07 - video

[winn]

Who: Winn Schott + you = awesome
Broadcast: yup!
Action: Tourist!
When: now!

[ the feed opens with a profile view of a sleeping winn. on his face, you can see an elaborate sharpie painted mustache (courtesy of opal) and from the ceiling right above him hangs a plastic flamingo in a coat and plastic sunglasses (courtesy of cisco).

to anyone who's been by to see him lately, it's a very familiar scene. but seconds into it something that hasn't happened in about two weeks begins to take place - movement. with a soft groan, winn reaches a sluggish hand to his face, shielding his eyes from the light. the hand then seems to decide that scratching above his upper lip is better use of its time and skills. slowly, his eyes blink open, struggling to adjust, to focus.

and then they do. on that flamingo.

he yelps, jumping up in bed, tearing the flamingo off its strings and throws it across the room, where he proceeds to stare at an off frame army of (four) flamingos. rubbing at his temples he mutters just loudly enough to be captured on film ] So Cisco's still here...

[ that seems to remind him of something, and with a sharp move his still sleepy mind can't seem to properly cope with, grabs at the communicator and misses. next attempt brings it into his hand and you finally get a close up of that glorious mustache.

he frowns into the camera ]

Of course it's rolling... [ his voice is raw, lips chapped, and he clears his throat in an attempt to bring back his usual volume ] Hi - Fleeters - if we're still calling ourselves that - Winn Schott here, back to the world of the conscious - if you recognize me check in and tell me how long I've been out - Kitty - you better still be here. [ because unless you call him within the next 10 seconds he's calling you as soon as he cuts this feed and if you're not there he will freak. he rubs at his painted mustache again, not quite realizing what's bothering him, and with a small tired smile fumbles to shut the broadcast off. ]

Comments

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[robitussin]

nice facial hair

also: welcome back

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[winn]

tnx, I'm thinking of keeping it

thank you, what did I miss?

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[robitussin]

good it suits you

nothing big

if i tell you something you missed you aren't allowed to make a big deal out of it because it's not a huge thing

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[winn]

tell me

[ he reserves the right to make a big deal out of it. ]

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[robitussin]

my birthday was like a week ago

anyways more importantly how are you feeling

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[winn]

did you have a party yet? how old are you? [ he's consolidating fleet memories with home memories, forgive him ] what's the exact date, I need to make a huge deal out of it next year :)

I'm fine, just loaded up on some new crazy stories.

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[robitussin]

i'm allergic to parties, 19, and the 12th but please control yourself

oooooh story time, go for it

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[winn]

I make no such promises. if you want any measure of control, tell me what you want cuz you are getting a gift.

so I went to space. back home. through a stargate.

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[robitussin]

i want you to tell me your space story, looks like that's already happening so we're good

okay first question: why

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[winn]

0 control it is.

believe it or not, work. they needed someone going thru who could figure out how to open it from the other side and get back.

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[robitussin]

what no come on

whoa look at you!! why did it need to be opened

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[winn]

u had ur chance.

because ppl suck and don't use awesome things for awesome purposes. it was a happy ending tho [ for that group, at least. he tries not to think of the people who were taken before kara got wind of the story. they have no way of finding them out there in the universe. ] and I was a total badass.

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[robitussin]

there aren't even any good gift buying places on this planet that's not my fault

what less than awesome purpose were they using it for

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[winn]

I take a nap for 2 weeks and u forget who ur talking to?

[ he's a genius engineer, he doesn't need stores. ]

kidnapping.

[ and he will specify no more ]

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[robitussin]

look i'm a musician not an engineer, i don't even know what you could make if you wanted to

oh yikes. well at least it had a happy ending i guess

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[winn]

I'll figure something out

[ cuz the piano he helped belthazar build is totally not enough, okay. ]

hero stories are like that - cooler without the why

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[robitussin]

please don't go totally overboard

[although she suspects that asking might be futile.]

idk sometimes the why is pretty important. anyways did anything else cool happen

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[winn]

just trust me :)

yeah, a bunch, it's been a year

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[robitussin]

fiiiiine

dude that must be super disorienting. well i for one am ready for story time round two then

also you remember when i fell asleep for a few weeks in the fall and you hounded me about getting checked out by a doctor?? i'm absolutely doing to same thing to you now

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[winn]

wow let me hypocrite in peace!

[ what if he plays doctor with kitty, would that count? ]

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[robitussin]

absolutely not

i will drag you to beverly if i have to

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[winn]

try grabbing me by my stache.

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[robitussin]

yes your incredibly real and tangible one, how could i forget

ps that should wash off in a few days i used semi permanent

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[winn]

gasp! so it was YOU!

[ he thought it was cisco ]

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[robitussin]

i cannot take credit for the flamingos however

whoever did that gets a round of applause