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[satangotmylungs]

I'm looking for someone, and I didn't catch her name. So I'm asking.

Brunette, kept it in a ponytail. May have been a cop or something, had a gun on her hip. Pretty, I guess. Fights like a man.

If anyone knows her, that'd be great. I need to talk to her about something important.

Thanks in advance.

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[zerosuitjill]

[Considering the big boys she plays with, "fights like a man" is a compliment. Just so we're clear.]

I'm guessing you're that charming drunk.

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[satangotmylungs]

[That text makes him snort a short bout of laughter. The snorting is not meant to be attractive, as is much of anything else about John.]

Been havin' dreams about you, Miss Valentine. And not the creepy kind. The kind some sick gods put in your head for shits and giggles.

[Video | Private]

[zerosuitjill]

[Reluctantly, she turns on the video after a pause. Her face is neutral.]

Oh?

[That's all he's getting.]

[Video | Private] - is she brunette or blonde now? i can't rememebr ;3;

[satangotmylungs]

[Just as kind of pretty as he remember. Kind of.

He looks a lot better than he did on the street, at least.]

Yeah. Lots of death going on there.

[Video | Private] haha brunette. I didn't have the heart to ditch some of her blonde icons. |D;

[zerosuitjill]

[She'll give him that.

There's a flicker of a frown.]

You're sure it's about me?

[Video | Private] lmao it's totally fine! just wanted to be sure <3

[satangotmylungs]

Yeah.

Unless you're about to tell me it wasn't you I was seein', that I had all those visions with you in 'em but it wasn't exactly you, then no, I'm not sure.

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[zerosuitjill]

...

[Her eyes narrow, and then her next exhale comes out a little harsh, and she glances aside for a pause.]

...What exactly did you see?

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[satangotmylungs]

I'd say straight up murder, but there's two sides to every story.

[Yeah, he's willing to hear her out.]

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[zerosuitjill]

[Her lips part slightly in surprise -- and then her features harden, a little defensively.]

...I'm far from being the only one here who's familiar with death and murder. If you think I'm just going to open up because you throw a couple vague hints my way, forget it.

[Truth be told, she doesn't particularly want to be heard out.]

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[satangotmylungs]

A blond bastard in shades, a box or something trapped to your chest, P13 or some virus or something like it...it was you I saw. I know it was.

(1/2) [Video | Private]

[zerosuitjill]

[She jerks as if slapped.

And for a moment says nothing.]

(2/2) [Video | Private]

[zerosuitjill]

[She crosses her arms -- normally a bodily motion conveying solidity, even stubbornness.

On Jill, it just makes her look vulnerable.]

...Why are you telling me this? [The hardness in her tone is gone, mostly.]

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[satangotmylungs]

[He catches that. All of that. And to that, he simply lights a cigarette and leans back. Perhaps cocky in a way, though sickly in looks.]

If someone suddenly knew a bunch of unhappy shit that happened to me and watched the majority of the pricks here blurt it without a second thought...kinda would like to know that someone who got anything worse than my sex life would let me know, yeah?

[Because Alistair got that, at least. But there are so, so many worse things he could have gotten.]

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[zerosuitjill]

[She gives a distracted nod after a few seconds, not raising her eyes just yet.

God, she hates feeling like this.]

I'd been wondering if anyone had... [She looks the other way, her stare distant.]

...Thank you. For not... [Blurting it out. Advertising it. Failing to recognize what kinds of memories those were.]

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[satangotmylungs]

Thank me for what? Not being an inconsiderate piece of shit and talking about other people's business like it was really my place to say? Talking about it with a side of complete judgment and then blowing it off? I may not be the most pleasant of people, but even I know what the difference is between privacy and pure fucking lack of respect.

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[zerosuitjill]

[She looks up, finally.]

...Yes. For that.