[open]

[polyhistor]

Characters: Spencer Reid and open.
Date: From April 5th-14th.
Location: Various locations in Keeliai and Atam.
Situation: Reid does SCIENCE!! And other things. There will be some specific threadstarters and some general ones.
Warnings/Ratings: Excessive tldr?
Other: prose or actionspam are both fine by me. Also if you could fill out my permissions post that would be awesome. Reid is a behavioural analyst with the FBI and he tends to use body language and linguistic cues to 'profile' other characters. Obviously this is an ability that tends towards 'hugely infomoddy' so I like to keep things above the board whenever possible.

Comments

because SCIENCE

[fotia]

[Leo almost lights himself on fire just to see the reaction of the kedan who threw a rock at him and that he narrowly missed. Instead, he forces his temper away and runs, and for a moment he feels transported back to the days when he used to run from foster homes, because one day he might overtake the grief and guilt he felt at losing his mother.

But those days are over now. Right now there is a man doing... something. Leo's run slows down to a halt as he watches curiously, one hand rising to scratch the back of his head.

After a while (in reality, after five seconds), he asks,]

Are you experimenting on something?

scree tiny science baby bro

[polyhistor]

I-- hm?

[He was in the middle of writing out an equation, Leo, geeze. Reid looks up, pencil poised over his little notebook.]

Right now? Not exactly. I'm noting the rate of decay for the flora by sector to see if there's any sort of variance to the overall--

[... he stops himself. Scratches a spot above his eyebrow with the non-pointy end of the pencil.]

You're Leo, right?

science nerds unite!

[fotia]

[He's about to ask Reid to finish his first sentence when the guy's question startles him. Like, whoa, how did he even know? Kinda creepy, dude.

But he quickly masks his surprise with a grin.]

Wow, I must be even more popular than I thought. Please, [and he raises one hand to theoretically calm Reid down,] save your praises, it makes me feel embarrassed sometimes.

omg yes please

[polyhistor]

[He smiles a bit.]

No, it's more that I-- um. Read the network.

[All of it.]

[fotia]

[Whoa okay I take it back that's either totally creepy or admirably dedicated!]

...So you just really like reading, huh.

[polyhistor]

[... that awkward moment when...]

I read twenty thousand words a minute.

[He says it in that way where it's obvious it's not a big deal to him and he doesn't want any particular attention drawn to it. It's just. A thing.]

[fotia]

Right, awesome! I've always wanted someone who can read twenty thousand words a minute stalking my posts and conversations!

[Though there's absolutely no irritation in that statement because he's still deciding whether or not you're creepy or awesome, bro.]

[polyhistor]

Not you specifically. I found it advantageous to know what I was getting into here.

[... he pauses, and then it occurs to him that might have been a form of chastisement.]

I can teach you to how to encrypt your conversations?

[fotia]

[ Reid pls. He gives a dismissive wave! ] No need for that, dude; Annabeth and I already worked on one. Pretty sure hackers would need help from Hephaestus himself before they could crack it.