} 045 - [VIDEO] - [PUBLIC] - 4th wall the shit out of her, guys!

[creatingalegacy]

[Amanda is seated on the edge of her bed, looking seriously into her communicator's camera.]

My name is Amanda Young. If there's anyone out there I know...anyone at all...respond.

Please.

[Seriously, toss anyone and everyone at her~]

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[Video]

[hesabettercop]

[Fzzt.]

...Hello? He-

..Amanda?

[Daniel doesn't look any older really. He's pale and hung-eyed however-but he's looking at the screen in shock.]

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[creatingalegacy]

[shitshitshit]

...hey, kid.

[She changed her mind, she'd much rather deal with that insipid pink pony's singing than this.]

[Video]

[hesabettercop]

[Daniel scratches his head before leaning in close]

...Are you okay?

[frown] Detective Kerry said that...people said you were...

[Dead. The camera shifts down. He's wearing a suit.]

Where are you?

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[creatingalegacy]

To make a long story short? I'm dead and taking a cruise on the fucking slow boat to hell.

[She cares about him. She didn't mean to--he's the son of the bastard who ruined her life, she was only supposed to guarantee his safety to get to Eric--but she does.]

You?

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[hesabettercop]

Oh.

[He knows about all of the things you did. And all of the things that John did. But you saved him. And he saved you, but without you he'd be dead.

He's quiet.]

...I'm...I'm at my dad's funeral. Well, I was. We're home now. It-hold on.

[There's some quiet noises in the background.] Everybody left and my mom's downstairs with one of the other cops.

You're going to hell?

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[creatingalegacy]

I think this place counts as hell.

[Pause.]

I'd tell you I'm sorry, but I'm not. Not a fuckin' bit. I don't care how terrible that sounds.

[Yes, she does care, but it's the truth. Eric can rot in hell.]

For what it's worth, I'm not the one who killed him.

[Not for lack of trying...]

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[hesabettercop]

[Daniel just stares at his hands for a long time.]

...I'm not angry at you because of my fath-my da-because of him-I-

I knew you didn't kill him. You couldn't have. You-

[pause. He opens a door and closes it. He's in a teenage boy's room and when he sits he's back against a poster of Opiate for the Masses.]

...You're a good person.

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[creatingalegacy]

[Aw hell.]

We fought and I tried my damnedest. I thought I had beaten him to death. I'm not a good person, Daniel, I'm just not the worst.

[She brings a hand to her forehead.]

Hoffman killed him. Your dad's boss. Killed me, too, so he could be Jigsaw.

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[hesabettercop]

[Daniel stares at her.] Detective Hoffman? the creepy fat guy?

[he digests this for a moment, he's putting things together.] ...Then doesn't that make him the bad person if he killed him? I mean..

Did he force you to do it?

[If he forced her, bad things are going to happen to the guy next time he sees him.]

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[creatingalegacy]

[A bitter, tiny laugh.]

Not even close. Hoffman was...sort of my subordinate for a while, there. The only reason I didn't know he had your father because I thought I had killed him already.

Daniel, I took your father as my test subject because I wanted to. I did it because he fucking deserved to suffer for ruining my life. Nobody made me do it.

I was Jigsaw's successor.

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[hesabettercop]

[his face twists with emotion. On the one hand. She's admitting this (however she's doing this) on the other hand...]

..You helped me.

You did. You helped me. That's what Jigsaw did. What he does. So it...

Hoffman's not telling my mom anything. She's crying all the time. She's drinking again and she hasn't done that since my dad was investigated...

How are you Jigsaw's successor if you were helping me? It felt like you were giving me hints. Trying to make sure that I got out of it okay. Out of the house okay.

Detective Hoffman should be the one helping her. Except he's not. You helped me.

If you were his successor-why were you cheating?

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[creatingalegacy]

I wasn't cheating because I wasn't being tested again. I was a fucking plant. I was only in the house to make sure you came out alive, so we could stage your father's game. That's it.

That's all.

[Except that's not all, and that's obvious from what she says next:]

I'm sorry. You're a good kid, Daniel.

[Video]

[hesabettercop]

[Frown. Daniel shifts his weight around.]

....You were a really good plant. I believed that you wanted me alive. That you were protecting me.

...in fact I still think that. Jigsaw was a murderer. I mean if he really wanted people to learn...he would have had more people like you. Except he didn't. He just had you and you...

[He looks pained.]

My dad..

I'm sorry for what he did to you. I wanted to say that. I was hoping you'd be there after I got out of the safe.

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[creatingalegacy]

When you came out of the safe, I was busy trapping your father below ground.

I don't think it counts for much that I cared about you. I didn't plan on it, it just fucking happened inside that goddamn house.

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[hesabettercop]

Stop-

[twitch] stop talking about my dad okay? Just. stop

I care about you too. I cared about you.

..I wouldn't have killed Xavier if I didn't care okay? [he leans in close] ...They think-Hoffman said that you had to have done it even though I told them I did. I don't think a lot of people believed him but..

What do you mean it doesn't count? I'd be dead if you didn't care about me.

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[creatingalegacy]

I would have protected you even if I didn't give a shit! It was the only way to make sure we could stage his game!

I'm a murderer. I have done...terrible things, and I don't regret nearly enough of them to be a "good person." Okay? That's how it is!