5th Standoff ☆ Video

Dec 12, 2011 11:44

[This cowboy might appear familiar to anyone who's seen him. Except right now, his face is nothing but serious.]

Hope this things on... damn technology these days...

[He pauses, almost as if he's not sure how to word this properly.]

Reckon I got two reasons for gettin' on the Network. First is the news 'bout Miss Lockheart. [He shifts a bit ( Read more... )

c: godot, c: magneto, !: jake marshall, c: cloud strife

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video; frombanora December 12 2011, 17:57:40 UTC
They closed the case?

[He can't believe it- well actually, he can. He knows how too-big corporations work, so this can only mean one of a very few things.]

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Permavideo cactusnwhiskey December 12 2011, 18:07:34 UTC
More like, they never opened it in the first place.

[Yeah, he doesn't sound too pleased about that.]

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Permavideo/Private frombanora December 12 2011, 18:15:51 UTC
[He switches to private, and excuses himself to the other room.]

Look, I'm with... [What's the best way to describe Tifa and Cloud's relationship?] One of her friends from home right now. He's practically in shock. Are they really not going to do anything about this?

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Permavideo, perma-private, Angeal's settings cactusnwhiskey December 12 2011, 20:03:59 UTC
They said no one's takin' that case. Believe me, we tried. But officially, there ain't a damn thing we can do about it.

... though that don't mean I'm done. I want justice to be done, for her sake well as her friends an' loved ones. [A pause, then:] I know what it's like to lose someone, while the law ignores it. It was while I was still on the force in LA, too. And I did what I had to do then.

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cactusnwhiskey December 12 2011, 20:07:06 UTC
[But unofficially, Cloud? You have Jake's support. He wants revenge too, not only for her sake but for everyone she cared about.]

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makes_asteroids December 12 2011, 18:24:56 UTC
You can improve your powers often times by using them and letting them mature. It does take time.

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cactusnwhiskey December 12 2011, 20:15:16 UTC
Well yeah, I reckoned that much. Must be like any other muscle, ya gotta train it 'til it's stronger, right? I just... dunno how it happened before. And it ain't happened since.

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makes_asteroids December 12 2011, 23:16:03 UTC
That's how it starts. But yes, that's the right idea.

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cactusnwhiskey December 13 2011, 03:06:30 UTC
... you got any idea how I... might be able to make it happen again? [He shifts in his seat, nervously.] I wanna help her. If what I got can do that, then I gotta try.

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Private Video (or Action, if he's at the station) runebladeknight December 12 2011, 18:43:40 UTC
I'm hardly averse to looking into this unofficially. [She didn't know Tifa, really. She only talked to the woman once. But this whole situation is such utter bullshit that it offends her.]

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Permavideo, perma-private, Celes' settings cactusnwhiskey December 12 2011, 20:08:50 UTC
[Sorry Celes, there is no way in hell he would be talking about this while at the station. Someone important might overhear.]

You and me both. Just ain't fair. An' I know life ain't fair, but it's up to us to make it fair, ain't it?

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private to the entire force | voice; proxysearch December 12 2011, 20:35:25 UTC
Listen... I know that you don't want to hear this, but I need to be clear with you.

[With all of you.]

We can't do anything. We cannot touch this case.

[A beat.]

We can, however, get someone to find information for us. We can let others investigate. The minute we get a name and tie it to another crime, then we can nail these people and put Tifa's murder down on top of what they've done.

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Permavideo, perma-private, Re-l's settings cactusnwhiskey December 13 2011, 03:32:21 UTC
I gotta help, Miss Mayer. If I can git the same thing to happen like what happened with the last case... we stand a chance, don't we? Or hell, even if that can't happen and I can jus' look at what somebody else found...

[Jake really seems raring to go on this one. He doesn't want this case to grow cold while it's still possible to find something.]

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Permavideo, perma-private, Re-l's settings proxysearch December 13 2011, 03:39:05 UTC
Of course we can stand a chance. But we can't be officially on this project. We'll all get our asses handed to us if we do.

Let me call in Sherlock. If he finds evidence, he can show it to you and we'll go from there. But we all have to keep quiet about this or every last Newcomer officer is going to be without a job.

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cactusnwhiskey December 13 2011, 04:36:52 UTC
I ain't sayin' officially. Wouldn't dream of it, Miss Mayer.

Sherlock... as in, Sherlock Holmes? [Uh. Wait. What? His mind. It is blown.] ... sure, that's fine. I ain't gonna say nothin'. Don't want the others to suffer fer our sakes.

[He feels that he can express his feelings a little more openly with Re-l since he's mentioned his past to her. And god, this case is just so similar to Neil's, he can't help but be triggered by it. Jake moves a bit as he's sitting, nervously, before he speaks.] ... Miss Mayer... I can't let this just happen. I can't let it pass by like SL-9, I can't let it pass by like Neil's... [He falls silent for a moment, thinking of his brother.] ... justice is all this case needs or deserves. Lockheart deserved so much better'n she got. I can't let her memory die while her killer goes free.

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