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Post by Wraith on Oct 31, 2011 21:52:38 GMT -5
"How can you do what you do, knowing...?" She shook her head. "I mean, you must know. How corrupt it all is, and...and the dirty deals and double standards...and the things cops get away with in this town..." She looked away from him, glaring at the wall, her hands balling into fists. "I don't know if you're in on it, or...or completely unaware of it, or you just try to work around it and do your job, or what."
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Post by Risk on Oct 31, 2011 21:56:30 GMT -5
"I'm not stupid, Wraith, I know it," he sighed, rolling his eyes at her. "I mean, I might be stupid doing what I do, but... it's the only thing I know how to do. And with what I did before... I'd rather do it for the right side, y'know? Why'd you think I was put on this Ericson case? He's embarrassing to cops. It's not how the rest of us are."
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Post by Wraith on Oct 31, 2011 22:04:02 GMT -5
"More than you'd think," she muttered, nails digging into her own palms. Some part of her brain was telling her to shut up, but this had been a pattern with her lately--drinking, freaking out, dropping all caution. She was drifting away from everything she was known for. It was like she was coming undone. ((And now I just got a terrifying image of MLHSkittery!Wraith.  I think if it happened to any of my characters, she'd be the one...)) |
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Post by Risk on Oct 31, 2011 22:06:44 GMT -5
Risk's brow furrowed. "What're you tryin' to say?"
((I had a flashback of MLHSkittery earlier too >< Can't blame ya, haha))
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Post by Script on Oct 31, 2011 22:10:52 GMT -5
((LURKING! What does that mean, 'MLHSkittery'  Sooo curious!!)) |
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Post by Wraith on Oct 31, 2011 22:23:55 GMT -5
((Haha, Ershey's and my old lodging house was called Manhattan Lodging House, or MLH--and that version of Skittery was one of the 'pure drama' characters I was telling you about. ^_^))
"You never asked why I killed Ericson," she said softly. He knew that she did it, he must have more-or-less known for ages now, and yet it was the first time she'd flat-out admitted it.
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Post by Risk on Oct 31, 2011 22:26:47 GMT -5
((It was super intense  )) "I didn't have to," he replied, shrugging. "I've heard of Ericson's dealings a long time ago... how he made money and used people. People like you. As much of a cop he supposedly was, he was still an ass." |
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Post by Cavalier on Oct 31, 2011 22:29:09 GMT -5
((Oh, lordy, I wanna knooooowwwww. PM me if you're willing to share stories! Okay, back to lurking!))
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Post by Wraith on Oct 31, 2011 22:36:37 GMT -5
((Oh, I am so willing. If Ersh is too, you might even end up with different versions of the same stories. ;D))
"He used to have a couple friends," she said with a bitter laugh. "They all liked to use people. In all kinds of ways. And your bosses never would've punished them. They didn't give a damn."
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Post by Script on Oct 31, 2011 22:38:42 GMT -5
((Ooo, gimme!))
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Post by Risk on Oct 31, 2011 22:39:13 GMT -5
((Hahahah, you'll just get different sections of the story! But yes, it was quite epic.)) "'Cause they're too stupid to do anything... or too arrogant to actually help," muttered Risk grimly. "That's why I like going undercover... you don't have to deal with all that." |
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Post by Wraith on Oct 31, 2011 22:46:49 GMT -5
"Or you could, you know, deal with it," she snapped, turning her glare on him. "Actually try and do something about it. Or else what the hell is the point of even having cops?" One of her palms was definitely bleeding by now. She could barely feel it, though. "Half the kids in the Refuge, I'll bet, are in there just for doing your dirty work--fighting back against someone who hurt them 'cause the bulls wouldn't lift a finger."
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Post by Risk on Oct 31, 2011 22:49:23 GMT -5
"I'm helping! You think I was just helping Goblin for fun? Well, I am but..."
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Post by Wraith on Oct 31, 2011 22:57:03 GMT -5
"Yeah," she conceded, "but notice how you have to go around the law to actually uphold the law? That's fucked up! It's all fucked up! There should...there should be...cops who aren't cops," she said desperately and drunkenly. "Without all the promotions and the deals...there should just be people who...who help people...so they don't have to...to..."
Wraith wasn't like her brother. She didn't do guilt or shame or traumatic flashbacks; she felt justified in practically everything she did, and then she moved on. But right now, she was seeing it all again--the knife, the gun, the pillow pressed down over a sleeping man's face--and the odd detachment she felt really didn't improve matters.
((Dude, I just remembered our cop/PI sequel thread. I need to update that!))
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Post by Risk on Oct 31, 2011 23:00:09 GMT -5
Risk stared, not sure whether they were talking about the same thing or not. Once Wraith caught her breath, he blinked and muttered, "H-hey, are you alright? Do you need water or something?" ((Hahaha, no worries! That's what happens when we have too many threads  )) |
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I think if it happened to any of my characters, she'd be the one...))
Sooo curious!!))
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