hours, I'll probably be ripped to pieces for them to sell or something by the time I get to the end of the line. )

[The thrills of competitor celebrity.]

( Look, all I can give you for it is an IOU. But we're brainlinked, so it's not like I can ditch on it. )

[shiro2hero]

(All right. You know where to find it, right?)

[He's assuming so, anyway. But there's a brief mental image of the landing pad, regardless.]

(You don't need to owe me -- I could use an excuse to practice in the airspace around here.)

[wrackful]

( Yeah, well, I'll owe you anyway. )

[No one does anything for nothing is a cynical worldview, but also an easy one. It makes things simple.]

( I'll be there in fifteen.

Thanks. )

[shiro2hero]

(Suit yourself, but it's really not necessary.)

[He won't push beyond that, though. It's important to some people.]

(I'll be here.)

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[deployed]

( Can I ask a favor? )

[shiro2hero]

(Sure? What's up?)

[deployed]

( Keep an eye on him? Make sure he's alright. )

[ Verbalizing his concerns isn't easy. But it's easy to pick up on Bellamy's worry. It's bleeding outward into the connective tissue of the brood. ]

[shiro2hero]

(Did something happen?)

[Yeah, it's definitely easy to pick up on all of that. And that just serves to make him concerned, as well.]

[travailed]

( Are you okay? )

[Well, like.

She thinks somebody should ask.]

[wrackful]

[It's still kind of a surprise to have anyone asking him that. One, because he isn't used to people caring, and two, because okay hasn't really meant anything for a long time.]

( Sure. We're stuck playing in some weirdass alien game for some mystery special prize, but I'm still alive. Still got all my limbs. )

[It's a low bar, but the bitterness of pointing that out isn't really directed at her. It's just standard.]

[deployed]

( Now? )

[ Bellamy's worry is couched in impatient irritation. ]

[wrackful]

[Bellamy asking questions is exactly what Murphy had hoped to avoid in avoiding him, but here was another downside of being mindlinked to everyone: avoidance was near impossible.]

( Yeah, now. )

[ASAP, preferably.]

( Already said I'll be back. )

[deployed]

( I know. )

[ He's not worried that Murphy will miss out on the upcoming event. He's more worried that Murphy's going back up to the station at all, that the trip feels this necessary for him. ]

( I can come with you. )

[ lol as if that's gonna fly ]

[wrackful]

( I don't need a babysitter, Bellamy. )