Cabin Pressure. Likely to remain up in the attic - er, homeless.

[finefinefinefinefine]

Sorry, but where the hell do you get off? I'm glad you're apparently such a big fan of my face, but I don't need your pity. I told all of that to Caroline in confidence.

And really, I can't be stuck up here. I need to be getting back to work. In my van. Thanks very much for the reminder.

...look, can't you just... let me go back? It's not a glamourous life, or even a very nice one, but it's mine. I don't even know what you expect me to do here.

[ooc note: mun has listened up through 3x01, Qikiqtarjuaq.]

Comments

[surprisingrice]

Oh, but there's all sorts of things to do out here! It's brilliant! You can fly a kite, or be on reality television, make new friends...

[finefinefinefinefine]

[Sigh.]

Yes, Arthur, I'm certain it's brilliant, just... they're commenting on some very personal stuff up here, and not in a way I'm entirely comfortable with.

[surprisingrice]

Ohh, right. It's sort of a thing with muns, you know, they're- um. Well, they're sort of- uh. I mean, they can be really great, only sometimes they're- not. Exactly. Polite. About things in general.

[ Yes, a smooth and comprehensible answer, perfect execution. ] Have you tried asking really nicely?

[finefinefinefinefine]

Probably not as nicely as you. How'd it work?

[surprisingrice]

Well, you know. Not very well. [ SHRUG. What are you gonna do in these crazy times? ] But, I did still get to spend some time on a show with you and Douglas! It was like Celebrity Love Island, only without the celebrities and with completely different rules. We got a Diary Room and everything.

[finefinefinefinefine]

Celebrity Love Island? You mean they had us... competing for girls?

[Said with a certain amount of reserve because oh dear, that sounds both potentially terrifying and not as bad as he'd feared, if it weren't for the fact that Douglas would've been around, and he could keep moving on with this thread of thought except that this is Arthur-speak he's trying to interpret, so he could still be completely wrong.]

[surprisingrice]

They did? [ no they didn't arthur omg. ]

Not exactly. Or at all, unless we have been and I just didn't notice. You know, it's that show where the cameras stay on, and you can get evicted... Great Uncle! No, wait, not that, sorry. That would be silly.

[finefinefinefinefine]

[The deadest of deadpans:] Big Brother.

Right, I'm almost terrified to ask for a couple of reasons, but... how am I doing?

[surprisingrice]

You're doing great, Skipper! I think. I mean, you woke up in the bath, which I think is a nice start.

i had to for the face mix-up!

[ensure]

[ it's hard to say whether she's simply surprised or just confused. ] ... Mr. Tietjens? You look— [ quickly abandons that silly thought. probably just confused. ] Sorry. In your what? I'm afraid I don't understand you.

aaah, I need to watch Parade's End.

[finefinefinefinefine]

My van. My van. Icarus Removals. And I'm supposed to work tomorrow...

I'm sorry. Sorry. I don't mean to bother you about it. I don't even know you.

i definitely recommend it when you get the chance!

[ensure]

Icarus ... [ well, she knows that tale, but then — ah. so, he isn't mr. tietjens. it would be an easy mistake to make, their faces being near identical. ]

You don't know— Oh. I'm dreadfully sorry. I thought you were ... well, I suppose that explains some of the changes. You don't have a brother, do you?

[finefinefinefinefine]

I - do, actually, but we're not... My name's Martin. Martin Crieff. Captain Martin Crieff. Actually.