video; accidental

[catchingwrenches]

[Not too long after Kami's previous post, she's on console, being recorded from the side; it's obvious she's not talking to anyone in the Double-F, judging by how not-acerbic her tone is, for once.]

--so we finally got the elevator fixed, which means I can message you again. And I gotta say, I missed it.

[There's a tinny voice from the console; the words can't quite be made out, but it's male, and he speaks with an English accent.]

Don't, you're gonna make me cry, moron. So can you sneak off to come visit Newton? I hear tell there's a pretty cool holo-tag place.

[More indecipherable words.]

Yeah, I know, they keep you real busy. Just a day?

[This time, "Yeah. Okay." can be heard, and it doesn't sound grudging, but happy.]

You're the best. I miss your face.

[Words words words.]

Can I guess what the surprise is?

[Words.]

[Fondly:] Shut up. You-- Hey!! [She's noticed the record light. Busted!] LoTUS, if you were broadcasting, so help me Asimov, I am gonna ground you until the heat death of the multiverse!

[There's some synthesized giggling from LoTUS, and the feed cuts out.]

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[southernreaper]

[ He is absolutely not laughing. ]

Considering a few folks from back home have been through to the end of the universe a few times, you might want to think of a new punishment.

[catchingwrenches]

Hey, the multiverse is a pretty big and long-lived multitude. I'd say that's an appropriate length of time to be grounded for invading my privacy, [she says, with the last three words pointedly directed elsewhere.

A synthesized, androgynous voice:] Is it so wrong to let people know you have a softer side?

[Kami, angrily:] Yes!!

[southernreaper]

[ Kevin snickers. Because he agrees with the AI. ]

There are worse things, Kami.