first case closed ♤ [ video ] ♤ filtered away from neal caffrey

[suit]

[ my reputation's well set by now, neal says like it's not a big thing and peter can't lie and say it isn't. sure he had let the matter drop then only to half pick it up ( sort of ) later after a conversation with wichita. the lifts and their malfunction had stopped him from having his own conversation that drew off of what wichita has said until just a bit ago.

it bothers him more than usual to know that neal is somewhat keeping things from him. not because he wants to ( god he can't want to because, he's here and hadn't neal been so happy to see him when he came ) but because he doesn't know what he's supposed to say. he's in the dark and maybe he really has gotten involved in something that he can't even remotely get himself out of. and that sets peter on edge, because yes it was neal's own choice but peter could have pulled him back. maybe.

there's a moment on the feed where peter doesn't say anything before he smiles looking just a little tired, double checking that this is all filtered away from neal before he finds himself asking what might be a slightly complicated question for anyone to answer at home. let alone people who know a neal from before his excursion and know a neal from after. ]

I know this is probably an unorthodox question to ask, but if you could indulge me, what are your opinions on Neal Caffrey? I don't care if you're close or if you only know of him through what you've heard, I'd welcome any answers you all have. This is filtered away from him if you're worried about him barging in here acting affronted by anything you say, and I'm not likely to tell him it because it's more for my own curiosity's sake. I happen to know him from home and I was wondering what sort of impression he's left on all of you in the time he's been here.

[ because if neal's reputation is well set then they should all have the same answer. or something close to it. ]

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[majestyofthethrone]

He's a kind man with a good heart.

[suit]

[ if peter didn't already have a set vague goal in mind with this question, he'd poke a bit of fun at the disney prince comment that sera had made at neal. but instead he just smiles, because shit, neal. ]

That I know. [ because for all the bitches about neal, there's a part of him that knows, yea, buried under the veneer of the suave conman there's a guy under there who if he was just pushed in the right direction could have so much just because of how he is. ] How do you know him on here?

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[tumbleweeds]

Charming. Insufferable. Kind of a brat and a bitch sometimes. All about culture and art and how much I need it in my life. And smart -- smarter than I'll ever be.

[ She shrugs a little, toying with the bandage around her wrist. ]

He tells me he's a bad man, tells me not to forget it. But I don't think he's as bad a man as he thinks he is -- or maybe that's just what I'm supposed to think. Sometimes it's hard to know what's real with him, you know? What's Neal and what's Neal being what he thinks he should be and what's Neal now, since he went out into the ship.

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[suit]

Don't sell yourself short on the last one. His smarts are a particular kind. I can run circles around him when it comes to math.

[ It's maybe a big thing that he doesn't deny the rest because she's right, they're all qualities Neal has in spades and isn't that the kicker of everything. But then she continues and Peter's face turns thoughtful, because that's both what he wanted to hear and what he didn't. It's complicated. ]

You promise not to tell him anything I'm saying to you right now?

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[executiveassistant]

[See, now this guy looks a lot more trustworthy than Neal Caffrey which is entertaining to her. All of these strange ties between people on this ship--

But her answer comes easily with a bright, amused smile.]

As I told him, "charmingly roguish". Almost dangerously so really. [She means that in the fondest way possible but yeah she's not trusting him any time soon except maybe to flirt with her.]

Also the first person I've ever met who doesn't like Macduff.

[Seriously, who doesn't like Macduff. Weirdo.]

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[suit]

[ That is because he totally is, Donna. You've got a very good eye.

And that answer gets a full blown laugh out of him, because well she's not wrong. ]

One of the few women to see straight through the Caffrey charm. [ That's actually a compliment, without any flirting attached to it. ]

Considering everything I know about him, which didn't actually include that, it's one of those things. At least what I can remember from the last time I actually read it.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

May I assume you are a friend of his?

[voice]

[suit]

[ ...That's a real loaded question. Technically yes, and technically no, maybe. It's complicated. ]

I like to think so. [ A beat. Edgeworth, don't make him have to flash his badge and tattoo at you to prove he's not as bad as Neal. ]

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[undercovergirl]

[ Oh, this is interesting. Annie answers cheerfully. ]

Haven't met him, but I hear he makes a habit of finding trouble.

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[suit]

[ Interesting, Annie you do not know the half of it. And his amusement totally shows in the half grin he gives back. ]

That's not that inaccurate. He does have a certain knack for stumbling into those pockets of trouble on accident. [ Hngh. ] How bad would you say they make the habit out to be?

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[coffeeking]

Very intelligent, a bit of a twat, at least halfway crazy at this point, but most of us who are here too long and see too much tend to go that route.

voice;

[suit]

[ ...Yeah, no he's going to zone in the halfway crazy part, sorry Ianto. ]

Most of you go that route? [ He can see your number Ianto, you crazy too? ]

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[swagneto]

It's complicated.

[ And meant more for Neal than anything else. ]

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[suit]

[ Complicated. Wasn't that always the case when it came to Neal? ]

You feel like elaborating on that? To someone who knows complicated and him better than most.

[rebelled]

Neal is a good man, which is something you should already be aware of if you truly do know him.

[suit]

[ Castiel, your answer and Sera's answer are really close together and it honestly warms Peter's heart just a little, because yeah, he knows. ]

I'm more aware of it then I'm guessing he actually thinks I am. Or that he'll admit. [ A beat. ] He mentioned you. [ Which is, perhaps a way of saying I know you're an angel. ]

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[reticencies]

[The minute that Sarah sees this broadcast, she almost drops her device. It had only been two years since her last mission with him before Ryker went rogue but of all the people to end up on this ship, she never expected it to be him or that she'd see him— which honestly she didn't want to.

The mention of Neal caught her attention along with the fact this was filtered away from him. She didn't know what he was up other than thinking that he was probably targeting Neal because he looked like Bryce. She doesn't even consider the possibility that he could be someone else because she knows better than anyone that her former handler was someone who was both dangerous and someone who just couldn't be trusted]

Ryker?

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[reticencies]

I don't even know why I'm surprised this is what you're up to. You can drop the act— what's the real reason you want to know?

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[sexting]

Stellar attention whore

[ text ]

[suit]

You all do give him plenty of it.

[ just saying. ]

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[dirtyword]

Neal.... [ Brendan actually has to stop and think about that. ] Neal's an alright gee.

Used to be, maybe. Took a powder and when he came back 'round the berg he wasn't exactly running on all fours, dig?

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[suit]

[ The fuck does half of that mean. Jesus Christ. Give Peter a second to just try and figure that one out, god, slang sucks the end. ]

I dig. How bad you think the powder was?

[jilt]

My, my. I'd not realized what a gossip you were, Mister Burke.

[ getting straight answers out of an irene. godspeed, peter. ]

[suit]

[ peter hates everything, the end. ]

That's because I'm not usually one. [ liar, with neal you totally are. ]

[northerner]

[ ugh that guy ]

The sort who prefers the sound of his voice to all others, though to his credit not all he says is useless. He's more flippant than I'd deem wise. It will lead him to a painful end, if he isn't careful.

[suit]

[ yeah, robb, that guy. ]

It's typically because people tell him his voice is something to be preferred. [ a beat. ] Why do you think it'll lead him to a painful end?

[ important questions!! ]

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[intersection]

He looks exactly like my best friend from college?

[ does that count? ]

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[suit]

[ face twins suck the end. ]

...What was his name?

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[vindicating]

He's...different. I guess that's the best way to put it. [because sometimes it's hard not to think about the differences when you share a face]

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[suit]

[ oh jay, man, he remembers you and how completely weird it was to see someone who had neal's face while at the same time not.

truth be told, he'd be lying if he didn't still somehow think that jay isn't neal under an alias that was old enough and dead enough that peter doesn't even know it. ]

Different means a lot of things.