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The Voice Mail Meme

1. Your character just missed a call! Bummer. Was it their work number or their personal phone? What's their voice mail message sound like? Do they have an embarrassing ringtone? Say so in your comment! 

2. Others tag in with a message (or more) that they left after the tone! Is it late at night, or way too early in the morning? Was it was urgent or did they just want to say hi? Maybe they're not impressed with your character's answering machine message. Maybe it's just... heavy... breathing...

3. Call them back! (...or don't if it was the last one!) Text them a quick message if you're busy. Get caught up in phone tag if you keep missing each other's calls. Or, fuck calls, just arrange to meet up somewhere - even surprise them with a visit! Or... just ignore them entirely if you're avoiding them. Never mind that they left twelve messages on your phone...

4. Remember to say something after the beep!

[Beep!]

Comments

[isnt_the_same]

Eames was on the phone with Helena when she came back. He mouthed her name to Ariadne when he saw her.

[inyourdreams]

She nodded and sat back down, listening to Eames' one-sided conversation with Helena. She wished someone would come out and tell them what's happening with Arthur. All she had was her imagination otherwise, which wasn't doing her any favors.

[isnt_the_same]

"Right, well, I've got more contacts, I'll look into it further," Eames said into his phone. "You get yourself somewhere safe." He ended the call and turned to Ariadne just as a doctor came out.

"Are you Mr. Watson's brother?" She asked Eames. He nodded.

"How is he?"

"He lost a lot of blood, but he'll be fine. Luckily the knife hadn't pierced any major organs."

[inyourdreams]

When she saw the doctor come out, her stomach knotted itself tighter and her hand tightened on the arm of the chair.

She let out a relieved breath at the news that he was going to be okay.

"Can we see him?" she asked.

[isnt_the_same]

"Yes, you can, follow me," she said. Eames got up from his chair and took Ariadne's hand before following the doctor to Arthur's room. He was lying in bed, sleeping.

[inyourdreams]

He looked really pale, but his chest was rising and falling slowly and that's all that mattered. She went right to his side and took his hand in hers, still looking worried about him.

[isnt_the_same]

Eames stepped out with the doctor to discuss "payment."

[inyourdreams]

She pulled up a chair and sat down, just watching him, her thumb running over his hand that still felt cold. She'd let Eames deal with the business side of things. All she cared about was that Arthur was going to be okay.

[isnt_the_same]

He shifted in his bed, his eyes slowly opening. He looked around the room before settling on Ariadne. "Hey," he said hoarsely.

[inyourdreams]

"Hey," she said back with a small smile. "Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you."

[isnt_the_same]

"It's okay," he said. He tried to sit up but he groaned and laid back down.

[inyourdreams]

"Just relax," she said. "You're not going anywhere."

[isnt_the_same]

He sighed. "Where's Eames?"

[inyourdreams]

"Talking to your doctor," she said as she took his hand again. "She said you were really lucky."

[isnt_the_same]

"Yeah, I guess I was," he mumbled.

[inyourdreams]

She nodded, looking down at their hands.

"Do you know who those men were?" she asked. "Why they attacked you?"

[isnt_the_same]

He shook his head. "No clue, but I'll look into it."

[inyourdreams]

"I think Helena already is," she said.

[isnt_the_same]

"Good," he said, even though he knew Helena was still pretty new to the business and didn't know how far dreamshare reached.

[inyourdreams]

"We'll worry about it when you're better," she said.

[isnt_the_same]

"Okay," he mumbled.

[inyourdreams]

"Sleep," she said as she leaned up and pressed a kiss to his forehead.

[isnt_the_same]

Eames walked in and closed the door behind him. "The doctor and the nurses that sewed you up are taken care of," he said as he took the other empty chair and sat down next to Ariadne.

Arthur nodded. "Thanks."

"Of course."

[inyourdreams]

She sat back down.

"Did they say how long he'll need to be here?" she asked Eames.

[isnt_the_same]

"They want him to stay overnight, to monitor him, and then they'll release him," Eames replied. Arthur groaned.