Exsilium - IC Contact

[bodilesswarrior]

Line 1:

This is Barbara. Leave a message and I'll get back to you.

Line 2:

Oracle speaking.

Comments

THIS IS NOT WHAT THE ORACLE LINE IS FOR

[bodilesswarrior]

Steph? [YEAH SHE HAS NO IDEA WHY THIS WOULD BE AWKWARD.] What's wrong?

YES IT IS

[controlledvariable]

[HEAD IN HANDS]

Saul Goodman.

[That's it that's all she's saying.

Because actually explaining seems really difficult right now.]

IT'S FOR EMERGENCIES

[bodilesswarrior]

...Did something happen to him? [Because really, he may as well paint a target on his back.]

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY

[controlledvariable]

[Oh god that shouldn't be as funny as it is.]

Yeah, I did.

[Get it because she fucks up everything she touches.]

EMERGENCY OF THE HEART~ THOSE DON'T COUNT

[bodilesswarrior]

You... [Oh. Oh.]

Well, that's awkward.

NO EMERGENCY OF THE AWKWARDS

[controlledvariable]

Yup.

[Both an agreement to that unfinished sentence and that it's awkward.]

We've gotta stop doing this.

[It's happened twice, Steph, calm down.]

BECAUSE OF FEELINGS

[bodilesswarrior]

...We've done this?

AWKWARD FEELINGS

[controlledvariable]

Detective Nick Gage. [she sounds like she might be wincing] He picked you.

[Or... Steph told him to pick Babs, she doesn't know if anything came of it.]

[bodilesswarrior]

Oh. Um. Sorry? [She sounds very sheepish.

And then she sounds stern.] He was probably too old for you.

[controlledvariable]

S'okay. [literally the last thing she's ever been interested in is some rivalry with Babs over a dude.

But hey!] Maybe he was too young for you!

[he was like 30, Steph]

[bodilesswarrior]

That's - [entirely possible look at Dick.] okay, but Saul isn't.

Do I need to punch him? [Because she will, she doesn't care how well he pouts.]

[controlledvariable]

[Saul definitely isn't]

No! [Just a little too quickly, because it really is a big age gap and she doesn't want Babs to get overprotective.] It wasn't a huge deal, and it's over now. It's just weird when you flirt with him.

[Really weird.]

[bodilesswarrior]

[Barbara's silent, for a moment. Her hackles are definitely raised, but - she needs to trust Stephanie, she knows that. If she says it's fine...well, she'll definitely be watching the man, but she was going to do that anyway.]

Okay.

And no more flirting. [Stephanie is, easily, far more important.]

[controlledvariable]

Thanks. [She really does sound grateful; things are still so complicated.] And can you not mention it to anyone? I just-- I don't want people jumping to conclusions.

[Because he's twice her age.]

[bodilesswarrior]

And by "anyone" do you mean "Helena"?

[controlledvariable]

Should I?

[because... yeah, she'd been worried, but she doesn't know Helena well enough to really guess how she might react.]

[bodilesswarrior]

...I'm gonna go with "no".

[controlledvariable]

Is that the diplomatic approach?

[just asking]

not here

[crossbearing]

( DID YOU SAY SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE FED THEIR OWN ORGANS?

or just punched, fine )