[network] @ASolomons; audio, morning of 265 [open]

[devoutish]

The fuck is going on?

[He sounds exhausted, as per usual, and his voice is hoarse and raw - he's been doing a lot of non-stop talking these past few days, trying to keep Royce engaged.]

Right - the lot of you, sound off. What happened, and what needs to be done?

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[himalayanyeti]

...Good fuckin' god, you're pathetic! Where are you? You can start by tellin' me that.

[fifty]

D'you know where the elementary school is? Near there.

[himalayanyeti]

Really! Really, really, really! That's good to know. Shouldn't be too hard to find you, then. Do you like where you are?

[fifty]

I don't like any place here. [But more to the point...] There's other people with me. Tell me where to go and I will, but they don't deserve to get involved.

[himalayanyeti]

Don't worry, yeah--they won't get bothered. They aren't as awful as you are, I hope! If they are, though, then that's someone else's problem. I have eyes only for you.

...You can't tell, but I just spun my knife around real cool-like.

[fifty]

They're not, they're good.

I'm sure it looked really cool. [He sounds miserable but also he is sincere about that.]

[himalayanyeti]

Well! Judgement comes to all of us, I think. It's all fate. I believe what goes around comes around, and once Magenta Magenta decides to take revenge, he always takes revenge. My business is with you and just you, for now.

[fifty]

Ginger shouldn't have to see any of this, do--just tell me where to go.

@hotstud_xxx; text; private

[rubikscomplex]

you idiot
you were being freaking mind-controlled
get over yourself
you're just gonna end up making the little blonde spice cry instead

[fifty]

[House has a point. Also, House is kind of expressing A Concern for him, which might be exciting under better circumstances.] I just--don't know what to do. [He can't fix this.]

[rubikscomplex]

easy:
don't let yourself get tortured for stupid reasons
maggie may is more of an idiot than you are
and you're more useful than he is
you let yourself get tortured by that guy
i stop talking to you
permanently
and i stick to my guns a lot better than him

[fifty]

[America believes House in this, except for the part of him that thinks House might go to him if he was desperate enough for Vicodin and didn't have another option. Still, that's not the only way he wants to interact with House.]

It's not like I want to be tortured, but--he deserves something. [America is wavering, though, and it's obvious in his tone.]

[rubikscomplex]

no
he doesn't
not from you

what did you do as soon as you finished those surgeries?
my bet is you went upstairs and bawled
or threw up
probably both
and then you went into the whole self-loathing thing like the rest of them
i'm not blaming you
i'm not blaming kid for what he did to me
it's a crap situation
but you tortured or dead just makes it a worse one
make it up to him by getting to the center faster

[himalayanyeti]

I reckon the school would be a good central place, but--mm, Ginger? Really? Honestly, I think she should watch. Know the kind'a person she's travelin' with.

@beyonce | audio

[thewarningafter]

Don't.

[Stephen's voice is still hoarse and pained though the "real" damage is gone. He didn't want to be involved in this, doesn't want to talk to or think about America ever again, but he can't just leave this.]

This isn't -- you're not going to fix anything by hurting him.

[himalayanyeti]

Well, I don't need anyone to tell me that. There's no fixin' what happened. The past is in the past, and all! I don't think I'm fixin' anything, exactly. No, I want to make his life hell, like he did mine. I think that's only fair.

[thewarningafter]

Oh. So you're just stupid. I get it.

Life isn't fair.

[himalayanyeti]

I'm makin' it fair, then. One bit at a time. It's a noble thing, you know.

[fifty]

No. [Some force comes into his voice; this is the first thing he's resisted.]

[himalayanyeti]

Listen, you're not really in a bargainin' position. You get that, right? This ain't a goddamn deal.

[fifty]

I said no. Leave Ginger alone, she's been nice to you. [He's not bargaining here, he's saying it's not going to happen.]

[himalayanyeti]

And I'm bein' nice to her! Like I said, she should know the shit you did to me. I love Ginger; she's a great kid. I'm helpin' her out.

@Mnemosyne; voice

[bookofnope]

If these are really your priorities right now then far be it from me to try to have a rational conversation about them. But Ginger will not be dragged into this.

[himalayanyeti]

She's a bystander! I can't stop her from bystandin'. It's good for the soul. Teaches a lesson: be careful who you make friends with. I'm not gonna lay a finger on her, don't worry.

[bookofnope]

You will not harm her friend in her presence. Do you understand me? Let me make it clear, I owe her a debt, and I take my debts seriously. And I did not leave that building in a very good mood.