Why Carlos Never Seemed to Know Cecil Talked About Him All the Time On Air
Why the Scientist Never Turned On His Radio : Welcome to Night Vale Headcannon
Sometimes, he thinks he should
call in. He could, he knows, he could call and call and hang up each
time knowing that the person, the man, on the other line would never
know it was him. Caller ID doesn't work here, nothing seems to work
here except your ability to call. And even that was weird. Sometimes
when he picked up the phone instead of a dial tone there was a
breathy voice on the other end asking him questions that were not
easily answered.
Or remembered.
So he doesn't use the phone. He
doesn't want to annoy anyone either and most of all he doesn't want
to be asked those strange dark questions that he's never quite sure
he didn't answer.
He knew he could hear the other man's
voice, after all. His job was on the radio. He'd gone and seen him
there after all. He wished Cecil wasn't on the radio. The radiation
levels on his mic had been alarming.
Carlos couldn't even bring himself
to turn on the radio, though. If he were honest with himself, and a
scientist had to be honest with himself, he was shy about it and in a
way defensive of his own thoughts. After all, what if the theory of
Cecil and the experiment of talking to him or hearing him speak to
his listeners didn't match his hypothesis?
While driving home, when he drove
past the house that wasn't really there, when he stopped for a slice
at Big Rico's, he would have imaginary conversations with Cecil. He'd
imagine his voice. His face. Those odd markings...
And then the universe would crash
back down.
After all, what were the odds that
the man he'd fallen in love with instantly was also in love with him?
Better to keep it to himself. For
now. Till he could think of a reason to talk to Cecil. Till then.
And he'd pull into his lab, turn off
the various scientific instruments, the lights, check the bathroom
for floating mammals, make sure the Thing in the Corner was fed, and
go to bed.
Goodnight, Night Vale, Goodnight
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