Dr. Frederick Chilton (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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maskormenace2014-04-20 03:39 pm
slightlyoffchilt) wrote in maskormenace2014-04-20 03:39 pm
Entry tags:
- danger | n/a,
- mackenzie "kenzi" malikov | n/a,
- †frederick chilton | chief of staff!!,
- †gabriel | trickster,
- †hans | prince of the southern isles,
- †kate bishop | hawkeye,
- †kate kane | batwoman,
- †kotetsu t. kaburagi | wild tiger,
- †lucifer | n/a,
- †madison montgomery | n/a,
- †miles edgeworth | n/a,
- †tony stark | iron man,
- †troy barnes | childish tycoon,
- †will graham | wolf trap
2. (ANTICIPATORY COPING) (VOICE --> VIDEO)
While I am not usually one to wax the philosophical so publicly, I must admit there’s a sort of poetry inherent to existentialism. Disorientation in the face of absurd, incongruent, maybe even violent sequences -- well, we have other names for that, too, don’t we? The experience, the circumstance.
[Chilton flips the communicator to video, showcasing only his clean-shaven face. His expression is mostly neutral, accented only with a wry halfway smile and an arched eyebrow. The scene glimpsed behind him is the Porter Lab in Cape Canaveral. This angle hides the cane that Chilton now relies on.]
The consequence -- traumatic. And if we consider the responsibility of the individual to create meaning for himself, well, then perhaps our reactions can be as predictable as clockwork.
[The camera zooms in, focusing on Abel’s face, which is fairly pale and lacking his usual facial hair in favor of stubble.
There’s the faint shadow of a shoe print on his left cheek.]
Don't you agree, Abel?
[Gideon's eyes drift upward, expression irritated but preoccupied, as he props himself up on his arms; his lower body isn't in the camera's view. There's a fork in his hand that is dangerously close to Chilton's leg.]
Can be, provided nothing interferes to change those natural consequences in the first place. An individual may create meaning for themselves in an ideal world… in the real world, fate waits behind unmarked doors.
Put that away, Frederick.
[Chilton, instead, slides the camera focal point over to Gideon's missing leg. In a few minutes, Gideon will be equipped with a Government-standard wheelchair. But until then:]
Someone help the fatalist here, please. He's on his last leg.
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I don't think I understood much of that. The last bit was a good one, though.
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[Well, so does Chilton, Gabe. In this case especially.]
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VOICE.
You don't have to understand it. He just enjoys hearing himself say it.
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There's so much she could say but she's going with:] Jerk.
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You're not talking to him, are you?
[That long staring preemptive of her word rather gave it away.]
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VOICE.
Who is whom he does assume Kenzi is talking about, since he doesn't know her, himself. ]
Simple yet appropriate.
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But then, there's Gideon. The missing leg. He was not like that before. She knows as much. But she also knows he went to.
Her eyes study Chilton on the video. Is this some kind of revenge? Kate doesn't discount it.]
What. [There's no peak to her tone. There's no emphasis.] Happened. [It's obvious, despite the video function, that she's not exactly looking to have a conversation where she readily looks at Chilton or even Gideon.
She does, however, require answers. Especially now.]
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[The time lapse is jarring. Two sets of memories, one spanning months -- the other, the Heropa-born experiences, they seemed freshly gutted just days before.
He had been gone for some time, but only to his own perspective.]
I was stolen away back to Baltimore. I was -- [No. Not here. This was his fresher slate, the life he could cultivate more strictly to his whims.] -- oh. Do you mean him?
[A glance towards Gideon.]
He seems to be missing a limb. I don't really know how that happened, and he won't make smalltalk on it. I would guess the Ripper was responsible.
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VOICE.
The question is refreshingly vague. He doesn't have to say much. ]
What happened is he stepped on me. You'd think by now he'd know to watch his step.
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[him, obviously, being Gideon. Hans couldn't care less about Chilton, but Gideon? Gideon was interesting. And this was worrying.]
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Are visual aids not sufficient for you, Hans?
[He remembers Hans, too. All those experiences flooded back, staggering his mind for those unrecorded seconds before he took back his communicator.]
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VOICE.
[ It's, of course, some minutes later. ]
Don't worry -- didn't really hurt. Frederick's always been a light step himself, even before they brought in the cane.
[ Chilton stepped on him -- obviously that's all Hans must be asking about. Clearly. ]
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not here
not here
not here
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Your girlfriend almost had, like, seven fucking heart attacks over your stupid ass. [that is, surprisingly, not sarcasm. because she doesn't like Kenzi, but she doesn't like shitty men even more. jerk.]
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Girlfriend?
[He hasn't had time to look back, over the Network. That action just bumped up in line, however, concerning his priorities.]
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Careful. If you use that word he might actually take you seriously.
[ "Dead," "worried," or "girlfriend." Which ones does he mean. Maybe all of them. ]
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Sir. Are you all right? Both of you.
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[Though Chilton appreciates it. It might even show, in the quiet, calm tone he speaks with.]
Abel Gideon, however... He'll be equipped with a wheelchair shortly, we were told. But his wound appears to be still partially open.
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Speaking only for myself, feel like a million bucks. But I suggested to Frederick he take something for his nerves -- seems a bit... shaken.
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permatext
I expect to be updated.
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Danger? Do the events concerning myself merit your preference for updates?
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PRIVATE.
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video/private (to both of course);
Stolen away back to Baltimore. [Said just before the video flips on to reveal him leaning over a counter near a cash register, all sorts of fishing-related trinkets on the wall behind him. He doesn't look directly into the camera when he speaks, and it's not because of issues with eye contact.] Should I ask, do I get to ask, [Because he lied, he wouldn't expect the truth to be so freely given.] do either of you even want to talk about it, or should I just. Relocate?
[He shot Gideon. He doesn't know where his leg went unless they just left him in the cold so long it had to be amputated.]
video & private.
One can't help but feel as if we are both corralled into some eternal game of chronological tag -- where would you be locating? It isn't as if Hannibal has been ported in, has --
[Oh. My. God, thinks Chilton. He should have thought about that initially.]
-- he?
perma
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video/private on his end forever, etc.
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Are you alright, doctor? Someone was worried about you the other day. [ A Pause. ] Come to think of it, is that guy going to be alright? [ His voice sounds at least a touch concerned. It doesn't look good. ]
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Don't feel.]
Gideon will require medical assistance. He's been paralyzed, evidently.
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[Lucifer's a traditionalist, okay. Objective truth is the way to go.]
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Hello, Lucifer.
[Chilton can't deny how he's still intrigued (just as he is with Hannibal), but now there's a wariness, a fear that punctures his self-assured swagger (just as with Hannibal). Falling victim to Gideon, twice, helped him reconsider his own self-perceived immunity.]
Are we to subscribe to an absolute truth to begin with?
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Good, you're okay. You should call Kenzi, she was worried about you.
[There is. A beat. He looks at Abel uncertainly before offering:]
Uh...does your friend need a lift to the hospital?
VOICE.
[ He definitely, at least, doesn't sound like a man in pain. Or a man even suffering. ]
After all it is Easter. You probably have plans.
permavid oops
PERMA-ETC.
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