008 SPAM LIST TWO/VIDEO
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deadliestviper
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[The cell was spartan in its trappings, the whole room nothing but cold metal and hard surfaces. It was small, too, hardly large enough to pace from one end to the other, and offered a distinct lack of privacy due to the row of bars separating Beatrix from the rest of the cellblock. It was tedious, cramped, awkward, but on the whole, tolerable. Worse things could have happened, she knew that well. In terms of punishment, a week of solitude below decks was a remarkably light one for a murder.
Murder. When Sarah had described the killing that way Beatrix had bristled a little at the use of the word (as she saw it, killing Cato had been the natural reaction to his attack) but didn't protest it. Slight inaccuracy aside, murder was what she did.
She supposed she should feel some guilt for that.
The guilt didn't come, however. Instead, B only felt a mixture of mundane emotions: exhaustion from the flood, annoyance at her captivity, and a quiet, hidden satisfaction at a job well done.
Zero, she thought, was not having quite the intended effect on her.]
[Video – current]
Guess who's a free woman.
[At this point, there's little else to say. A fairly empty smile crosses B's face before she turns the feed off.]
[OOC: Joint post for Zero and for the Pants on Fire flood!]
[The cell was spartan in its trappings, the whole room nothing but cold metal and hard surfaces. It was small, too, hardly large enough to pace from one end to the other, and offered a distinct lack of privacy due to the row of bars separating Beatrix from the rest of the cellblock. It was tedious, cramped, awkward, but on the whole, tolerable. Worse things could have happened, she knew that well. In terms of punishment, a week of solitude below decks was a remarkably light one for a murder.
Murder. When Sarah had described the killing that way Beatrix had bristled a little at the use of the word (as she saw it, killing Cato had been the natural reaction to his attack) but didn't protest it. Slight inaccuracy aside, murder was what she did.
She supposed she should feel some guilt for that.
The guilt didn't come, however. Instead, B only felt a mixture of mundane emotions: exhaustion from the flood, annoyance at her captivity, and a quiet, hidden satisfaction at a job well done.
Zero, she thought, was not having quite the intended effect on her.]
[Video – current]
Guess who's a free woman.
[At this point, there's little else to say. A fairly empty smile crosses B's face before she turns the feed off.]
[OOC: Joint post for Zero and for the Pants on Fire flood!]
[ Audio ] I DON'T BELIEVE SO, NO
Date: 2012-10-02 09:57 pm (UTC)No, that is what "they" call it when someone is killed without provocation or orders. Am I to understand that is what happened?
[ Audio ] WE DO NOT SPEAK OF IT.
Date: 2012-10-03 02:01 am (UTC)It was an unplanned murder, but not an unprovoked one.
[ Audio ] I SECOND THIS MOTION.
Date: 2012-10-08 04:48 am (UTC)Then it was not murder. It was self-defense or retaliation.
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Date: 2012-10-08 05:00 am (UTC)[ Audio ]
Date: 2012-10-08 05:36 am (UTC)[ Audio ]
Date: 2012-10-08 05:43 am (UTC)Not at all.
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Date: 2012-10-08 06:00 am (UTC)[ Audio ]
Date: 2012-10-08 06:07 am (UTC)[ Audio ]
Date: 2012-10-08 06:16 am (UTC)I would agree.
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Date: 2012-10-08 06:23 am (UTC)[She's already gotten the sense that she's being somehow evaluated, though for exactly what she doesn't know. Given that they do have something in common, she assumes he's sizing her up.]
Why so inquisitive today?
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Date: 2012-10-08 06:30 am (UTC)[Dismissive, or potentially a very, very dry joke. He can't afford, by his estimation, to admit that he's always inquisitive; he just normally doesn't vocalize.]
It interests me.
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Date: 2012-10-08 06:42 am (UTC)[Because she can't begin to determine his tone, hers is cool and neutral. X5-493 was definitely a fascinating individual, but she's still not sure what he's capable of.]
Why is that?
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Date: 2012-10-12 06:54 pm (UTC)[Still the dry, almost-humor. Ben possesses a jocular streak but he's very, very careful about who he shows it to; it has never been encouraged.]
Because we're both inmates. What happens to you could happen to me, if I take the actions you took.
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[No more definitively one emotion or another, but a bit softer, he adds:]
And because in my experience, if we don't have each other, we don't have anyone.
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Date: 2012-10-13 04:48 am (UTC)Yes, easily.
Is this camaraderie or strategy?
[private]
Date: 2012-10-13 09:38 pm (UTC)Very few have seen him, and none of them are here.]
Which do you think it is? [This curiously - he'll tell her, but there's only so many chances to take the measure of someone else taking the measure of him.]
[private]
Date: 2012-10-13 10:16 pm (UTC)Besides, it wasn't as if soldiers were the type to discuss their emotions.]
[private]
Date: 2012-10-15 02:10 am (UTC)Camaraderie is strategy. Especially in places like this.
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Date: 2012-10-15 07:03 am (UTC)So why me? What am I worth to you?
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Date: 2012-10-18 12:36 am (UTC)We have... similarities that others do not share. I'm not, yet, sure if that means we're worth anything at all to each other.
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Date: 2012-10-18 10:00 am (UTC)[A good honest answer, although too vague for B's satisfaction.] Have you had these similarities with anyone else before?
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Date: 2012-10-23 06:03 pm (UTC)Yes. [Hesitation - he almost hangs up, though he catches himself while he can still realize that that's mostly just a reflex, not anything warranted. He can just control what he says, and the lie comes easily.]
I haven't seen any of them for quite some time; there are a couple around here, too, but it's not exactly the same.
They're wardens.