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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[raisedinabox]

Then allow me to retract all my comments about your professionalism.

[tobecaprican]

Truly? [ Pleased! ] I did think I was going quite well.

[raisedinabox]

Oh, certainly. You show a great deal of self restraint when confronted with the threats of a clearly deluded mind.

[tobecaprican]

Confidence is key. And what was your name?

[raisedinabox]

It was Jim. Jim Profit.

[He's watching you so closely for any sign that this is familiar, Gaius.]

[tobecaprican]

[ He's already moving to write that down, you know, for his reporting, and his eyebrows cinch together. He follows the movement through, though, taking this down. ]

Like I said. I'll see what I can do. Within the bounds of our codes of conduct, of course.

Have a very nice day, Mr. Profit.