[this is vulpecula's emotional support wine now. anyway, they're here, wine bottle tucked under one arm and a glass of water flavored with a small amount of lemon in their other hand. they offer the glass to harrow.]
I don't think anyone could have predicted that it would go the way it did. I would have assumed the fact that shoes were missing from three different people would have made it obvious it didn't have anything to do with the case...
[a beat.]
You think they'll ever figure out they can just go to the room and check the cart during the trial? They keep coming at us with housekeeping this, housekeeping that, but they never go look! I thought I was going to lose my mind when he kept...
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...oh, it's too soon to complain about him, isn't it...
You are so ready to defend me, always. [a small smile.] I do prefer to be critical of myself, but in this case, as long as the only killers are shadows, there's no real way to predict it. It's simply random.
Well. For one thing, not everyone has read their contracts yet. [they sound so tired.] So, I think there are some people who are still assuming the reminder at the end of the executions is fake, and some people who are doubting whether or not your hostages are actually being held hostage.
...which they are, by the way; I hate to have to say it, but that's completely true. So I think maybe it hasn't really... clicked for them how much danger they and their hostages would be in if something went wrong and they weren't able to check out in eight weeks.
I'll try. This is something that I need to do, and what becomes of me is less important than that, but once it is done I will have the luxury of making that my priority again.
It is selfish, but I am a little relieved that you cannot really try to talk me out of it.
You cannot, so you need not feel responsible. I had Emet-Selch telling me he was disappointed I wasn't going to murder the entire time at the station and I never did. I am stubborn.
You haven't disappointed me. And, you can talk to me whenever you want about whatever you want. [...] I just - remember, I have a job to do, so I can't really be your friend.
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week 2, sunday
I'll trade you a drink for a drink?
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Yes, of course. [i guess they will sit and have a drink and one of their drinks will be really sad.] Oh dear, the boots were a bad call.
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[a beat.]
You think they'll ever figure out they can just go to the room and check the cart during the trial? They keep coming at us with housekeeping this, housekeeping that, but they never go look! I thought I was going to lose my mind when he kept...
[another beat.]
...oh, it's too soon to complain about him, isn't it...
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One of those... "he doth protest too much" things? Is that how it's phrased?
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[sighing.]
I do wish I was choosing with more accuracy, so these duties of mine could be a help rather than a hindrance!
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[so there!]
...but, yes - that's about right. Someone might or might not decide to act on their own, but until they do... it's hard to predict what will happen.
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...which they are, by the way; I hate to have to say it, but that's completely true. So I think maybe it hasn't really... clicked for them how much danger they and their hostages would be in if something went wrong and they weren't able to check out in eight weeks.
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Harrow...
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...you can probably guess, from the type of thing the contract says he's entertained by...
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...I had already decided. This conversation will not be the reason. It will merely strengthen my resolve.
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[aaaaaaaaaa. they're losing their mind.
...
they look away.]
Just... make sure you get away with it.
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[she's frowning, she looks genuinely worried.]
I don't want to put you in an untenable position. I know you can't really tell me what to do, or take sides.
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[...]
Try not to get hurt, okay?
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I'll try. This is something that I need to do, and what becomes of me is less important than that, but once it is done I will have the luxury of making that my priority again.
It is selfish, but I am a little relieved that you cannot really try to talk me out of it.
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[they are going to open this bottle of wine and drink right out of it.]
...if it's a choice you're making on your own, I - it wouldn't be my place to try to talk you out of it anyway.
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Whether you can say so or not, I do hope I have not disappointed you. The thought is nice, that I could at least talk to a friend about these things.
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You haven't disappointed me. And, you can talk to me whenever you want about whatever you want. [...] I just - remember, I have a job to do, so I can't really be your friend.
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