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vaccination) wrote2020-07-25 10:45 pm
vaccination) wrote2020-07-25 10:45 pm
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AUDIO | VIDEO | TEXT | ACTION
AUDIO | VIDEO | TEXT | ACTION
[A glance at Ellie. How much does the kid know about the bullshit she gets up to?]
Is that a surprise?
Is that a surprise?
Good! So. New inmate aside, how've you been, Ellie? Hanging in there?
"I'll remember that." He's not actually sure if he knows how to do that, unless it's just compliments when deserved? But he'll remember. More importantly, though: "That shouldn't be too hard to turn into a piano song. Just need to put the notes to the right keys. Can you play it again? In pieces?"
If there's anything Ellie can say she's good at, it's surviving and guitar.
"Yeah, sure," she says, and slowly plays the first few notes for him.
"Do you think you played music before?"
Before the whole stasis sleep stuff.
"Yeah, sure," she says, and slowly plays the first few notes for him.
"Do you think you played music before?"
Before the whole stasis sleep stuff.
The whole visitor thing ruffled my feathers, I guess. I'll be fine. I just didn't expect to see someone or, you know, have someone here in my stead.
You seem to be handling everything fine all the time. How do you do that?
You seem to be handling everything fine all the time. How do you do that?
[She just assumes.]
I'm just saying. You're the inmate, not me.
I'm just saying. You're the inmate, not me.
Honestly... the visitor thing got to me pretty bad, too. The guy who was here instead of me is someone I miss a lot, and as much as it's nice to get video of him alive and well, I would've preferred to get to see him.
But I guess that's not how it works!
I'm used to a certain amount of weird bullshit, anyway, so I can deal.
[Denial, repression, and general control freak tendencies, that's the real trick to being Fine All The Time.]
But I guess that's not how it works!
I'm used to a certain amount of weird bullshit, anyway, so I can deal.
[Denial, repression, and general control freak tendencies, that's the real trick to being Fine All The Time.]
I'd be butting heads with Arthur whether I was an inmate or not.
"No." He finds the first note, then works out the next two based on how close they are in sound. Three steps up-- no, three and a half-- repeat, repeat, then a descending scale for two more notes. "I have. Muscle memory. Skills remain when context does not. Remembered sewing." And HYDRA never would have made him repair his own gear. That would require being out of the ice for anything other than missions. "So I'd know how to play if I ever did it before."
Like water off a duck's back, huh? I wish I bounced back like you.
[Ellie rubs her nose.]
You tend to just butt heads with people in general. You don't discriminate.
You tend to just butt heads with people in general. You don't discriminate.
It’s a good way to weed out people who can’t handle me.
"Huh. Cool," Ellie says, watching him play. "Guess you fixed your own clothes before, then."
Which is... most of the population, probably.
He repeats the sequence, to make sure it sounds right. "With a needle and thread in the right color. Yes, I could. Though I can't knit. I remember that, too." He considers a moment, then asks, "Are needles allowed for inmates? Or are they too sharp, like weapons?"
"If you can have utensils, you should be able to have a needle." Anything is a weapon if you try hard enough, is Ellie's motto. Maybe not the Admiral's.
Ellie gives him a few more notes.
Ellie gives him a few more notes.
"Okay." He picks out those notes, one at a time, taking a moment and a couple tries for the last. "Then. I might need one. And thread." He hesitates, uncertain. Asking is hard, in general, but now he's unsure about the chain of command. "You're not my warden now. Should I ask Misty?"
Don’t I know it. You can’t say you’re any different, either.
Give it ten years? Believe me, you have your shit way more together than I did at twenty.
[And, immediately afterwards:]
And that makes me sound like an old man! Still. You learn a lot between twenty and thirty.
[And, immediately afterwards:]
And that makes me sound like an old man! Still. You learn a lot between twenty and thirty.
"Yeah, just to be sure. I don't see why she wouldn't let you have it if it's allowed," Ellie tells him. "She seems nice."
What? You're that old? I didn't know you were ancient.
[She's just joking around!]
[She's just joking around!]
You can’t say that you don’t butt heads with people.
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