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Friday, May 4

Verizon

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[rubikscomplex]

[That doesn't bode well.]

nothing
i'm not joking, brown

[spoileralert]

Well I would ask where the hell he got the makeup and what the actual fuck is wrong with him.

[rubikscomplex]

that's the thing
i got pretty close to mr. chuckles
didn't look like make-up
like i said
clown face
what kind of cosmetics are you kids working with in gotham?

[spoileralert]

[ ...Oh god, the chuckle. ]

Ok well IF I believed this wasn't a prank I would warn you that the Joker was Gotham's most infamous psycho, a mass murderer with a crappy sense of humor. He can't be Jack, because he's dead. He died two years ago.

[rubikscomplex]

you've been here longer than i have, brown
you also have people named catwoman
and joker
i'm gonna guess we can play the "he's not from the same timeline as you" game
seeing as we've got a pair of rhysies here

does the joker know explosives?
is he a polyglot?
got a problem with bats?

1/2

[spoileralert]

ok ok here's the plan:

2/2

[spoileralert]

I don't have a plan we are so dead

[rubikscomplex]

[House rolls his eyes.]

psycho's playing nice for right now
he doesn't know you know
or that i know
don't plan on telling him when i can see him playing solitaire
and there are five other people trapped in a building together for the night
i'll let elric know
see what he has to say about it
seeing as he's heading downtown with me and your buddy

by the way
the admin knows about this now, too
surprise!
they read all the private messages
and it is a "they" since rhysie and i were informed that "we" read everything

[spoileralert]

Not yet, but he knows who I am, so I'm basically screwed

Interesting that they would let that slip, though. They're usually so good about not confirming anything.

[rubikscomplex]

so stay away from him
i'll let you know what the tin can says

they were bitching at me for trying to get rhys to send beckett after me again
pretty sure i just pissed them off enough

[spoileralert]

Don't worry, he's got a special marker on my personal map now. [ Jesus Christ JESUS CHRIST WHAT IS SHE SUPPOSED TO DO ]

Why... would you do that...?

[rubikscomplex]

i'm sure he'll be tickled when he finds out

because the admin told me not to
and made me press a button
i'm fighting the man
pissing them off seems to be good for something, too

[spoileralert]

Yeah fun fact if he finds out that I know I will hold you personally responsible, I don't care if it's your fault or not.

I don't know if I should be discouraging this behavior or not. You are such a weirdo, dude.

[rubikscomplex]

well, this is going to be an awkward convo and make me sound super paranoid if we



no
that probably works
i'll play up the general paranoia around him

and i think what you should be doing is saying:
"gee golly, dr. house
you're such a rebel, dr. house!
give them the finger and tell them to shove it up their asses, dr. house"
variations on the theme are acceptable

[spoileralert]

I'm actually a little invested in getting you out of here alive with everyone else.

I'm feeling very conflicted right now.

[rubikscomplex]

you really shouldn't, stiffi
pretty much already figure i'm not getting out of here alive
if we even are still alive
and not just video game npcs
or digital memory copies of real people uploaded into fleshbots in the year 3600

have fun with the optimism
i'll take just burning this place and the admin to the ground
win-win if we both get what we want

[spoileralert]

Determination =/= optimism

Going to be hard to make it all burn if you're dead.

cw: allusions to character death/suicidal ideations

[rubikscomplex]

if i'm dead
won't really care either way

anyway
i'll try not to get other people killed for now
keep your head down, kid

[spoileralert]

I'd appreciate it.

Let me know if anything happens.