coming at you fast, midnight

[cosmiccon]

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[rehire]

( He waits for David to take his leave before calling Donna into his office. Making sure the door's closed before they talk, he activates an object David once provided him to cloak their conversation. He draws back a bead to one of his desk tchotchkes. It hits the four others, knocking the fifth back which returns and knocks the first. )

David Gainor wanted to update his will.

[thefaxwhisperer]

I assumed it was bad but I didn't realize it was preparing because my death has become slightly more likely bad.

[She moves to sit in David's now abandoned seat, looking at him with concern.]

Are you okay?

[rehire]

He told me to take care of Ezra.

( He doesn't like deathbed promises. )

If the Gauntlet can't be prevented, or stopped, it's highly likely he could die. It's not slightly.

[thefaxwhisperer]

David's gotten himself out of worst scrapes. I'm sure this is more of a precaution than anything else.

[Though the Gauntlet is the Gauntlet and it's not a non-zero chance.]

Does he at least have a plan?

[rehire]

He always does.

( But will he come back from this plan in one piece. )

[thefaxwhisperer]

[The plan is the first step.]

Then I would trust him to see that plan through. And David's like a cockroach. He's come back from worse.

[rehire]

I'll update his will.

( Because that is his job. )

Push everything today. I want to take you to dinner.

( How can he not stop and smell the roses. )

I'm calling can opener.

[thefaxwhisperer]

[Pushing everything because he wants to go to dinner, given life and death situations may be on the line? She would like to assume that it's just a friendly dinner, but that's not the vibe he's giving.]

Unfortunately I have something I can't cancel. Maybe another time?

[rehire]

( It's not, but he's missed his chance before. He tried. )

Yeah. Another time. I'll get working on this.

( He doesn't press the issue. He never has. They slept together the one time and they are much more than most people are together without that component. They still can be. )

[thefaxwhisperer]

[She nods, before stepping back to head back to her desk.]

Let me know if you need anything for David's paperwork.

[And things will stay business as usual.]