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[ you know who figured out space twitter in like five minutes? of course it was sebastian... ]
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
I do hope that you have been keeping up, but still, that little crate was as dangerous as expected. I will be on patrols, it would seem.
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
It surely goes without saying, but if you are in danger, please call out to me. I will be by your side in but a moment.
[ then, a few minutes later: ]
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
On a different note, I advise you read my file, should you have not already. There are details which pertain to you, young master.
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
I do hope that you have been keeping up, but still, that little crate was as dangerous as expected. I will be on patrols, it would seem.
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
It surely goes without saying, but if you are in danger, please call out to me. I will be by your side in but a moment.
[ then, a few minutes later: ]
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
On a different note, I advise you read my file, should you have not already. There are details which pertain to you, young master.
[You know who is from nineteenth century England and has no clue how to work a touch screen? Of course, it's Ciel....]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
theb odies had the same marks on them as the crate
[A few minutes or so later:]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
damn
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
theres no way to get rid of it, is there?
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
theb odies had the same marks on them as the crate
[A few minutes or so later:]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
damn
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
theres no way to get rid of it, is there?
[ He wishes he were there to see Ciel struggle, but at the same time, if he were, Ciel would refuse to text him at all. Alas... ]
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
Will you be investigating? I am purposefully staying away, since I find it unwise to interfere in matters of which I am not fully aware.
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
I am uncertain. I can look into the matter and ask a superior, but not now. Once our additional crew member has been captured, perhaps?
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
I imagine this would draw attention the the fact that my information had been changed, however, and there are those who have already read it, I am sure.
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
Will you be investigating? I am purposefully staying away, since I find it unwise to interfere in matters of which I am not fully aware.
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
I am uncertain. I can look into the matter and ask a superior, but not now. Once our additional crew member has been captured, perhaps?
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
I imagine this would draw attention the the fact that my information had been changed, however, and there are those who have already read it, I am sure.
[He just wants to get in his own bed and pull the covers up over his head and never see the light of day ever again. That would just be lovely. He wouldn't have to face the embarrassment of having sensitive information in public view. Damn the CDC.]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
it can't be helped. Ask anyway later.
[Gritting his teeth so hard rn. Also this next bit takes him a good five minutes to type out, but he at least realized what the shift button does.]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
I'm investigating because that's Orange Team's job. Do you know what could have made those claw marks?
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
It's still on board.
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
it can't be helped. Ask anyway later.
[Gritting his teeth so hard rn. Also this next bit takes him a good five minutes to type out, but he at least realized what the shift button does.]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
I'm investigating because that's Orange Team's job. Do you know what could have made those claw marks?
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
It's still on board.
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
Understood. I shall look into it when things are quieter.
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
I do, yes. But I do not believe that it is likely, and I would not recommend sharing the idea unless I was more certain.
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
It would be possible for me, technically speaking, and I ran into another demon when we were on Selena. I did not know him, but he knew us.
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
However, it would be different. I have been attempting to seek out the creature, if only to pinpoint it, but it is evasive. Even for me.
Understood. I shall look into it when things are quieter.
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
I do, yes. But I do not believe that it is likely, and I would not recommend sharing the idea unless I was more certain.
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
It would be possible for me, technically speaking, and I ran into another demon when we were on Selena. I did not know him, but he knew us.
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
However, it would be different. I have been attempting to seek out the creature, if only to pinpoint it, but it is evasive. Even for me.
[There is so much to comment on that he doesn't know where in the hell to start. What's worse, he isn't face to face and has to waste time trying to type on a blasted slick piece of glass.]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
TELL ME ONE THING AT A TIME SEBASTIAN
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT CREATURE IN A MOMENT
[Caps lock. Cruise control. Etc. It takes him a minute to get it off. Even as a Victorian, he feels slightly embarrassed for yelling unnecessarily over the Internet. Is that considered uncouth? Perhaps it is more embarrassment at not understanding these contraptions.]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
You met a demon that knew us in that city?
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Is he here now?
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
TELL ME ONE THING AT A TIME SEBASTIAN
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT CREATURE IN A MOMENT
[Caps lock. Cruise control. Etc. It takes him a minute to get it off. Even as a Victorian, he feels slightly embarrassed for yelling unnecessarily over the Internet. Is that considered uncouth? Perhaps it is more embarrassment at not understanding these contraptions.]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
You met a demon that knew us in that city?
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Is he here now?
[ oh my god 
]
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
No. It was the first thing I checked for, and why I did not mention it.
[ because he was hella thirsty and it was uncomfortable... ]
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
He was odd, to say the least. I believe he was contracted to a young nobleman I met. Do you know anything of Earl Alois Trancy?
]FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
No. It was the first thing I checked for, and why I did not mention it.
[ because he was hella thirsty and it was uncomfortable... ]
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
He was odd, to say the least. I believe he was contracted to a young nobleman I met. Do you know anything of Earl Alois Trancy?
[Thirst and uncomfortable is no excuse, Sebastian!]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
No.
[A long time passes. Perhaps he is considering this information carefully.]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
If they aren't here now, then it doesn't matter. maybe he died. [Trancy, that is.] Tell me if you happen to find them again. What were they doing there?
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
No.
[A long time passes. Perhaps he is considering this information carefully.]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
If they aren't here now, then it doesn't matter. maybe he died. [Trancy, that is.] Tell me if you happen to find them again. What were they doing there?
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
Considering that sphere, it is quite possible. I will alert you to their presence should they reappear.
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
I assumed the same as us, that they were to be contracted, but that may not have been the case. The conversations were not informative.
Considering that sphere, it is quite possible. I will alert you to their presence should they reappear.
FROM: michaelis.sebastian@cdc.org
I assumed the same as us, that they were to be contracted, but that may not have been the case. The conversations were not informative.
[What good are you, Sebastian, if you have a conversation that's not informative? Good thing you can't see the disappointed look on his face.]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Whatever the case, if they aren't here, then they were useless.
[He is such a nice person.]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
But that means the creature wasn't the demon. Is it an animal?
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Whatever the case, if they aren't here, then they were useless.
[He is such a nice person.]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
But that means the creature wasn't the demon. Is it an animal?
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
It wasn't killing for food. The bodies were whole and had bled out.
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Don't let it kill anyone else.
[NOT THAT HE CARES OR ANYTHING.]
It wasn't killing for food. The bodies were whole and had bled out.
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Don't let it kill anyone else.
[NOT THAT HE CARES OR ANYTHING.]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
It would cause too much trouble and chaos to have another body, and it would impede investigations.
It would cause too much trouble and chaos to have another body, and it would impede investigations.
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
I care only about what happens to you and me.
[AND DON'T TAKE THAT THE WRONG WAY EITHER, SEBASTIAN.
Two minutes later:]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
I am going to talk to my unit leader about the murders and look at the autopsy reports. You know how to reach me if you find out anything else of importance.
I care only about what happens to you and me.
[AND DON'T TAKE THAT THE WRONG WAY EITHER, SEBASTIAN.
Two minutes later:]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
I am going to talk to my unit leader about the murders and look at the autopsy reports. You know how to reach me if you find out anything else of importance.
FROM: devan.isha@cdc.org
First and foremost, welcome to the CDC. In case you haven't heard, you've been recruited to destroy a planet or ten in exchange for securing your own planet. I assure you it's as thrilling as it sounds.
FROM: devan.isha@cdc.org
My name is Isha Devan, and you, our newest minion, are on Orange Team, the same as mine. I am of unit Tengu, for which I feel the need to apologize for our designated unit leader Pilot who seems fond of issuing announcements. Report to him personally or via his announcement for further instructions, if you haven't already.
FROM: devan.isha@cdc.org
Should you have questions, I may be able to provide answers, if you are asking the right questions. Enjoy your stay, love.
First and foremost, welcome to the CDC. In case you haven't heard, you've been recruited to destroy a planet or ten in exchange for securing your own planet. I assure you it's as thrilling as it sounds.
FROM: devan.isha@cdc.org
My name is Isha Devan, and you, our newest minion, are on Orange Team, the same as mine. I am of unit Tengu, for which I feel the need to apologize for our designated unit leader Pilot who seems fond of issuing announcements. Report to him personally or via his announcement for further instructions, if you haven't already.
FROM: devan.isha@cdc.org
Should you have questions, I may be able to provide answers, if you are asking the right questions. Enjoy your stay, love.
[ Which, conveniently, we now know! Regardless, in the "morning" (since the simulations of day and night were all artificial), Sebastian is at Ciel's room bright and early, since there are certain things to discuss as well as his usual duties, since he would hardly abandon them. If only. He knows better than to think simply because of their situation that Ciel would expect anything but the usual, at least to start.
So, as such, there's a very light, polite knock at the door first. Luckily, that knock should be so familiar by now that Ciel will know immediately who it is. ]
So, as such, there's a very light, polite knock at the door first. Luckily, that knock should be so familiar by now that Ciel will know immediately who it is. ]
[The knock jerks him awake. Sleeping on a ship flying through space isn't at all like sleeping in the most comfortable Victorian bed ever; in fact, it's much like sleeping in the horrendous beds in the circus, though maybe he isn't giving the Neheda much credit because he's ill of mood.
Initially, he hadn't even slept. He was Goldilocks, and, it turned out, nothing was just right at all. The bed, the pillows, the air in the room even. He stayed awake in the dark with the gun under his head, listening to the sounds of the ship when he wasn't going through the blackglass.
Then he fell asleep without knowing or wanting to, and he dreamed about a giant, grotesque snake--definitely not Wordsworth, or Shelley, or Byron--busting out of one of the vents and trying to eat him alive. Reprieve only came when the demon's knock pulled him from the venomous fangs and back into the dark.
He knows who it is without having to ask.] Sebastian.
Initially, he hadn't even slept. He was Goldilocks, and, it turned out, nothing was just right at all. The bed, the pillows, the air in the room even. He stayed awake in the dark with the gun under his head, listening to the sounds of the ship when he wasn't going through the blackglass.
Then he fell asleep without knowing or wanting to, and he dreamed about a giant, grotesque snake--definitely not Wordsworth, or Shelley, or Byron--busting out of one of the vents and trying to eat him alive. Reprieve only came when the demon's knock pulled him from the venomous fangs and back into the dark.
He knows who it is without having to ask.] Sebastian.
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
I prefer teammate instead of minion.
[Enjoy the beginning relationship with a very sour little boy.]
I prefer teammate instead of minion.
[Enjoy the beginning relationship with a very sour little boy.]
[ That's enough acknowledgement for him, so finding the door conveniently unlocked or otherwise accessible for the purpose of the thread, he opens it and steps inside with a cool smile. In one hand is a tray, though not the lavish silver trays that Ciel is much more used to. It's just a simple, plastic cafeteria tray, though Sebastian is making every effort to retain as much normalcy as possible. He'll be able to smell the breakfast immediately, though it's also quite a step down from his usual breakfasts... ]
Good morning, young master.
[ He walks to Ciel's bedside to half bow and half offer the tray for him to take. There's no poached salmon here, just simple, usually plain oatmeal, though Sebastian has at least made it less bland by the addition of sugar, cinnamon, and some fruit. There's an orange as well (which Sebastian will peel as they talk), and a steaming hot cup of tea, though it's also cafeteria tea, so it's time to lower your standards, Ciel. In addition, there's also a neatly folded stack of papers, all handwritten, since Sebastian has already learned to not trust sending anything sensitive over the blackglass. ]
Your breakfast, though my apologies that it is not quite your usual fare.
Good morning, young master.
[ He walks to Ciel's bedside to half bow and half offer the tray for him to take. There's no poached salmon here, just simple, usually plain oatmeal, though Sebastian has at least made it less bland by the addition of sugar, cinnamon, and some fruit. There's an orange as well (which Sebastian will peel as they talk), and a steaming hot cup of tea, though it's also cafeteria tea, so it's time to lower your standards, Ciel. In addition, there's also a neatly folded stack of papers, all handwritten, since Sebastian has already learned to not trust sending anything sensitive over the blackglass. ]
Your breakfast, though my apologies that it is not quite your usual fare.
[The artificial light that comes on when he sits up is blinding, and the face he makes, squinting, does little to help him not look like a complete and utter irritated shit. It's a look he turns up at Sebastian, though it's ire isn't directed at the demon, not too much, but it is directed at the oatmeal after he takes the tray and finds out what sub-par breakfast is on it.
It only took him a day or two tops to be tired of the circus. Countdown to how long it takes before he's complaining about wanting to go back home.
The tea gets his attention first, naturally, and even if it's the shittiest tea he remembers ever tasting, it's better than having no tea at all. He makes a face to cover for any kind of relief that might give Sebastian the pleasure of knowing he is satisfied with something. Sure not with this tea. Nope.]
It will do for now. [Spoken with resignation; he hasn't even touched the oatmeal yet.
It's dodged instead for a short look at the first page of the stack of papers. Ferdinand he knows and has annoyed. Nic he has met and has annoyed. Isha he has spoken with over blackglass... and has annoyed. Isaac is dead--]
Don't act like I'm stupid! [The outburst is sudden, and he pins Sebastian with a glare.] I read their data, and Mogget is a cat! You know I'm allergic to cats! Don't pretend like it is the greatest thing!
It only took him a day or two tops to be tired of the circus. Countdown to how long it takes before he's complaining about wanting to go back home.
The tea gets his attention first, naturally, and even if it's the shittiest tea he remembers ever tasting, it's better than having no tea at all. He makes a face to cover for any kind of relief that might give Sebastian the pleasure of knowing he is satisfied with something. Sure not with this tea. Nope.]
It will do for now. [Spoken with resignation; he hasn't even touched the oatmeal yet.
It's dodged instead for a short look at the first page of the stack of papers. Ferdinand he knows and has annoyed. Nic he has met and has annoyed. Isha he has spoken with over blackglass... and has annoyed. Isaac is dead--]
Don't act like I'm stupid! [The outburst is sudden, and he pins Sebastian with a glare.] I read their data, and Mogget is a cat! You know I'm allergic to cats! Don't pretend like it is the greatest thing!
[ Honestly, he's surprised that the subpar meal isn't immediately thrown in his face, but at the very least, it does speak to Ciel understanding the situation, which he's appreciative of. He watches his expression silently, looking for the minute signs that he'll certainly take as praise, but at the face, he just laughs softly and shrugs. Expected, honestly.
Though by the time he moves to the report, Sebastian simply waits patiently and dutifully to address any additional questions or concerns, and also as expected, Ciel gets hung up on the absolute best crew member. His expression is serious, as it always is when it comes to cats, and he answers with a perfect, even tone. ]
I am not pretending, young master. Mogget is a the greatest asset upon this ship, I am certain.
[ Well. He is. To Sebastian alone... ]
Though by the time he moves to the report, Sebastian simply waits patiently and dutifully to address any additional questions or concerns, and also as expected, Ciel gets hung up on the absolute best crew member. His expression is serious, as it always is when it comes to cats, and he answers with a perfect, even tone. ]
I am not pretending, young master. Mogget is a the greatest asset upon this ship, I am certain.
[ Well. He is. To Sebastian alone... ]
[Oh my God, you infuriating blockhead! Ciel very nearly crumples the paper in his hand from the agitation. Not only was he stuck in a place without good tea, good food, or a good bed, he was stuck on a team with a fucking cat.] Don't be ridiculous! [He's not quite going to shun Mogget's abilities, not after reading the data file, but he hates cats nearly as much as he hates Sebastian (read: a lot), and he'll fall over dead before he ever admits that a cat could be "a great asset."] It's only a cat. [God in heaven, please don't let him have to be in the same room as this foul beast ever. P l e a s e.
Quickly, he takes another sip of tea as if this will erase Mogget from the face of the universe. He feels better already, but instead of daring to look at the rest of the papers in fear there'll just be more cats. One is enough.
So he tries the oatmeal before it gets cold on him. It's nowhere near as grand and delicious as the breakfast he is use to, but Sebastian--ugh, once again--has made it exceptionally better with the addition of other ingredients... and... demon butlery.]
Has anyone found the creature yet? [But not asked with a full mouth. And he's not sure whether to call it creature or killer, but he is assuming creature for the time being. Though he suspects he would have heard something if that had been the case.]
Quickly, he takes another sip of tea as if this will erase Mogget from the face of the universe. He feels better already, but instead of daring to look at the rest of the papers in fear there'll just be more cats. One is enough.
So he tries the oatmeal before it gets cold on him. It's nowhere near as grand and delicious as the breakfast he is use to, but Sebastian--ugh, once again--has made it exceptionally better with the addition of other ingredients... and... demon butlery.]
Has anyone found the creature yet? [But not asked with a full mouth. And he's not sure whether to call it creature or killer, but he is assuming creature for the time being. Though he suspects he would have heard something if that had been the case.]
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