Text via PINpoint

[chiron_survivor]

From: Adia Costas
To: Contact List

Hi, everybody.

I did not get a chance to tell Captain Agathon about the Nexus. His daughter, Hera, was kidnapped by the enemy Cylons. Galactica is going on a rescue mission, and I'll be helping in the medical bay.

I'll be okay! I have my PINpoint. But I wanted to send a message, because I've been locked out of the Nexus before, and I didn't want anyone to worry while I was gone.

Thank you to every one of you who listened to me and offered me advice. I would not have survived this long as a refugee without all your kindness and generosity. You are some of the best friends I have ever had.

I wanted you to know that. How special you are to me.

xo,
Adia

Comments

[protolawyer]

It's been weeks since they've spoken, let alone seen one another. Things have been...weird. At least for the lawyer they have. When people get past the sharp teeth and sharp suit and get into the weird gooey parts of his existence? It tends to make him withdraw. Worried now that that person's got dirt. Blackmail. Something over his head that COULD cost him his life. Or worse, his job.

So when he sees the contact icon for Adia's PINpoint appear on his datachron with a bleep, Shark turns it over so the screen is facedown on his desk. Busy. Doesn't wanna think about it. Can't afford a distraction like this right now. It's probably nothing.

...It takes him about five minutes before the clone finally relents and sets down his pen, pushes aside the paperwork and unlocks his chron. He reads silently, eyes moving left to right and his lips pressed into a thin line.

It takes another five minutes before he taps out a reply. And then ANOTHER five to hit send.

haha special whaaaaaat as if lol

That's all he sends at FIRST. But then he stares at that flippant response, one single line with no capital letters, no punctuation, no sincerity. It's not long before his thumbs are moving again.

Don't do anything stupid okay. You ever do that knife-in-the-sleeve trick i mentioned? Lifesaver, my dude. Anyway just keep ur head down and stay in the med bay. Fix people up but don't go running into shit and getting kidnapped too or getting your legs blown off or something else fucked up along those lines!! Just do what ur paid to do!!

And then he stares at THAT message after it's sent. Wow, he sounds like a dick. He IS a dick, but that's not the point. Does it come across that he's just saying this to show concern? Probably not. Okay, one more message after that one.

ur pretty cool too

[chiron_survivor]

Still hiding in the supply closet where she sent her text (it wouldn’t help anyone to find out about the Nexus now), she receives a notification from Shark.

When was the last time she had spoken to him? Not since the cursed mirror incident, she realizes with a guilty start. She should have checked on him sooner and seen how he was doing.

She reads his text and sighs. Typical Shark.

But then the next text arrives, and the one after that. It’s easy to read between the lines, and she finds herself both smiling and holding back a lump in her throat as she scrolls through his anxious warnings, his plea for her to stay safe.

By the time she gets to the last line, she has to wipe at her eyes.

Thanks, Shark. I’ll be good. You still owe me a night on the town, remember?

She wants to say more, but she knows how Shark feels about sharing emotions. And if she keeps writing, it’ll feel more like a goodbye instead of a reassurance, which is what it’s supposed to be.

[protolawyer]

He's glad to see a response, honestly. He'd not expected one entirely and seeing that it's NOT about her screaming for help or saying something like her ship is going down or the aforementioned blowing off of legs happened? Is a relief.

Shark has to wait to respond, as some other clones knock to be buzzed into his office (that's how you know he's a big deal; he gets his own office AND can control who arrives!) and he has to go over the present paperwork with them. He hands over what he's signed and outlined, they give him more to check out, and they're gone. Rolling his eyes and muttering a 'finally', the lawyer takes his chron back out and starts typing.

hell yeah i do!!! we will get plastered and/or wasted. it will be a great time. either here in Illium or somewhere in the Nexus or whatever. pre-game in my office with some beers. it'll be sick. do it 2 celebrate you getting back from whatever this hero shit you're doing is lol

[chiron_survivor]

The message almost comes too late. Galactica is getting ready to jump to the enemy colony. She can't hide in the med bay's storage room much longer. So it's with a hurried scan that she reads Shark's reply.

His enthusiasm makes her smile. It sounds like an awful time, drinking herself into a stupor in some alien bar. She can't wait.

\o/ Looking forward to it.

She wants to add that she's not being a hero. A hero would grab a gun and fight their way through the colony's defenses to rescue Hera. But a warning bell sounds before she has time to type anything else.

I have to go. Tell Neirin I said hi. I'll see you soon.

[protolawyer]

Her stating she has to jet makes him frown. That could mean a lot of things, several bad. But she didn't flat out say that something is wrong, just that she has to leave. She could just be getting called to a medical situation.

Shark tells himself to not worry about it.

aight. keep cool. good luck out there.

She won't likely see that until later so he doesn't wait or expect a response. Instead, Shark decides it's time for a smoke break and gets up from behind his desk and heads for the door.

Don't worry about it.