answering machine post!

[victormakesart]

Hey, so, if you're hearing this, I'm elbow deep in paint or trouble. Leave your name (or alias) and number, and day that you called, and message, and I'll get back to you forthwith -- hey, hey, what is it? I'm in the middle of doing one of those phone messages. Oh, that? Just reverse the proton stream, and re-angle the dish -- ahem. Sorry about that.

Press one if it's a serious emergency.

Press two if you just want to leave a message.

Press three if the Nexus has done something odd and I've disappeared.

Pressing four doesn't do anything.

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[not-an-icebeam.livejournal.com]

Billy presses four.

[victormakesart.livejournal.com]

"I lied."

Then the whole answering machine message repeats!

[umbra-ab-luce.livejournal.com]

Dark Link presses two on what appears to be a six inch tablet computerphone.

"Guess who?" he asks in his best evil voice.

[victormakesart.livejournal.com]

In thirty-two minutes, it is five fifty-seven in the morning, and Victor is still awake because she is slightly questionable. "This my favorite devilishly handsome and ridiculously tall doppelgänger? 'Cause if you're not, I'mma feel awful silly in about seven seconds."

[alexa-parker.livejournal.com]

Alexa presses two.

"Heeeey you. Rico and I both got stood up on a double date and now we're at a diner looking like idiots. You should totally come hang out with us. Unless, I don't know. You're not cool or something. (It's been awhile, so I have no idea if you're still cool.)

This is Alexa, by the way. Cute blonde one. And-"

"HI VICTOR!"

"...Rico says hi. Goddammit, stop eating all the cheesy fries!"

Click!

[victormakesart.livejournal.com]

When she gets the message it is twenty-seven minutes later, and she is hopping to put on postshower pants. Hop hop hop. And zip. And a redial, holding the phone between her shoulder and her ear, and trying to tie her shoes at the same time. "Where you at, my dear darling buddies? (I'm still cool!)"

This is not at all late because the mun is lazy. Nope.

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

Clark presses two.

"Hey, it's me. Ready to meet the Wall of Weird and go make crop circles? I'm texting you the PINpoint coordinates or however this works."

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

A few days after their disastrous encounter in the Nexus, Clark calls her up again. He gets her answering machine a few times and hangs up without saying anything, but finally, he presses two.

"Hey, uh, Victor. It's me. I'm really, really sorry about what happened the other day, with the red kryptonite. I was way out of line. I wish I could say it won't happen again but I don't even know that, so... I'm really sorry."

[victormakesart.livejournal.com]

It was a long day, so she slept right through her phone, which never happens to her. Never ever. So when she's up again, she listens to the message groggily, lifts her hand with the phone in it to sleep-blurred eyes.

She texts him:
I failed you. I'm really sorry.

[bestinblack.livejournal.com]

He growls. It's not his fault Victor is the first person he thinks to call. He needs an outsider's perspective, alright?

First he presses two.

"This is a crisis, Victor. I fear I am both mortally wounded and mortally insane."

He hangs up and calls back. Then repeatedly presses one, in a rather frantic way that is completely unbecoming of him.

[victormakesart.livejournal.com]

When he presses two, Victor's phone starts sending off a siren, which means that Vic knocks her knee very soundly on the shower wall, and scrapes her elbow against the shower door, and presses a towel to her front as she answers the phone with one shaking hand, hair dripping warm down her back. Soaking the receiver. She doesn't even bother to check the message. "Hey, hey, hey, what's going on?"

[smallvillians.livejournal.com]

The caller ID says it's Clark's PINpoint calling, but it's Chloe's frazzled voice that leaves a message after pressing two. "Um, Vic? It's Chloe. I have a bit of a problem. Clark doesn't remember a thing about... well, anything, really. I'm sending him to the Nexus (http://community.livejournal.com/dear_multiverse/5196560.html) for a little while so he doesn't blow his cover on accident. If you're around, can you maybe take a look at him? You're the closest thing to a doctor we know that we can trust. Thanks."

[victormakesart.livejournal.com]

When Victor calls back, her voice is heavy and thick with sleep, but she says, "I'll be right there, don't worry. And usually, with amnesia, the best we can do is wait it out, see if it fixes itself."

[Text message]

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

Worst case scenario happened.

[victormakesart.livejournal.com]

Victor says a curse word that is a combination of a part of anatomy plus a type of pastry. It has never been heard before.

She texts back:
Where are you. What's going on right now?

[bulletproofkal.livejournal.com]

It's Clark's PINpoint that calls, and Clark's voice that speaks. But it's not him in the driver's seat, and that's something that doesn't show over the phone.

"Hey, it's me. Wondering if you felt like hanging out in Metropolis with me tonight."

[victormakesart.livejournal.com]

She dials back almost right away (okay, it's hard to find your phone when the babies are playing the let's-try-to-eat-paper-before-Dad-notices game) and her voice sounds rushed, but she says, "Absolutely. I can be there."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

Nervously April presses one.

"Victor? Something has happened to Clark. He was infected by a piece of silver kryptonite (http://slayers-desire.livejournal.com/27386.html) and believes everyone is plotting against him."

"I am really worried about him. If you see him. Please let me know."

[victormakesart.livejournal.com]

She calls back quickly, hazy with sleep she had fumbled for the phone and knocked it under the bed. "Absolutely. Heading the the Nexus now, as soon as I put on real pants."

[One]

[smallvillians.livejournal.com]

"Victor... it's Chloe. Listen, something's happened and I don't want to just leave a message, so... call me back as soon as you get this."

[victormakesart.livejournal.com]

These things always happen when Victor is sleeping, and since Chloe pressed one, she won't have to wait for Victor to wake up and check the messages, because a ridiculously loud alarm starts to squawk and she trips out of bed and lands on her elbow and then just hits redial instead of checking the message at all.

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[jarheadclan.livejournal.com]

Hey you. Got an exopack with your name on it (http://jarheadclan.livejournal.com/577.html), if you're up to it.

One!

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

Clark doesn't think it qualifies as immediate danger, but he figures having a phantom gunning for him and incinerating humans counts as a serious emergency.

"Victor. It's Clark. We've found another phantom and we could use your help, if you're up to it. Kinda urgent, so get back to me as soon as possible. Thanks."

[victormakesart.livejournal.com]

She wakes up and clumsily paws after her phone but she grabs it too late. Okay. This is exactly what a lot of pain feels like. If an alien unfamiliar to human sensation wanted to search her memories to find the very meaning of pain, this moment is exactly what Victor would reference him/her/it to. Ring-ring-r-- "Hi. What's up?" she asks.

Two

[kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Victor, it's your favorite alien refugee. I have a cup of coffee with your name on it, if you want to join me. Coordinates are attached."

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[kalel_ofkrypton]

It's been a while since he's gotten her answering machine, but that doesn't stop him. And after a moment's hesitation, he pushes the first option. "It's me. Green Arrow has been abducted, and we're short on backup. Call back as soon as you get this; we could really use some help."

[victormakesart]

Victor was just curled up with Anya reading her bedtime story when from the other room an alarm starts going off. That means that someone pressed one. Quick as a flash, she hands bedtime story duty off to Cole, kisses everyone's forehead, and shuts herself off into her room. She hops out of her pajamas as she listens to the message.

Two!

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"Hey, here's hoping this makes it back to you, or your future self is going to be a bit confused I think. I just wanted to let you know that I made it back safely. And I'll repay you for the drinks, since I took all your emergency cash." A small pile of money PINs in, all gained legitimately this time. "Thanks for sticking with me until my head was on straight."

[victormakesart]

Victor PINs the money right back to the sender, laughing as she dials, fingers running through her still dripping hair. "Sugar, you don't have to pay me anything."

[slayers_desire]

ONE

Victor... Please pick up. Please pick up... Please pick up.

[Panicked April anyone? And it sounds like she is whispering too.]

[victormakesart]

Victor grabs the phone and redials once her phone starts blaring the emergency alarm. Which wakes the babies. Who start crying.

That's okay.

Two

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"Victor, good news. Darkseid's been defeated, and the Darkness is gone from my world. I thought you'd want to know."

Re: Two

[victormakesart]

When Victor calls back, she doesn't even wait for a 'hello.' Or to breathe in: "Hi oh my gosh that's so great I'm glad you have to tell me the whole story!"

Two!

[fractured_agent]

"Hey there, sailor. You up for coffee?"

Twoooo

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"Happy 25th birthday! I'm not letting you forget this year."