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[barberdemon]

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]

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.

[barberdemon]

"Ruined my life, it did." He looks at her. "Tad . . . revealing, your outfit."

[onemorebounty]

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.

[barberdemon]

"Well yes, but . . ." he sighs. "Never mind.

"I went completely insane, for one thing."

[onemorebounty]

That doesn't always spoil a plan, but I can see how it could be a problem.

[barberdemon]

"Whereupon I started killing people at random. Including half the people on whose behalf i was seeking revenge."

[onemorebounty]

Yes, I'd say that sounds like failure.

[barberdemon]

"Myself being one of them," he adds sardonically, and leans his head back, revealing a fresh scar.

[onemorebounty]

*She surveys the scar critically for a moment.*

I've had worse. Were you even trying for revenge?

[barberdemon]

"I killed the bastard who ruined my life. And the one who helped him. I just took myself with him."

[onemorebounty]

It's not much of a revenge if you can't finish it by living well afterward, is it?

[barberdemon]

"He's dead, ain't he?"

[onemorebounty]

So are you. At best, you broke even.

[barberdemon]

"It's better than where I started, though."

[onemorebounty]

How so?

*There's no shortage of skepticism in her tone.*

[barberdemon]

"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."