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Tweak says, "What are you doing Dave?"

Felix Gaeta (didwhaticould) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-04-10 18:49:00

Entry tags:

aigis, damon salvatore, felix gaeta, spencer reid

Day 370 - Open Audio
[You know what's a terrible idea? Going outside when outside is a dark place full of raptors and wasps and inexplicable feelings of terror. Gaeta thought that he could be useful—he's used to keeping cool in a crisis, and sometimes a level head is just as much help as someone who can handle a weapon—but all he managed to do is get stung by a wasp.

Just his luck.]

Giant bees? Completely irrational fear? Those weren't in the brochure. Thank you, wardens. [This is the voice of a man who is trying not to sound terrified and failing miserably.] Don't go outside. I know it's tempting with the dark and the warnings from the Defense Force, but be smart. Don't try to be a frakking hero.

[This has been a PSA.]

...Someone's still alive out there, right? [He doesn't sound sure.] It's been a couple hours since I heard a broadcast.

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	didwhaticould 2016-04-17 08:14 am UTC (link)
	[As grateful as he is to have human company, Gaeta puts his hands up to make sure Reid knows he isn't armed with anything more than a flashlight. Just in case. Please don't hurt him.] You're here. And alive. [He's probably more surprised than he should be.] See any lizards lately? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-04-17 09:08 am UTC (link)
	[ Don't worry Gaeta, he wouldn't waste a precious bullet on you. It's all good. ] Not in a while... I heard them earlier. That's when I started staying as far away from the windows as possible. [ Heh. ] You okay? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

didwhaticould
2016-04-18 03:59 am UTC (link)

[Excuse you, but he's worth wasting plenty of precious bullets on. Just ask the firing squad tasked with executing him in his future.]

But there aren't any in here. [Which is obvious now, if worth confirming one more time. He makes his way over to Reid and gets his back against a bookshelf. As good as Gaeta usually is at maintaining a calm facade, it doesn't take a talented profiler to tell that he's barely keeping it together.] Not really, but who is? [Not Reid, either.]

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	thisiscalm 2016-04-18 08:27 am UTC (link)
	[ Not when you only have four left. Also why are you saying this, do you want to get shot. ] No, no there's not. [ Even this frazzled profiler can tell that things are Not Good but then again, so could a dead person. ] And good point... this isn't really a day for being okay. You seemed to have made it over here in one piece though. That's something. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-04-18 02:04 pm UTC (link)
	[Well, now that you mention it...] I have a talent for not being noticed. [He scratches at a welt forming on the back on a hand.] How're you holding up? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-04-20 06:31 pm UTC (link)
	Fine. [ Liar. ] ...I don't like the dark. It's... unsettling. [ So being an FBI agent was a great career choice. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-04-21 01:51 am UTC (link)
	What's unsettling about it? [Please, tell him about your fears and distract him from his own.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-04-21 07:01 am UTC (link)
	You mean aside from the inherent absence of light? [ Don't be like that, man. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-04-23 04:07 am UTC (link)
	Yes, other than that. [You're a funny guy, Reid.] It's safer in some ways. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-04-23 07:42 am UTC (link)
	[ Uh. ] How is it safer? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-04-24 04:59 am UTC (link)
	Makes it easier to hide. Not from giant lizards, necessarily, but from people. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-04-24 01:07 pm UTC (link)
	Exactly. Makes it easier for everyone to hide. [ Including the people trying to shoot you. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-04-25 04:11 am UTC (link)
	Have you ever tried to shoot someone in the dark? [...] I haven't, but it doesn't sound easy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-04-25 02:49 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, plenty of times. I've also had people try to shoot me in the dark. It's not exactly easy to evade when you don't know where they're firing from. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-04-26 03:26 am UTC (link)
	Huh. I'll defer to you. [Thanks, now he has to accept that the one comfort he had is a lie. They're going to die.] So what do you do that involves that much shooting? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-04-26 06:34 am UTC (link)
	Law enforcement. I'm, uh... I'm an FBI agent with the BAU - behavioural analysis unit. [ Not having a lot of hope that any of this will mean anything but you never know. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-04-26 04:39 pm UTC (link)
	You're a profiler. [See, most of that made sense.] Who gets shot at. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-04-27 10:06 am UTC (link)
	Pretty much. It's, uh... part of the job, sometimes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-04-28 05:25 am UTC (link)
	Then hiding in the dark and waiting for something to try to kill you must be old hat for you. [Dryly. That's not something that a person gets used to, even when it's a work hazard.] I hope you're paid well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-04-29 07:55 pm UTC (link)
	Not well enough. [ The getting shot at isn't really the tough part but let's not discuss that right now. ] What do you do? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-05-03 01:37 am UTC (link)
	[What, Reid doesn't want to get into his darkest fears with a relative stranger?] It depends on the day. I suppose I'm a tactical officer right now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-05-03 03:08 pm UTC (link)
	[ Not really ever and absolutely not now. Please don't kill him. ] Tactical officer in...? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-05-03 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	[There are many things that could feasibly kill Reid. Gaeta is not one of them.] In the CIC on a battlestar. The only battlestar, which makes me humanity's foremost tactician. [There's too much self-deprecation for that to be bragging.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2016-05-04 07:00 am UTC (link)
	[ Don't be so sure about that. He's good at taking off his flak vest and getting blown up. ] So... in space? [ Did he find another sci fi person how cool is this. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-05-04 03:27 pm UTC (link)
	[That was not an invitation to try!] Yes, in space. [Where else would you keep your battlestar?] Your people are planet-bound? I've been told that interstellar travel isn't that common around here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)