What I'm looking for is a box. A very specific box - black, with red all around the edges, about the size of a small suitcase. And if the Admiral needs more than that tell him it's the one we were looking for, back home..
[As long as Nico's not asking any more questions about why he wants it, Xigbar is perfectly willing to simply leave his reasoning at that.]
Eh, not really? Most of the records that have survived just refer to it as the Black Box. [One can almost hear the capitol letters there, too.] Supposedly it's sealed with thirteen locks? Which seems a little excessive, but might make it a little more identifiable.
[A brief pause, then:]
It's not Pandora's Box, either. If that helps.
[Since that's something that both literally exists in his reality and is also not the box he's looking for.]
[Which is just his automatic association with 'black box'. He's already put in the request to the Admiral, but he tries to have at least a bit of a conversation with his temporary inmates, and this is important in some way.
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voice; shortly after pairing announcements
Date: 2020-01-31 09:49 pm (UTC)[Since it's not like he's going to be able to make requests of the Admiral himself, or at least, not without it going exactly nowhere if he did.]
Re: voice; shortly after pairing announcements
Date: 2020-02-25 05:39 am (UTC)voice
Date: 2020-02-26 05:44 am (UTC)[A pause.]
What I'm looking for is a box. A very specific box - black, with red all around the edges, about the size of a small suitcase. And if the Admiral needs more than that tell him it's the one we were looking for, back home..
voice
Date: 2020-02-26 05:58 am (UTC)Why were you looking for it?
voice
Date: 2020-02-27 02:53 am (UTC)It's one of the last surviving relics from way back when. Long enough ago that there aren't really any records left of that time. Why not look for it?
voice
Date: 2020-03-16 02:26 am (UTC)Is there any name to go with the other details? Limiting the Admiral's... opportunities for humor can help.
voice
Date: 2020-03-17 09:42 pm (UTC)Eh, not really? Most of the records that have survived just refer to it as the Black Box. [One can almost hear the capitol letters there, too.] Supposedly it's sealed with thirteen locks? Which seems a little excessive, but might make it a little more identifiable.
[A brief pause, then:]
It's not Pandora's Box, either. If that helps.
[Since that's something that both literally exists in his reality and is also not the box he's looking for.]
Re: voice
Date: 2020-03-19 11:46 pm (UTC)[Which is just his automatic association with 'black box'. He's already put in the request to the Admiral, but he tries to have at least a bit of a conversation with his temporary inmates, and this is important in some way.
Besides, he's always curious.]
voice
Date: 2020-03-20 08:34 pm (UTC)[There's a shrug with the words, marked only by the faint rustle of leather.]
voice; ~fuzzy time because Nico would've put in the request earlier
Date: 2020-03-20 08:46 pm (UTC)[After checking his communicator again.]
The Admiral agreed.
voice;
Date: 2020-03-29 09:14 pm (UTC)[A pause.]
And hey, thanks for asking.
[It's a load off his shoulders to know where the box is, for one. Even if the final say-so had rested with the Admiral, in the end.]