8th Opportunity :: Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

[Those who knew Meyer well enough to visit the casino -- or to work there -- might have noticed that he hadn't been there for the last two days. That was unlike him; normally, he couldn't stand to be away from supervising any of his projects for long. When he turns the video on on Saturday morning, though, there's something different about him.]

I'll say one thing -- going home and coming back here sure changes your perception of the way time moves in general.

[Maybe that's it. He does look older, somehow, his features slightly sharper.]

As near as I can tell, it's been two days since I was last in the City.

[He'd gone back and viewed network posts, tried to figure out some kind of timeline, and ultimately guessed fairly correctly.]

So. Two questions. First of all, am I too optimistic in hoping nobody wrecked my casino? Second of all, does anybody have any cigarettes? I could've sworn I had some in my pocket, but...

[He pats his pocket and comes up empty-handed.]

And the ones that were in my drawer're gone, too.

[He sounds more perturbed about the lack of nicotine than about the fact that he had, apparently, gone home and come back.]

[[OOC: Yes, Meyer has been canon updated -- he's now from near the end of Season 3 -- and he's experiencing the Cold Turkey curse this weekend, which means that he's not going to be able to get any cigarettes all weekend. Tragic.]]

Comments

video

[spotlighted]

[Ruby sighs in relief when she sees Meyer.]

There you are - I was so worried!

Re: video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

I guess I should've figured that me disappearing from work for two days would raise some red flags.

video

[spotlighted]

It sure did. It didn't seem like you at all. But don't worry, we managed not to burn the place down.

Re: video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

Well, as long as it's still standing, and nobody's gotten severely injured, I'll count it as a victory.

[deadmanbusiness]

Casino's fine.

And that's where you went to? How long were you gone?

[recognize_an_opportunity]

Two days.

[A pause.]

Or two years. Apparently, they add up to the same thing.

[deadmanbusiness]

Apparently.

You don't look so good.

[recognize_an_opportunity]

That's flattering.

[horseish]

Only two days? That's not very long to be gone for.

[recognize_an_opportunity]

Well, it was two days here -- two years, at home.

[horseish]

Oh. They can do that?

[recognize_an_opportunity]

Yeah, apparently they can.

video;

[perjured]

...you went home and came back? [ Yay, more things to give Shay a headache. Awesome. ] Why? And more importantly, how?

Re: video;

[recognize_an_opportunity]

I can't speak to the why, exactly. As far as I know, it's pretty much random, or at least up to the Deities' discretion. The how is inexplicable so far, too. All I know is that two days ago, I left from here, spent two years at home, and came back here two days later in City time but two years older in my own time.

[Confused yet?]

video;

[perjured]

[ Yeah, actually, she is. ] Is this anything like how two people can come from the same place and one of them doesn't remember a chunk of time from home? [ Because it seems similar. Time-related fuckery and all that. ]

Re: video;

[recognize_an_opportunity]

Pretty much exactly like that, yeah. Let me guess -- that's happening to you?

[bedsidemanners]

You own a casino?

[recognize_an_opportunity]

Sure do. A little place called Lucky's. You gamble?

[bedsidemanners]

Only what I can afford to lose, I'm afraid. This place has been a financial adjustment.

text;

[wouldnotkindly]

[Okay, so maybe Jack was a little concerned with Meyer's absence. But not too much; wherever he'd disappeared to can't be any worse than what happened to himself, right?]

Glad to see you back Mr Lansky
Do you still need cigarettes ?

Re: text;

[recognize_an_opportunity]

[Where he'd disappeared to hadn't exactly been great, but it had been tolerable.]

I still need cigarettes, but I don't think I'll be able to smoke them.

[wouldnotkindly]

Why not ?
If you want i can bring you some anyway

video;

[candothat]

[There is a dog. Well... only the truly generous would call it a dog. It's a fluffy thing--a teacup poodle, palm-sized. It's also Chekov, but he is having difficulties communicating this.

He's quite glad that nothing terrible has happened to Meyer, however, and would like to tell him that, perhaps, the lack of cigarettes is a sign from the universe to stop smoking. All he gets out is a yip and some snuffling.

Yeah. Does anyone speak dog?]

Re: video;

[recognize_an_opportunity]

[Meyer certainly doesn't speak dog. On the other hand, he's never seen a dog quite so small before, and he looks into the camera curiously, wondering why the dog's owner isn't on camera, too. He has no inkling of the fact that it could be Chekov.]

Where's your owner?

[He feels just a little silly talking to a dog, but maybe whoever's looking after it will show up.]

video;

[candothat]

[The dog spins an an excited circle and paws at the communication device. He doesn't need an owner!]