005 ✎ suddenly, my world's gone and changed It's face but i still know where I'm going

[rehashing]

[ forward dated to later this morning - say, seven-thirty, when she turns on the feed, she's up early late, unable to sleep. she's camped out in her living room apartment. her pile of Shakespeare plays can be partially seen on the coffee table next to her ]

If anybody is wondering, I didn't spend all day wandering through the maze. I just - took [ a mental health day ] my work home with me.

Also, the post a few weeks back about me and -- men. Apparently, I did it. [ She still doesn't understand it. ] It came from my device so I guess I was... cursed. Guess I don't feel left out anymore. [ Like she considered the autocorrect curse a curse at all. Not that she bothered not feeling left out. She misses that feeling, she does. But, now she's a part of the pack. ]

Anybody else up?

Comments

[totallyinaband]

I don't think anyone took that particular curse too seriously.

[rehashing]

Most people don't take most curses seriously, do they?

[totallyinaband]

Depends on the curse, I guess. That one was one of the sillier ones.

[rehashing]

Were you in the maze?

† video

[ex_bloodcakedarmor707]

[Derek has just picked up some coffee and a bagel at the bakery and is just stepping out into the square on his way home.]

I'm up. Just finished my morning jog. What are you up to?

† video

[rehashing]

[ That looks good. But, she should shower and change before picking anything up. Or leaving at all. ]

Just brushing up on my Shakespeare. [ Get it? ]

† video

[ex_bloodcakedarmor707]

A little light reading in the wee small hours? [He's a little amused. It's morning, and he's just had a good jog. He's in a good mood.]

† video

[rehashing]

If you have any other suggestions...

[orangetoughguy]

It's way too early for conversation.

[rehashing]

I've never had trouble getting up early. [ Though, she's been up all night. ] You're not a morning person?

[orangetoughguy]

I am when I'm paid to be.

[rehashing]

Engineering, right?

voice

[dudeimbatman]

Yeah. I'm up. [He sounds exhausted though and he's been chugging coffee for a while now.] You okay?

voice

[rehashing]

I'm fine. [ Like clockwork, that word. ] Are you?

voice

[dudeimbatman]

[It's a great word.] I'm awesome. Considering putting up some of this paper work and going home to crash.

voice

[rehashing]

You should. The paper work will be there when you get back. [ And you have someone to file it! ]

[mightbeconcussed]

Up is such a relative term.

[rehashing]

This city doesn't have many morning people, does it?

[mightbeconcussed]

Being a morning person is hard, okay?

[rehashing]

I've always been a morning person. If you need pointers.

video;

[mrbackwards]

Did you sleep?

[ come running with him, gurl. ]

video;

[rehashing]

[ Does she look that bad? ]

I couldn't.

[ She wasn't tired and she has a job. Even though she's going above and beyond. She's a receptionist. She has to remind herself of that. ]

You're up early.

[othersdie]

Don't burn out. If you need to take a break, take a break.

private video forever ]

[rehashing]

[ Justin. She likes you, Justin.

If she takes a break, she'll think about her brother back home, her friends back home - Klaus, everything left behind. It hit hard in the shower the day before. 5 minutes to think and she feels guilty.

Everything is her fault. She's not there to be with them. There's no certain proof that time stops. And it's one of those mornings.

But, she doesn't show that when she answers Justin. Instead, she reassures the man. ]

I won't. [ But thanks for the concern. Really. She's touched. ] I keep thinking that if I stop reading, I'll miss something important. There has to be a clue in here.

private video forever ]

[othersdie]

Stepping away from the material might help.

[Justin likes Elena, too. Until she came aboard, he was essentially the only person in the police department who was capable of doing paperwork, of taking care of the details, of doing the research.

He also knows that being a glorified secretary in an understaffed office that barely functions leads to working long hours--longer hours than necessary because there's always something to look into, some public relations matter to take care of, and an endless pile of paperwork.]

I don't mind taking over.