knew_anyway: (So tie me to a post and block my ears)
Nathaniel || John Mandrake ([personal profile] knew_anyway) wrote2011-12-28 12:45 pm

Thirteenth Summoning [Accidental Video] || Overworked and Underpaid

[The feed clicks on to show Nat in his study- but unlike his public addresses, he's not sitting calmly at his desk, or even looking at the camera. Instead, he has his back to the device, reaching up to get a book from his top shelf.

His study is nothing short of painfully organized chaos. Stacks of books and loose papers seem to reach the ceiling. His walls are covered with chalk marks, very few of which are English. He has Japanese characters, foreign words, and even a hieroglyph or two- and of course, lots and lots of Latin interspersed, with dark, angry lines connecting words together or crossing sentences out entirely.

It looks very much like he's lost it, especially as he opens the book he'd just gotten, turning slightly so his face is profile to the camera. He hasn't slept in days, his hair is messy from the times he's ran his fingers through it, his shirt is untucked, tie loosened.

With a negative mutter, Nathaniel snaps the book shut and turns to cross out another line of foreign writing, letting the book drop to the floor by his feet in frustration.

He continues working tirelessly, unaware that he'd being recorded, until the feed shuts off.]




[[ooc: SOOOO to anyone who can speak a foreign language, the words he has written are all regarding names- names of deities in that language's culture mostly, but also little scrawls on statistics and probabilities and things relating to alternate worlds, dimension hopping, and Other Places.

I am JUST returning from being internetless as well, so all of Nat's, Rome's, and Regulus' tags will be done shortly <3 <3]]

[identity profile] imakefootnotes.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
video;

Your insanity is showing. Just so you know.

[identity profile] knew-anyway.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Permavideo

Hn.

[Glancing toward the camera with distaste.]

I'm working. It's hardly the same.

[identity profile] imakefootnotes.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Go to bed before I knock you out.

[identity profile] knew-anyway.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
There's no time for that.

[identity profile] imakefootnotes.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
There is always time to knock you out. In fact, I'll go out of my way to do it.

[Video]

[identity profile] wingsandwill.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
What are you doing?

[Castiel can read all of that, and it's relevant to his interests.]

[identity profile] knew-anyway.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd prefer it if you didn't.

[Tightly, eyes narrowing at the screen.]

[identity profile] knew-anyway.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
-studying.

[IS THE SHORT AND SWEET ANSWER]

[identity profile] imakefootnotes.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
You clearly don't know what is best when it comes to yourself.

[identity profile] wingsandwill.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Studying what?

[Just because that's the kind of answer Castiel would give doesn't mean he lets other people get away with it. 8|]

[identity profile] knew-anyway.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
You clearly don't understand that sometimes something is more important than your own well being.

[He scoffs.]

What am I saying? You've never understood that.

[identity profile] knew-anyway.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Private | Unhackable from here on

Names.

[Running his fingers back through his hair, almost breathless.]

We've spoken about it before. I've made a breakthrough.

[identity profile] wingsandwill.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you mean?

[What sort of breakthrough?]

And your notes pertain to world travel as well.

[identity profile] imakefootnotes.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. You really have learned nothing, have you?

[identity profile] knew-anyway.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
What are you talking about?

[identity profile] knew-anyway.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm trying to discern the identity of one of the animus.

[He glances back to his wall, before frowning.]

They all arrived here the same way we did. If I can figure out what sort of worlds they came from- maybe I can... use that to track them down. I have to reverse engineer to unified universe project, but it's one of my biggest leads.
flameandpassion: (Rei: Find your own dreams.)

[Video // Private // Unhackable] THE 30TH AND STUFF

[personal profile] flameandpassion 2011-12-28 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[She looks exhausted, but exhilarated. Sorry for the whole vanishing for three days thing but the information will be totally worth it, right?]

Nathaniel.

If you're sleeping, get up.

[identity profile] imakefootnotes.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Get out of that office and sleep. Go for a walk. Eat proper food.

[identity profile] knew-anyway.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
There will be time for that later.

[identity profile] knew-anyway.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sleeping.

[BUT HE'S >:( AT YOU SO THERE.]

[identity profile] imakefootnotes.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[The djinn just shakes his head, he cannot figure out what will get through to the boy. Not anymore.]
flameandpassion: (Rei: I'm sorry...)

[personal profile] flameandpassion 2011-12-28 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[SHE WAS SWORN TO SECRECY D8 But the tiny flash of excitement kind of fades into a sigh.]

-- you probably should be.

[Cas is already giving her the silent treatment. 8|]

[identity profile] knew-anyway.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a long pause.]

...getting on alright?

[identity profile] knew-anyway.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you going to come 'round with Bartimaeus and knock me out?

[CAS will tell him before this thread takes place TOLD HIM EVERYTHING, BRO.]

[identity profile] imakefootnotes.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Thought you didn't have time for such things.

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