[8] Video/Action for Goldenrod, backdated to around the 9th

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Jail is fucking boring.]

[They'd stuck Blake in a cell for a while until they figured out something about community service. It was a lot faster than back in the real world, but even crazy bullshit island has red tape. Blake's not sure whether that's nostalgic or not.]

[Cells are the same everywhere, too. He's never been on this side before. The novelty wears off fast.]

[He wishes he had a ball to bounce against the wall or something. They didn't even leave him any of his animals for company. Maybe that's a good thing. He doesn't know how he's going to explain this to Steve.]

[There's nothing but a book, and there's only so much anybody can take of The Dratini Code.]

[Blake leans back on the hard bunk and tosses his phone in one hand. When he got in here the one thing he was sure of was that he didn't want to talk to anybody, but nothing weakens that conviction like a couple hours alone with the hot, uneasy feeling in the back of his head.]

[He flips the phone open before he can think about it too much and says the first thing that comes to mind.]

[The face that comes up on the screen will look a lot less combative and more withdrawn than usual.]

Hey.

You think they have the Shawshank Redemption around here?

Maybe with one of those stupid puns in the title, and he digs his way out with one of those mole things. A little tiny one for finding rocks.

Seems like everything around here is like back home but turned the local kind of stupid. Do they even make any real original movies?

[In the crappy florescent lights shared by jails everywhere, the lines on his face look deep and weathered.]

I'm tired of nothing but the same old thing.


((OOC: Open for calls and visitors! Blake's in jail for punching Parker, but you don't have to broach the topic if you don't want to. He's not real proud of himself, so he'll pussyfoot around it unless asked directly. If you definitely don't want it to come up, just put in an OOC note.))

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[video]

[captainash]

Desperate people are willing to believe anyone, if there's a chance it'll improve their conditions.

[Coming from most, those words could sound very judgemental.

Coming from Ash, they just sound sad.]

I doubt anyone would blame you for switching between the two as you want.

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[readapts]

I... I understand.

If it was something like that, it's hard not to just react...

[Though violence is never the answer, Blake!!]

[Video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

You go out of your way to be a special kind of pain in the ass, don't you.

[Blake's chagrined that he even admitted to being at a loss.]

[He lets out a long breath.] I'm too old to learn any new tricks.

[Video]

[moveslikestrider]

Nah. There's time for everything. [He phrases time oddly, like there's a vastly greater meaning to that than he's saying outloud.] You just got to take that step towards it.

Because really. You want to see these bars more often or never?

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[lieutenantantichrist]

Yeah. You can't make excuses for somebody just because they look harmless.

Not when your gut says otherwise.

I've been in this line of work for a long, long time. I know when somebody's up to no good.

[By 'never' do you mean 'fairly often']

[handydecisions]

Kids are people just like anyone else. They're a whole lot smarter than people give 'em credit for.

[He's not sure that he likes the tone in Carter's voice, there. He lets the conversation timer run nearly out before he decides what to say.]

That uniform carries a lot of responsibility. Society as a whole owes a hell of a lot to the men and women who decide to wear it.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

... How did you know the stuff was stolen?

[action]

[itsjustdust]

[He bit his lip, then shook his head.]

No... I mean. It's a system. If the number is gone instead of not taking calls... then a person went home.

[lieutenantantichrist]

Yeah. She kept surprising me.

[Blake tended to be one of those people who assumed kids were dumb and didn't really pay attention to anything. She proved him wrong a lot.]

[he huffs a disbelieving sound] A lot of people don't see it that way. Hell, these days everybody grabs onto their kids around us.

[handydecisions]

[Lee manages a light chuckle.]

I know what you mean about that. Didn't take me long to shape up knowing Clem was there.

[He hesitates, and then raises an eyebrow.]

You know, going around beating on women in the middle of the street isn't exactly doing anything to get rid of that image.

[Video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Blake crosses his arms and looks at her flatly. This part he's sure of.]

Can you think of any other reason a girl would have a half dozen watches in her pockets?

Ones that guys nearby recognize?

[Video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

Damn teenagers. You all think you're gonna live forever.

And now you sound like a damn parole officer.

[Blake's a little amused despite himself. He's heard that speech a lot, but it's never been given to him before.]

[lieutenantantichrist]

It's hard to act the same when there's a wide-eyed little girl looking at you. Hell, she even got me trying not to swear.

[There was actually somebody to worry about being a bad influence on.]

Hey. I'm not some psycho attacking people for no good reason.

I'm not even police here. [He sounds lost.] If I was, there wouldn't've been a problem, because I would've gotten everybody on the case the minute she went missing.

[handydecisions]

Pretty much how it goes, yeah.

[...]

[Lee doesn't think he needs to remind Carter that their little girls are gone for good, permanently. For now, anyway. This isn't a kidnapping - it's actually reversing the kidnapping of bringing them here. He sits back down and slumps, his elbows holding himself up.]

Still, you don't just up and resort to violence on a woman, that shit ain't right. Surely to god you learned better ways to detain suspects than by beating on them, didn't you?

[If not he'll just be over here...glad that he wasn't arrested in Philly.]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[No matter how much Blake wants to deny it, he knows.]

If somebody's attacking you, what are you gonna do? Just stand there and let her hit you? I'm nobody's punching bag.

It's as easy or as hard as they make it. Sure, I'd rather bring them in quietly, but if they try to fight or run, it gets rough. Murderers don't get kid gloves.

[action]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Blake grabs onto a bar in a sudden, violent motion that makes his watch clang off the metal of the next one]

What if they don't have any home to go to, huh? What if they were finally fucking safe and now they're gone?!

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[strongside]

[ Pause. That's even more vague wording, so she chances on a guess based on his tone of voice and the information he's given so far: ]

Do you need to repay some sort of debt?

[ And not in the monetary sense. ]

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[readapts]

Y-yeah. [Despite himself, Chihiro thinks of Maizono. Not that he blames her for what happened, but still, it was a shock what she might've been capable of after everything.]

What are you going to do? When you get out...

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[lieutenantantichrist]

[The girl wouldn't know. She's just a quiet kid, probably sheltered as hell. She doesn't need to know.]

No idea, kid.

Keep walking around doing this animal-fighting crap, I guess. It'll be tougher now that my best one's not listening to me.

[video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

Damn. How lousy can the future get?

[Blake's glad he doesn't quite believe. Sure as hell can't see his world getting there.]

Somebody had to kill the son of a bitch.

Hell. I guess you could say he earned it. I didn't.

[He let it go by right under his nose, because it was something he didn't want to see.]

[action]

[brbmakingfriends]

[Blake, nothing pleases you, really.]

If you needed some kind of air freshener, why didn't you say so? I'll be back!

[strongestoftheturks]

...what did he do?

[There's more to this case than a partnership gone wrong, and Rude's going to need a little more context to understand exactly what's happened.]

[video]

[captainash]

As lousy as people can make it. There are a few that put a lot of effort in it.

[Good thing many of them are dead by now.]

The important part is that somebody did, I guess. Some people just can't be stopped any other way.

[action]

[itsjustdust]

[Obito leaned back, understanding dawning on his face.]

Then you can hope they come back, and that they remember.

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[lieutenantantichrist]

[Blake snorts] I always hated that saying, even when it went to somebody else. Typical wishy-washy bullshit.

But yeah, they're having me do some crap for a week and then I'm home free. Sounds like that's all they've got, even for people who do a whole lot worse.