o5 ɂ voice + private

[mattersverymuch]

-- Oxford Circus. Join me.

[He starts without explanation, because the person he's addressing knows exactly who she is, and then laughs.]

Have you ever played with pigeons? Slower, messier. Rats are quicker and cleverer but have the disadvantage of short legs and no wings. Although I imagine they'd make things more interesting regardless. Rats generally do.

Would never have let that happen. That's why pigeons are second choice. You're welcome, by the way. Again. It was a lovely few days. Practically a holiday. Even though I nearly got injured.

[private: dean]

You deserved that, retroactively.

[private: castiel]

[pleasantly:] In the future, find an alternate solution.


( ooc; mornington crescent. and though he's inviting iris in specifically, he left it open so that a) people familiar could try to beat him and b) people unfamiliar could ask about it. fair warning: he knows a lot more stations than you do. )

Comments

[mattersverymuch]

The line between story and reality is a blurry one, sometimes. That's why stories are told over and over again.

What do you think? Which are they?

[lost_humanity]

The obvious answer is, "I'm not sure, and I would wager that's exactly how you intend it."

The less obvious one is that you're both as you need to be.

[mattersverymuch]

Can both answers be correct at once?

[lost_humanity]

The right person can be anything they want to be until the wrong person is watching them. [He's had a few unfortunate experiences in this, too.]

[mattersverymuch]

[He tilts his head. Fairly sure he knows what this means, but clarification from someone who doesn't play the same games he plays can never hurt.]

Explain.

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

[It's a game he's been playing on the Barge. So he's careful about what he answers. Even switching filters, because he's relatively sure that Narvin isn't watching it, and even if he was it's not something that would surprise his warden to learn.]

Usually the wrong person is the one that saw the last role you chose.

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

[This actually makes him laugh a little.]

People are never understanding about costume changes. It sounds as though you have experience.

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

[Now he's a touch curious.] Have you ever been forced into a costume that you didn't want to wear and just happened to fit it well?

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

All costumes fit me well.

[Evade evade.]

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

[He will take this as a hesitant "yes".] And if you found yourself trapped in it after some time?

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

[Correct interpretation, well done.]

I would warp it so it suited me.

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

Has it worked for you before?

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

Repeatedly, yes.

And for you?

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

Not as well as I'd like. The odds refuse to be tilted in my favor.

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

You should tilt them harder. Or get someone to tilt them for you.

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

If I have the opportunity and don't die in a scorched heap when I'm ejected from this ship [he assumes that's what the disappearances are, anyway], I absolutely intend to.

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

You have someone in mind?

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

I have one man that I know is loyal. I pay him sufficiently enough to be.

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

That's a good way to ensure it, so long as no one outbids you

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

It's always the concern, isn't it?



He had the opportunity to kill me once and didn't. He knows what I have to offer. [Though recently, with all the other betrayals, even that confidence is waning.]

And when you go, do you have debtors?

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

I have thousands.

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

Lucky man. I'm jealous.

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

Don't be. Make your own resources. It's not as difficult as it seems.

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

I do. Usually.

Like I mentioned. I have unfortunate circumstances at the moment but perhaps a way out of them.

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

I'm reasonably confident that you can navigate them.