[ the feed starts with a recording of the sky, quickly darkening, as if the NV was laying on the pavement face up. a hand fumbles and scrapes against the ground, dragging it closer. the feed jitters around briefly before Cross' face comes into view, bloodied and bruised
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Robert Cross, where are you?!
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Ah. Miss Mayer. [ he's smiling, even if he can't see her face. ]
Doesn't matter where I am. They'll probably.. find me soon enough.
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I don't care. Tell me where you are and I'll send an ambulance.
[A pause.]
...What did you do?
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There won't be any need for that. No hospital is going to .. [ he coughs. ] ..take me in.
I broke into SERO. [ yes, he knows she's on the police force, but as far as he's concerned, he's going to die anyway. ]
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[FOR SOME REASON SHE HAS A FEELING THE SPARE FIRST AID KIT SHE'S KEPT ISN'T GOING TO WORK, but she's digging for it anyway. Have some rustling in the back.]
Oh shit. Cross, where are you?
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Don't worry.. about that, Rochelle.
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Don't play hero with me.
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I'm far from.. even.. [ what are words. ]
Just stay put.
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What a pretty color and sight your death makes, Robert. Isn't this a better death than what you have already experienced?
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[ filter ; moderately hackable ]
Where are you? I will not save you since it is not what you wish. I will not be so cruel as to make you live when you are happiest now. But I do wish to be with you in those last moments.
Will you let me?
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Yaha.
[ he can't focus enough to appropriately mess with the filter so... ]
[ FILTERED; MODERATELY HACKABLE ]
I'm... in an alley, around [ INSERT LOCATION HERE??? idfk ]. I tried to get as far away from SERO as possible. But they'll probably find me soon. [ he wheezes. ]
...You.. really want to sit with me while I die?
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Of course, I want to be there with you. No one should have to die alone.
It's far too lonely.
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[She had only spoken with him a couple of times (and had always gotten the wrong impression, in the past), but she was finally getting the idea that he wasn't such a bad guy after all. There were many things she probably could have commented on here, but one thing came to mind...]
What the hell happened?!
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[ welp. ]
...I broke into SERO. I destroyed the files they had on Alex so they... [ coughs. ] ...so they couldn't still use that information when he's not here. It was the last thing I could do for him.
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You got in there on your own? Aha? Why didn't you take anyone with you?! It's suicide to go in there alone!
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It was my last mission. The last thing... I could do to make things right. I need to do it alone.
[ as for suicide, well, he's not arguing about that. technically, it was sort of his plan to end up dying. ]
I didn't want anyone else's deaths on my conscience. I'm able to rest in peace now. [ he smiles. ]
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