01: Video

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[The screen turns on to show Felix, new to the barge and newly free of the breach. He's standing in the middle of a metal room, the walls honeycombed with bunk beds -- industrial in appearance, but spaced with a certain military precision.

As with the breach, he's missing the lower half of his right leg. But now, he has a clunky-looking metal prosthetic attached, extending down to a black boot, and he leans on a single forearm crutch instead of the awkward things he relied on back in town. He's neat and trimmed and wearing some kind of uniform.

And he looks very, very confused.]

What the frak was that? I thought it was a dream, or maybe even one of those visions everyone keeps having. Some last flash before the end...

...But then, how could I possibly be back on Galactica? There's no way I'm a Cylon, too... if nothing else, I don't think they'd let me resurrect like this. [He taps his crutch against his leg, with a hollow metal sound.]

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video.

[itstopped.livejournal.com]

[Seriously, how is Gaius the most frakking exasperating person he knows even when he seems to have amnesia and they're both dead?]

Felix. Gaeta. I was your-- we worked together. For a very long time.

video.

[tobecaprican]

[ There is a flicker of an eye roll when the name is repeated, meaningless as it is but he holds his tongue when there is more. Sort of. Gaius' expression is drawn in its suspicion, and there's the tiniest shake of his head, denial that they've ever worked together. ]

Right. Well.

[ He taps ash off his cigarette, somewhere offscreen. ]

I suppose it doesn't matter here, any of that. I've not-- [ Done it yet? He can't quite bring himself to inculpate himself that much. ]

video.

[itstopped.livejournal.com]

[The look Felix shoots the screen seems to indicate, though, that he knows what the missing words are.]

Right. So what are you here for, then?

[Actually, that is a bit of a mystery, isn't it? Before becoming President, Gaius had definitely been a bit of a crazy ass, but nothing criminal, as far as he or anyone else in the fleet knew. What could have happened before the attack to land him here?]

Wait-- let me guess. It wasn't you; you were in the wrong place, at the wrong time. This is all a mistake.

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[tobecaprican]

Right.

[ Less dismissive, this time, more relieved that he doesn't have to spell this out. ] You'll find standards of justice here are a bit loosey goosey. The physics certainly are.

I suppose you, too, were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

video.

[itstopped.livejournal.com]

[Imagine his surprise that Gaius did something he's not taking responsibility for. His voice takes on a snide, sing-song tone.]

Noooo... I did something wrong and got caught.