Case # 12: Video

[19centconstable]

[George is in his room. He looks slightly dazed and has a damp washcloth pressed against his head. There is a bruise blooming underneath it.]

I'm afraid I was...indisposed.

[George shuffles his feet and there is the sound of broken glass crunching.]

But I've managed to find my trousers now. Has something happened?

Comments

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

[Dick looks like he just rolled out of bed and run a hand through his hair as he answers, wish musses it up more than it already was.] If I'm reading all this backlog stuff correctly, I think Sveta cursed us by accident and Cooper killed her before the ship could go down. Or something. I've been mostly asleep for the last forty eight plus hours, so I'm not exactly sure what happened.

HOWIE WOULD ANSWER. But he's kinda a mess. :( wibble,. george.

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

[Private]

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

He's done what?!?

[Video -- Meeting face to face]

[http://users.livejournal.com/_fredless/]

[Her own camera flickering on, Fred notes the bruise first. Then the distinct sound of crunching.

Indisposed. And trousers?]

...is everything all right?

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

[Dick doesn't even know how to respond to all this, so he's just sending over Sveta's original post, Howie's response, her second post, Cooper's, and Kay's.]

You just concentrate on not dying, Howie.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

[Video]

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Yes, miss. I'm afraid a light fixture fell on my head, and I'm not sure how long I was out for. But I seem to have stopped the bleeding.

[Video]

[http://users.livejournal.com/_fredless/]

[She frowns at that]

Do you need help? Head injuries can be really serious...

[Private]

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

OhsweetJesus.

[Video]

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

How can you tell? If they're serious, I mean.

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

I'm sorry. I should have - I thought it was just a flood.

[Private]

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

I told the Sergeant we wouldn't-...that I wouldn't let them-...

I've failed him.

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

No, you didn't. You didn't ask for something to knock you unconscious. If you could have been there, you would have. [Of course, he should be listening to his own pearls of wisdom, but Dick is an idiot when it comes to guilt.]

How's your head?

[Video]

[http://users.livejournal.com/_fredless/]

It's not really my expertise, but I know the basics from encountering more than a few of them in my... line of work.

Someone should probably check your cognitive abilities. And your ocular response. And I don't think you should do to sleep for a little while.

[Private]

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

But I wasn't.

...sore.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

I got nearly eaten by a plant.

Turns out that wasn't the worst thing that could happen. You alright?

[Video]

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

I've been knocked out before. I've only ever need to put ice on it.

Our Detective Murdoch did lose his memory for a bit, but I think I'd know if I lost that. ...Unless I forgot.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Oh, come now. Plants haven't even got mouths.

I'm going to bruise.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

It's a yatevo. It ate my communicator.

...It could be worse.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Then how are you speaking to me? Don't tell me it also excreted your communicator. I know plants don't do that.

At this point I don't believe things could be.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

I borrowed Jane's and asked for a new one.

A bruise is just a bruise. Or is it something else?

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

I've failed in my duty.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

...which duty, specifically?

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

A murder was done, practically under my nose.

I told the Sergeant that nothing would happen to her.

[leadsthestars.livejournal.com]

Have you been injured?