[video]

[candothat]

[Most of Chekov's entries start with a nice shot of whatever project he's working on or a disjointed preamble. This one, however, simply starts.]

For those who knew them, Doctor Leonard McCoy and Theresa Gray have left the City.

[It was quite a shock to find them both gone once midnight had rolled around and the weekend's curse passed. Chekov is still a little too stunned to process the information himself, but it feels important to let the network know that they have left.

He pauses as if he would like to say something else. When no words come to mind, he goes with the sign-off that's standard when making ship-wide announcements at home.]

Thank you for your time.

Comments

text;

[prosopopoeia]

Running? 0700.

text;

[candothat]

You run?

text;

[prosopopoeia]

Every morning.

video/russian;

[majorcrotchgrab]

Friends of yours?

video/russian;

[candothat]

More than. Doctor McCoy is a friend and crew member from my homeworld, and Tessa--I'm certain I'm in love with her.

video/russian;

[majorcrotchgrab]

It's tough when a comrade leaves. ... It's even tougher when it's someone you love.

video;

[hatedbyfanboys]

I was wondering why I hadn't heard from him in a while...

video;

[candothat]

The doctor? You--

[Hey, wait.]

You look very familiar.

video;

[hatedbyfanboys]

Yeah.

... You've spoken to Ivan, I'm guessing?

action;

[conesoldstober]

[The first thing Howl does is check Tessa's room. He believes what Pavel said, of course. But somehow seeing it for himself feels important to him. Next he goes to Pavel's room, showing some tact for once in his life, and knocks.]

Pavel?

action;

[candothat]

[As unusual as it is, Chekov is actually in his room. Thinking.

...And since when does anyone in this house knock?]


Howl? You may come in.

text:

[charring]

You want to come see Necromancer?

text:

[candothat]

Maybe not today but thank you.

[thenormalsquint]

Damn it.

[Another one. That's it. She gives up.]

[candothat]

Damn what?

[Or vhat, as the case may be.]

voice;

[wouldnotkindly]

[Oh, no.]

Tessa's gone?

voice;

[candothat]

Indisputably. You are a friend?

[mightbeconcussed]

[Lucy hesitates before she responds.]

Hey. I could bring alcohol. Lots of it. I know what it's like to lose people.

[candothat]

Have you lost many?

[video]

[claimyourself]

[Poor guy. He definitely seems stunned.]

I've talked with both of them. They were really nice people.

[She pauses. Okay, that makes them sound like they're dead, Lena. Gosh!]

I mean, are really nice people, obviously. Just, they'll be nice back elsewhere now, right?

[video]

[candothat]

Very, yes, although the doctor shows it strangely.

[They're dead in a way. They won't have any memories of the City, so, in a sense, the people they were here died.]

Doctor McCoy will be, yes. Tessa did not want to go back home; there is someone waiting to kill her and someone else waiting to marry her.

[coyote_walking]

What?

Damn.

[candothat]

[What is with all of these people he doesn't know?]

That is the popular reaction.

[signatures]

Poor Miss Tessa.

[candothat]

You know her also?