⚝ video 001;

[rednecking]

Who: Sawyer and YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The Heron, if you want
When: now

So do ya'll do that every month, or did I get lucky missin' out on all the fun? [you can practically hear the air quotes around "fun"]

Anyway, call it curiosity or boredom if you want, but has anyone else done this song and dance before? I'm talkin' about the gettin' dragged to other worlds nonsense, but if any of ya'll come from a world with space travel, humor and me and tell me about that, too. I'll even give points out for someone who manages to surprise me with somethin' new.

[he pauses before he ends the video]

Hell, why not - if Oceanic Flight 815 means anything to you, come on down and let's chat.

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voice, sure

[redatheart]

Because I'm unlucky, I imagine.

[Which, okay, no he'd rather be here since Tempest is, but still. Sarcasm!

...That being said, Sawyer's reactions have been strange so the sarcasm is less heavy than it could be.]

voice

[rednecking]

That ain't what I mean and you know it.

[someone ELSE seems incredibly strange here] But good point, your luck is shit.

[redatheart]

[That second part probably isn't untrue.]

I'm not sure what you mean, actually.

[rednecking]

[the second part is the most truthful thing he's ever said Sayid c'mon.

. . . there is a distinct pause, a confused one]

You don't know what I'm talkin' about?

[redatheart]

I don't have a clue.

[He doesn't sound like he's lying. And the way Sawyer sounds confused...the tone of his voice becomes even more genuine.]

[rednecking]

[genuine or not, he still doesn't want to believe it. If only because it means he has to be the bearer of bad news and - he's the last person who should be doing that]

All right. When's the last time we talked?

[redatheart]

Leaving Kyriakos.

[What other time would they have been able to talk?]

[rednecking]

[oh.

Oh shit]

You're fuckin' kidding me.

[redatheart]

[His first thought is to respond with 'why would I do that?', but let's be real. They both know why he might do that. So, instead:]

I promise you I'm not.

[rednecking]

[he has such a headache. There's a groan of frustration and half of what he says is muffled when he rubs his hand down his face]

You've gotta be. That don't make any damn sense.

[redatheart]

How doesn't it make sense?

[The longer this goes on, the fishier it gets.]

[rednecking]

'Cuz it don't, Sayid.

[uh oh he's using real names you know it's serious] All right - last thing you remember from the island shithole, then. And I swear to god if you're messing with me—

[redatheart]

[...Okay well now he knows whatever he finds out is going to be bad. Still:]

In the jail cell, at the barracks. You told me to hit you.

[rednecking]

[there's a very harshly muttered son of a bitch]

That was weeks ago. How're you so damn far behind?

[redatheart]

[There's a long pause on his end, as Sayid digests the idea that he's "behind". Because...]

That moment must have been the one that [Wait no, don't say the name out loud..] I was taken from. I never went back. I've been living in Tempest's world.

[rednecking]

Who the fuck is - oh, wait, that girl you were seein'?

. . .

[it's his turn to take a long pause and let that sink in. Oh boy. That sure makes things . . . who even knows anymore]

I got a headache.

[redatheart]

That doesn't explain very much.

[SOMEthing is going on, and Saywer isn't telling him.]

[rednecking]

Yeah, and I ain't tellin' you shit over this thing or while I'm sober, chief.

[there's clue number one]

[redatheart]

Then perhaps I'll come visiting with a drink.

[It's only half sarcasm, he really does want to know what this big thing Sawyer isn't saying is.]

Which ship are you on?

[rednecking]

Whoa, you're buyin'? That's a first.

[not that they've ever been in a situation to buy either of them drinks]

I'm on the Heron.

[redatheart]

[No, but it's still a stretch that Sayid would offer. That's true.]

I'm considering it.

When did you arrive?

[rednecking]

Couple of days. People were still runnin' around on the big ship when I got here.

[redatheart]

What do you think so far?

[Sawyer's an asshole, but he's not dumb and getting his impression might be useful. Assuming he decides to be helpful at all.]

[rednecking]

I think I need to drink 'til I'm unconscious.

[a pause, like that's his real answer]

So far? I'm takin' everything with a grain of salt. Call it bein' paranoid, but after Kyriakos and shit back home, I'm a little edgy when it comes to nonsense like this.

Always wanted to be a Jedi, though. Think I can get a lightsaber?

[redatheart]

[See? Sawyer's not dumb.

Sayid just makes a vague affirmational noise at his assessment though.

As for the second part:]

Perhaps something like one.

I was under the impression that it takes a little more than a weapon to be a Jedi.

[He sounds very Serious about this. Of course. Why wouldn't he be?]