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I realize we're all busy right now. But I'd like to have a meeting with you and Bright-sensei.
Would you have an issue with that?
Would you have an issue with that?
[Kiryu and Sheehan are both getting the exact same message today, but separately:]
It's been 3 months and I haven't shown any sign of being a danger. I'm thinking we can scale these check-ins back to once a month.
[This is not to say that she's been doing amazingly well, because she absolutely hasn't - but she figures the brainwashing worries are probably baseless at this point.]
It's been 3 months and I haven't shown any sign of being a danger. I'm thinking we can scale these check-ins back to once a month.
[This is not to say that she's been doing amazingly well, because she absolutely hasn't - but she figures the brainwashing worries are probably baseless at this point.]
[Alright, that's quite enough. He's known Sheehan's been ignoring him for a while now, and he's been happy to try and give the man space, but at this point he's more or less run out of patience.
It's really not difficult to pin a time when Sheehan's going to be in his room, he's a fucking detective. So it's evening when he knocks on Sheehan's door with a restraint he's not actually feeling.]
It's really not difficult to pin a time when Sheehan's going to be in his room, he's a fucking detective. So it's evening when he knocks on Sheehan's door with a restraint he's not actually feeling.]
...look, I can't get into why without sharing things I shouldn't but, well-
Arthur's going to need you very very soon. And he's probably going to be a raging lunatic during part of it. Or belligerent. Or drunk. Or any combination of those.
Arthur's going to need you very very soon. And he's probably going to be a raging lunatic during part of it. Or belligerent. Or drunk. Or any combination of those.
[Continued from here and NSFW ahead.]
Sheehan's cabin doesn't quite look like a cabin at first. The front room is all office, floor to ceiling bookshelves dominating the space. The shelves are filled with books of all sorts - psychology and medical and poetry and classical literature. The keen eye may even notice a stack of comics piled over to one side. But aside from his jacket draped over the chair behind a grand wooden desk, there's nothing that really speaks to the man living inside.
There are a few doors off from the main room, but he doesn't open any of them just yet. He holds her close instead, pulling her into a kiss.
Sheehan's cabin doesn't quite look like a cabin at first. The front room is all office, floor to ceiling bookshelves dominating the space. The shelves are filled with books of all sorts - psychology and medical and poetry and classical literature. The keen eye may even notice a stack of comics piled over to one side. But aside from his jacket draped over the chair behind a grand wooden desk, there's nothing that really speaks to the man living inside.
There are a few doors off from the main room, but he doesn't open any of them just yet. He holds her close instead, pulling her into a kiss.
I don't mean this to be invasive but I need you to answer me honestly.
Are you involved with or sleeping with an inmate?
Are you involved with or sleeping with an inmate?
It's not going to be a pleasant wake-up, for Sheehan.
Part of his jaw and neck are numb, from where Arthur made contact to knock him out, but it's only surface level. His arms are definitely going to be sore, and he'll be able to see immediately that they're tied together to the head of the hospital bed he's laid out on. With a tie, of all things.
And on the floor next to the bed (not immediately obvious with how still he is), sitting upright but rather slumped with his head resting against the mattress, is a very rumpled Arthur.
Part of his jaw and neck are numb, from where Arthur made contact to knock him out, but it's only surface level. His arms are definitely going to be sore, and he'll be able to see immediately that they're tied together to the head of the hospital bed he's laid out on. With a tie, of all things.
And on the floor next to the bed (not immediately obvious with how still he is), sitting upright but rather slumped with his head resting against the mattress, is a very rumpled Arthur.
I am not going to apologize for the dirty Soviet trick of shoving you in an empty room and leaving. Communists play dirty, after all.
[ Hilbert's tone is as dry as the Sahara. ]
Likewise, will not press on the matters of Teddy and Rachel unless you feel the need to explain yourself. However, I do have a question you need to answer.
[ Hilbert's tone is as dry as the Sahara. ]
Likewise, will not press on the matters of Teddy and Rachel unless you feel the need to explain yourself. However, I do have a question you need to answer.
[Arthur sounds a whole combination of things right now: sheepish, flustered, somewhat resigned, but none of it comes from a truly negative place. He's just... embarrassed.]
You know- i-in future, if you're going to tell Folgate anything, you should probably get his silence in writing first.
You know- i-in future, if you're going to tell Folgate anything, you should probably get his silence in writing first.
This is a courtesy heads up that I'm about to have a big fight with Shaun, so he might be furious later.
[ Archer has never hesitated so much before sending a text. And yet, he manages to go through with it. ]
I have had more on my plate than I was expecting.
But things are as settled as they can be now so I can drop by at your convenience, doctor.
I have had more on my plate than I was expecting.
But things are as settled as they can be now so I can drop by at your convenience, doctor.
She left one for Arthur first. It felt right. But she can't leave nothing for her other parent, the man she remembers as dad, even if the title came to him later than Arthur.
She almost knocks, but she's too afraid. He hasn't said anything, Arthur hasn't said anything, John said Arthur needed space--
It occurs to her that she had no idea what to call Lester if it's not 'dad.' She doesn't actually know if that's his name. Which is its own fresh kind of guilt.
She can't make herself knock. But unlike Arthur, if Sheehan is home, he might see the little folded-up shapes made from a newspaper she found in the Lounge as she pushes them under the door. Shapes in the secret language the three of them shared, that she started making up in the months after joining the circus, to leave Arthur messages he'd be able to 'read.'
It's a little bit of floss threaded through three folded paper scraps, showing the order they're supposed to be translated in.
I'm scared. I'm sorry. Are you angry?
She almost knocks, but she's too afraid. He hasn't said anything, Arthur hasn't said anything, John said Arthur needed space--
It occurs to her that she had no idea what to call Lester if it's not 'dad.' She doesn't actually know if that's his name. Which is its own fresh kind of guilt.
She can't make herself knock. But unlike Arthur, if Sheehan is home, he might see the little folded-up shapes made from a newspaper she found in the Lounge as she pushes them under the door. Shapes in the secret language the three of them shared, that she started making up in the months after joining the circus, to leave Arthur messages he'd be able to 'read.'
It's a little bit of floss threaded through three folded paper scraps, showing the order they're supposed to be translated in.
I'm scared. I'm sorry. Are you angry?
Arthur let me know about certain... developments.
We should probably talk.
We should probably talk.
One week after their first appointment, there is a knock on Sheehan’s office door. Of course, he is right on time.
We missed our appointment due to the flood.
When is a convenient time to reschedule?
When is a convenient time to reschedule?
Hello, Doctor Sheehan. I was hoping I could set up a meeting with you and Shaw, acting in her capacity as my warden.
I've got an apology I should give you, and it's probably better if it's supervised.
I've got an apology I should give you, and it's probably better if it's supervised.
In that quiet period between the giving of gifts and whenever the first chaos of the New Year strikes, Una is over at Sheehan's one evening—just an ordinary bit of time together, talking about whatever.
At some point he leaves the room, and she happens to notice a new book lying around. Curious, she picks it up.
When Sheehan returns, he'll find her reading it with a hugely amused look on her face.
You mind handling Strange-san for the next few days?
Nathaniel doesn't try to appear completely comfortable entering the counseling offices. It's not a place he stops by often, so something so blatantly unrealistic wouldn't be a good start. It's better to begin with something close to the truth. Uncomfortable, but doing his best to conceal it behind the neutral politeness he generally does his best to keep up. Nathaniel doesn't make an effort to hide his presence on the Barge, but he also doesn't try to draw attention to it.
He offers help to people in the library, because he's more comfortable with action than conversation. He cares about presentation, though that's mostly just shown by the care he takes to be neat and presentable. He's probably not a perfectly pleasant young man - he is on the Barge, after all - but that doesn't mean have to mean he's an unpleasant young man.
All in all, Nathaniel figures he can work with that.
"Doctor Sheehan, do you have a moment?" As if he's just caught him. In a world where Nathaniel would ever go to counseling, he would absolutely pick Sheehan over any of the other people who work there. It adds a certain level of honesty to it all.
He offers help to people in the library, because he's more comfortable with action than conversation. He cares about presentation, though that's mostly just shown by the care he takes to be neat and presentable. He's probably not a perfectly pleasant young man - he is on the Barge, after all - but that doesn't mean have to mean he's an unpleasant young man.
All in all, Nathaniel figures he can work with that.
"Doctor Sheehan, do you have a moment?" As if he's just caught him. In a world where Nathaniel would ever go to counseling, he would absolutely pick Sheehan over any of the other people who work there. It adds a certain level of honesty to it all.
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