Thirteenth Summoning [Accidental Video] || Overworked and Underpaid

[knew_anyway]

[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]]

Comments

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

Right. You really have learned nothing, have you?

[knew-anyway.livejournal.com]

What are you talking about?

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

Get out of that office and sleep. Go for a walk. Eat proper food.

[knew-anyway.livejournal.com]

There will be time for that later.

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

[The djinn just shakes his head, he cannot figure out what will get through to the boy. Not anymore.]

[knew-anyway.livejournal.com]

[There's a long pause.]

...getting on alright?

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

Thought you didn't have time for such things.

[knew-anyway.livejournal.com]

Shut up.

[He's trying to fix things.]

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

Am I talking or shutting up? [pointed look]

[knew-anyway.livejournal.com]

You're being a nuisance.

[DAMNIT BART.]

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

You didn't answer my question. [Damnit right back.]

[knew-anyway.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to be civil!

[AND HE'S FAILING A LOT.]

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

Did you learn this kind of diplomacy in government?

[knew-anyway.livejournal.com]

You're not even trying.

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

I did my bit by telling you to rest and eat.

[knew-anyway.livejournal.com]

[Wait what? He's just filed that bit under 'annoying things people tell me to do'.]

...yes, well.

[He huffs.]

Fine.

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

[He raises his eyebrows expectantly as if to say 'hop to it, then']

[knew-anyway.livejournal.com]

-in a few hours.

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

How long have you been awake? [What he really means, privately, is 'how lax have Tibor and Faisal been and how much do I need to torture them into taking better care of you?']

[knew-anyway.livejournal.com]

I don't think you have any right to ask.

[Which translates into 'definitely more than forty-eight hours, potentially approaching seventy-two'.]

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

I'm probably the only one that will ask.

[knew-anyway.livejournal.com]

...awhile.

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

Go to bed. I will guard the house this one time.

[knew-anyway.livejournal.com]

I'd rather not owe you a favor.

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

[he just eyerolls.]