Detention, Depths of the Castle, Friday

[bigdamnprisoner.livejournal.com]

So, one of the important things to realize about detention was that the monotony of everyone's daily lives was part of the punishment. That meant that even though someone had died yesterday, the day's schedule didn't change a bit.

After all, most of your little lives just weren't that important in the grand scheme of things.

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Re: Visiting Hours [07/27]

[cursednotbroken.livejournal.com]

Jack hesitated, squinted, as if trying to work out the lie in her words.

He decided that perhaps there wasn't one. He wanted to believe there wasn't one, anyhow, and he cautiously permitted himself optimism.

<<Oh thank God>>, he thought, with a rush of warmth and relief. <<I wondered if something was up, because you said Cara got you -- but you have to admit she's not the stablest influence. Tomorrow? Is there anything we should do to get ready?>>

Aloud, he said, "That's a good sneer. Do you practice it in the mirror? Is there a cackle to go with it?"

Re: Visiting Hours [07/27]

[poison-pretty.livejournal.com]

*Considering the bruises I got from our staged fight before she brought me in, I'm not entirely sure 'stable' is at all remotely correct.* If nothing else, that sounded much like the old Karla, grumpy and exasperated, without the mocking edge. *I don't know how many people I'll be able to get to today. My own little show yesterday got me enough cred with her people that I'm not as watched today, but didn't win me any friends down here.*

"Just as often as you've practiced your bravado," Karla quipped back. "There's nothing sadder than a scared little boy pretending to be brave. Did Sebastian suck out all your courage while he was at it? Or did the beast take it all with him?"

*Sorry, so sorry. But I have to--it's too important I get out with the information I have about the defenses.*

Re: Visiting Hours [07/27]

[cursednotbroken.livejournal.com]

<<No, you can say whatever nonsense to me you like. It's all part of a good show,> Jack thought easily. <<Although I might start laughing if we try to keep this up much longer. And -- I'll do my best to spread the word.>>

Aloud, he said, in a bored voice, "Oh, don't say that name as if you knew the first thing about him. Besides, I've nothing to prove to you on the point of bravery anyhow."

Re: Visiting Hours [07/27]

[poison-pretty.livejournal.com]

*I'm glad you can laugh,* Karla sent, shaking her head slightly. *I'm still going to feel horrible about it. But you've got the important bit, so I'm going to swan off and insult other people horribly in the name of saving everyone.*

Her hand brushed his in a motion that was meant to seem casual. Really, though, she just needed the human contact.

"Fine," she said a heartbeat later, standing up and brushing off her pants like sitting near him had contaminated them somehow. "If that's how you want to play it, then fine. And when you wake up covered in innocent blood, remember this conversation. I would have saved you if I could."

Re: Visiting Hours [07/27]

[cursednotbroken.livejournal.com]

"Fine. I'll wait in hell for you," Jack told her, and it didn't matter that he was fairly certain neither of them believed in that kind of hell -- he was going for effect, not accuracy.

His thought, in a considerably more human tone, was: <<I understand. Thank you.>>