#13 [Audio]

[totallyinaband]

Uh, hey. Is anyone else experiencing... clones?

[There is a muffled banging and the sound of a voice from the next room.]

Shit. Uh, I gotta go. I think mine just got out.

Comments

[loonyandproud.livejournal.com]

Have y' tried talking to him through the door?

[totallyinaband]

Why would I want to talk to the creepy clone version of myself? That's weird on just... so many levels.

Do you think if I open the front door then let him out of the bathroom he might wander off on his own?

[loonyandproud.livejournal.com]

Why don' you ASK HIM? Or if y' think it's too creepy, I'LL come and ask him!

[totallyinaband]

Yeah, you do that. Or better yet take him out of my apartment. It's really disconcerting him being here.

[loonyandproud.livejournal.com]

Okay! This is gonna be brilliant!

[And then Campbell comes over and knocks at the door about 10 minutes after saying he will. He really wishes he had a clone today, okay?]

Action!

[totallyinaband]

[Stephen opens the door looking frazzled. He definitely isn't in one of his neurotic fit moments, but it looks like it might be imminent. Sporadic knocking is still coming from the bathroom, which has a chair wedged under the door handle.]

That was fast, man.

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[loonyandproud.livejournal.com]

I ran! This is pure dead brilliant. [He walks in, and over a bit to the bathroom door.] D'you mind if I talk t' him now?

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[totallyinaband]

Yeah, go for it man.

[Stephen has his back to the door, looking like he might make a break for it any minute.]

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[loonyandproud.livejournal.com]

Alright! [One step and then HE bangs on the bathroom door.] OI, STEPHEN 2! Can y' hear me in there?!

Re: Action!

[totallyinaband]

[There are more mumbly not-quite-intelligible words from the other side of door. Then another bang that sounds suspiciously like a head hitting a solid wood door.]

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[loonyandproud.livejournal.com]

[Campbell raises an eyebrow, looking unimpressed.] Och, I can manage a better fit than that when I'm half sedated. That said, I wish I had some right about now. [He mimes a needle.] Be useful for this one.

[He thinks, and then looks at Stephen.] He wouldnae have a knife, would he?

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[totallyinaband]

[Okay, now you've made him nervous.]

Why the hell would he have a knife?

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[loonyandproud.livejournal.com]

I dunno, could he of taken one?!

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[totallyinaband]

You see, man! THIS is why I locked him in the bathroom!

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[loonyandproud.livejournal.com]

Aye but if you locked him in you would've noticed if he had a knife!

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[totallyinaband]

Well, I didn't give him one! So no, I don't assume he has one! You're the one who brought up knives, and sedatives! I just want to ignore him until he goes away!

[And... there we are. You now have a rather large hyperventilating Canadian on your hands. Good luck.]

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[loonyandproud.livejournal.com]

And all day you willnae be able t' use your toilet? I've got a plan, anyway.

[Campbell grabs Stephen by the shoulders and gives him a quick, brisk shake. Yes, that is his attempt to snap him out of it.]

The two of us should be able t' restrain him. So we open the door, grab him, and then if he's no gonna be reasonable, we push him out the door.

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[totallyinaband]

[The shake helps a little, but people usually try that when Stephen is having a moment, so he's become somewhat immune.]

Are you sure the universe won't, like, explode or something if we touch?

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[loonyandproud.livejournal.com]

[A long-suffering sigh.] Aaaaaaaaaaaaauuhhh it's a CLONE, not YOU!

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[totallyinaband]

Fine! Fine! Just open the door! I'm ready!

[He totally isn't.]

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[loonyandproud.livejournal.com]

RIght, then. [Campbell goes to stand at one side of the door and beckons Stephen to go to the other. And then he swiftly moves the chair out of the way and opens the door.]

Re: Action!

[totallyinaband]

[It is... less climactic than anticipated. Clone!Stephen is sitting on the floor of the bathroom. He's been untying and re-tying his shoe lace for a while. He looks up at the two of them when the door is opened, giving them his best puppy eyes. He doesn't try to move or attack anyone. Over all, it's kind of lame.]

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[loonyandproud.livejournal.com]

[Campbell waits and when nothing happens, he leans in to just look at Clone Stephen.]

Were y' no just tryin' t' get out?!

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[loonyandproud.livejournal.com]

[And then a look for real Stephen.] Oh aye, a real terror, this one, I can see why y' locked him in there.

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[loonyandproud.livejournal.com]

[And then back to CS.] Are you okay?