001 // video, text // gotta make an entrance

[nicebluehat]

[The camera's propped up straight on a table and is pointed at an Asian kid with short black hair and a blue cabbie hat. The kid looks a little young to be on this ship of fools (fourteen? fifteen? sixteen?), but is sitting up politely and has a notepad out and a pen like this is going to be an Important Professional Conversation.]Good afternoon

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[fuckyoucynthia]

Consulting detective? You've got to be kidding me.

[nicebluehat]

[Disbelief is one thing, actual skepticism another.]

Why lie about my identity?

[fuckyoucynthia]

[And that would be a sharpy, sharp laugh. STOP SENDING CHILDREN, BARGE. HE DOES NOT CARE FOR IT. :C]

I can name a hundred reasons. A consulting detective could think of at least a few.

[nicebluehat]

It would be of no benefit to me to do so. Your reaction suggests you think it's an obvious lie, and why would I want to antagonize my fellow residents my first day here? I doubt half of them would be pleased to see someone else connected with the law.

[fuckyoucynthia]

There's a whole other half, kid.

[nicebluehat]

The other half would be annoyed that I was presenting myself as someone of more importance than I actually am. It would be wiser for me to present myself as an ordinary student if I was concerned more about appearances than the truth.

[fuckyoucynthia]

I spent two weeks pretending I was a warden. There are perks to lying here. Which I'm sure you'd know, if you looked at the network at all.

[nicebluehat]

How can I believe that claim, then, if there are benefits to lying?

[fuckyoucynthia]

Cute.