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[impure_tale]

Short and unpleasant. I suppose that when the Admiral gives us ports that turn out to be completely unsalvageable, that's the best he can offer us.

Not pointless -- you might have noted I did not use that word. If anything, my brief sojourn into the mad wilderness yielded some experiences that were most illuminating. Even on top of knowing what it feels like to be shot in the face -- an advent about which I'm certain Monsieur Swing will be delighted to hear.

Note also that I didn't say "eaten alive". I'll let the lot of you ponder on that. I might have to write about that one someday, but for now? Rest, I think.

[Private to Iago]

Are you safe? 

Comments

Written in a sloppy scrawl

[notonedrop.livejournal.com]

That's hardly surprising. I was chopped up with an axe by one of my teammates because I...uh...got zombie goo in my mouth.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Then I suspect someone owes you an apology as well.

[notonedrop.livejournal.com]

I doubt I'll get one. He hardly seemed to regret needing to chop me up.

Private- Voice

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

Yes.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Speak to me.

Private

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

No.

Private - Yeah Iago, like that's gonna work

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Did he harm you?

Private - He can always TRY

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

Of course not. He had no reason to.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Nothing that he did, and nothing that got him here, implied the use of good reason.

But I'm pleased you were not hurt.

[Video]

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

Whatever you gleamed from that chaotic world can't be very uplifting, no matter how enlightening. I'm sorry you have to bear the burden.

Do you need anything while you are resting?

[Video]

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

[looking most unhappy, tired, and unwilling to think of such things now, but he puts forward the effort]

I would return to my chambers to complete my rest there. Renate is probably quite lonely, and I don't imagine she'd be a welcome guest in the infirmary.

Some wine would not be out of the question either.

[Video]

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

[Oh, Marquis, so you are traumatized.]

I have a bottle of merlot from my room. I'll bring it by for you.

[Video]

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

A thoughtful gesture.

I trust things went better for you.

[Video]

[triggered-it.livejournal.com]

I'm a pacifist. I don't like violence, having to use violence.

But I survived.

That's about as much as anyone can say.

[Video]

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

You have a certain way with words -- Adrian. [His expression suggests it's not necessarily a pleasant thing.] It's the sort of matter I would sooner discuss in person, however.

[pleasesmirk.livejournal.com]

I don't take pleasure in any criminal act. although I do

Who shot you?

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

We're not discussing this.

some people. meaning 'most people ever'.

[pleasesmirk.livejournal.com]

I just thought you might actually want something done about it.

I just don't get some people.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

That's a matter better discussed with persons involved.

[pleasesmirk.livejournal.com]

Undoubtedly. I'm just hoping something's done about you being shot.

[major-west.livejournal.com]

You were Infected. I did only what was necessary for survival. Don't insult me with implications that it was anything else.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

And you're deranged.

You haven't the slightest clue as to whether we were in your world or just somewhere similar. And nothing would have stopped you from waiting to see what happened after I was bitten -- certainly not me. Everyone in that cabin was faster than I was and you had the means to restrain me or dispatch me if I turned. That might have still meant I would die, but at least you would have known, and perhaps done something intelligent, instead of jumping to conclusions like a frightened child.

[major-west.livejournal.com]

You know nothing of Infection, so don't you dare lecture me on how it might have gone. Those who wait for their friends to turn end up dead.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Yes, Henry. Your judgment is to be trusted when it's what got you here in the first place. Naturally.

[major-west.livejournal.com]

My treatment of Infected persons isn't what got me here. If that were the case, I assure you that anybody who lasted more than a week of Infection would be here, too.