18 December 2011 @ 12:54 pm
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[The feed opens quite abruptly on a young man looking into the device with a combination of consternation and confusion. A finger appears and taps on the screen, then the view promptly swings around to a pair of perfectly polished dress shoes. The view shakes for a moment before coming back to Percy's face, brow still furrowed.]

Oh, I think it's one of those communication devices - felly - no - telly - telephones? Is it on?

[He speaks loudly now.]

Hello?! Can anyone hear me?

[Beat. He looks worried, biting his lip, then squares his jaw, thinks for a moment, and continues. His tone is firm and authoritative, though those who know him well might be able to spot a very fine thread of fear running through it.]

If anyone can hear me, then I demand safe passage back to England immediately. I am employed by the British government and I guarantee that the Minister will not be pleased to find I have been taken.

I await your response.

Now how do I turn this off?
 
 
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[identity profile] aperfectthird.livejournal.com on December 19th, 2011 03:52 am (UTC)
[video.]
Not at all. As I said, I work in the British government. I'm a bureaucrat.

[identity profile] dontcrashnburn.livejournal.com on December 19th, 2011 04:03 am (UTC)
[video.]
A Bureaucrat who doesn't use phones. Do you prefer to send messages by Morse code or something? [It's a joke. But hey, as far as she's concerned, it's a good a guess as any at this point.]
[identity profile] aperfectthird.livejournal.com on December 20th, 2011 03:07 am (UTC)
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Morse ... code? I'm presuming no; we mostly communicate by memo or F -

[ - not Floo, of course not - ]

- face to face.
[identity profile] dontcrashnburn.livejournal.com on December 20th, 2011 03:21 am (UTC)
[video.]
Right...

[And now she thinks she might have an idea of what's going on here. If he's hiding something, maybe she can shock it out of him.]

I'm Jessica, by the way. My boyfriend hunts monsters and ghosts for a living.
[identity profile] aperfectthird.livejournal.com on December 20th, 2011 04:21 am (UTC)
[video.]
[There is a moment of shock, quickly controlled and pushed down, though his brows remain furrowed.]

Hello, Jessica. That sounds like a very - dangerous line of work.
[identity profile] dontcrashnburn.livejournal.com on December 20th, 2011 03:31 pm (UTC)
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It is, yeah. In a roundabout way, it's how I died.

Even he uses phones, though.
[identity profile] aperfectthird.livejournal.com on December 21st, 2011 03:28 am (UTC)
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How you -

[A sharp intake of breath.]

- how you died?
[identity profile] dontcrashnburn.livejournal.com on December 23rd, 2011 07:31 pm (UTC)
That's right. Not everyone here is alive and kicking, as it happens. I still have the kicking part going for me, at least.
[identity profile] aperfectthird.livejournal.com on December 23rd, 2011 08:27 pm (UTC)
But that's impossible.

[He's sounding less and less sure of this fact, though.]

The dead can't come back to life.
[identity profile] dontcrashnburn.livejournal.com on December 23rd, 2011 09:23 pm (UTC)
That's what I thought, too. Turns out it's not even the strangest thing that happens around here.

[She's going out on a limb, but she kind of figures she might have earned herself some honesty for that one.]

So, you were saying about your line of work...
[identity profile] aperfectthird.livejournal.com on December 24th, 2011 04:07 am (UTC)
I -

[Sorry, Jessica, but he's still pretty 'gfkdgkjcf' over here.]

- I told you, I'm a bureaucrat in the British government. That is true.
[identity profile] dontcrashnburn.livejournal.com on December 24th, 2011 04:14 am (UTC)
I'm sure it is. But I'm guessing that's the light version.
[identity profile] aperfectthird.livejournal.com on December 24th, 2011 04:40 am (UTC)
I work directly under the Minister, if that's what you're asking.
[identity profile] dontcrashnburn.livejournal.com on December 24th, 2011 06:06 am (UTC)
The prime minister? Of England?
[identity profile] aperfectthird.livejournal.com on December 24th, 2011 06:51 am (UTC)
In a manner of speaking.
[identity profile] dontcrashnburn.livejournal.com on December 24th, 2011 04:10 pm (UTC)
Uh huh.

[Resting her face in her hands now. Getting closer.]

And what exactly do you do for the PM?