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Dec 01, 2008 12:40
Sweeney sighs and looks around at everyone. "Have you ever wanted revenge?" he asks. "If so, did you get it--and did getting it help?"
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onemorebounty
December 2 2008, 03:54:04 UTC
I'm working on it.
*That, from a tall, athletically-built woman in a skintight blue suit light-years away from the Victorian dress code.*
And it has its moments.
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barberdemon
December 2 2008, 03:55:33 UTC
"Ruined my life, it did." He looks at her. "Tad . . . revealing, your outfit."
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onemorebounty
December 2 2008, 04:08:53 UTC
Then you probably did it wrong. What happened?
*Sympathetic, isn't she? His latter remark leads her to glance down at herself.*
Hardly. I'm not showing an inch of skin below the neck.
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barberdemon
December 2 2008, 04:11:17 UTC
"Well yes, but . . ." he sighs. "Never mind.
"I went completely insane, for one thing."
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onemorebounty
December 2 2008, 04:17:38 UTC
That doesn't always spoil a plan, but I can see how it could be a problem.
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barberdemon
December 2 2008, 04:22:52 UTC
"Whereupon I started killing people at random. Including half the people on whose behalf i was seeking revenge."
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onemorebounty
December 2 2008, 04:24:18 UTC
Yes, I'd say that sounds like failure.
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barberdemon
December 2 2008, 04:27:04 UTC
"Myself being one of them," he adds sardonically, and leans his head back, revealing a fresh scar.
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onemorebounty
December 2 2008, 04:30:02 UTC
*She surveys the scar critically for a moment.*
I've had worse. Were you even trying for revenge?
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barberdemon
December 2 2008, 04:32:34 UTC
"I killed the bastard who ruined my life. And the one who helped him. I just took myself with him."
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onemorebounty
December 2 2008, 04:33:35 UTC
It's not much of a revenge if you can't finish it by living well afterward, is it?
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barberdemon
December 2 2008, 04:35:14 UTC
"He's dead, ain't he?"
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onemorebounty
December 2 2008, 04:36:28 UTC
So are you. At best, you broke even.
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barberdemon
December 2 2008, 04:37:42 UTC
"It's better than where I started, though."
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onemorebounty
December 2 2008, 04:39:24 UTC
How so?
*There's no shortage of skepticism in her tone.*
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barberdemon
December 2 2008, 04:41:15 UTC
"I was sent to prison on a false charge for fifteen years, and when I got out I found that she'd been raped and had taken poison."
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*That, from a tall, athletically-built woman in a skintight blue suit light-years away from the Victorian dress code.*
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*Sympathetic, isn't she? His latter remark leads her to glance down at herself.*
Hardly. I'm not showing an inch of skin below the neck.
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"I went completely insane, for one thing."
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I've had worse. Were you even trying for revenge?
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*There's no shortage of skepticism in her tone.*
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