last voyages // 13. video. open.

[tobecaprican]

[ Gaius is-- well, he looks much the same as before, on the snappier side of his personal wardrobe in pinstripe and open collar shirts, but unlike those who might have been mercilessly shoved into the world of Sanitarium Island, he gets a backdrop of a well-to-do looking office, all wooden paneling, brass pieces, a painting on the wall. ]

This wonderful conspiracy--

[ There's the column of smoke rising from the cigarette in his ashtray, the former of which he picks up. ]

We've not seen an organised movement for evasion quite to this magnitude. But the law is the law. Still, if anyone would like to appeal to me your story, I can pass it along to my superiors.

Who knows? Perhaps it would work this time.

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[itstopped]

[He has ALREADY been through this with you, gods dammit. Now, he just shakes his head.] Forget it. But let me ask you what I asked your coworker--

[And again, he turns the camera on his missing leg.] If I could afford to get a leg replaced, don't you think it would be this one?

[tobecaprican]

Check and mate, well done. Unless, of course, your other leg was worse off, perhaps suffered further damage, and your payment plan only allowed for the one organic transplant, but I suppose that depends on what your medical records say.

[itstopped]

[This is actually a frustratingly good point.] Fine. Then what do my medical records say?

[tobecaprican]

I don't make it my business to muck about with the confidential information on all of GeneCo's debtors, you know. But I can pass along your concerns.

[itstopped]

[He grits his teeth.] And who, exactly, is assigned to my case?

[tobecaprican]

[ A put upon siiigh goes here. ] You're Felix Gaeta, correct? I saw your transmission with Xavier. [ Off-screen scribble scribble. ] It's not my place to sell out those in the repossession trade - some value their own privacy, for good reason - but I can ask around and see that you find out soon enough.

They should be able to provide you with all the paperwork you're entitled to.

[itstopped]

You know what? I'll pass, Gaius. I'm sure I'll find out soon enough anyway, right?

[tobecaprican]

[ Blinks, shrugs, discards pen with a slight toss for it to skitter across the desk. ]

As you like, Mr. Gaeta.