voice;

[priceoffreedom]

[There a click on, and the clear sound that someone is there, but there's a pause, like maybe someone is making sure.]

Is this broadcast going through?

I think I got it-

Hello, Tranquility, my name is Steve Rogers.

I'd like to be directed to whoever is in charge of Security, if that's not too much trouble. And I'd like to know if it's possible to see out into space. Are there any windows on board?

[Annnnd a pause, and a fumble.]

Is it off?

[And then another pause.]

Sorry, excuse me-

[And NOW it's off.]

Comments

video.

[sleuthtastic]

For levity? These... are the jokes.

[ Clicking her fingers. ]

Am I speaking English?

video.

[priceoffreedom]

Well you're not speaking German, but English is debatable.

video.

[sleuthtastic]

Oh-ho! And we have a joker.

[ Okay, hold on a minute, this conversation is getting way off track. ]

And before I take a quippy comeback for $100, Alex, you'l want to speak to Tyke. If not Tyke, Edgeworth. If not Edgeworth—

[ A beat. ]

I can pass a message along.

video.

[priceoffreedom]

What's your name?

video.

[sleuthtastic]

Veronica Mars.

video.

[priceoffreedom]

It's nice to meet you, Miss Mars.

video.

[sleuthtastic]

[ Immediately: ]

Veronica. Nobody calls me Miss Mars if I'm out of jail and not looking down a photolens at the world's worst lawyer.

video.

[priceoffreedom]

Are you in jail a lot?

video.

[sleuthtastic]

I'm not not-in jail a lot.

[ Veronica, try not to scare the super good looking shoulders-like-a-barnhouse guy, okay? ]

My dad is a private investigator. I help him out sometimes. The sheriff's office isn't exactly our biggest fan. You know, you throw one hot tamale at somebody...

video.

[priceoffreedom]

[It's harder than one imagines to scare him. His best friend is a professional delinquent, after all]

Do you get the job done?

video.

[sleuthtastic]

[ Chipper (too chipper?): ]

And sometimes I even get paid!

video.

[priceoffreedom]

[Pause.]

Not in Monopoly money, I hope.

video.

[sleuthtastic]

Money, or a pre-arranged exchange of goods or services.

[ So... Money and stuff, Veronica? ]

I once had a guy try to pay me in guitar lessons. [ Okay, so, 'that guy' was a really good friend, but let's not talk about how she misses Neptune of all places: ]

So, are you going to share with the messenger, or is this some secret Eyes Only thing?

video.

[priceoffreedom]

Did you take him up on it?

[Pause.]

What?