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[probied.livejournal.com]

I don't claim to know what happened, but I hope everyone gets back safely. And I hope the doctors here can do something for the injured. I know first aid and CPR, but that's it.

I guess you don't need some big catastrophic thing to happen when you can go and find it yourself.

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[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

[sounds absolutely EXHAUSTED - should be sleeping right now, but after all that happened, he really couldn't]

That's ... very true, isn't it. It doesn't matter where you are - trouble will find you, as much as some might try to prevent it. [sighs] I'm still not sure what happened, myself - I was outside the building where it all happened, trying to look after the wounded. ... But ... I do know I regret the outcome. Terribly.

[probied.livejournal.com]

[Awww, Five.] I should've... gone, or something. I know how to use a gun, I'm a trained agent. [But he has issues with shooting people. fdjsfdsf.] I guess it's too late now.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

It is. .... And ...just because people had guns did not mean they had to use them... skill doesn't enter into something like that.

[probied.livejournal.com]

It does when you're taught to shoot to disable, not to kill. [He feels very bad about this. D:]

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

I hadn't thought of that. I do have to confess, I'm not overly fond of guns, on the whole.

[probied.livejournal.com]

You don't need a gun to kill someone, either. You can stand by and do nothing. Or you can write something.

... It's complicated.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

Exactly. So why the need to even invent guns in the first place? Societies were cruel enough without them ... and guns just made it worse. Desensitized it all.

[probied.livejournal.com]

People just can't stop fighting each other. Not right now, anyway. And the media doesn't help. It just promotes the wrong things.

War used to be a lot different before they introduced planes and efficient weaponry. There's an old story about World War One, where the two sides stopped fighting during Christmas and even mingled a bit, and couldn't go back to fighting each other after because they were like brothers.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

The media ... it's just a very, very glorified word of mouth. People will never stop having differences, so they'll never stop fighting, sadly. It just happens to fall to the handful of us, sometimes - people like you and I - who want to try and minimize the damage.

... AH yes, the 133rd Saxon Regiment, in Flanders. ... That was a very lovely night, as I recall.

[probied.livejournal.com]

... It is, isn't it? And the FBI always takes credit for our work when we do manage to get on the news. [He sighs.] I don't know about minimizing the damage, but we do try to catch the bad guys. Usually it's after the fact, though— there's more dead Marines out there than I thought.

[a pause]

Wait, you were there?

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

Ahaa. FBI? American. I'm going to guess that you're a member of the NCIS, then? [loves guessing stuff like that!]

... And yes, yes I was. Briefly. Touched down with my TARDIS once after ... after something exactly the opposite happened to me. I wanted to be reminded that peace could exist, and I was. ... It's the sort of memory I try to stockpile for myself, when I can.

[probied.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's right. Special Agent Timothy McGee, NCIS.

[A VERY LONG PAUSE]

That's... incredible. Another space traveler? And probably time, too.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

And time, yes! Quite astute of you, Agent McGee. [sounds very very pleased at this]

[probied.livejournal.com]

Wow. Just... wow.

[HE'S NOT SURE WHAT TO SAY.]

You must've met a lot of famous people.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

Oh, quite a few! They didn't know it yet, of course....

[probied.livejournal.com]

Like George Orwell? Though he was probably Eric Blair at the time.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

Strangely enough, you know, I don't think I actually met him. [pause] I did manage to keep the Magna Carta from being averted, though?

[probied.livejournal.com]

[a pause] Thanks for that.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

[pleased with himself] You're very welcome!

[probied.livejournal.com]

So... what should I call you? Do you have a name, or just a pseudonym like all the other superheroes?

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

[there's a small, startled sort of noise from the journal, and then laughter. lots of laughter] Superhero? Oh....! ... I .... oh, that's a new one. [laughs a little more]

Oh, my. Hardly! More of an explorer. And certainly nothing super, though certainly rather something marvellous.

[probied.livejournal.com]

[MCGEE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND... but he lives in a comic book world, so everyone with super powers is a superhero. And people who travel time and space, yeah, they qualify.]

I think you should leave that judgment up to other people.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

I ....!

Well, considering I said something very simular to someone else, recently? I suppose I can't argue with you, there.

[probied.livejournal.com]

I've met heroes, anyway. You could... even say I work for one.

[Not you, Tony.]

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't argue that, either. I suppose anyone who stands up and attempts to do the right thing could be seen as a hero in their own right. ... You can call me the Doctor, by the way. Everyone else does. [his real name is just plain stupid and dumb, and he hasn't used it in centuries. pfff]

[probied.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Moreso if they give speeches, but my boss isn't much of a speech person. Or an awards person. Usually Tony stands in for him.

... The Doctor. I'll remember that.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

[amused] It's not exactly a name that's easy to forget. ... Is anyone from your home world here, Agent McGee?

[probied.livejournal.com]

Uh, yeah. Abby. She's NCIS' forensics specialist. I assist her sometimes, since I majored in computer forensics and biomedical engineering.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

Abby! OH! I've spoken with her. She's marvellous! You know, I should have made the connection when you both said you worked in NCIS, but I didn't want to leap to any conclusions. So many different worlds, here, you know.

[probied.livejournal.com]

Yeah, yeah, of course.

I've yet to meet any other NCIS agents, though, let alone feds. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

[vaguely amused] You could try asking....

[probied.livejournal.com]

I guess I could. [But he'd rather take notes on the weirder residents.]

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

... You don't sound as though you really want to.

[probied.livejournal.com]

It's not that I don't want to. The non-agents I've met so far are... way more interesting, that's all.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

It's true - the people we aren't used to seeing are often the most interesting. Though ... give it enough time, and you'll start to see that they have just as many intriguing little facets to themselves, too.

[probied.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know. I work with a lot of... interesting people.

[cricketycricket.livejournal.com]

You're blessed, then. Or, well. Cursed, if you're Chinese.

Tim

[mouthiness.livejournal.com]

What happened was a guy's friend was about to be shot and he shot first. Because he happens to be of the 'hero' kind plus he had info they wanted, people are freaking out.

It doesn't really make much sense especially since they have his friend.

Deadpool

[probied.livejournal.com]

... Yeah, it doesn't. I guess I'll keep an eye on the journal. We should have more answers by afternoon.

Tim

[mouthiness.livejournal.com]

There's so many pacifists here. It's totally ridiculous.

You want what happened right from the horse's mouth, talk to a guy named Booster. He's the one who killed the guy.