tapestodiane | 032 - action/audio

Sometimes, being right isn't all that gratifying. In actuality, it can be devastating, especially if there's bad thing coming. Cooper wouldn't claim to have foreseen what would happen during those days; in fact, won't claim to be able to foresee anything. But he'd had a feeling, had been bracing himself, and yet he'd been completely unprepared for what happened and the things he saw.

"I don't know what to do", he tells his audio recorder (not Diane) later in the day, voice uncharacteristically choked. It's the simple truth in light of everything he can recall - actually recall, not just piece together, and that alone is worrying in a whole new way.

He's trying not to think about all that, not yet. And for the next few days he's still trying to clear his mind, even if his motions are distracted and his focus is shaky and his thoughts are stubborn and loud. Whatever is happening, it's escalating, but he feels powerless when it comes to stopping it or even figuring it out.

He wouldn't even assume he had the right question to ask, were he given the chance for an answer.

[Action for Justice Farm: When he wakes up the day he'd normally have been (mostly) mind-wiped, he's still exhausted. Most days will find him in the kitchen with his hands around a coffee cup and none of the usual enthusiasm for the beverage inside, staring distantly out the window with the look of someone who hasn't slept at all. It's a change from his usual demeanor, but whatever is going on in his mind, he doesn't seem all that inclined to share.]

[Audio, for the network, backdated to the 29th:] I'll keep it brief: who else can recall this weekend with a lot more clarity than the previous ones of its kind?

[Action for Saffron: He's around, so feel free to bump into him. He's been on quite a few walks lately. Walks are good.]

(KIND OF BACKDATED and spans all days from 4th wall end til like yesterday, so feel free to bump in with whatever, whenever!)

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If they wake up somewhere different to be taken up as Rockets, they're unlikely to tell us.

_{[Still, that is an idea. He frowns slightly but is thinking about it. It's moments like these he realizes just how much he appreciates having the few friends he has around - it's easy to get lost in dark places without them, even momentarily.]}

Not if they know that's why we're asking.

[Good. This is good. This is worlds above and beyond the Coop who was staring listlessly out of windows, unsure of what to do with his hands when his mug was taken away.]

But nobody says we have to tell them.

_{[There's a very sudden urge to yawn, but Coop doesn't give into it.]}

I could send a text out. See if there are any bites.

Couldn't hurt.

[If nothing else, it'll give him a different problem to dwell on than the one that's been haunting him lately. Maybe they'll see the dark clouds around his mood break yet.

He lets a beat pass.]

So what do we think of the Autumn Flavors, sunshine?

_{[Have a surprised look at that, Albert. Cooper is still for a moment like he has to think about it - clearly not processing quite yet - before he takes another sip of the coffee, like he hadn't actually felt the taste before now.]

[And THEN comes the verdict.]}

A bit bitter, but the flavors are balanced.

_{[He almost shrugs. Dale Cooper doesn't shrug, but what do you do.]}

It's not bad.

Guess we can keep it around, then.

[Another of life's little missions: accomplished.]

I'm willing to take "not bad" for right now.

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