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[greatoldjohn]

[in a rather deep voice] "This is John Doe. Please leave your message. I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I may respond in text if I'm currently with Arthur. Apologies."

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[pitofguilt]

Cool. See you there

[greatoldjohn]

[ She won't, though. John isn't there when she gets there and he doesn't show up well past when they would have had to get started. ]

[pitofguilt]

[ She gives him half an hour after she gets there before contacting him. ]

Is everything okay? Where are you?

[greatoldjohn]

Sorry.

I'm with Arthur.

There has been a slight complication added to the day.

You should probably start dinner without me.

[pitofguilt]

What kind of complication? Is Arthur okay? Are you?

[greatoldjohn]

Arthur is upset. He wasn't hurt.

I'm fine. I just currently lack a form outside of Arthur.

[pitofguilt]

What happened???

[greatoldjohn]

It seems that when my mask is broken, I... lose my form and return to Arthur.

[pitofguilt]

Your mask broke? How? What the fuck?

[greatoldjohn]

There was an accident in the library.

It's currently in two pieces. I'm with Arthur. My communicator showed up in Arthur's pocket thankfully.

I'm fine.

[pitofguilt]

Okay

[ As in, "okay, got it" but not "oh okay that's fine" -- because it's not fine. She's not fine. He's not fine. Arthur most certainly isn't fine. What the fuck can she do? What's she supposed to do in a situation like this? ]

Is there anything I can do to help? I'll start dinner for me and Arthur, I just

I want to help if i can

[greatoldjohn]

[ This is... a quandary. But not one he struggled with too long. He knows what will help. ]

Let Arthur knows you're making dinner. Let's make the best of this. Try and continue our day.

He was very upset to see my broken mask.

[ Which makes him realize- ]

Are you okay? I'm sorry I worried you.

[pitofguilt]

I'm better now that i know you're okay. You didn't do anything to be sorry for

I'll let him know. Stew is a comfort food. Warm and hearty. That should help

Is the Admiral going to fix your mask?

[greatoldjohn]

It should be fixed in the usual timeframe, apparently. And I might not be all that inclined to inhabit that form for about a week.

[ Natalie can do the algebra here, but he's not going to say it in that way. He doesn't want her any more upset than she needs to be. ]

I might ask to ride with you a little more often during that time.

[pitofguilt]

[ Yeah. She gets that. ]

Yeah, of course. Whenever you need to

I'm going to get started on dinner. See you both soon

[greatoldjohn]

I appreciate that. I want to make sure Arthur doesn't feel trapped with me.

[ A pause. ]

As long as you don't feel trapped either.

See you soon.