Helga sees that app being submitted

[moveitfootballhead]

So you finally got it done, eh Buck-o? It's not bad, I guess. Nice work with all that garbage about me actually being a nice person and lonely and scared. You're really putting one over on them.

[Right, Helga. You keep believing that.]

So now we gotta wait, right? Well, don't worry - they'll take one look at that application, see how great I am, and have to let me join.

canon is preacher.

[bollicksed]

So's this preacher, see, he gets up in front of his whole — congregation, like. Standin' behind his pulpit, lookin' a right handsome devil, collar 'n that, and he says to 'em — he says: "Now, I've good news and bad". The people, they're listenin', o'course. Hangin' on the bastard's every word. "The good news", preacher says, "is we've enough money for our new buildin' program." They cheer, righ'? Oh, yeah, man. They're lovin' it. [ he cups a hand at the side his mouth, sound at the back of his throat imitating a roaring crowd. in a stage whisper, he follows up with a get off, reverend, yeh beautiful eejit! ]

[ he outstretches his fingers, waving, then, relaxing the imaginary group. ] He's got his hands out, he's calmin' those charmin' sods down. "Bad news," he tells 'em, "is it's still out there in yer pockets."

[ there's a moment of silence, his expression blank. it contorts, then, and chuckles himself stupid into a bottle of whiskey. ]

voicetesting - canon is The Raven Cycle (TRK compliant)

[iwillbe]

This is....really bizarre, you know. I thought with Ronan you already had your hands full, but I'm no trouble comparatively I guess. Still, this place is weird and uncomfortable, and I'd really just like to get back to my friends.

Also, can I please have my Coca Cola shirt back now?

Canon: Star Trek. No, this isn't Data.

[big_brother_is_watching]

Oh, look. This is new. Living in an organic brain is a bit messy, but I can make do. I usually do.

Don't worry. You and I will have plenty of fun together. I have lots of ideas.

I'm sure you'll have fun, too. The things we'll be able to do together...

Settle in, player. You and I are in for a long trip.

voice!testing this guy! Are spoilers still a thing?

[burdenofguilt]

[Holds up a hand.] Just to be clear, I don't - I don't need this. I've been on my own a long time, I'm pretty sure I know how to handle it. [Except he can't. He really, really can't.]

[Matt's the absolute worst at handling anything. Burying his head in the sand or, better yet, burying his fists in the faces of people who deserve it is more than just a coping mechanism now. It's a survival instinct.]

[Who're you even kidding, Matt? Seriously.] Connections are a distraction. They get people hurt, that's a fact, and I don't think I can take much more of it.