Fifteenth Abduction [Accidental Video]

[cant_just_hang]

[The video comes up on two people sleeping. One of them is coffeenspeed. Rebecca is lying a bit awkwardly dressed in a tank top and a pair of pajama pants. She shifts, trying to get comfortable, squints and resists waking up in general then she feels the metal against her wrist. She goes completely still but it's clear from the tension in her body that she's

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[absinthe_eyed]

What's going on?

[cant_just_hang]

[The clink of handcuffs can be heard. When Rebecca speaks it's a little tearfully. She sounds weaker, more vulnerable than usual]

We're handcuffed. So far...it's just being handcuffed.

[absinthe_eyed]

Handcuffed together?

It's a curse. It happens.

[cant_just_hang]

[She's narrowing her eyes at you; clearly uncertain]

Why? No one handcuffs people without reason.

[absinthe_eyed]

The City does.

Stay calm. Do you know the person you're cuffed to?

[cant_just_hang]

And at midnight they'll let us go? No torture or--anything else?

[She sounds very doubtful on this, Justin, even though she trusts you as much as she ever trusts anyone]

I've talked to him once on the network months ago. He's from DC too.

[absinthe_eyed]

No torture. The curse might last more than a day, but there won't be torture.

[It's justified doubt. Still, Justin sounds certain.]

He's not a threat?

[cant_just_hang]

[She still has her doubts, Justin. The certain tone of his voice helps though]

Alright. I can stay like this for days [weeks really] in that case.

I don't think so. He's making me coffee.

[absinthe_eyed]

I hope no curses last that long.

That's... good. That sounds like nonthreatening behavior.

[cant_just_hang]

So do I.

Yes. So far he's been entirely non-threatening. If it weren't for the fact that we're in my house I'd think it was another curse like the furnace.

[absinthe_eyed]

It's nothing like the furnace. That curse--with the handcuffs--it's more of an inconvenience and embarrassment than anything else.

[cant_just_hang]

It's definitely inconvenient.

[A brief pause]

Thank you, Justin.