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Edwin Jarvis ([personal profile] edwinjarvis) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-12-30 03:42 pm

video.

Who: Mr. Jarvis and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action:
Marsiva
When:
Today!

[The video begins with a fellow in a well-pressed suit and a carefully adjusted tie, all befitting someone who puts the most care into looking a well-kept part in society. His poor hair could do with some pomade - it hangs a bit, droops like a wilted leaf on his forehead, but otherwise he's made sure to keep his dignity in the wake of this... horrible event. He's been clearly kidnapped. Kidnapped! He prays Miss Carter is safe somewhere; the last thing he remembers is being hit with a tranquilizer, but he can't seem to remember if it had been a terribly dangerous affair. Didn't they have the assailant in their trunk? Oh, what a beast the man had been. He will attempt to keep his composure regardless. It's his job.]

While I appreciate that you've let me keep my reading glasses, I'm afraid I won't be broken in by such... backwards methods. Whoever you are and wherever you have... taken me, I can assure you that you've chosen a terrible person to kidnap and that kindness will earn you nothing of use. I'm just the butler; a chauffeur, and I'll have little to offer you, unless you would like to learn how to properly fold any and all manner of clothing.

... Or how to properly prepare a dining table.

[I imagine nothing of that sort will interest you, you're probably all thuggish barbarians.]

If you think you'll get anything at all from me otherwise — well!

[He folds his arms, and though he's concerned for his health in the future (god please don't murder me whoever you people are), he is doing his best impression of an impassive, dry-witted butler. As always. He doesn't sell it perfectly, but at least he's selling it, and that's what matters. Look how tough and unbreakable I am. Can't hurt a butler when he's down.]

You're sorely mistaken.





[........ brb fumbling now]


How do I turn this thing off?
hollystrike: (has no right to bitch)

[personal profile] hollystrike 2016-12-30 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, drat. You've certainly convinced me. And here I had all sorts of nefarious questions.
mucked: (☂ etherized upon a table)

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[personal profile] mucked 2016-12-30 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Tough words.

[ the device displays a familiar face. familiarish. peggy's been here long enough that she's changed: her hair is a little longer, and her makeup more subdued. but her brassy tone is the same as ever, and she levels edwin jarvis with a very stern expression that only but barely veils a wellspring of affection. ]

From a very tough man, I imagine. [ ... ] Hello, Mister Jarvis.

[ it's hard not to feel delighted; for now, she tries remain even-tempered. ]
mucked: (☂ together we can get somewhere)

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[personal profile] mucked 2016-12-31 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ so it begins. the shaky confrontation between her proper life, back home, and the life she's learned to lead here in the fleet. at least it comes with a welcome face attached to it -- she finds her best long-suffering smile and fixes it in place. ]

Perfectly safe. [ she stretches the truth. just a little. ] I can assure you, there's no immediate cause for concern.
hollystrike: (come away oh human child)

[personal profile] hollystrike 2016-12-31 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[It's sensible not to be dissuaded! All the most evil villains are British, you know. Also my normalcy is a cunning mask.]

More's the pity. It's become harder and harder to find work as a nefarious questioner as a result, but luckily I'm very good at it. [Delivered with a mournful air which is a little at odds, but what can you do. She certainly doesn't look like she's about to break out the torture implements.]
mucked: (☂ 'cause the hypnotist entranced him)

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[personal profile] mucked 2016-12-31 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh bloody hell jarvis you'll have to be more specific than that. she can count on one hand how many times she's personally witnessed a scene like that.

and yet -- as softly as she can manage while still maintaining her air of control: ]
Not by our enemies, per se. I'm afraid it's all a bit complicated.
mucked: (☂ oh what a noble)

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[personal profile] mucked 2016-12-31 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
Exceptionally so. [ OKAY HERE WE GO. let her know when you want off this ride, jarvis, because things are gonna start out pretty wildly unbelievable. ] For example, I've been here for the last year. Little over a year, actually. A year and three months.
mucked: (☂ by ten o'clock i'm back in bed)

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[personal profile] mucked 2016-12-31 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Mister Jarvis. [ as stern voices went, peggy just pulled out the big guns. sharp and direct. ] As much as you don't want to accept so, I'm afraid I'm telling you the truth. We've got problems a great deal bigger than zero matter on our hands.

[ a beat. ]

I suppose I ought to check and make certain you know what I mean when I say zero matter.
uprightness: (pic#10445775)

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[personal profile] uprightness 2016-12-31 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ every Stark needs a Jarvis, it would seem. How odd, to see one in human form. Captain America smiles, mostly kind and only a bit amused. ]

The little button on top of your screen. Whenever you want to turn it off.

[ stars and stripes and a brooklyn accent, they're all there. ]
mucked: (☂ just get inside -- it's almost over)

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[personal profile] mucked 2016-12-31 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
Quite.

[ jason. something falters in her expression. but it's quickly mastered. ] Sounds about near enough. [ muttered more to herself than to him. ] We can sort out the specifics later -- more importantly, are you alright?

[ she suspects he'll be fit as fiddle physically, apart from the initial disorientation. but she needs to know more than that. ]
uprightness: (pic#10222759)

[personal profile] uprightness 2016-12-31 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
How do you do, Mr. Jarvis

[ his door his open, he can hear Peggy scolding you from two rooms over. ]

I'm sorry about the welcome. I know not a lot of things make sense right about now.
mucked: (☂ measured in coffee spoons)

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[personal profile] mucked 2016-12-31 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ the tranquilizer! of course! a little tardy, then, but not by too much. there are things she'll keep from him (for now). things he needn't worry about. ]

If only that were all that was happening. Mister Jarvis, you're aboard a vessel that's currently sailing through the stars. Far, far from home. [ ... ] I'd come to you if I could, but I'm afraid that won't be immediately possible.

But once it is -- [ she exhales ] -- I'll make you the cuppa for once.
english_dignity: (annoyed - What is it now?)

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[personal profile] english_dignity 2016-12-31 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately, our kidnappers don't appear to be very forthcoming with responses. I've been told this is for entertainment.

[He scowl makes it very clear exactly what he thinks of that.]

But for what it's worth, we're not being directly harmed or interrogated either.

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