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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[mucked]

I most certainly can. [ a huff. ] The question is rather one of whether I should.

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[winn]

Fine, shouldn't, whatever, the point is you should watch it.

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[mucked]

So insistent. [ ... ] I'll see if I can find the time.

[ #brushoff ]

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[winn]

I'm sure you can find a free 98 minutes if you look hard enough. Look at it as research into future culture - it's one of the most beloved movies to come out of the 80s.

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[mucked]

-- You know, in the eighties I'll be in my sixties. [ a huff of breath. ] Bit weird to think, that. Your film'll come out and I'll be...well, lord knows. Retired, one hopes.

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[winn]

...I dunno what's harder to picture, you in your sixties or you retired.

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[mucked]

Try this on for size, then -- Steve's assured me I live until I'm ninety-five. [ even she still sounds a little taken-aback by the prospect. ] Remarkable.

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[winn]

[ that is too weird a thought, old peggy, and he can't imagine how complicated that is for her and steve. so he looks for something more positive to say. ]

If we lived in the same dimension we could even meet.

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[mucked]

So we could. [ he needn't reach too far to be positive; by all accounts, peggy's rather tickled pink at the prospect of living so long. she certainly hadn't expected to outlive her career (or to come to anything but a violent end) -- and the prospect of seeing steve again, despite the addition of old age, is utterly charming. buoying, even. ] Who knows, Winn. Perhaps I'll have the chance to learn a thing or two about computing back home. As well.

[ because she certainly doesn't intend to be some old lady who refuses to check her email on a tablet. ]

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[winn]

Your world seems to be on schedule with smartphones, so probably. With clearance, you could even get a head start on it.

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[mucked]

With our luck, it'll be Howard who invents the damn thing. Or his son.

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[winn]

Hey there are definitely worse inventions out there, and worse people to get crazy rich off them.

[ the damn thing is his purpose in life, peggy, gosh. ]

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[mucked]

Trust me, neither of the two need any more riches than what they've already got.

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[winn]

I'm sure, but if I go back in time and "invent" it it'll be cheating.

[ look he could use some money putting himself through everything doesn't come cheap. ]

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[mucked]

Do it. I wouldn't put the same tactics past them, after all.

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[winn]

I don't plagiarize.

[ he does hack and steal -- but there are limits. ]

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[mucked]

Your professionalism is duly noted.

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[winn]

Appreciate it, that's not the kind of rumors you want floating around when you've got the coding job of dreams.

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[mucked]

And yet I can't imagine you being stuck some decades past and not attempting to replicate the technology. At least.

[ it's one thing to profit on it, but surely recreation is allowed. ]

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[winn]

You're probably right on that, I'd have a hard time being stuck without it when I know how to get it back.

[ he's weak. he knows messing with the timeline is dangerous, but he's so very weak. ]

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[mucked]

A sympathetic temptation, I think. [ ... ] Especially now that I understand what they're capable of.

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[winn]

Their potential's limited by their users. If you know what you're doing and you're imaginative - I don't think we've gotten anywhere near hitting the limit.

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[mucked]

Is anything kept in hard copy in the future, Winn? Or is it all stored on things like that?

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[winn]

I don't think it'll ever completely fall out of use, unless our consciousness becomes digitized too and then there wouldn't be anything left to hide...there's no such thing as perfect digital security, and there are always people who struggle to keep up with new technology.

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[mucked]

We keep minimal paper back-ups here on the Starstruck -- simple things like crew rosters and logs of when people come and go. As you say -- no such thing as perfect digital security.

[ and the atroma control theirs. ]