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[littletonoidea]

"This is the audio log of Communications Officer Doug Eiffel of the-- previously of the U.S.S Hephaestus, leave a message and I'll see if I can bear to drag myself away from whatever utterly engaging task I must be doing to not notice my comms--"

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[littletonoidea]

Zack, right?

[He doesn't sound surprised, or offended at the audacity. He just sounds resigned. And kind of congested.]

Like- right now, or in person? I was kinda in the middle of something...

[But his tone fully suggests he's expecting to need to drop it right now.]

[colorofthesky]

Yeah.

You got a broken nose right now?

[littletonoidea]

Got it in one. That one wasn't Kyoko, actually, your warrior princess was the one that floored me.

Common room, level eight?

[colorofthesky]

That sounds fine to me.

I’ll see you there.

[ And he will show up within about five minutes! ]

[littletonoidea]

[Since Eiffel was in the Engine room, he's actually already there when Zack arrives, lighting a cigarette.

He's cleaed up from earlier, but his face is still raw from the recent assault: the gap between the side of his nose and one eye is in the early stages of bruising, soon to be an impressive black eye.]

You don't need to tell me how badly I fucked it, coach, I knew the moment the words came out my mouth.

[colorofthesky]

[ Zack doesn't seem phased by Eiffel's appearance. He's seen a whole lot worse, after all. ]

Did you try to apologize or make it up to her, or did she basically make that impossible?

[littletonoidea]

[He tries to huff dryly, but instead he just makes himself wince.]

Yeah, uh- first thing outta my mouth when I realised what I said. Unfortunately she'd already hung up on me, and wouldn't even entertain the idea of being in earshot of me until she released the hounds on that port.

[colorofthesky]

[ So a normal level of angry teenager avoidance.

Zack sighs. ]

Right. I’m gonna go ahead and take responsibility for the fact that I didn’t dig much deeper and follow up after that happened.

I didn’t figure it’d go any further, and that’s on me.

I don’t condone what she did, and she will absolutely be getting a consequence for this. I do think the two of you need to talk and get this settled the right way, though.

I wanna know if you’re willing to do that, AND what you’d say and do if I set this up.

[littletonoidea]

[Babies, Eiffel can do. Anyone underqualified to watch a PG-13 movie? Awkward, but manageable. But anyone who's old enough to give him shit back? He's completely useless.]

Apologise for giving her crap, obviously, I know it was uncalled for. Otherwise, I assume the ideal would be to keep my mouth shut before I say something else worth killing me over.