accidental video | backdated to last night

[touchofgenius]

[The video switches on, showing a darkened bedroom, some moonlight filtering in through a window.

Slowly, very, very slowly, Birkin eases himself out of his bed. The bed squeaks slightly, just once, before Birkin has both feet planted on the floor. Mission successful, boyfriend still asleep. He puts on some clothes, quietly, quickly, looking a lot less like the bumbling idiot the community's come to know and a lot more efficient and sure of his movements.

He moves over to a dresser on the opposite wall, pulling something out of it, before creeping over to the door, easing it open, and blowing Stein a kiss before creeping out of the room.





If anyone's willing to actually continue watching the feed for the next few hours of footage, they'll get to see Birkin creep back in, drenched with sweat and a a bit of blood splattered on his shirt, return a pistol to the dresser, and slowly ease himself back into bed before the video turns off.]

Comments

[unknownrival]

William, what are you doing?

[touchofgenius]

Eh what?

[unknownrival]

You know very well what I mean.

[touchofgenius]

Ooooh, didn't realize this got posted. Whoops. I forgot this place liked to do that occasionally.

Anyway, yeah, I went for a walk around town. Which... Went about as well as expected, to be honest, heheh.

[unknownrival]

You brought a gun.

[Action]

[screwloose]

Where did you go, William?

[Stein doesn't sound sleepy at all. In fact, he sounds completely awake, and his eyes gleam in the darkness. He's dressed, and has his glasses on, and has, in fact, been waiting for Birkin to get back, while lying under the covers and pretending to be asleep]

Re: [Action]

[touchofgenius]

[He springs up like a cat doused in water, before heaving a sigh.] Jesus... Can you ever just say hello without scaring the shit out of me? Ughhhhh...

[He lays back on the bed, and rolls over, running a hand through his hair.] Went for a walk, which turned into going for a run when one of those fucking monsters spotted me. Honestly, why are you never awake and chasing after me when I need you?

[Action]

[screwloose]

Oh, did I scare you?

[Stein turns over in bed, and pats Birkin's chest] Did the monster hurt you?

[Action]

[touchofgenius]

Just a bit.

...To both those questions, actually. [He chuckles a few times, trying to not wince so much when Stein pats the cut. Really, it's not that deep or that big, and already the blood's started to clot, so Birkin's not even being all that flippant when he says it just hurt him a bit.] You shoulda seen me, though, you probably would have been pretty impressed.

[video]

[material_guy]

Now that's the guy I trust behind my technology. Take care of business 'n come home 'fore anyone who'd care even knows yer gone to worry.

[video]

[touchofgenius]

See, I'd say you're half right, but you're actually not right at all; I wasn't "taking care of business" I was just taking a walk. And I am not nearly stealthy enough to sneak past the man who'd hear a feather hit the floor in another room and wake up.

[video]

[material_guy]

...That makes it a little less cool. You didn't have to tell me that part.

[video]

[touchofgenius]

Sorry to disappoint, but I'm just... Not that cool of a guy.

[heavenlyhome]

I beg your pardon, Birkin-sensei. I do not believe you had meant to share this with us.

[touchofgenius]

No, not particularly. Oh well, no harm done, other than boring whoever was dumb enough to watch the whole thing, I guess, heh.

[heavenlyhome]

I will say that I only caught the first few minutes. At the least, it was not something more embarrassing.

It is good that you have been doing well.

[touchofgenius]

Heh, thanks. And yeah, sort of a shockingly boring thing for the community to decide to post, but... I've never understood it, and I probably never will.

I assume you've been doing well yourself?

[notasinglelady]

Mr. Birkin did you kill someone?

[touchofgenius]

Why is that the first conclusion you jump to?

[notasinglelady]

Because of the gun and blood stains. And because this week I already saw someone get killed and someone else got beaten up in this community.

[And he's quite upset about both posts, Birkin's made him even more wary.]

[touchofgenius]

...I'm not going to ask why you saw someone get killed, because I have a feeling I don't really want to know.

And the blood's mine, actually. The gun is just because I know how this universe works and I knew I was liable to possibly be someone's midnight snack if I wasn't armed.

[ioudas]

William.

[touchofgenius]

Cross.

[ioudas]

What are you doing?

[touchofgenius]

I went out and took a stroll.