1st Message (again) - [video/action]

[justamessenger]

[The video feed flickers to life, giving a dazzling view of a late summer sunset over the fountain, reflecting serenely in the surface of the water.

Until something seems to fall from nowhere and land in the centre of the fountain with a large


SPLASH


Something very small, and pink, and feathery.

Oh yes, City. She's back.

After a few moments of scrambling in the water, Dulcie manages to pull herself to the edge, looking like a drowned rat.]


Ack! This is so totally unfair. I didn't land in the fountain the first time. Why not give a girl some warning?


[She stands up, unfolding two enormous white wings from behind her back, and shaking them out like a wet dog.]


I'm not, like, totally crazy about this right? I'm in The City? Because if I am...


[She leans down, face right up in the camera lens of the device on the ground.]


Hiya! Miss me?

Comments

[signatures]

You remembered?

[justamessenger]

Sort of? I kinda felt something had happened to me and I didn't know what. It was weird. And then I showed up here again and it was like WHOOSH! oh hey, I've been missing all these awesome people this whole time and I had no idea.

Kinda freaky, really.

[signatures]

Sounds more than freaky, to be honest.

How long were you home?

[justamessenger]

Not too long, just a few years.

[signatures]

Just a few.

[ Eames has to remind himself that considering Dulcie's lifespan, a few years may actually feel like nothing at all. ]

Anything interesting happen?

[justamessenger]

The London Olympics were pretty cool.

[signatures]

Was the Queen happy?

[justamessenger]

It's hard to tell. But she did jump out a helicopter with James Bond.

[signatures]

[ WHAT ]

I'm jealous.

[justamessenger]

Of the Queen or of James Bond?

[signatures]

I can't decide.

The Queen, I think. I do like Mister Bond, even the blond one.

[justamessenger]

He is rather dashing, yes.

[signatures]

All versions of him, really.