13F02 [video]

[lostundercover]

[Backdated to Feb 14 afternoon]
[The video flicks on to show Bourne seated in front of the screen at a cafe. His nose is swollen and possibly broken and blood covers his shirt. Costigan is standing awkwardly not far behind him. To anyone remotely trained, it's clear that Costigan's left shoulder is dislocated. Both men show subtle signs of bruises developing in their faces.]

[Bourne speaks first.] Can anyone recommend a doctor in or near the Wood Sector?

You have any idea what kind of medical treatment they have here? Thanks a lot, asshole. [Costigan's pretty much muttering from the background.]

[Bourne totally ignores this.] We just need someone who can reset his shoulder. And possibly my nose. [There's a pause, and when he speaks again, he sounds dead serious with nary a hint of Blatant Lies.] He fell out of a tree.

[Costigan shows no sign of disputing the obvious lie, but he cuts in anyway.] Tell Reid I'm fine.

Reid? He's fine, apparently. [Bourne's 'tree' canard does not go any way towards explaining why he has a busted-up face too. It was a tree, dammit. Trees everywhere.]


[Black is Jason Bourne (brokenweapon), navy blue is Billy Costigan (lostundercover)]

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[squint]

[ Asking 'are you okay' seems a little redundant. Cobb switches to his next question: ]

What the hell happened?

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[lostundercover]

[Costigan'll take this one. And Cobb might be one of few to get the truth.]

You look like me.
He looks like someone I know.

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[squint]

Not on good terms I take it.

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[controlledvariable]

[Steph just sighs, not buying that "tree" story for a second but when she tells people she gets her scrapes and bruises from gymnastic spills, she can't really throw stones.

So:]

Give me your location and I can be there in twenty minutes to fix you boys up. [Popping shoulders back in and setting noses is child's play.]

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[brokenweapon]

[Bourne rattles off their location, a console cafe in the Wood sector.]

Appreciate it.

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[controlledvariable]

See you soon.

[Steph switches off the video feed, then grabs everything she needs and heads out the door, taking her bike to make the trip shorter. She pulls up outisde the cafe, parks, and goes inside, quickly scanning the area for a sign of Bourne and/or Costigan, heading towards them as soon as she spots them.]

You wanna draw straws for who goes first?

[polyhistor]

[... 'fell out of a tree' is a new one, at least.]

Thank you for letting me know.

[This is probably the single most awkward statement he's managed since getting here. Alpha male posturing, ladies and gentlemen. At least, whatever the cause of the fight, they seem to have settled their differences.]

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[lostundercover]

I'll explain later.

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[polyhistor]

Just-- try not to get yourself killed in the meantime.

[It's kind of meant to sound like a joke

but it kind of doesn't sound like a joke.]

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[grimreaping]

A tree the size of a skyscraper, perhaps?

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[brokenweapon]

It was a rough landing.

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[grimreaping]

Yes, the ground often punches back when it's fallen upon.

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[imaginate]

[Very sceptical about this story.

Still, amused:] Does the tree need medical attention too?

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[lostundercover]

[Bourne may reply separately, but Costigan jumps in from the background, amused with his mysterious almost-friend.]

Tell Rayner he can be the next one to fall out of a tree if he keeps it up.

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[imaginate]

[Are you trying to intimidate him? Kyle thinks that's cute.]

I'm taking that as a yes.

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[storm_warning]

[Ororo buys the tree excuse. Sure. Which is why she's a bit smug when she brings up the feed.]

Try Sep. He's at WA-3A and has some weird energy healing deal. [A shrug.] Beats letting the kedan patch you up.

[philosophe]

If no one has gotten to you by this point, I could give it a try.

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[build]

[ hey guys, have one completely unimpressed architect judging you slightly.]

You know. You both could have thought of a better excuse than falling out of a tree.

[ because obviously you two were fighting, right? ]

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[lostundercover]

[Costigan's reply to Ariadne comes awhile later, after they've presumably been patched up.]

You know when you ask someone how they're doing and they tell you 'fine,' even though you know they aren't? It means they don't want to talk about it. Most people can take the hint.

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[build]

I guess I'm not like everyone else then.

[ which really, she doesn't mind. she never has been the type to take things at face value after all. ]

So are you going to tell me what happened?

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[brokenweapon]

[survival_isnt_living]

[Sep is, actually, grossly uncomfortable with the fact that he's agreeing with Ororo.

But she isn't... actually Marat, right?]

I'm Sep. Can you two move, or do you need help where you are?

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[wintershepherd]

[ Jack leaves it off video since he already knows one of them can't see or hear him and the other may not be able to either. ]

can't help with the doctor

but if either of you need an icepack...

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[lostundercover]

[Costigan will steal this one too, because he feels bad.]

Listen, kid. I'm sorry about before. An icepack would be great right about now.

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[forging]

You two wind up in a row?

[ what are you doing, sassy boston cobb forgery. what are you doing. ]