livestudioaudience | Viewing Party 2

[Kip walks into the room with an extremely large soda, slurping at the straw and chatting with Jamie.]

I'm not saying we'd be a thing, I'm just saying you look like you could really stand to get off, you know-

[He stops, looks at the screen, which is currently showing Blaze Dudely during a "Previously On" segment.]

Oh. Huh. He looks different.

Why are you like this-

[He's been so good about avoiding anything about this season. He's supported his friends when he could but somehow he's done well enough avoiding any news about this season up until right now...when the horny Irken is hitting on him.

All at once Jamie goes very still and very quiet.]

[Kip sips at his soda disaffectedly, his big red eyes narrowing slightly.]

...I can't put my finger on it. Hey- Jimmyjams, what do you think it is?

[And that's when he looks up at Jamie.]

Uh... Jamie?

[Jamie doesn't respond, only making a muted noise of terror from the back of his throat. He's focused completely on the screen, watching the recap with growing silent horror.

No. No no no no.]

[Xander hadn't been focusing on the tv either- sitting a ways away in case someone, specificly Jane, needed to be escorted away.

... he didn't expect Jamie. He's up in a flash. In hindsight, maybe too MUCH of a flash, and at Jamie's side, lightly touching his back]

Jamie...!

[If this were any other panic attack Jamie would leap out of his skin then collapse somewhere until his screaming bird brain calmed down enough for him to process things.

But this isn't a normal panic attack. Jame draws in a sudden, sharp breath when Xander moves. He feels a hand on his back and wants to scream but he can't get his brain and mouth to coordinate. So he does the only thing his erratic brain can think to do.

He balls his hand into a fist, whips around and delivers a solid, frantic punch to Xander's face.]

Xander-san!

[Yurika jumps to her feet, knocking over a box of chocolate-covered something-or-others, and rushes to the two.]

Jamie-san? Jamie-san, we're right here!

[He's still shaking and doesn't look all there at the moment so staying away might be in your best interest, Yurika.]

[Yurika stands warily, looking between Jamie and Xander, and then at the television.]

...It can't be.

[Xander is a sturdy man, but he can't simply eat a suckerpunch that easily. He reels and trips over his own feet, ass hitting the ground hard.

Still, he has the sense of mind to raise a hand at anyone still in the room- especially the season 3 folks that might not know his and Jamie's history and might start retaliating against what looked like a dirty swing]

[Jamie's hands are shaking, blood is pounding in his ears and everything feels both muffled and Too Much as the same time. In the back of his screaming brain he can almost hear Bolton's voice trying to soothe him, coaxing him to count down and focua on something other than his racing heart.

Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven? Yeah, seven. Seven is right. Si...six. F i ve. Four. Three. Two...

He blinks slowly, the rest of the world coming back into focus. His hand hurts? Xander is on the ground-? Oh.]

...shit.

Sorry I'm a bit late, Spacebucks was a bit backed up-

[Here's the Doctor, juggling a few trays of space coffee as he switches off his hardlight disguise, and then, just. Pausing. Taking in the scene.]

Ah. Maybe caffeine's not what we need right now. What'd I miss?

[Given her own anxieties re: the frosted tipped elephant in the room, Jane is a little slow to react. She only manages to realize that the sound she hears is not a good one once Xander has already been punched.]

J-Jamie...? Jamie?!

[There is suddenly an arm in front of Jane. Arianna knows she's worried but she would also prefer that nobody else move into punching range until they're sure he's done punching.]

Uh-

[no let her go Jamie needs help]

Hey - no, let me - Arianna...!

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[Oh...oh no, Janey.

Even with the static still mucking up his head, he wants to hug her. But then Blaze Dudely's voice snarls from the television and the panic rises and starts choking out everything else again.

No, no, no he can't do this, he can't stay. He can't-

Jamie bolts from the room with no idea of where he's going except out.]

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[okay so that shit's happening over there but hey, let xander deal with it]

What do you mean 'he looks different?'

[Kip's PAK legs take a couple of slow steps to the side, away from alla that.]

Uh- he was the Overseer for... [iGlances at Jamie] Season One.

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[Excuse Ardyn a moment while he presses a hand to his face and curses in some arcane language that may or may not be whatever the absolute fuck they spoke in Solheim.]

Ifrit's fucking godsdamned TIARA, you have to be joking right now.

[Does Jamie look like he's joking?]

His name's like, uh... Brains Foodly. Lame Spoony? Drains Poolly. Uh...

White and Olguin called him just about everything but his real name.

[Deep breath. Another thrown punch was not going to help, and they didn't need the space tonberry in the space hospital.]

So why exactly is he running about as a space pirate?

Cause that's his whole schtick? He's Flames the Pirate.

...You know, I thought it was kind of a weird act to include the unexplained pirate thing on top of the whole... murder space station.

...Wh-

That's-

That's the single most asinine thing I have ever heard.

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Is he cursed with terrible names? Cuz that's bad.

What?!