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[marineris]

"This is Bobbie Draper. I'll get back to you."

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[marineris]

it sounds like you've got some stories.

[oorah]

none of em are really all that suitable for bedtime [ obviously that's a yes ]

[marineris]

don't worry. i'm not going to make you share.

[oorah]

you think you could devil dog?

[ frank castle isn't in the habit of doing things he doesn't want to do ]

[marineris]

of course i could.

[She's definitely screwing with him.

[oorah]

oh yeah? how's that?

god i can't even tag correctly rn

[marineris]

you expect me to tell you my strategy? i'm not that stupid.

u do everything right

[oorah]

it was worth a shot

un: burton, text

[tumang]

got a question for you

[marineris]

shoot.

[tumang]

did we save mei

[marineris]

[Oh. Bobbie's not entirely sure how to respond to that.]

not yet. we were on our way there, and then i woke up here. i'm sorry.

[tumang]

on our way where?

[ They found out where she was, after Ganymede? ]

[marineris]

io. there's a facility on the surface owned by mao-kwikowski, and they brought a bunch of kids like mei there to use in some fucked up experiments with the protomolecule.

[tumang]

do we know if she's alright, or we're still working on the possibility that she is?

un: rocipilot, voice

[donkeyballs]

Gunny - I'm down in my uh - my old quarters.

I think you should come see this.

voice

[marineris]

What's going on? Are you alright?

[donkeyballs]

I'm fine. [ He doesn't sound it. ]

Got Hank's help with the terminal and - found video. Of that - of when I--

[marineris]

I'll be right there.

[And, true to her word, a couple of minutes later, Bobbie makes it to Alex's room.]

Alex?

[donkeyballs]

[ He's standing in the doorway, pale. Luckily he's rinsed out the sink, so it no longer smells like vomit, but. When she arrives, he points to the console, where there is a still of him, stumbling across the room. ]

It's on there. The whole thing.

[marineris]

[Bobbie hesitates for just a second, torn between checking on him and watching the video, but then she decides to let him be. She focuses on the console instead, intentionally blocking his view so he won't be tempted to watch it with her. It's obvious how it's affected him.

It must only take a few minutes, but whatever this is, whatever happened to him, feels excruciatingly long. At first, she's not sure what she's seeing, as though her mind refuses to process it. It's visceral and stomach churning, and though she refuses to let her horror show on her face, she can't stay entirely stoic—her jaw clenches and her hands ball into fists. By the time he starts to recover, she's torn between crying and puking and punching the wall. She manages to just turn the video off instead, and the only response she can force out is under her breath and useless.]

God damn it.

[donkeyballs]

I ain't crazy. [ His voice is very quiet, and he's watching her carefully. ]

It all god damn happened.

[marineris]

[She closes her eyes, takes a breath, and tries to get her emotions under control. It doesn't quite work, but she turns to look at him anyway. He's breathing. He's alive. She doesn't understand it.]

You're okay. It happened, but you're okay.

[Bobbie's not entirely sure if she's saying it to reassure herself or him.]

[donkeyballs]

[ When she turns to look at him, his eyes finally slide away, almost ashamed. His hands have started shaking, again, so he gripped them in front of himself, almost wringing them out. ]

... Gunny, I have no idea how the hell I'm even here.

That ain't -

It wasn't just in my head. I should be dead.

[marineris]

[Before she can think better of it, she reaches out to touch his clasped hands, in part to keep them from shaking and in part to remind herself that he's still warm.]

I... I don't know. There has to be an explanation.