riza hawkeye. (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
strictdiscipline) wrote2015-09-25 06:30 pm
strictdiscipline) wrote2015-09-25 06:30 pm
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CALL ▲ VOICEMAIL ▲ TEXT ▲ ACTION ▲ GO WILD!
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CALL ▲ VOICEMAIL ▲ TEXT ▲ ACTION ▲ GO WILD!
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[That sure catches her off-guard. Give her a minute.]
I think something needs to be done about Nalanni and Ryba. I don't disagree with death as an option, but I don't know that it's a viable one at the moment.
I think something needs to be done about Nalanni and Ryba. I don't disagree with death as an option, but I don't know that it's a viable one at the moment.
[Some time after the S.S.Minnow comes back into port, Hawkeye gets a ping from an unfamiliar address. Considering he still hasn't actually given her a name during their brief and eventful interactions, even the directory won't be immediately enlightening as to the source.]
Busy, Sheriff?
[That just might give him away, though.]
Busy, Sheriff?
[That just might give him away, though.]
[Stop being such a creeper, Jason. But thanks for the tip-off, it sure does help a lot.]
I'm not a sheriff. [Then—] Depends. What do you need?
I'm not a sheriff. [Then—] Depends. What do you need?
Deputy? Officer? Figured you'd be acting ALASTAIR liaison by now at least.
[He's not creeping he's investigating. Detecting? Anyway, he knows you're not actually a sheriff, Hawkeye. It's a term of...endearment. If a running joke can be called that. A term of something. Anyway, he cuts to the chase surprisingly easily.]
Know if we've got a headcount on the missing locals? Before and after the bust from the other night wouldn't hurt.
[Can't assume that all the previous missing persons are innocents, since some of that number could have fucked off to the woods early to scoop out eyeballs. But it's a place to start if they're going to cross reference corpses and ferret out accomplices. The louder part of the crew is busy arguing over deicide and dead wars and zombie cats, but there's still a very recent string of murders and kidnappings that hasn't been entirely wrapped up.]
[He's not creeping he's investigating. Detecting? Anyway, he knows you're not actually a sheriff, Hawkeye. It's a term of...endearment. If a running joke can be called that. A term of something. Anyway, he cuts to the chase surprisingly easily.]
Know if we've got a headcount on the missing locals? Before and after the bust from the other night wouldn't hurt.
[Can't assume that all the previous missing persons are innocents, since some of that number could have fucked off to the woods early to scoop out eyeballs. But it's a place to start if they're going to cross reference corpses and ferret out accomplices. The louder part of the crew is busy arguing over deicide and dead wars and zombie cats, but there's still a very recent string of murders and kidnappings that hasn't been entirely wrapped up.]
[Gee thanks. She never would've guessed it as a term of endearment. Not that it really matters, this whole death thing is more up her alley.]
Hard to tell. At least two dozen were missing originally, though not all of their bodies were found at the campsite.
[Dead or alive or otherwise. Eyeballs, on the other hand....but moving right along.]
Not sure how many were missing afterwards - there was too much going on at the time to get any sort of count in.
Why do you ask?
Hard to tell. At least two dozen were missing originally, though not all of their bodies were found at the campsite.
[Dead or alive or otherwise. Eyeballs, on the other hand....but moving right along.]
Not sure how many were missing afterwards - there was too much going on at the time to get any sort of count in.
Why do you ask?
[val and ambi jumping right to depressing topics again, no one is surprised anymore.]
Catching up on the local gossip. They didn't have cable back on Gilligan's island.
[Because, you know, they're definitely on idle curiosity speaking terms. This lasts only a few seconds before she gets an answer that's a little more illuminating.]
Heard some of the culprits might have given you the slip.
[Ramir wasn't positive, but given the general reported chaos, it's certainly a possibility. But if so—who? Where are they now?]
Catching up on the local gossip. They didn't have cable back on Gilligan's island.
[Because, you know, they're definitely on idle curiosity speaking terms. This lasts only a few seconds before she gets an answer that's a little more illuminating.]
Heard some of the culprits might have given you the slip.
[Ramir wasn't positive, but given the general reported chaos, it's certainly a possibility. But if so—who? Where are they now?]
[gives "Most Depressing Award" 2 the both of us]
I wouldn't be surprised. There were a lot of them and not very many of us. [Comparatively speaking.] Are you planning on searching for them?
I wouldn't be surprised. There were a lot of them and not very many of us. [Comparatively speaking.] Are you planning on searching for them?
Are you surprised?
[Seems like the most obvious course of action, to him.]
[Seems like the most obvious course of action, to him.]
[That would imply she knows him well enough to predict any sort of action on his part.]
There might still be a lot of them out there. I don't recommend going alone.
[Aw look, she cares. (Sort of.)]
There might still be a lot of them out there. I don't recommend going alone.
[Aw look, she cares. (Sort of.)]
[There are crazy murderers running around, looking for them seems like a pretty clear cut decision. But your dubiously sincere concern is heartwarming, Riza.]
Is that an offer, officer? I'm touched.
[Before she can say "no," he brushes past it. He can handle a few nutty deer, if it comes to it. (Don't worry, Ramir's coming, too. What could possibly go wrong.)]
Keep an eye out for anything fishy on the homestead, instead. This isn't the quiet kind of crazy.
[He's seen a lot of crazy. You don't drown your neighbors in their own eyeballs as a first and last offense. Anyone hiding in plain sight will be lying low. But he doesn't expect it to last, from experience.]
Is that an offer, officer? I'm touched.
[Before she can say "no," he brushes past it. He can handle a few nutty deer, if it comes to it. (Don't worry, Ramir's coming, too. What could possibly go wrong.)]
Keep an eye out for anything fishy on the homestead, instead. This isn't the quiet kind of crazy.
[He's seen a lot of crazy. You don't drown your neighbors in their own eyeballs as a first and last offense. Anyone hiding in plain sight will be lying low. But he doesn't expect it to last, from experience.]
You mean outside of the fact that the local deities are guilty of committing genocide and one of the Nalawi's enemies is trying to bring back her dead countrymen?
[It's that last part's that really giving her the heebie jeebies - resurrection isn't exactly something that goes well, from personal experience.]
[It's that last part's that really giving her the heebie jeebies - resurrection isn't exactly something that goes well, from personal experience.]
[Tell him about it. Always a good time when your violent death only manages to be the second worst experience of your life.]
Makes you wonder if anyone would even notice a few more missing persons right about now, huh.
[But who cares about a few more nameless casualties, right? It's a big island. Lots of deer to go around.
The rest of the crew an argue about the morals of godslaying all they want, right now. Until there's anything they can actually do about that, he's going to make sure the thing that was actually actively killing people a few days ago is down for the count. He very much doubts they'll miss him on the sidelines of the shouting match.]
Makes you wonder if anyone would even notice a few more missing persons right about now, huh.
[But who cares about a few more nameless casualties, right? It's a big island. Lots of deer to go around.
The rest of the crew an argue about the morals of godslaying all they want, right now. Until there's anything they can actually do about that, he's going to make sure the thing that was actually actively killing people a few days ago is down for the count. He very much doubts they'll miss him on the sidelines of the shouting match.]
[But she'll miss him. :( (No she won't.)]
I doubt it.
What do you plan to do once you find them?
[Not 'if'; he's sketchy as fuck but at the very least he seems competent. Don't let her down now.]
I doubt it.
What do you plan to do once you find them?
[Not 'if'; he's sketchy as fuck but at the very least he seems competent. Don't let her down now.]
[uhhhhhh a fuckboy?? is that a real question]
I don't believe I have the right to carry out that particular task.
I don't believe I have the right to carry out that particular task.
[No one ever does. >:( He just expects it, now.
Anyway, they're not that friendly, Hawkeye. He'll bite, if mostly to fish for a reaction.]
What do you think? Take them out to dinner? Teach them to tie better knots?
[What do you usually do with murderers?]
Anyway, they're not that friendly, Hawkeye. He'll bite, if mostly to fish for a reaction.]
What do you think? Take them out to dinner? Teach them to tie better knots?
[What do you usually do with murderers?]
[Well, put them in jail usually but—]
I hear rehabilitation occasionally works for criminals.
[Not usually, but hey if he wants to give it shot, who is she to stop him?]
I hear rehabilitation occasionally works for criminals.
[Not usually, but hey if he wants to give it shot, who is she to stop him?]
[That's a funny joke.]
Oh, yeah. [Occasionally. There is a fine line between "criminal" and "murdering psycho," and the Nalawi in question probably tipped over into the latter right around the time they started scooping out eyeballs.] I'm sure the programs here are real state of the art.
[After all, it works so well in Arkham.]
Oh, yeah. [Occasionally. There is a fine line between "criminal" and "murdering psycho," and the Nalawi in question probably tipped over into the latter right around the time they started scooping out eyeballs.] I'm sure the programs here are real state of the art.
[After all, it works so well in Arkham.]
[They probably were once upon a time, before everything went to hell in a handbasket. Regardless, her own burst of dark humor only lasts so long - which is to say, not very long at all - before she settles back down to business.]
Are you going to torture them?
[Out of nowhere, maybe, but she'd seen some less than stellar behavior that night.]
Are you going to torture them?
[Out of nowhere, maybe, but she'd seen some less than stellar behavior that night.]
[Wow, cutting right to the chase, huh.]
That's a pretty specific question.
That's a pretty specific question.
[for crying out loud]
Because I've done exactly what Nalanni did.
[With great regret, to be sure, but that doesn't excuse the fact that she carried out the order all the same.]
I don't believe gods should be treated any differently from ordinary people, but I do not have the right to hand out that punishment.
Because I've done exactly what Nalanni did.
[With great regret, to be sure, but that doesn't excuse the fact that she carried out the order all the same.]
I don't believe gods should be treated any differently from ordinary people, but I do not have the right to hand out that punishment.
that just makes you the best person to judge.
[ And possibly a war criminal. But he isn't here to grill her on her past. Better to stay on task—emotionally tidy. Riza is his ally and Nalanni is a free-floating factor, owed none of his loyalty. That's the only difference he needs. ]
if you think she deserves to be greased, then there's no doubting it.
[ And possibly a war criminal. But he isn't here to grill her on her past. Better to stay on task—emotionally tidy. Riza is his ally and Nalanni is a free-floating factor, owed none of his loyalty. That's the only difference he needs. ]
if you think she deserves to be greased, then there's no doubting it.
[She's a woman of business, what can she say.]
It's a pretty specific scenario. [But maybe she ought to elaborate.] I'd prefer not to have a repeat of it.
It's a pretty specific scenario. [But maybe she ought to elaborate.] I'd prefer not to have a repeat of it.
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