Confession

Date/Timing: 23 January 2019
Setting: The Shed; Vaucluse, NSW, Australia
Note: Merges "Good Morning, Asshole" and "Book Report" with a new scene
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Logan drums his fingers as the tablet—finally!
""Good morning, asshat!"" chirps Feng.
「Morning, blockhead.」 Logan waves an envelope. 「Off to mail these.」
「「Already? Lucky me!」」
「Yea, lucky for you my right thumb still works fine, unlike my left. Goddamn Kiwis ....」
「「You were bitten by a fruit? I've always thought those seeds looked like teeth.」」
「'Kiwi' as in 'New Zealand', ye—」
But Feng's cackling away at his own joke.
Logan grunts, pushes himself up and out of the suite. 「Fucking Shortstack broke my collarbone, too.」
「「And you've been forced on bedrest? Awwww, poor Wogan!」」
Logan grumbles.
「「I watched your episode of /Sunshiney Rainbow Friends again—」」
Logan muffles the tablet and ducks into an alcove. 「You promised never to bring that up!」
Feng snickers. 「「But you're so cute in it!」」
Logan scoffs.
「「Reeeeeally cute in it.」」
「Keep at it and I'll hang up.」
Feng's eyes grow several sizes larger.
「'least it's just my voice,」 huffs Logan. 「/I've never showed my face on a kids' show, unlike /someone.」
「「/[show name] is a respected educational programme.」」
Logan rolls his eyes, resumes his stroll to the mailroom.
「「How do you plan to entertain yourself the next several weeks?」」
「I'll figure something out.」 Shrugs—winces. 「What've you been doing?」
「「I've adopted another cat!」」
「Seriously?」
Feng beams, leans—screen fills with lavender cloth—reappears with a mountain of brown fluff. 「「Meet Ham!」」
Ham /maaaaaus.
「Put that thing down before it takes out your eyes.」
Feng twists—
Ham leaps, whacks Feng in the face with its tail.
—splutters, flails, falls out of camera range.
Logan laughs.
"What's so funny?" asks Jackson as he catches up.
"Talking to Drapes."
""Hello, loser's brother!"" calls the tablet.
"'ey, Feng."
Logan says something in Curtain-ish, turns to Jackson. "Off to present your book report?"
Jackson hunches—"Have fun with your cats."—trudges for Medical. He takes a deep breath at the door, knocks.
""Come in,"" calls Doctor Yarrow.
Jackson thumps inside and flops down on the bean bag.
"How'd your homework go?" she asks.
"I read it."
"Cool. What did you think of it?"
Jackson shrugs.
Yarrow leans forward a touch. "Why don't you tell me what was happening on page two-seventy-seven."
Jackson consults the book. "They were screaming about how much they hated each other."
"And on page two-seventy-eight?"
"They were blabbering about being in love 'n stuff."
"Okay. Page two-seventy-seven?"
"Screaming."
"Two-seventy-eight?"
"Being in ...." Jackson blinks. Blinks again. Swallows. "Shit." Buries his face in his hands. "Don't, uh, suppose I'm still at the screaming-and-hating part?"
"That was your page two." Kindly, "Want me to walk you back to your quarters?"
Jackson fights down static. "Yea, that ... that may be smart." Eases to his feet and he blinks and he's closing the door to Team Vulcan's quarters. He leans against it. 
Logan and Andrea watch him, eyebrows quirked.
"I'm in love with Rapunzel."
"Finally!" cries Andrea.
"'bout time," mutters Logan. 
"Wha? You /knew?!"
Andrea guides him to the couch, pats his hand. "The important thing is that you know now."
"And that /you're about to cash in, ay?"
"Logan!" hisses Andrea.
Jackson's voice comes out as a high whine. "You were /betting?!"
Andrea jabs a finger at Logan. "So was he!"
"Him, I expect!"
Logan smugs.
Andrea sorta glares at him.
Jackson pushes to his feet. "Excuse me, I have to go die now." Drags himself into his room, shuts and locks the door.
Andrea watches the door. "He'll be okay, right?"
Logan grunts, picks up his tablet. "AGNIS'll let us know if he tries anything dumb."
"But he lock—"
Logan clears his throat.
"Oh. Right." Andrea digs out her phone, plops on the couch, pokes a contact.
ray_a_drop_of_sun: IWONIWONIWONIWON!!!
Jewelz: He said it?
ray_a_drop_of_sun: HE SAID IT!!!
Jewelz: Witnesses?
ray_a_drop_of_sun: Logan
AGNIS: I also witnessed Ranger Jones' confession and recorded the historic moment.
AGNIS: Multiple copies have been saved to a number of secure servers around the globe.
ray_a_drop_of_sun: You're the best, AGNIS!
Jewelz: I MUST ZEE IT!
AGNIS: There will be a showing in Team Vulcan Specter's recreational room at 0630 tonight. >maybe this should be the Ranger suite instead? so it's just the 'inner circle'?<
Jewelz: I'll bring popcorn~
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