File #009; video
September! This way! Now, you have to read this. It's incredibly important. Everyone, please listen and give your very best advice. I have tried to do what I can, but, well... [He isn't exactly the best person to ask about taking care of themselves. He even forgot to introduce himself-- Oh, he forgot to introduce himself!]
Ah! I'm Walter Bishop. Dr. Walter Bishop, a fellow inmate here. And this is September. No other name. Also a fellow inmate. September?
[September, the rarely seen hairless friend of Walter's joins the slightly taller man.]
Yes, Walter?
We're conducting a survey of the village to help you with the questions I cannot answer. And so I thought it would be best to hear from you, not me. Can you read this card?
[He nods, and reads--] 'Hello. My name is September'.
[Wait a minute.] Walter, you have previously established my name. [Anyway...]
'I have some questions about your personal experiences regarding sensations and things I cannot feel. Would you give me a few moments of your time?'
[There's a list, underneath, but here he stops reading and looks sideways at Walter.]
Go on! [Walter gestures September onward with a wide smile. This is totally the best way to get answers, right?] With so many humans and humanoids from different universes, we should be able to gather a great deal of information for you to choose from.
What is it like to have a family?
How does it feel to drink a milkshake?
Ah-- [Well, he could have answered those, but he'll let the others do it.] Additionally, if you have any other comments regarding what it is to be "human" for my friend, please do share. He's learning how, you see. Being stuck in a single timeline can do that. Oh! And if I might remind people that I am still collecting blood samples! Please do volunteer yours. Thank you.
[ooc; Joint Post with September (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
quantumtangled)! Walter is blue, September is orange. Specify to whom you're responding in the subject or ask for both!]
Ah! I'm Walter Bishop. Dr. Walter Bishop, a fellow inmate here. And this is September. No other name. Also a fellow inmate. September?
[September, the rarely seen hairless friend of Walter's joins the slightly taller man.]
Yes, Walter?
We're conducting a survey of the village to help you with the questions I cannot answer. And so I thought it would be best to hear from you, not me. Can you read this card?
[He nods, and reads--] 'Hello. My name is September'.
[Wait a minute.] Walter, you have previously established my name. [Anyway...]
'I have some questions about your personal experiences regarding sensations and things I cannot feel. Would you give me a few moments of your time?'
[There's a list, underneath, but here he stops reading and looks sideways at Walter.]
Go on! [Walter gestures September onward with a wide smile. This is totally the best way to get answers, right?] With so many humans and humanoids from different universes, we should be able to gather a great deal of information for you to choose from.
What is it like to have a family?
How does it feel to drink a milkshake?
Ah-- [Well, he could have answered those, but he'll let the others do it.] Additionally, if you have any other comments regarding what it is to be "human" for my friend, please do share. He's learning how, you see. Being stuck in a single timeline can do that. Oh! And if I might remind people that I am still collecting blood samples! Please do volunteer yours. Thank you.
[ooc; Joint Post with September (
quantumtangled)! Walter is blue, September is orange. Specify to whom you're responding in the subject or ask for both!]
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I have seen several more years of your life than you have. There are things I cannot tell you. This is not a topic I am free to discuss.
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[Several more years. So it won't end here, at least not in one timeline. But that doesn't mean it won't end eventually... They still aren't safe.
And that says nothing about Peter.
Walter feels panic rise up at the back of his throat and stares at September.]
What of Peter? Have you seen more for him? I don't care about me - what about Peter?!
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[Or not, when he chooses to do the right thing. But it may calm Walter down.]
He is not a child.
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[Walter stood up abruptly, recalling the moment when he first saw that drawing. Peter strapped to a machine, surrounded and consumed by smoke and fire and terribleness.]
I've seen the drawing! He can't protect himself from that!
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[He stares down Walter, enigmatic.]
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Instead, he drops back into the chair and looks at the journal as responses begin to file in.]
...I know. I'm sorry.
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Why?
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It's difficult not to ask when the stakes are so high.
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