035. Audio

[killswithapen]

I will only say this once, so listen very carefully: violence and criminal activity in this city will not be tolerated.

You may be from a world that this one may look 'ripe for the picking'; perhaps because there is a denser population than the place you came from, or perhaps because you have 'conquered' a city on this size before. However, you are

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Voice

[ysobritish]

[Liquid sounds half asleep.]

I take it you spoke to the "good Doctor Horrible". Isn't it a little off to say violence won't be tolerated when you're living with Father?

voice

[ysobritish]

What do you mean?

voice

[killswithapen]

That they'd kill that way; in such an underhanded way. It's disgusting. To a soldier I can imagine it's the worst insult.

voice

[ysobritish]

It is. Perhaps the most cruellest way they could have killed us. Brother had no idea at first that he was a walking timebomb. His genetic code is... identical to mine. I'd be surprised if the FOXDIE didn't kill him too, eventually. Thus is the way they work. The easiest way, for them, to remove us from the equation.

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[killswithapen]

...

I don't know what to say.

voice

[ysobritish]

There is nothing that needs to be said. It was surprising that it didn't kill me while he was here. I'd consider it luck if I believed in such a thing.

But this... is a statement on the way our world back home works. And the public at large have no idea of it. Censorship is a remarkable thing. Hateful, but remarkable.

voice

[killswithapen]

I'm sorry.

voice

[ysobritish]

[There is a good moment of silence while he mentally flails and wonders how to respond before he answers.]

...thank you.

voice

[killswithapen]

It's no problem, really. A word of advice: try not to piss off Big Boss. He's pretty mad at me, and he might take it out on other people today.

voice

[ysobritish]

Tch. Thanks for the tip. Still, I'm surprised. I didn't think you were the type to antagonise him. That's more my job.

voice

[killswithapen]

I'm just frustrated with the whole thing. Kazuhira Miller. I didn't like him before I met him, yet you can't say a word against him because they're so close. I can't stand him, and I can't stand the fact that they're up there in that room together. It's only been one night.

voice

[ysobritish]

...

Don't really get me started on Master Miller there. If Father dares tell him about our future together I'm going to have to watch my back.

[A pause.]

Are you... jealous?

voice

[killswithapen]

Does it seriously sound like I am?

[Like how dare you say that hiss hiss.]

...

Maybe a little. I don't know. I hate this. I had my thumb on the world's pulse, I maneuvred the death of a U.S. President. And here I am sitting in a room listening to people's relationship problems all day. What went wrong?

voice

[ysobritish]

Just the part about them being in the same room.

[A sigh.]

Why are you sitting in the room, listening to their relationship problems if you dislike it? What led to that point?

voice

[killswithapen]

What? No, not them. It's my job. You know? I have a therapy line, and I get paid for it.

voice

[ysobritish]

Ah, yes... Still, if you dislike it so much, why not find a new job? Someone with your skills should handle something like that with ease.