5 ♛ telling

[her_waterloo]

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[ About thirty seconds of video plays briefly before Joan's face fills the screen. She seems rather agitated. ]

How did someone get access to Sherlock's tapes? I didn't give my permission for that recording. I want it taken down now, it's private.

[ She fiddles with the device for a moment, biting her lip in irritation. She manages to end the post, but not to remove the film. ]

[ ooc: Please watch from 1:30 to about the two-minute mark. ]

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[thenormalsquint]

It won't come down.

[Angela's been here enough times to see this curse and it's fallout. She's not going to touch on Sherlock being... well, a dick.]

[her_waterloo]

The Internet is forever, huh? [ She sighs, frustrated. ] Of course.

[thenormalsquint]

Even here, yep. At least no one is screencapping it and making gifs out of them.

[Look on the bright side, Joan?]

[termagant]

[ leonard mccoy is cursed and pissed off about it, it wasn't like he was planning to find out who else got cursed. but the recording had been playing and bones was forced to watch something that he probably shouldn't have.

well, damn. ]

Got a feeling it ain't gonna disappear that easily.

[her_waterloo]

That would be too easy. I don't even know how that tape got here.

[ She's not surprised it exists... just that it made it into the City. ]

[termagant]

Just the thing with the curses in his godforsaken hellhole. You never know what to expect. [ bones is now not so sure that being cursed into a woman is worse than having a secret like that outed for you. ] Need a drink? My treat.

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[anatural]

[Korra's slouched in her seat in the Welcome Center, browsing the network for newbie posts. She doesn't mean to watch this video, but true to form, it's kind of hard to miss.

She glances around to see if Joan's working today. Best thing I can do is just pretend I never saw it. It's not like she knows the older woman that well.]

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[her_waterloo]

[ Joan wasn't going to work today, but actually, that sounds like a great idea. The newbies aren't going to have seen the video, and she'd much rather talk to strangers about their problems than to friends about her own right now. ]

[ So she comes in, maybe a little more tense than she usually is, nodding to Korra. ]

Quiet day?

[ Just. Not even mentioning it. ]

[anatural]

Yeah. Nothing interesting on the network. [Trying to sound completely casual, and probably failing. Curiosity is a hard feeling to ignore, and more importantly, she feels a sympathy for the older woman. In some ways, their stories are the same.]

[missrosetyler]

I think that's gonna be difficult to manage.

[her_waterloo]

Nothing I can do will take it down. And I'm not really a hacker. [ She sighs, frustrated. ]

[missrosetyler]

Maybe it'll disappear at midnight? It could always be worse you know.

[mortemscintilla]

[ Exploiting weaknesses, collecting secrets, targeting sore points -- it's all part of Hei's modus operandi. He files away Joan's distress, and the interesting details revealed in the video. ]

[ But his expression makes him seem like the very soul of sympathy. ]

I'm afraid it won't go down until midnight, Miss.

[her_waterloo]

That's what I've been told. [ She sighs, frustrated. ] It's all right, thanks for your concern.

[mortemscintilla]

It's no problem. [ A long pause, before he ventures, ] Is that noisy gentleman a friend of yours?

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[logistical]

[He's a decent hacker, but even so, this is frustratingly uncooperative, and the first time it's happened to someone he's spoken to.]

It cannot be removed.

I apologise.

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[her_waterloo]

You don't have to apologize! Thanks for trying. I didn't expect that.

[ Spock, you are oddly nice. ]

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[paraveterinary]

[ He wants to be encouraging. ]

Nine times out of ten, malpractice isn't malpractice. People get the shit end of the stick because doctors aren't god. They blame doctors. Kid dies on your operating table - even a dog - doctors are blamed.

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[her_waterloo]

[ Oh, she knows that, but she's heard all this before, Scott. It just makes her hurt worse. It's nice that he's trying, really, but she can't appreciate it. ]

I was to blame. [ Her head is high, her tone is flat. She's not denying it. ] There was a thorough investigation. I made a mistake, and I will never deny that. [ Ah, but there goes her even tone... she's getting a bit wavery there, her throat catching. There's a pause, as if she wants to say something more, but she just shakes her head. She really should have replied in text. ]

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[paraveterinary]

[ He had to. He's been there. Friends have been there. ]

People make mistakes. [ It sucks when people pay the price. ] I'm not gonna tell you to stop beating yourself up or chin up or anything like that. I'm just here for you. If you just want to sit here, in silence. Know someone's here.

[ He watches her. ]

Hey, want a drink?

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[ladycroft]

I realize you already know it won't come down until the City takes it down, but...

I just wanted to say that he seems... quite a challenge.

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[her_waterloo]

[ She smiles a little bit. ] It took some time before we learned to communicate effectively. This was early on, right after we met.

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[ladycroft]

Ah. Of course. Might I inquire how you met?

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[fe_male]

who's he

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[her_waterloo]

[ Well, that's economical texting. ]

His name is Sherlock Holmes and he's a consultant with the NYPD.