038 [audio]

[batmanschmatman]

I know it's kind of ridiculous to try to look for a point to any of this? But I still think it if we were going to be able to be contacted by people not on the Barge, it would have been more handy to let us pick who we could contact. And when to contact them in the timeline.

I hate time travel.

[Private to Costigan]

I saw you talking with Sullivan. How are you doing?

[Private to Hayley]

So, I met your Harvey.

[Private to Bruce; added a little later]

You told Crane?

Comments

[batmanschmatman]

So, who's Jack Thorne?

[whattheytellyou.livejournal.com]

He's a friend of mine. An engineer. Does a lot of work outfitting field expeditions.

[batmanschmatman]

He doing okay?

[whattheytellyou.livejournal.com]

He's great, thanks.

I was more concerned about another friend - ah, Dr. Malcolm. He'd been injured pretty seriously before I came here, but Jack says he's recovering.

[batmanschmatman]

That's good news. Too bad he couldn't check in in person though.

[whattheytellyou.livejournal.com]

It's probably for the best. Jack was a little baffled when I told him where I was. Ian might not have taken it as well. You know.

Why do I get the impression we're talking about me to avoid talking about you?

[batmanschmatman]

I do indeed. It's kind of a weird thing to tell people.

Maybe I'm just being polite?

[whattheytellyou.livejournal.com]

That's probably it. In that case, you're very well-mannered.

[batmanschmatman]

Flatterer.

[whattheytellyou.livejournal.com]

Just honest.

[batmanschmatman]

So, run into anyone else interesting?

[whattheytellyou.livejournal.com]

No one I knew. I think I contacted a military radio network, but the conversation was pretty confusing.

[batmanschmatman]

What do you mean?

[whattheytellyou.livejournal.com]

She said she was military, but using a civilian network in the "Midwest Zone", whatever she meant by that.

[batmanschmatman]

Weird. Was she from Earth?

[whattheytellyou.livejournal.com]

Apparently, "Midwest Zones" means "American Midwest". What I mean when I say I don't understand...

I've had some experience with the military. I catch their transport flights when I have to get back to the States in a hurry, and that requires being on good terms with them. I interact with them pretty often.

I have never heard that term used.

It was...weird.

[batmanschmatman]

I can imagine.

I got contacted by a pink pony.

[whattheytellyou.livejournal.com]

[A beat.]

Is that a euphemism for something?

[batmanschmatman]

No, I mean I literally was contacted by a talking, pink pony. It might be pretty up there on my list of bizarre things that have happened to me.

[whattheytellyou.livejournal.com]

I...

Wow.

You win, Dick.

You're sure it was a pony and not a puppet or something?

[batmanschmatman]

I'm pretty sure it was alive. Admittedly, it was a pretty brief conversation, but... I don't know, Sarah, it was weird.

[whattheytellyou.livejournal.com]

...I have to admit: I'm a little jealous. You don't talk to pink ponies every day.

[batmanschmatman]

I don't know, I can think of about fifty people I'd rather have made contact with before a pony.

[whattheytellyou.livejournal.com]

Now you can tell those fifty people that you talked to a pony.

[batmanschmatman]

If I ever get to talk to any of them.