video + voice | make me a beast half as brave i'd be the same

[amethysts]

[private to jesse pinkman and miles edgesworth | not encrypted | video]

[The Libby--and it's just Libby, even if her face is clean and her hair is gently washed and flowing smooth and purely blonde--who appears in the video is relieved. Not drunk, not jittery with tension, not panicked or cornered or twisted by anger. Just relieved, smiling with an old, recently missing quirk to it, wrapped up in an oversized black jacket and smoking with a hand that shakes but only slightly.]

Hey, guys. Guess who I can't find? Um--do you want to like. Watch a stupid future movie or whatev, some time? I've got--I've got a lot of free time. So. You know. Or anything.

And, um--maybe we should all check in. Every morning and tonight. Your girls too, Jesse. I just ydon't want--well. A lot of people have been going missing. [She ruffles her hair with her free hand, but still. For the first time since she got here she can breathe.] But yeah. Anything you want.

[private to james rogers | not encrypted | voice]

Um. Hey.

[Nervous, but that's fine, right? Everything is fine today.]

[public | voice]

Loki's gone. I don't know who of you care, but unless he shows up and calls me an idiot on this thing--he's gone. So. Tally that up, I figure.

[A quiet, disbelieving laugh, her voice mellow and soft, and Libby falls back on her bed.]

Comments

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

Oh. Certainly, I would, yes.

[voice]

[amethysts]

...you're happy, right?

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

...Regarding his disappearance?

[voice]

[amethysts]

Yeah. I just--I mean it's not bad, or anything. I just thought--after everything he said to you.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

[A slight pause.]

I suppose the answer to that question depends upon what happens to those who leave.

[voice]

[amethysts]

[Of course.]

My, um--my friend [and what is this note of awkwardness] James says Asgardians can live in space. I bet Jotun can too. I bet he just fucked off because he got bored.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

[It doesn't strike him as likely, but...]

I see. Well. If he has left but done so without suffering misfortune, then that is far from a bad thing.

[voice]

[amethysts]

[Libby kind of has to believe it.]

...Nikolai is gone too. And Syg. Did you know Syg? She was kind of quiet.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

I believe we spoke once, yes.

[voice]

[amethysts]

If you disappear on me I will punch you in the face.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

I'll refrain from pointing out the fundamental difficulty in that plan.

[His voice, though, is quiet rather than wry.]

I'm...sorry, Libby.

[voice | private | unencrypted ]

[amethysts]

[She knows the flaw in the plan. And she locks this up, a little, because it hurts.]

Thanks.

[She sucks in a breath. She doesn't want to voice her suspicions. Miles would investigate and just--no.] I'm gonna miss them. Which is just messed up.

I swear, though, I would develop like, warp travel. To punch you.

[voice | private | unencrypted ]

[jurisimpudent]

...To be altogether honest, it seems as though such modes of travel could be put towards rather better uses.

[voice | private | unencrypted ]

[amethysts]

After I punch you I rescue you. Obvious. You are not thinking big picture, buddy.

[voice | private | unencrypted ]

[jurisimpudent]

Or you could use it to escape.

[voice | private | unencrypted ]

[amethysts]

Sure. How about like--you, me, Jesse, and his girls, we all go live on your planet? It sounds the least terrible. I can like--go to school, Jesse can paint, you lawyer, his chicks do whatev. And we can get Nikolai and Syg tok while we're at it. It'd be wicked rad.

[She's joking, but it's also painfully wistful.]

[voice | private | unencrypted ]

[jurisimpudent]

[He looks down. For a stupid moment, the thought causes him actual anxiety, because...What would von Karma say? How could he explain to him this motley crew, these associates who are far beneath the dignity of a prosecutor. These friends, when he is supposed to have no friends.

But it's only a dream. He shouldn't be worried over thinking up excuses.]

Right. I...make enough money back there that no one would have to turn to anything illegal or illicit.

[ voice | private | unencrypted ]

[amethysts]

As if. I'd get a job. But like, a real job. Paychecks and whatev.

[This is actually starting to hurt now, but at the same time--at the same time it's worth pretending for one minute.]

Like at a library. Then I could get you the sweet hook ups.

[ voice | private | unencrypted ]

[jurisimpudent]

[He loses her - ]

"Sweet hook ups"?

[ voice | private | unencrypted ]

[amethysts]

[And a perfect segue. Better than expected.]

You know, like--the rad stuff nobody else gets. Library top shelf.

[ voice | private | unencrypted ]

[jurisimpudent]

I...don't think libraries tend to keep materials secret.

[ voice | private | unencrypted ]

[amethysts]

You don't know they don't.

[ voice | private | unencrypted ]

[jurisimpudent]

...That is true enough, but it seems unlikely...

[ voice | private | unencrypted ]

[amethysts]

You know what this means, right?

[ voice | private | unencrypted ]

[jurisimpudent]

...I do not.