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Let me just say I'm not really a fan of the new tattoo, or the vomit-inducing speedy elevators, but I guess this isn't so bad. Space, huh? Alright. Fine.

[ it's really not alright or alright. at all, but it's better than the House, that's for freaking sure. Hayden looks pretty normal on this video feed, maybe a little tired, but otherwise cheerful and fine. cheerful, yeah. no panicking for this new crew member. the truth is that she's scared, and pissed, and confused. but again, somehow getting away from the House? she'll deal with it, for now. ]

I just have one tiny little question. I heard a boy named Tate Langdon is on board, is that right? Because, funny enough, he's a really good friend of mine from home, we're really close. So I hope you've all been looking out for him, he needs that. [ her tone is entirely too sincere, maybe as a ploy to try and piss off Tate and fish him out of wherever he's hiding, or maybe just for her own amusement. ] It's just that he's been known to get into these moods, well- We'll call them "episodes" for now, actually, that's more accurate. He sometimes has these "episodes", during which time he's unpredictable and- [ SIGH. it's such a sensitive subject, can you tell? ] Let's just say it's best that they're avoided, yeah. And keeping him away from me will definitely result in an episode. [ don'tsmirkdon'tsmirkdon'tsmirk ]

Anyway! If anyone would be interested in giving the new girl a tour, I wouldn't exactly object. [ only ( tall, dark, handsome, & strait ) men need apply, please and thank you. ] If I'm gonna be living here I need to know my way around the place, right?

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[He ignores the question.]

So your perspective, that'd be rock solid then.

I'm not sure I have that much faith in my own perspective anymore. I like it just fine, but it's not something I'm about to share with the class.

Not unless I know why they care to hear it.

Friendly interest.

What do you wanna know? Specifically.

[ she's not stupid, she knows he's wondering about Tate, but well. a lot could be said, couldn't it? she needs to figure out his angle so she can figure out her own. ]

[Well, if you want to play it that way, Hayden.]

How you died.

What a grand assumption.

[ but she's almost kinda laughing, so she's obviously not pissed. now for the fun part: does he know Tate's dead, a killer, or both. ]

Based on what grounds, I wonder.

I don't make assumptions.

Oh yeah? How do you know I'm dead? You can live in that house and still have a pulse.

[ staaaallllllliiing. also she'd encrypt this by now if she knew how, buuuuut ]

That house doesn't let people go.

Hm.

[ but fine, she'll spill. even if it is annoyingly embarrassing. ]

I was beat to death with a shovel on the front lawn of the house, then buried there that same day.

[That doesn't sound like Tate's style. But it does sound a little amusing, at least to Riddick.]

Nice way to go.

It's actually pretty fucking terrible. Have you ever been beaten to death? Have you ever been knocked just barely unconscious, so you can't move or shout for help, but you can still feel everything as a man literally beats the life out of you until you're no longer breathing?

Do you have ANY idea what it's like to have your life LITERALLY RIPPED OUT FROM UNDER YOU IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE?! [ HUFF. ] IT'S NOT REALLY ALL THAT NICE.

[There's a pause, and maybe Riddick might have some sympathy (he's spoken to the dead here before, the murdered), if it weren't for the relation to Tate - or the way she'd just spoken to him.]

Sounds like how someone could end up having episodes.

Well, I learned from the best.

[ like.. she has a reason to be smug about the fact that she's EFFING CRAZY ]

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