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explosivecombat) wrote2020-10-04 01:11 pm
explosivecombat) wrote2020-10-04 01:11 pm
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Voicemail/IC Contact
(Carmen, you probably want this one.)
"State your name and whatever business you may have with me; I'll return your call once circumstances allow."
[Please state in the subject line if OOC planning is preferred and we can handwave like the wind, but otherwise IC will be assumed!]
[VIDEO]
[Remember that cheery mood from yesterday? Yeah, that's gone.]
Fine. If you won't talk to me, I'll have to apologize here.
[He's looking decidedly more composed than a couple of nights ago, but Archer can't seem to actually focus on the camera. He'll just be playing with his sleeves the whole time while he's talking, if you don't mind.]
I don't know what caused me to lash out like that. I've... never bothered trying to analyze why I act the way I do. There's no point in it.
[Because he writes it off as being a crazy bitch. Details.]
I know you're angry. I don't blame you. Had I been in your situation, I would be furious too. I just wish you'd talk to me; I wish you'd give me a chance to fix things.
[There's a long pause. If he doesn't stop picking at his sleeves soon he's going to find some way to start yanking the string out.]
...I'm sorry, Kimblee. I didn't mean to hurt you. I was angry and... I lashed out. You know how I am. That doesn't excuse the behavior, but it can partially explain it, at least. I'm still not sure why I acted the way I did but...
[Oh boy, here comes the fun part.]
...I believe it was because... because I was afraid of losing you to her. Not... not because of any interest or anything, but because you're...
[Nope, hang on, words are failing him. Dammit, he spent plenty of time preparing what he was going to say!]
You're very important to me, Kimblee! I don't want to lose our... partnership or whatever the hell it is.
[Whatever tension there was fades quickly and Archer folds his hands, staring at them instead of the Gear.]
...I'm sorry. I don't know what more I can do.
[And with that, he'll shut the Gear off.]