(I refuse your merry making and offer annoyance instead) Voice: TheStrandInstitute

[nobasisinfact]

It seems someone felt it appropriate to put some sort of concoction in my tea. While not completely debilitating I find the results, irritating.

I'd appreciate it if someone happened to know exactly what idiotic concoction of the month is supposed to cause color blindness. Complete color blindness.

[There's a grumble after a few seconds.]

Because of course, this place would do something this stupid.

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[nobasisinfact]

We should check my lecture chamber.

[He wraps his arms around her.]

[11calls]

We should.

[Alex just agreed quickly, with a little nod.]

And we should probably get rid of the tea leaves as well.

[Of course, that didn't mean she let go of him.]

[nobasisinfact]

That was one of my preferred teas.

[The words are a low growl of annoyance. Not that he made a move to get rid of them.]

[11calls]

Are you so stubborn you're going to deal with being colorblind every day until I get home from work?

[Honestly? It wouldn't surprise her very much if he were. Strands gotta Strand and all of that.]

[nobasisinfact]

I can buy more tea, Alex.

[11calls]

You say that like you wouldn't take that thing of tea and electric kettle down to the lecture hall, and look them in the eye while you made the tea and drank it, Richard Strand.

[Let's be honest here.]

[nobasisinfact]

That isn't a bad idea. So long as you're in the back of the lecture hall.

[Yup, you've given him an idea now.]

[11calls]

[That just makes her laugh.]

Well, it'll be interesting to watch them collectively shit their pants if nothing else.

[nobasisinfact]

It would be satisfying.

[11calls]

So when are we doing this?

[Because clearly they had to now.]

[nobasisinfact]

Tomorrow?

[Is she available?]

[11calls]

[Isn't she always for him?]

Tomorrow works.

[nobasisinfact]

[Sometimes it's nice to check.

Also, he's totally going to offer tea to his students. Because fuck them.]

Good.

[11calls]

[Sometimes Alex thinks that he's a bad influence on her. This might be one of those times, because she is honestly looking forward to this.]

It's going to be a beautiful terrible thing, you know. Should we take bets on how many don't?

[nobasisinfact]

It almost sounds like you're going to enjoy this.

[The idea of Alex 'I'm a really nice person' Reagan enjoying something this sadistic entertains him.]

[11calls]

I don't like it when people mess with people I love.

[It's said in the most simple and true way in the world.]

[nobasisinfact]

Hm.

[The hum is noncommittal, but he does pull her a bit tighter. There's a part of Richard that he won't admit exists, it's a part that appreciates just how unwarrantedly protective of Richard Alex is.

No one has ever been that way before. It's, different.]

[11calls]

[Alex is just going to hug him back, because he is who he is and she is who she is and she's always been protective of him, even back before there'd been the stuff in season two. It definitely hadn't gotten any less as time went on.]