[Voice]

[most_unwanted]

[Mulder seldom drinks. Unless there's a weird cosmic alignment or the aftermath of a disaster of some kind. Right now... would be one of those rare exceptions, while he's hanging around his place sulking. He's got his vodka. He's got his frozen orange juice concentrate. He is all set.]

[A lot has happened all in a row- the draft, the experiment, the attack on the village... Mulder has been immersing himself in work to keep focused on something, but that can only help for so long. Especially with how that attack ended. A little visit to his fake!brother to try and take his mind off things with some geeking around has also ended badly... and that's been the last straw. Losing a sibling. Even a fake one... It unearths a lot of Issues.]

I don't know how many people know him. Knew him. Know. He seemed to keep to himself for the most part. My br... My... He wasn't- really- my brother, but he's gone now. Jonathan Levinson. They sent him home.

...If they really send people home when they disappear for good... [He adds with some annoyance:] Yeah, ok, I get it, I get why you had to pick on my paranoia, guys! I know you're all out there listening to this, collecting data or whatever it is you sorry sons of bitches think you're accomplishing. Thanks. Really. I can't wait to see what you do next.

Maybe we should start taking bets now on what they'll throw at us. Or have a drinking game. Take a sip for every time someone disappears unexpectedly, one huge swig every time you wake up with extra body parts, finish the damn thing when your perception of reality is distorted beyond recognition...

[Filtered/Robert + Don]

Hey, how are you holding up, Robert?

Thought I'd find out the same of you too, Don, see if things are ok, or as much as they can be under the circumstances. I've got something for you, but... it can probably wait for a better time. [He's not getting into detail on the journals.]

Comments

[ written ]

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry for your loss, Mister Mulder.

[ written ]

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Chopin...

[Damn it all. Samantha-issues tend to come up at the most inopportune moments.]

How are you doing, lately?

[ written ]

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

It depends on which you wish to know more about, the physical or mental?

[Voice]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

If a friend of yours left, I'm sorry.

[She knows how it feels - everyone from her world in rapid succession, leaving only her. And she knows the pain of loneliness so deep it crossed into madness.]

[Voice]

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

Thanks... It's the first time I've had that happen, here. I'm assuming it never gets easier with experience.

[And there's that personal issue, bringing all his feelings about his sister's disappearance to the surface...]

[Voice]

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

Would you like to spend some time together? A chess match, maybe? We could talk about the Malnosso. What to do.

[herotypical]

[ a tight, angry voice: ]

What?

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

Was- is- he a friend of yours too, Buffy?

[herotypical]

...He's from home.

[ giles dead. now jonathan dead, too. because that's what he was going back home to. ] Does Andrew know?

[ because she doesn't know that andrew's also gone. ]

[voice]

[poorneedyand.livejournal.com]

Jonathan Levinson? [The given name's familiar, anyway. He hadn't looked especially Jewish, but hey, she probably should've guessed by the first name. Because this is the kind of thing Kay thinks about, sorry.] Was he the one with the pig?

[voice]

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

[A pig? Mulder was away at the time he was out pig-walking, but anything is plausible around here.]

I think we're talking the same guy? He has really extensive knowledge of movies, shows, books... You name it.

[voice]

[poorneedyand.livejournal.com]

Did he ever say anything to you about watching other worlds? [After all, for better or worse, he'd never quite explained why he knew exactly who she was. You know, after mistaking her for a science fiction character.] Seemed like a nice enough kid, if it's the same one. He was going to tell me all about the layout of a space station.

[voice]

[all7seas]

That wee smallish lad is gone home?


....Interesting. And your game, mate, will just send us all into a rollicking drunken oblivion, methinks.

[voice]

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to report that's the case. All his things were gone, almost as if he'd never been here...

...A little temporary oblivion isn't such a bad thing is it? Especially when you wake up not yourself so frequently.

[voice]

[all7seas]

Oh, I'm not complaining! More than willing to face those consequences, me. I've done the route of trying to make the oblivion permanent here, but that doesn't work so well.

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

...when you're sober, I'd like to see you.

[She can't blame him for ranting or even drinking, but their talk will require a clear head.]

[Voice]

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

Is there something I can help you with? I'm planning to be out and about tomorrow. Tomorrow uh... Afternoon.

[Voice]

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

Tomorrow afternoon sounds fine.

possibly slightly placeholder-y

[intangible-girl.livejournal.com]

You seem to have started the game already.

[She's not in the stablest of places herself, so she thought she'd give your misery some company. Then it hits her:]

Wait- Jonathan Levinson?

No problem! XD

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

Nothing like getting an early start...

Do you know him?

[intangible-girl.livejournal.com]

I, uh... spoke to him once.

[Should she mention that Jonathan is dead where he comes from?]

voice;

[survivethesiren]

I'm sorry you lost someone. I did as well, recently.

voice;

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

[Yeah, this losing people trend? Mulder wants this to stop.]

I'm sorry to hear that for you... Was it someone you were very close to?

[i_speak_softly]

We're doing all right. All things considered.

[Circumspectly:] Were you able to defrag that disc?

[ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com]

That's a relief, under the circumstances.

Anyway, yeah. I finally got around to it. I know it's not a huge priority, but let me know when you'd like it back.