A Truly Momentous Occasion

[01:39:15] <TeslaTornado> Kevin stands at the base perimeter, swinging the sage bundle in wild arcs while it smolders.
[01:40:02] <Daedalus> The T-Rex just runs around in circles.
[01:40:10] <Daedalus> Really, really wide circles.
[01:43:22] <TeslaTornado> Kevin looks content with these really, really wide circles. He plants the smoldering sage bundle in the snow and walks back towards the base.
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[01:47:38] <Daedalus> The dinosaur keeps walking around, scaring birds and the like.
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[01:51:40] <Proto_Lost> He'd likely run into Fran there!
[01:52:05] <TeslaTornado> He does!
[01:52:20] <TeslaTornado> Kevin reeks of sage. He looks satisfied, though. Well, as satisfied as he ever is.
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[01:53:08] <Proto_Lost> "…th-th-that looked like fun.-
[01:53:11] <Proto_Lost> *"
[01:53:41] <TeslaTornado> Kevin looks plaintively at Fran. "… Yes, actually, I suppose it was."
[01:56:02] <Proto_Lost> She manages a tiny smile and looks down. "…s-so…m-mmm…m-mission success th-then?"
[01:56:31] <TeslaTornado> Kevin does something unprecedented. He actually /smiles/ a little.
[01:56:40] <TeslaTornado> "Yes. I suppose so. Threat contained, mission accomplished."
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[01:57:11] <Daedalus> The T-Rex looks exhasted, it lays down.
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[02:01:42] <Proto_Lost> She blushes, before getting up from where she sat. "…U-um…d-dinner?"
[02:02:52] <TeslaTornado> Kevin looks absentmindedly into the middle distance. "Yes, it is about that time of the eve—/oh/." He stands with his hands folded behind his back, thinking very intently about this proposition.
[02:03:07] <TeslaTornado> A very long pause later: "… Sure."
[02:03:40] <Daedalus> The T-Rex gets up as well and starts to patrol the site.
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[02:20:06] <Proto_Lost> She smiles bashfully at him, hurriedly making her way inside.
[02:21:38] <TeslaTornado> Kevin goes inside, walking the snow off.
[02:22:27] <Daedalus> The T-Rex patrols, doing a better job than any guard ever did.
[02:22:55] <Balthazaar> (Especially Kevin)
[02:23:06] <TeslaTornado> (Kevin's not a guard, so, you know)
[02:23:09] <Proto_Lost> #t-rexguardfor1962
[02:23:26] <TeslaTornado> (Except for Eagle Guard, who remains peerless)
[02:23:38] <Proto_Lost> "…s-so um…d-did you f-find out wh-who s-s-se-sent me those flowers?"
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[02:24:09] <TeslaTornado> "I remain firm in my belief that it was Doctor Hilbert, but he has given no ground."
[02:25:13] <Proto_Lost> She frowns a bit, she liked Hilbert…he seemed a little less dour than everyone in here. "…Ah, I…I see."
[02:25:57] <TeslaTornado> "He is unpredictable… But I do not doubt his capabilities as a scientist."
[02:29:15] <Proto_Lost> "A-agreed. I-it worried me a little wh-when I saw the r-rep-reports, but it s-said h-he dosed the en-entire site w-w-wi-with LSD?"
[02:30:47] <TeslaTornado> "Yes. Something to do with an experiment regarding 1296 and LSD-laced alfalfa."
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[02:32:24] <Wogglebug> Deep in the forest, rains are filling a crater with water. The rains are heavily localized, and probably some sort of magic.
[02:33:40] <Wogglebug> There will be a lake there, in time.
[02:33:52] <TeslaTornado> Kevin is busy trying to display emotion. If he wasn't doing that, he'd probably be interested in that.
[02:34:36] <Daedalus> The T-Rex notices, but pays not attention.
[02:36:05] <Proto_Lost> Fran doesn't notice, as they're inside the site! "I h-heard…th-the whole s-site w-w-wa-was s-se-severely affected."
[02:37:36] <TeslaTornado> "Apparently so, but it was contained before any lasting damage could be done to the site. No containment breaches and no severely wounded personnel, although Agent Ibel was apparently found on the roof in a pile of faeces."
[02:38:00] <Proto_Lost> A hand flies up to her mouth as she tries not to be sick. "Ughh."
[02:39:31] <TeslaTornado> Kevin blinks a few moments, trying to understand the concept of squeamishness. "… Apologies, Docto-…"
[02:39:36] <TeslaTornado> "… Fran."
[02:41:38] <Proto_Lost> "P-please call me Fr-…oh..um…ah." She stops, realizing he already did that.
[02:42:10] <TeslaTornado> Kevin smiles a little again. Weird. Looks like he's choking on something.
[02:43:35] <Proto_Lost> She looks a little alarmed as she watches him. "A-…are you alright?"
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[02:45:40] <TeslaTornado> "What? Oh, yes, I'm fine." Kevin shrugs. "Not used to smiling."
[02:46:34] <Proto_Lost> "…well, I-I'm not u-used to b-being s-so social outside of m-m-my clinic…s-so we're even."
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[02:47:26] <TeslaTornado> "I suppose we are, then." They arrive at the cafeteria!
[02:48:26] <Proto_Lost> She sits herself down at her usual corner table, so they don't attract too much attention.
[02:49:27] <TeslaTornado> Kevin situates himself at samesuch table with a cup of tea and a modest dinner.
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[02:50:38] <Proto_Lost> Once he's done getting his food, she goes to grab a few slices of cake before coming back.
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[02:51:20] <TeslaTornado> Kevin is eating when she comes back.
[02:51:49] <Proto_Lost> She digs into her cake slices, feeling a little awkward eating her pastries while Kevin is having a proper meal in front of her.
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[02:52:30] <TeslaTornado> Kevin has seen stranger things. If only Fran knew…
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[02:53:34] <Wogglebug> Abe is in the cafeteria, eating a preposterous amount of food.
[02:55:13] <ZombieRaptor> Luvi walks into the cafe, bitchy anomalous teachers make him hungry.
[02:55:49] <Daedalus> The T-Rex outside roars awake and patrols the site.
[02:55:51] <ZombieRaptor> He gets some pasta.
[02:55:57] <ZombieRaptor> Luvi frowns.
[02:56:22] <ZombieRaptor> "Is that thing still out there?"
[02:56:38] <TeslaTornado> Kevin looks up at Fran briefly. "You… Really like pastries." It's a simple observation.
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[02:57:42] <Proto_Lost> She smiles at him a a bit. "…as a kid, these always helped calm down my anxiety attacks…as you can imagine, I wasn't exactly the nervous svelte pixie sitting in front of you back then." She seems a whole lot more collected in the presence of sweets.
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[02:58:55] <TeslaTornado> Kevin smiles a bit. He's getting strangely used to doing that in the last five minutes. "You seem to have changed quite a bit in the last minute and a half, actually."
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[03:00:40] <Proto_Lost> "…Sugar helps a lot."
[03:01:03] <ZombieRaptor> Are they in cafe?
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[03:02:11] <TeslaTornado> Yes, but they're in lurk mode.
[03:02:34] <ZombieRaptor> ?
[03:02:37] <TeslaTornado> "I've noticed." Kevin nods.
[03:02:43] <TeslaTornado> Off in the corner.
[03:02:54] <ZombieRaptor> Luvi leaves with his pasta.
[03:04:04] <Proto_Lost> "…I-I'm sorry, this must look so unhealthy to you."
[03:04:37] <TeslaTornado> "No, no, believe me, I've seen more unhealthy habits." Kevin plainly lays his Parliaments on the table, as if presenting an example.
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[03:06:01] <Proto_Lost> She looks at them for a moment, inspecting how many have already been used.
[03:06:21] <TeslaTornado> About half the pack.
[03:08:08] <Proto_Lost> "…f-f-firsthand experience then…a-as I'd s-suspected."
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[03:08:53] <TeslaTornado> "Yes." Kevin repockets the pack. "Don't smoke as much as I used to, though. It becomes a habit, in the field. Everyone says it calms you down."
[03:11:00] <Proto_Lost> "…y-your equivalent to my sweet tooth then." She says, calming back down again.
[03:12:12] <TeslaTornado> "Rather like it." Kevin says. He looks at Fran. "… Pardon my forthrightness, but you don't seem much like a field agent. How did you end up working here?"
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[03:14:03] <Proto_Lost> She looks back down to her cake, moving it around the plate. "…well, I died. The Foundation was looking for a doctor, and here was one who was caught in a fire almost as soon as they arrived."
[03:15:06] <TeslaTornado> Kevin blinks a few times. "… Ah."
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[03:16:34] <Proto_Lost> "…I'm legally dead, so as far as a life on the outside is concerned, it's an impossible dream for me now."
[03:17:22] <TeslaTornado> "I'm… Sorry to hear that." There's a momentary blink of sadness in one of Kevin's eyes, but it burns out fairly quickly.
[03:17:34] <Wogglebug> Abe continues eating.
[03:18:19] <Proto_Lost> She sighs, looking downcast. "I've come to terms with it."
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[03:20:12] <TeslaTornado> "That's really a terrible thing to have to come to terms with." Kevin very lightly puts a hand on Fran's shoulder.
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[03:21:06] <Proto_Lost> "…it's either that or crying every time I think of the idea."
[03:22:27] <TeslaTornado> "Understood." Kevin can vibe that.
[03:25:38] <Proto_Lost> "…what about you Kevin? Wh-what's your story?"
[03:26:06] <Proto_Lost> She twiddles her thumbs to keep her hands busy.
[03:28:00] <TeslaTornado> Kevin purses his lips. "I came from the Marines, and was recruited to Special Operations Executive after surviving an encounter with a sorcerer, which was unprecedented, given how easily he tore through the rest of my unit."
[03:30:52] <Proto_Lost> "…h-how did you survive?"
[03:32:03] <TeslaTornado> Kevin sighs. "I don't know. Tenacity and training and many, many sacrifices."
[03:33:18] <Proto_Lost> She looks down, nervous about broaching this subject now. "…i-it must've been hard for you."
[03:33:49] <TeslaTornado> "It… Made me who I am today." Kevin looks sheepish.
[03:35:47] <Proto_Lost> "…hence the decreased emotional response."
[03:36:56] <TeslaTornado> "… Yes."
[03:37:07] <TeslaTornado> Kevin twists a spoon absentmindedly in his tea.
[03:39:15] <Proto_Lost> She fidgets a bit more, a little uncomfortable now.
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[03:39:34] <TeslaTornado> Kevin sighs. "I'm sorry, Fran."
[03:42:49] <Proto_Lost> "…i-it's fine…I should…I should go um…th-thank you for d-dinner." She hurriedly gets up from the table.
[03:43:57] <TeslaTornado> Kevin doesn't say anything. He just sits there feeling like a chump.
[03:45:19] <Proto_Lost> "…I-…m-medical…j-just…I'll be there." She says quickly, before heading out.
[03:46:10] <TeslaTornado> Kevin sits still for a few moments and then rests his chin in his hands, letting out a sigh.

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