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[learnedtosmile]

[The feed comes on, and hello, Tranquility, Blake is making a rare showing of his face on the network today. Unfortunately, instead of his usual mild look, he's, well. Angry. Visibly so. Like he turned on the video just to give everyone a good, hard glare.

This probably has a lot to do with the fact that he's worn his mask a couple of times, but good luck getting him to admit to that right now.]

Hypocrites. Cowards.

[Good way to open up, right? Get everybody's attention that way.]

I've seen it. I've seen what happens, when things are bad. I've heard the doublespeak, listened to them make their pretty speeches and then forget about all the suffering. The ones who are supposed to help, the ones who have the responsibility to help, they abandon you. They have their own agendas, money to make, power to gain. What does it matter if the madman is loose, burning everything down?

Back room deals, politics. Dirty hands. It doesn't stop when the world goes to hell. And apparently it doesn't stop on this hellhole, either. Because that's what I see here, and it's disgusting. Everyone scrambling through the mud, trying to feel like they're at the top. The top of what? It's the same pile of mud, it's just a matter of how dirty you're willing to get. People are dying. We're all going to die, if we don't wise up and cut the bullshit.

So keep quoting your poetry. Keep putting up creepy anonymous messages. Keep doublespeaking about how you're just protecting people while trying to keep vital information to yourself for just a little while longer. Keep encouraging the suspicion and distrust. See how long we last, while you play your power games.

[If anyone would like to try and talk (or smack) some sense into Blake, he's in the gym nearest the security office. He might be on a treadmill, lifting weights, or punching a punching bag. Generally being angry and trying to blow off some steam.]

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[bruxisms]

There are lies and lies in any realm, or so it would seem to me. What should make this vessel any different?

[ And truthfully, he had little patience for such. ]

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[learnedtosmile]

I guess I was too optimistic. [He says this bitterly.] Expecting that in this situation, if nothing else, we'd all at least have the same goals.

Clearly, that was stupid of me. I won't make the mistake again.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

[This is...

Um, wow.]

Detective, has something happened?

[voice]

[learnedtosmile]

A lot of things. Or have you been asleep for the past week?

Frankly, I expected better. From everyone. It was stupid of me, naive to think a system being built from the ground up could be any better than the ones that existed back home.

anon text; bat-encrypted

[rhymeswithdeath]

What happened to you, Detective Handsome?

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[learnedtosmile]

Too many innocents suffer. Self-appointed leaders are too busy puffing out their chests.

Just another day in space.

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[thenormalsquint]

[Man, she really hopes he doesn't blab what she told him on the network right now. Not that it can be traced back to her--Angela's way too good to leave her tracks dirty like that--but there's no guarantee he won't drop her name. Anger makes people do anything.

But she finds herself agreeing with him.]

Flies with honey, though.

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[learnedtosmile]

You should know. [Angela why aren't you on his side? You are supposed to be agreeing with him without reservation, okay?] What else are we supposed to do, sit back and smile and tell them to keep trying? Keep trying to do what, exactly?

People are dying.

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[chiroptophobic]

Sometimes I wonder whether what we do can ever be enough.

text; Batcryptions; beautiful trainwreck

[learnedtosmile]

It just keeps replicating itself. The corruption. The lust for power. People keep suffering.

text; Batcryptions /sobbing more

[rhymeswithdeath]

Please say you're not encouraging this.

anon text; cat-crypts or something so the bat can see it.

[felinely]

My, my Detective, what a lovely little speech you have here.
Was it worth it?

text; cat-crypts bat-crypts all the saaaaaaaame

[learnedtosmile]

Are you proud of me, Miss Kyle? Think I've come around to your way of thinking?

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[the_vishual]

Those that bear false witness should be punished. Those that lie should as well.

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[learnedtosmile]

It sounds so poetic, bear false witness. Does your religion include pits of fire and brimstone?

permavid & text.

[culver]

Blake ?

sobbing

[learnedtosmile]

Nill.

I wish I could tell you things will get better.

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[ringbearer]

[ he's only spoken to john blake once, and not on a screen. with voice alone but seeing him now, angry as he seems, he first asks, because it seems the most logical thing: ]

John, what happened?

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[learnedtosmile]

The same things that always happen. The same greedy, corrupt, opportunistic people who try to take advantage whenever something goes wrong.

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[dirtyword]

[ Brendan recognizes the place and doesn't give himself time to think. He's not angry but he's---

--yeah. Yeah, he's angry. Because Blake is a hypocrite. He's a hypocrite and Brendan's stride is smooth, upturning Wichita from their nest of blankets in her room and heading down to 001.

He opens the door and doesn't bother to introduce himself. Doesn't bother to get Blake's attention. He just speaks: ]

You gotta wonder why a bull like you is changing your tune now, huh? 'Cause you're reading an awful lot like them.

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[learnedtosmile]

[Blake is just lifting some weights, no big deal. He's not going to stop because this thick-headed kid walks in to lecture him.]

I'm goddamn sick of it, that's why. Sick of them.

[willpunchfaces]

Dude. Not all of us who want to protect others are lying about it. And we're not all cowards, either.

[learnedtosmile]

Getting defensive, are we? Maybe there's a reason for that.

permavideo

[logicals]

<sub>[ Oh, oh. Now this is hilarious. He's even laughing playfully, leaning forward in a room lit up only by the device itself, mask quite plainly visible.

Jim Moriarty. Hi. ]</sub>

You just couldn't figure out the game. Was it too difficult for you, trying to work everything out, watching as the world wanders past you and laughs when it realises you'll never be able to catch up?

_{[ The smile soon wipes away, and oh that anger. ]}

But people dying! Everyone always acts like it's a shock, a surprise, because people are invincible right up until the point until they're not, until their hearts give out and their blood pools around their head. Dying is just about the only thing they're good for, and even then, it's only entertaining for a few seconds. When they stop begging, it's time to move on - and make sure you don't get anything on your suit. Dry cleaning bill's a nightmare.

[sugarbear]

[ When Sherlock Holmes starts laughing like that everyone should run for cover. Casey isn't everyone. ]

And there I was thinking you were a stick in the mud. Never wanted to have any fun.

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[cargojet]

Why don't you tell us how you really feel?

[ He will take this seriously...oh I don't know. Never. ]

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[learnedtosmile]

Keep playing the game, asshole.

The ones at the top are always the first targets.

voice

[became]

Cheerful. Anything in D Minor for the encore?

voice

[learnedtosmile]

That's right, make it into a joke, you son of a bitch.

voice;

[justamobster]

[ Ladon's not bothering to conceal his laughter. ]

Would you listen t'this self-righteous bullshit.

voice;

[learnedtosmile]

Keep laughing. Laugh while innocent people suffer, just like the rest of the assholes in charge.