⚝ 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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[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?]

[rednecking]

Well hell, Ahab, I'm impressed you know what I'm talkin' about.

[it's as close to genuine as he'll get when it comes to Sayid, but it's a little less making fun of then it would have been, once]

What, you studyin' up to become on yourself? It's right down your alley.

[redatheart]

[Look, it's not like he's lived under a rock. Star Wars probably really isn't his thing, but he's probably seen it at least once.

Anyway. Baby steps.]

Why is that?

[rednecking]

Nice try, you ain't gettin' a compliment that easily.

[HE'S ONTO YOU JARRAH]

[redatheart]

I wasn't looking for a compliment.

[Though to be fair, it would be satisfying.]

[rednecking]

Uh-huh.

Let me know when you wanna actually talk. And you better not buy any cheap crap to drink while we chat, either.

[redatheart]

I'll keep that in mind.

[He nods at the screen, as he goes to cut the video feed.]

Until then.