nine [voice]

[knowsthepeople]

How hahd do you think it'd be to give us some better wahnin' about this kind of thing? Not just some "we're experiencin'' turbulence" wahnin' but like, an actual "this is what you'ah gonna hafta deal with fah the next couple days" announcement?

Guy's a fuckin' terrible driver.

[Private to Jason]

You doin' okay, kid?

[Public; added after Jason doesn't respond]

Anyone seen Jason Todd around?

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voice; private; tags really sporadic, sorry babe

[fivestepsahead.livejournal.com]

Who are you and how do you know Jason Todd?

voice; private; no worries!

[knowsthepeople]

[WELL SHIT, GUESS YOU'RE AFFECTED. :|]

Patrick Kenzie. I'm his wahden.

voice; private

[fivestepsahead.livejournal.com]

[ There is such a long, disbelieving silence. ]

The Admiral made a mistake. There's no reason why Jason would be an inmate.

He's a hero.

[ Welcome to pre-Under the Hood!Bruce, Patrick. So much fuckery. ]

voice; private

[knowsthepeople]

[So much fuckery. :|]

Bruce, when ah you from?

voice; private

[fivestepsahead.livejournal.com]

[ Sob. ]

You haven't given me a reason to trust you with the information.

voice; private

[knowsthepeople]

Alright, what do you want? Because I've got somethin' moah important to be doing then goin' through twenty questions with you again.

voice; private

[fivestepsahead.livejournal.com]

I want to know what has Jason done to merit being here as an inmate.

And I want to know how you're sure that it is really him.

voice; private

[knowsthepeople]

Because I've got a file tellin' me all about him that I got when we were assigned. You want moah then that, you've gotta wait, because unless you've seen him? I've got a Bahge to staht going through. [It's pretty apparent from his tone that he's worried rather then angry with Jason, and it's coming out as being unwilling to cooperate.]

voice; private

[fivestepsahead.livejournal.com]

[ He can tell the worry, which means he's a little less angry at Patrick. Which frankly is still flipping out angry. ]

I saw him. Right before coming here. But it was something else wearing Jason's face. [ Can you tell how angry he is. ]

I want answers.

[no_exaggeration]

What the hell are you talking about? What are we dealing with here? [You can just TASTE the hostility there. :|]

[knowsthepeople]

[Oh god not again. Y SO ANGRY ALL TIME B'ELANNA.] Ah, nothin' dangerous. Have you had a chance to look through your communicator yet?

[no_exaggeration]

[BECAUSE RAWR. D<] You don't expect me to believe this crap.

[knowsthepeople]

[SOB.] What, this is that much weirder then the stuff you do every day?

[no_exaggeration]

How do you have any idea what I do every day, petaQ?

[knowsthepeople]

We're friends. [Or something. Good enough acquaintances to be called friends? Yeah, sure why not.] You told me about yoah job back home and stuff.

[no_exaggeration]

This Starfleet crap? [DRY NOT VERY AMUSED LAUGH.] Obviously we're not friends.

[knowsthepeople]

What do you mean?

[no_exaggeration]

Do I look like Starfleet to you? [She definitely is NOT in uniform.]

[knowsthepeople]

Can't say I really know the type. What's wrong with Stahfleet?

[no_exaggeration]

They're a bunch of idiots too attached to their structure and their tradition to open their damn eyes.

[knowsthepeople]

What do you mean?

[no_exaggeration]

[Raising her voice] I mean, I'm Maquis, not Starfleet!

[knowsthepeople]

No kidding.

[no_exaggeration]

You have no idea what I'm talking about, do you.

[knowsthepeople]

I'm from a couple hundred years in the past from wheah you ah, so yeah, can't say I've ever heard of the Maquis.

[no_exaggeration]

[She is so just throwing up her arms and pacing and ARGH.] This boat is insane.

[knowsthepeople]

I think that's the popular opinion, yeah.

[no_exaggeration]

And what, you know all about it and you choose to be here?

[knowsthepeople]

Some stuff's important enough to put up with insanity fah a while.

[no_exaggeration]

Like what?

[knowsthepeople]

Wahdens make deals to fix or get somethin' when they get back home. I'm heah to help out a kid.

[no_exaggeration]

And who follows through on those deals?

[knowsthepeople]

The Admiral.

[no_exaggeration]

Right, the guy who never shows his face.

[knowsthepeople]

So you have been readin' the network.

[no_exaggeration]

It's all [insert some foul sounding Klingon word here].

[knowsthepeople]

This might come as a shock, but unfortunately, I don't speak Klingon.

[no_exaggeration]

[And she's just making a frustrated sound and - that clatter may have been something she threw.] Lies!

[knowsthepeople]

[Yikes. You were less scary as a kid. :|] ... Why would I lie about not knowin' Klingon?

[no_exaggeration]

[She's bigger now. :| And getting even more frustrated.] I mean the shit on this network!

[knowsthepeople]

Everything'll go back to normal in a couple hours. Maybe a few days at most.

[no_exaggeration]

And I'm just supposed to trust that.

[knowsthepeople]

Why would I lie about it?

[no_exaggeration]

Why should I believe you?