with_my_teacup | 19

[The woman on the screen is in worn, torn clothing, the shreds of a uniform jump suit over an undershirt-- but it's clean and she's clean, because she has been abusing the inmate shower and the laundry with something like glee.]

My name's Carolyn Fry. I'm here for Richard Riddick.

And after the crap he gave me about not getting attached to any of the other survivors, this is almost funny.

Sad. But funny.

If he's pissed any of you off-- which he's got to have by this point-- please feel free to rub that in.

[She doesn't seem exactly angry, but amused and tired and really really really confused.]

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sharpememory

Sounds like your brother is good at making enemies.

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with_my_teacup

He's not my brother. But he's fantastic at making enemies.

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sharpememory

Any particular reason for that?

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with_my_teacup

Well, he's an escaped convict who thinks his rap sheet makes great casual conversation. And he's a pushy, manipulative dick. [Eyebrows]

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sharpememory

Sounds like he'd be a good ally to have on your side and an entertaining guy to have a drink with.

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Well -- this is certainly awkward. And potentially fortuitous. It is not often that a Warden has the opportunity to meet past acquaintances, family members, or friends of their assigned Inmate.

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I'm getting that impression. [She's confused by this place, but ... like Riddick, she doesn't like to seem thrown by things. It's almost a family resemblance, really.]

I'm barely any of the above. ...wait a second.

[She experiments, mouth in a line, face drawn, until the communicator switches to-]

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I knew him for three days. And by the end of it he was one of the most important people in my life. That bar was set pretty low, though. [She laughs, humorless and sad.]

We were part of a group of survivors when my ship crashed. Ten survivors. We were all trying to get off the planet we'd crashed on, and... [her eyes close]

He told me. When he saw that I was trying to take care of the other survivors. That maybe I just cared a little, Christ. That my little... 'psycho-fuck family is going to tear itself apart.'

And here I am. So I guess he was full of shit. But I'm not actually surprised. [She doesn't even sound angry. The memories are just fresh and awful.]

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impure_tale

Knowing next to nothing about the man just yet, as I've only just received his file, I take that and, judging from my last conversation with him, do not view him so much "full of shit" as possibly concerned for you.

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That's the thing. He is full of shit. He wasn't showing concern about me, he was showing what a cynical badass loner he was. And he is. A murderer. Someone who wants to be alone.

But he would never have admitted that any of us meant anything to him. Never.

And if I'm here-- I mean look at half of these people. They're family, they're best friends.

If I'm here, doesn't that mean I'm the closest thing that he ever had to family? Or even a friend? That's... screwed up.

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You deny he was showing concern for you and then you list a multitude of examples to confirm that he very well might have been.

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Kinda look like you need some clothes. I have some if you want them. [Close enough to the same size, maybe.] Riddick pisses everyone off at any given time, but he kinda grows on you.

Fun to spar with.

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with_my_teacup

Grows on you. Yeah, he does. Like a mold. [She's joking. He was... important to her, in a very screwed up way. Apparently she was important to him, too.]

I wouldn't spar with someone with that many murder convictions myself. But maybe that's because I'm more a guns and ammo type anyway, I don't spar a lot.

I could use those clothes though, if you've got some extras. Miss-?

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terminatefate

Bit like mold, sounds about right. [The grin was a flash--she was obviously fond of Riddick.] Mm. I prefer hand to hand combat and don't mind bruises. Reminds me, I'm probably due for another sparring match with him pretty soon here.

[She half shook her head. That shit after port was not quite the sparring match she'd been thinking about and she was pretty sure Riddick would enjoy a good spar. One more mental note for when she saw him again.]

You can call me Connor. Or Sarah. [She shrugged.]

And yeah. I've got extras. I'm on level one, room fourteen. Feel like some coffee?

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with_my_teacup

I just woke up from a month under in cryo-sleep just in time to crash my ship face-first into a big sandy rock. I definitely feel like some coffee.

I honestly can't remember the last time I actually slept, not cryo. I remember dying but not sleeping.

That's been my week. [She waves at the screen because she's coming for that coffee right now.]

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Pretty shitty week, then. [Sarah had the coffee brewing, nice and strong. It wouldn't be bitter, either. Just good.]

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[Oh Light there's another woman that doesn't live here and she seems to know what to do. Relieved as hell.]

Carolyn. Did your... Richard leave somewhere to stay?

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with_my_teacup

Yeah. Riddick has a room here. [She displays the room around her, in all its garish hotel roomery.]

Are you okay? Do you have somewhere to stay?

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I don't have anywhere. There's nothing. I - there must have just been a mistake.

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[Immediately, tired and sick as she feels from remembering her death, Fry's focused.]

Okay. Where are you? We can head to the cafeteria, there's some food there, and we can figure out what happened.

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Okay. Thank you. I'm on the stairs right now, I can go to wherever is convenient.

[Actually, she's under the stairs. Her voice is oddly high and strained.]

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Mr. Riddick?

Good evening, Madame. I actually have no particular complaints against your associate. We have a sort of friendly rivalry developing. The sort by which skills are improved.

I am Vladislaus Dracula. I do not know if he mentioned me in his journal; likely not. He seems very private.

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with_my_teacup

[Madame. The whole polite guys with handsome accents who aren't religious teachers is ... she could actually get used to that.]

He didn't mention you in any of his entries, no. He was mostly arguing with people and trying to look like a badass. [She smiles when she says that, though, a little ruefully.]

But... you know, I'm glad that he's not just being a complete asshole. Hi. [She waves at the screen awkwardly.]

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That is very common here. What gets me is that the man already has both competence and power. There's no need to push it in people's faces, it's just there.

Then again, I was, as you put it, a true and stellar asshole myself when I came here, so I am in no place to judge.

Hello there. I do not know if the Marquis has already made your acquaintance, but if you need anything, I am bored and relatively willing to be helpful. [Little smile.]

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I won't give him any excuses, but I guess I understand a little. Being on the run 24/7-- it must be nice to have a really nasty reputation to hide behind when he got tired.

I've talked to the Marquis, I'm trying to figure out what insight I can give anybody, but... I'm still new around this place, I'd like to see as much of it as I can before I ..

['Go', but thinking of leaving and facing nothing again makes her go quiet.]

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I was...a prisoner at a young age. I came out of that prison full of such bravado and though yes, there is no excuse, there is the potential for understanding.

Ah, ah, fully understandable. The Marquis can be asked to allow you into the Warden areas, such as the spa or the CES. I cannot make any such offer as I have not graduated yet, but...I do have a key to the greenhouses, which are quite lovely.

[He notices the cutoff.]

Madame...?