⚘ [ fringe event #11] || daddy dearest (accidental video)

[entangles]

[ There's a clatter as a communicator hits the floor, snapping on-

And we see Olivia Dunham, backed against the wall, her gun aimed and ready to fire. ]

You were never my father.

[ There's fire in her eyes and steel in her voice, and not two seconds pass, when she fires three bullets. ]

I won't let you get away this time.

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[Private]

[as_damaged]

It's only a curse. He's not there.

[Private]

[entangles]

[ After five minutes. ]

I get that now.

[Private]

[as_damaged]

Are you all right?

[Private]

[entangles]

[ In a steeled tone. ]

I'm fine.

[Private]

[as_damaged]

Then you're better off than most affected.

[It's all right to be unhappy, Olivia.]

[candothat]

Miss Dunham...?

[Private]

[entangles]

If it's not real, then-

[ There's a stilted breath because her stepfather is still there, on the ground, bleeding from his wounds. ]

Then I don't have to worry about it.

audio;

[entangles]

I'm fine now, Chekov.

[ No, she isn't. ]

audio;

[candothat]

[Cautiously, since this is a woman who, it seems, shot an apparition of her father.]

Respectfully, you do not sound fine.

[Private]

[as_damaged]

[Sometimes Cameron wonders how many apartments in the City have curse-induced bulletholes in the walls. It's only ever been the shattered window in hers.]

Would you like to come over? Have a cup of tea?

[Private]

[entangles]

[ Her bullets got lodged into the plush innards of her couch, thank goodness for the neighbors a wall over. ]

Thank you for the offer, Cameron, but now wouldn't be the best time.

audio;

[entangles]

Respectfully, that's not for you to judge.

[Private]

[as_damaged]

A distraction might be good for you.

audio;

[candothat]

Yes, sir.

[Private]

[entangles]

I assure you, I'll be fine.

It's only a curse.

[Private]

[as_damaged]

I don't doubt that.

I still wanted to make the offer.