- IC CONTACT POST FOR MASKORMENACE -

[slightlyoffchilt]

"Hello.

You've reached the direct line of Doctor Frederick Chilton. As I am not available at the moment, you might assume I'm quite busy with something pressing. State your name and business, and I will return your call."

Comments

[lurings]

[ she could open up for once or... ]

Yup.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Did he ever speak about Will to you? When he had you captive.

[shuckit]

i never even talked to him before. psychological profile, outlier logic. got it. i'll try to get as much as i can.

thanks.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Whatever you gather, I can analyze it for you. While a control set of data would be ideal, it isn't impossible to work around.

But I wish you luck.

[shuckit]

i'll get what i can and get back to you. thanks for the help. just hoping something actually comes out of it.

[ and there will actually be a delay on him getting back with the conversation he has with holiday, given what thomas finds. namely, quisma chilling out in his head. kate talked about keeping it quiet for now. ]

[slightlyoffchilt]

I appreciate being kept informed, Thomas.

[Duly noted!]

a week or so later, 2/15

[shuckit]

sorry for the hold up. it's better if you just look over the transcript i'm attaching. probably gonna make more sense than me trying to explain it.

[ he's attaching a file that has this conversation written in it word for word, copied down with HOLIDAY, QUISMA or THOMAS written next to who says what. he's about to let the mirrornet know about it as well, given seeing holiday looking wrecked at the swear-in had him deciding it was enough time waiting on it. ]

[lurings]

Yes.

[lurings]

That I'm already catnip for murderers, I don't need to be a religious icon too.

[ also men are trash. ]

[slightlyoffchilt]

It would not do you well to defy a god. I have read your Greek mythology.

1/2

[slightlyoffchilt]

Tell me what he said.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Please.

[slightlyoffchilt]

No need to apologize, Thomas, none at all. This is quite interesting. Holiday must have been relieved to have been contacted by you, his lack of chronological awareness implies that he had been isolated quite a lot. Sometimes even the comatose report awareness, after awakening, but this doesn't seem to indicate any similarity with Holiday.

I would guess he was not meant to recover from being "locked in", if you don't mind the terminology.

2/2

[slightlyoffchilt]

Quisma was inside of Holiday?

[Guess who just hit what part now.]

[lurings]

[ how 'bout you roll back that attitude, chilton. ]

No.

I don't want to talk about it.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Perhaps another time, then.

[Because Chilton is also watching himself, always watching himself.]

[shuckit]

yep. [ haaaa. yeah. ]

yeah, i only really understood pieces of what he was saying. he said there was something dangerous about... being in his head? i guess? unless he skipped to something else. but i never really got that figured out. [ he was sort of rapid firing questions at him, so that's thomas's bad, really. most people just get the urge to strangle him for it. ]

[lurings]

You could just ask Will.

[slightlyoffchilt]

You know why that won't work.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Dangerous for whom, I wonder? And under what circumstance? Does Quisma need a host body, or is he Holiday's life support?

Either way, this is surely traumatic for the Captain. He is earnest in his communication, but it's difficult to gauge how accurate his logic is.

[lurings]

His end goal was for Will to come away with us.

[ a family. ]

He kept me mildly updated on what was going on. Only enough to prove his plan was working. I didn't ask a lot of questions.

Happy?

[lurings]

Okay. That's not going to happen.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Hubris has often crippled mankind.

[THE IRONY FROM CHILTON'S MOUTH!]

[slightlyoffchilt]

["Ew," says Chilton, although to himself. Thank goodness for texting options. To come away with us, as if this fabrication of interpersonal relations was something pure.]

Lecter is a remarkably twisted individual.

[And, a moment later:]

Your experience with him is unparalleled. That's why I ask, Abigail. That's all.

[lurings]

Lucky me.

[ SHE DOESN'T FEEL LUCKY. but haha no she's not going to let chilton call her out on how depressed she actually is so MOVING ON. ]

If you want to know anything else, try asking nicely.

Use please first.