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[006] you blow it all with paranoia; you're so insecure you self-destroyer

[After the conclusion of this, there is a very worried looking Richie on-camera; wild eyes, twitching fingers, general restlessness - it's clear he's had some kind of shock and isn't handling it at all well.]

WILL SHE'S-

[Feed cuts out, only to click back on a few seconds later mid-rant]

- I FUCKING SWEAR I'M GONNA -

[Cuts out again]

[Private to Graham, only this time it's text]

WILL SHES HERE. SHES GOING 2 TRY 2 KILL ME AGAIN I FUCKING SWEAR. I NEED A GUN OR SOMETHING. I had a visit 2. From some guys who seemd 2 think I did something I didnt do. A few nights ago. Thought u should know.

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Okay, okay. [Note, this was not said sarcastically, but more out of compliance.]

[Ooops.] We haven't talked about this yet, have we? I swore we did...I can't keep track anymore.

[The agreement seems to calm him down some. Enough so he looks less twitchy and agitated, anyway.]

No...? I don't think so, anyway. So...what're we talking about here, you know karate or something? 'Cause I'm not sure how somebody could take that, unless you're saying he's just jealous of it or something.

[Claire outright giggles and almost says "you're adorable" or "I love you" but decides NOT to based off how he took her words the last time.]

If only it were that easy. No, I, uh, I have rapid cellular regeneration.

[Good call.

She gets SUCH a blank look. You're going to have to use smaller words, Claire, he flunked science.]

...Well that's a mouthful. So what, like...that guy on TV who dies and gets a different face?

[Not that he's ever actually watched the show. But he's heard of it.]

[He gets one in return.]

Um, sorry?

[90s baby, Richie, she had no idea what Quantum Leap is.]

...You know. The show about the doc who really isn't and nobody knows what his name is. He had a scarf... But there were different ones, he didn't always look the same. I dunno, I never actually watched it, they just had it on sometimes.

[...It's like explaining something to a brick wall, isn't it. Seth would probably remember what it was called, he's got a memory that's scary-good.]

[Doctors. Scarf. She frowns and asks,]

You mean like the Fourth and Seventh Doctor we have here?

...Maybe? I dunno everybody here, could be.

Oh, well, either way, I don't die and take on new faces, [laugh]. I can heal.

...Well so can everybody else. It just takes days. What, you saying you're like...Wolverine or something?

[ffff WHY DO YOU SHARE THIS KIND OF INFORMATION WITH PEOPLE WHO ROUTINELY KILL OTHER PEOPLE, CLAIRE. It's not healthy.]

[He gets another laugh out of her and she shakes her head.] Uh, yeah, I heal instantly.

[He can totally find out if he stalks old entries! Plus, she just tells everyone now. If you're going to jump off a Ferris Wheel on live television to SHOW what you can do, why not tell everyone here? And in a less dramatic fashion.]

That's...pretty cool, actually.

[Have an innocent!grin. IT'S LIKE SHE'S A COMIC BOOK HERO OR SOMETHING.]

[Modest smile and drop of the eyes.] Thanks, Richie.

Hey, so what does Will say to all of this?

[If he were the blushing type, he might have; he certainly takes it as something blush-worthy. But he isn't, so he just grins like a dork.]

You're welcome.

[All the shrugging.]

He won't let me defend myself.

[SO not pleased about this.]

Hm. Maybe he could talk to her? Confirm that it is her and then advise her to stay the hell away. Not that that works every time, but [shrugs] doesn't hurt to try.

She said she was gonna find me, though. And I don't need him fighting my battles for me, I can do it myself.

[Whiiiiine]

I understand the need for independence just...consider it, okay? And be careful. If she killed you once before, I'd avoid her, Richie.

...You...want me to be careful?

[He sounds doubtful. Yes, he's repeating her; she threw him for a bit of a loop with that, he'd just assumed she didn't want him doing it for the Status Quo.]

[Shit. How to spin this carefully when she has to watch everything she says to him now?]

Well, yeah. Dying isn't exactly fun, you should remember that. And death tolling afterwards? It sucks.

...Oh. Okay. Yeah, I kinda figured. Um. Thanks, I'll try to remember that.

[Crush his hopes, why don't you.]

...What d'you mean, death tolling?

[CRUSHED.]

After you die here, yeah, you come back, but you come back with side-effects. We've sort of started calling it death tolling. Headaches, nausea, tingling, it varies.

[EVIL, EVIL WOMAN. :( ]

...Oh. So it's not as simple as you just...don't stay dead.

[Pause pause]

What about you? I mean, you said you heal, so...is it the same rules, or...?

[Why are you asking, Richie. YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW THIS.]

A Warden had to bring you back, though. We ask the Admiral to resurrect you. And I say you rhetorically. It goes for Inmates and fellow Wardens alike.

Iiii don't die? [Except there are ways but she keeps that shit on the down low.] There was one time, though, when a flood happened and my powers weren't working. Aleera was still an Inmate then and she went on a feeding frenzy. I happened to be in the line of fire. When I woke up, though, I only had a minor ache where she attacked me. My side-effects, when they even occur, don't last as long as, say, yours would.

[Claire stupidly thinks he's just interested. It is something you don't deal with every day. She'd ask questions too.]

...Well fuck. [Did he say that out loud? He didn't mean to.]

...So it's not a given, you have to get permission. [Scoff] Well that's stupid. What, do they have some quota they gotta make or something?

[He's...ignoring Flood comments. He doesn't understand them, he doesn't WANT to understand them, so he's just going to ignore them unless he can't.]

[Blinks.] Um, no. Dying here already seems to have less of an impact than it should or than it would in the real world. Maybe it's to make it more...humane? Give it some sort of effect.

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facepalm Stupid typo.

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Pshhh it's all goodddd

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Selective word choices? Noo, what are you talking about?

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BAH, I say

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