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Dr. Spencer Reid (thisiscalm) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-06-20 23:08:00

Entry tags:

data, kitty pryde (aoa), lelouch vi britannia, penelope garcia, piter de vries, rebecca crane, rose tyler, spencer reid

224 // closed video // open action
[ VIDEO; LOCKED TO THE DEFENSE FORCE ]

Can I have your attention, please? I have a few announcements to make.

First of all, if you haven't already heard Derek Morgan is no longer with us. I'll be stepping in as temporary leader for the Investigative Team until a new leader can be elected — if you're interested in the position, come talk to me or Kitty.

Second, all of you who were assigned to the Investigative Team during our stay in Squall are highly encouraged to file out reports regarding our time there. Anything and everything you can think of, even the most insignificant of details can turn out to be of great use later on.

Data, it'd be great if you could come see me whenever it's convenient.

I'll be at the Defense Quarters HQ all afternoon if any of you need any help or have questions. That's all for now.

[ ACTION; OPEN TO ALL ]

[ True to his word, Reid will be at the Defense Force headquarters all afternoon, working away on his own Squall-related intel and pondering how to best report the rather startling discovery they might've stumbled upon.

Later in the evening he can be found in the education center music room, playing a rather familiar piece followed by the second movement of Beethoven No 8 sonata, Pathetique. A little slow and full of stumbles, but the boy tries. ]

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blue_eyed
2013-06-27 08:19 pm UTC (link)

[ piter has spent most of his day in the education center, looking over the room he's adopted. the place is quiet at this point in the evening, and he is content to sit undisturbed until the music builds and reaches him in a quiet, almost timid echo. it's unimpressive, the work of learning hands, and he doesn't care to hear it— but he wishes to know who is responsible. after a minute or so, he follows it out of the room and through the halls, through each stutter and stumble.

he doesn't expect it to be reid at the keys, but when he sees the boy, he pauses in the doorway and listens, silent as can be until he deliberately steps into the room during a rest between notes. ]

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	thisiscalm 2013-06-27 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	[ The creak of footsteps is just enough to alert him that he's not alone. He turns in the seat, casting a glance over his shoulder to see who it is and surprisingly enough he can't keep a small smile from forming once recognition sets in. ] Hey. I, uhm... I didn't hear you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_eyed
2013-07-11 07:02 pm UTC (link)

I can be quite silent when I wish it. [ as much as piter likes to talk, a skilled assassin must know how to remain unheard, and piter is by no means unskilled.

he looks down at reid with his whiteless eyes, studying him without malice. they spoke last in squall under more dire circumstances than piter would like to admit— he is furious at himself for having allowed himself to look so overtly haggard, for having allowed himself to fret so much, though in truth he could hardly have controlled those things in the state he was in. but marina and the lives they've been forced to accept here have been returned to them at last, and piter wishes to see what reid will have to say to him now. ]

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	thisiscalm 2013-07-12 09:45 pm UTC (link)
	[ There is a lot he could say. A lot he shouldn't say and although he knows very well what conversation Piter is expecting him to go back to, he chooses to only do so briefly. Give the man a way out, should he choose to take it. They don't need to talk about that. ] Are you, uhm... are you okay? I mean, with the transfer and all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_eyed
2013-07-12 10:26 pm UTC (link)

My death is no longer imminent. [ a shrug, dainty and airy. his voice lowers just a bit, instinctively avoiding speaking too loudly of this. ] All symptoms disappeared quite quickly, following the transfer. [ there's suspicion clearly present in his voice, not of reid but of this damnable place and the many others like it, and his anger is still simmering over his brief conversation with conscienti. ]

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	thisiscalm 2013-07-13 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	That's good... I'm glad you're doing better. [ Measured and careful, even borderline polite rather than personal. Piter isn't the only one uncertain of his position right now and although Reid doesn't regret saying what he did, he can't help but wonder if there'll be consequences. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_eyed
2013-07-14 07:22 pm UTC (link)

[ the fact that reid is telling the truth, that he is glad, is still strange and uncomfortable to piter, but he is no longer willing to show such vulnerability. in squall, his mind was weak and rattled as it hadn't been in years, but now he's regained control over himself and his emotions, his thought. it feels better— feels safe. ]

My well-being is not your concern. [ quietly, impersonally. he hasn't decided on consequences yet— the consequences will come if reid betrays him, insults him, takes advantages of what he knows. for now, he is content to observe— to press reid and see how much he truly cares. ]

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	thisiscalm 2013-07-15 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	[ Oh, so that's the way we're doing it? Alright. He can play that game. ] I'm only making polite conversation. [ Spoken with a neutral tone and only the slightest rasp to display the emotion underneath. He is trying, struggling to find a good middle ground. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_eyed 2013-07-15 09:04 pm UTC (link)
	Polite conversation is a mindless thing. [ niceties and false civility and politics. how loathsome. ] You are not mindless. [ a scowl twitches onto his lips. that sounded too much like a compliment. so much so that it may have even been one. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2013-07-15 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	No... no, I'm not. I just didn't want to insult you... again. [ Yep, we're touching on that. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_eyed
2013-07-15 11:46 pm UTC (link)

[ his gaze lowers slowly, almost tiredly. this isn't a thing he likes to touch on— this isn't a thing he likes, period, this strange intimacy. ] And why is that?

[ he's really starting to believe that reid respects him somehow, in some incredible way— and he doesn't like holding that belief. it feels like it's a ruse, weakening him every second that he buys into it. he should know better. he is a mentat, trained to see motive— but it could be that reid's motives have gone beyond merely keeping himself and marina safe. it could be, and piter is still coming to grips with that. ]

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thisiscalm
2013-07-17 08:30 pm UTC (link)

[ He's not wrong and in some ways, it's always been a little of that. A fraction of a percentage at first, but the longer they've known each other the more that balance has shifted and now even Reid doesn't really know the numbers anymore. ]

I'm under the impression that being on your bad side is not a good place to be. [ Quietly. Fearlessly, in a way. He knows what cards he's showing right now. ]

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blue_eyed
2013-08-24 03:08 pm UTC (link)

[ the corners of his eyes crinkle in a smile that seems almost fatherly, good-natured— but, as always, there is the hint of a threat behind it. ] Then you are wise.

[ a brief pause. idly, though still with his ever-present air of certainty and calculation, he lays his fingertips atop the surface of the piano. ] Do not toy with Piter. [ the smile is gone from his eyes, leaving them dark and severe. ] I will not be taken advantage of.

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	thisiscalm 2013-08-26 05:53 pm UTC (link)
	[ It's frightening how much that fatherly, good-natured threat of a smile makes him think of Gideon. So much so that he swears he felt a tug at his heart before quickly ignoring that it happened at all. That would be a terrifying connection to make. ] I know... I wouldn't dream of it. You know that. [ A small challenge. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_eyed 2013-08-30 05:44 pm UTC (link)
	Know, indeed, but with how much certainty? [ a challenge of his own as the smile begins to leave his lips. ] There are always possibilities to be accounted for, always exceptions— however improbable one may think them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2013-08-31 07:22 am UTC (link)
	Of course. Nothing is impossible, just unlikely... but that's where trust comes in. [ Yes, he's bringing that word in. ] Have I done anything to make you believe I'd break yours? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blue_eyed
2013-09-28 11:35 pm UTC (link)

I can spare no more trust than I've been forced to. [ his discomfort is clear in his curt tone of voice and the way his mouth twitches, caught between a grimace and a snarl as he forces calmness upon himself. he doesn't like the word "trust," especially when he has so little to spare. ] What you haven't done is what concerns me.

[ he can't speak the utter truth, can't say that it isn't a question of what reid does but what he is. there is little trust to be placed in a man that could, in another time and another place, condemn him utterly. ]

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	thisiscalm 2013-09-30 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	And what is it I haven't done? What kind of threat do you see me as? [ He knows, or at least suspects but he'd be a lousy profiler if he didn't push when opportunity presents itself. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_eyed 2014-01-08 07:46 pm UTC (link)
	Use your deductive powers. Can you not divine such a thing? [ there is a hint of offense in his eyes, and his tone switches abruptly from light and mocking to severe and caustic. ] Do not try to pry words from my mouth. I'll take it unkindly if you attempt to manipulate me again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2014-01-10 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	[ He backs off, tho perhaps not as much as he could. ] As far as I know, I have no reason to do anything. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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