((Backdated to midnight, November 30th/December 1st.))
[The video switches on at 11:59 PM, but Jesse's been watching the clock for a while, rolling an unsmoked cigarette nervously back and forth between his fingers, tobacco drifting into a little pile on the ground
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Happy December! What's up? What're we celebrating? Besides the impending solstice, or Yule, or whatever other holiday you might prefer.
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Uh... sure! All of those. And like... Kwanzaa, too.
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Awesome! Glad to see someone else is feeling festive in this place. What the hell, huh?
I wonder if we can score some tinsel and holly from the Admiral or one of the other Wardens. I think there should be a decorating spree.
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[Rummaging through a drawer just out of view of the camera yields a pack of cigarettes and a lighter. She gets the smoke to her mouth before she looks up and asks:] Oh. You aren't trying to quit, are you? [She's observant sometimes, okay?]
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[He's feeling relaxed enough that he almost slips and says "not cigarettes," but no, he's not quite that dumb. Quick! Cover!]
Um, even if my girlfriend's, like, totally on my ass about it. But nah, it's cool. Light 'em up.
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Girlfriend, huh? She follow you here?
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People do that here? Follow inmates?
[Except, he realizes belatedly, he would have, six months ago.]
...Did you?
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I'm new around here, so I was asking you. I was just curious. Love can make people do craaaaazy things.
No, I didn't follow anyone here. Aunt Frances was here until just recently, but I had no clue before I found myself here. I hope no one followed me here. My past is best left dead and buried.
[Literally.]
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I got a... [Yeah, Mr. White is not easily explained to total strangers.] ...an associate, here, but it ain't like he followed me. He just, you know, kicked. And she's not even from the same world as me, plus not being dead and all.
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You know, it's funny. People say I must'a died to be here, but I don't remember it. I'd think I'd remember if I was doing something that was supposed to get me killed, you know?
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