To accomodate for the heavy snowfall, he's made himself at home under the giant tree he brought a while back, papers in one hand and a pen in the other. He also happens to turning thirty nine today! The idea of growing old, sadly, doesn't really seem to help ease his nerves, but at least he's not forty. Yet]
To accomodate for the heavy snowfall, he's made himself at home under the giant tree he brought a while back, papers in one hand and a pen in the other. He also happens to turning thirty nine today! The idea of growing old, sadly, doesn't really seem to help ease his nerves, but at least he's not forty. Yet]
He seems a little jumpy (More so than usual), idly fumbling with his watch as he paces around the Plane. Every so often he'll look over his shoulder, then just frown and shake his head. Though he seems more alert than usual, there's still a distraction about it, as if he's not quite sure what to focus on]
So he's chosen a relatively secluded part of the Plane to bring his bed. He's done his best to get dressed properly, and has managed for the most part, except for looking far from his usual composed self. His work is spread out on the bed and he keeps looking between papers, scribbling down notes on another. Every so often he'll turn and cough into a handkerchief, or try to hold back a sneeze. He mostly fails at the latter.
But, despite all this, even a cold can't keep Arthur from his work]
The hell you think you're doing you bloody bastard?!
[The person in question, in fact, is Arthur. He's pulled along by the leg and forced to climb out through the driver's seat, looking flustered and maybe even a bit annoyed]
I'm sorry, but there was a tree right there. You were close to hitting, so I acted on impulse....
You don't touch the Cortina, you hear me? I'm the one who drives her, not you. [sniffs] And I wasn't anywhere near a tree you div. The roads were perfectly clear.
I'm perfectly happy to leave the steering to you, Mr. Hunt, believe me. But I saw it. There was a tree, and we were heading straight for it...
Liar. I don't hit anything when I drive. You were seeing things, you bloody kook.
[On reflex, he pushes his glasses up] I was not seeing things. It was there. [A long sigh] Why are we arguing about this, still? Nothing happened to your automobile.
That's not the point. You don't. Touch. My car. Do it again and I'll have you locked up for meddling with police property. .
...wouldn't you be locked in the cell right along with me?
Not if I removed your foot.
[Instinctively, he tries to take a step back] You can't do that!
You're interfering in police business. I can do whatever I want so long as it lets me do my job.
Well, you're interfering in University business, yet I've agreed to follow you around to your job as long as I'm allowed to do my work.
We'll see about that.
There are tuffs of snow on his hair and clothes, but these are ignored in favor of the drawing in the snow he seems to be working on at the moment. Equations, to be exact]
[Experiment start, as well~]
His expression is hinted with confusion, sadness, and anger. But mostly, he just looks very tired. In his left hand is the pocket watch, and h keeps flipping the face open and close, never really looking at it]
There's also an inhaler in his hand, and he seems at quite a loss as to what to do with it.] This is....unusual.
He looks more than a little bruised, and is currently trying to wipe at a particularly nasty-looking cut, mumbling under his breath about reckless drivers]
That's about two hours worth of riding, and I still don't seem to reach an end. Considering I've been keeping up an average pace of about thirty two kilometers per hour, riding out for half an hour longer each day, and today's the twenty eight.....that's a hundred and sixty kilometers, and still haven't reached some sort of end.
[ooc: Unofficial birthday post! According to records, December 28th is Eddington's birthday. Unfortunately, he happens to be Quaker, and thus doesn't celebrate it. Still, I figured it deserved a post~]
He looks a little worse-for-wear, a bit more disheveled than usual; clothes rumbled, his hair uncombed, and eyes with a touch of weariness to them. Arthur stifles a yawn, then sets back to work]
[Arthur seems quite startled as he appears on the Plane. For a moment, there is a look of confusion on his face, but it soon changes to one of delight] Oh, this is brilliant. Don’t recall having a dream like this before. [Gazing up, he begins to see what stars he can recognize] There’s Arcuturus, then Rigul. I don’t recognize any in that particular cluster… Even in the country, you can’t see stars as bright as these.
[Then he looks down at the ‘floor’. Rather than being scared that he is apparently walking on nothing, Arthur kneels, grinning as he traces constellations with his finger] There’s the Diamond of Virgo; Arcturus, Spica, Denebola, and Cor Caroli. The Big Dipper, of course. [then a frown as he pauses over a particular group of stars] Hold on. This is the Great Square of Pegasus, isn’t it? Shouldn’t be able to view these two at once. Diamond of Virgo is for spring, the Great Square of Pegasus for summer…..
A bit worrying, if my dreams have such simple mistakes.