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145 - IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN [Video]

Jan 23, 2011 13:12

This. [The shot is of the neighbourhood, first one way down the street, then the other, then to the house that West and Billy have occupied for the port. The camera's a bit shaky, as West has already had a few drinks before busting it out.]

This is what I fought for, what I would have done anything to protect.

[He moves into the house. SO ( Read more... )

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Spam. my_freeze_ray January 23 2011, 19:33:47 UTC

[Billy has been out getting the shopping, like an awesome househusband, but he comes in just in time for the tail end of that entry. He catches enough of it to figure out that West is angsting, so he puts on his sexy West face of the day.]

Hey, you okay, Henry?

Spam. major_west January 23 2011, 19:37:19 UTC

[West shoves his port iPhone aside and stands to greet Billy with a wan smile.] Of course, Billy. How was the shopping?

Spam. my_freeze_ray January 23 2011, 22:53:39 UTC

[Billy hefts his bags, giving a slight shrug as he does so.] Eh, you know. It was... it was good. I bought stuff. [He moves to the kitchen table and sets the bags down, before turning to West, dusting his hands off.]

This is nice. I mean... living together. I mean, I know we already kinda live together, but, what I meant to say was... it's nice to live together, in... an actual house, and not a floating space prison.

Spam. major_west January 23 2011, 22:57:41 UTC

Stuff? [That smile becomes more genuine as he follows him into the kitchen.] Just what I was having a craving for.

It is. I never realised the extent to which I missed this... day-to-day normality. [He begins to put some of the newly purchased foodstuffs away.] It's... almost a shame we'll have to return to the Barge soon.

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[Video] gimmethemap January 23 2011, 20:13:15 UTC

[Morgan is either very touched by what you have to say, or she's very horomonal, or both. Have sad face.]

Henry...

[Video] major_west January 23 2011, 22:14:15 UTC

[YOUR PREGNANCY WEIRDS HIM OUT, MORGAN.]

Morgan?

[Video] gimmethemap January 23 2011, 22:31:11 UTC

[It's okay, West. Her pregnancy weirds her out too. She rubs one of her eyes briefly.]

...We should talk. Whether sometime here, or after the port.

[Video] major_west January 23 2011, 22:33:06 UTC

We should.

...

Are you even able to leave your brood for more than five minutes here?

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[Audio] ourlastbesthope January 23 2011, 22:16:05 UTC

It is beautiful.

But all things like this require some sort of sacrifice. Not by the people in them...but by the people incapable of enjoying them.

[Audio] major_west January 23 2011, 22:18:53 UTC

I understand all too well the meaning of sacrifice. I lived for my country, for England. I fought for her. All I wanted was to ensure that civilisation stood a chance.

[Audio] ourlastbesthope January 23 2011, 22:33:20 UTC

I did the same. This, all of this, even if I did want it, would be closed to me.

But appreciation of it is what's really lost here. At least to most.

[Audio] major_west January 23 2011, 22:39:22 UTC

They should be grateful. This is the first port that's felt real. It's some... assurance that the real world still exists.

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Private / Text victimofnoone January 23 2011, 22:57:59 UTC

You promised them women.

Private / Text major_west January 23 2011, 23:43:04 UTC

Yes. Because women meant a future.

Private / Text victimofnoone January 24 2011, 01:15:34 UTC

So you promised your men they could rape the first women that showed up for the good of tomorrow.

Private / Text major_west January 24 2011, 01:41:26 UTC

After the first waves of Infected passed through and we hadn't seen a survivor in weeks, I found one of my men with a gun his mouth. He said he was going to kill himself because there was no future. Even if we fought off the Infected, even if they all died, what did we have? Nine men, and all we could do was wait to die ourselves.

I had to give them hope, so I said what was necessary. I moved them to a more secure location, and I sent out a broadcast for survivors. I never thought women would arrive.

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private. 453gof_flesh January 23 2011, 23:07:44 UTC

I understand.

I sit here and think, even if I don't have my daughter, and my crazy tenants here, but I have a wife, and so much of the things that I had before the war. I think... I should have fought for this. This is how the world should be, this is what you should have.

Instead, in trying to survive, I just made it worse.

But other people take so much for granted.

private. major_west January 23 2011, 23:44:52 UTC

This is the life I've never had. I devoted everything to my career, thinking... one day. One day I would retire and have this. It never panned out as expected.

I used people the same way I accused you of having done. Different in execution, but I regarded them as... a means to an end. Survival makes desperate creatures of us all.

Re: private. 453gof_flesh January 23 2011, 23:51:32 UTC

Things never quite pan out as you expect.

It does, but how much choice do we ever have? How much... option is there, when we've got to survive? We might have used people, but we protected people too. I think.

Re: private. major_west January 23 2011, 23:53:21 UTC

In trying to give them a future, I led my men to their deaths.

[Pause.]

But your daughter... Is she well? Did she survive?

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