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[nakesnakecobracobra]

[ Video ]

[ Medusa addresses the network solemnly. She’s recovered from her death toll, and considering she hasn’t been attacked she thinks it’s safe to show her face again. ]

I want to… apologize, for any trouble I caused during port. [ She forces the word ‘apologize’ out, like the very idea sickens her. In reality, this is all a planned speech, but she makes it sound candid, organic. ] I wasn’t myself.

[ She pauses, and looking very much like this has been forced out of her, she adds: ]

I do have some restraint.

[ Private to Red ]

Are you happy now? [ She sneers. ] Did it make you feel better?

[ Private to Lua ]

[ She looks just a touch less grudging now. Almost more genuine. ]

I didn’t mean what I said before. You’re not entirely useless.

Comments

[ukan]

What's this port everyone's been talking about? Sounds like it was a rough ride.

[nakesnakecobracobra]

Our dear Admiral abandoned us in a haunted hotel. Suffice it to say that it drove a good deal of us rather insane.

[ukan]

[Ghosts. Huh.]

Was it some test of strength?

[nakesnakecobracobra]

Doubtful at best. Think of the Admiral like an omnipotent overseer. He's either completely insane or he doesn't care in the least. Possibly both.

[ukan]

How are we supposed to deal with it?

[nakesnakecobracobra]

How is anyone supposed to deal with anything? However we can. Nobody is going to hold your hand.

[ukan]

[He laughs, short and quiet.] Fair enough.

private

[surrenders]

[Lua's not entirely sure how genuine this is, so is really slow to respond, and her words even come out slowly, like she's only saying this to be polite. She's still thinking of Medusa watching her die like she needs to get it over with, and even though it's mostly healed up by now, her breathing starts to hurt worse, and she's breathing quicker now in spite of how calm she's trying to stay.]

So it was just that place, right? [She's not addressing the comment about uselessness.]

private

[nakesnakecobracobra]

It called to my... baser instincts. [ Which accounts for murder as much as insults. For the most part so far she's come off as a relatively harmless troll. ]

private

[surrenders]

You wouldn't have done it here.

private

[nakesnakecobracobra]

No, I wouldn't have. [ Which is the truth, mostly because if she had done it here without a flood on she would have been entirely culpable. She's moving past the experimental phase and has no desire to be put down. ]

I'm not a nice person by anyone's definition, but I am not a thoughtless murderer.

Re: private

[surrenders]

Never thought you were.

Sometimes this place just makes people worse.

private

[nakesnakecobracobra]

Considering I'm still alive I presume you haven't told your boyfriend what happened.

[private]

[canfindrope]

Maybe.

If you mean it.

[private]

[nakesnakecobracobra]

I meant murdering me. Watching my face as I died. You didn't even look away. It must have felt good.

[private]

[canfindrope]

You were trying to kill me. [It's a deflection.]

[private]

[nakesnakecobracobra]

You liked it.

[private]

[canfindrope]

You deserved it.

[private]

[nakesnakecobracobra]

Did I? On what grounds? I've already died once, you'll recall.

[darknessb4me]

What did you get up to?

[nakesnakecobracobra]

I took a chair to the place. Since my normal array of weapons have been denied me, splintered wood had to suffice.

There may have been some casualties along the way.

[darknessb4me]

Did you hurt anything you were aiming at, or just bystanders

[nakesnakecobracobra]

I hurt everything I was aiming at. Hence the apology.

[darknessb4me]

That's very considerate of you.

[nakesnakecobracobra]

I do have manners, you know. [ When she wants to. They're an important part of method acting. ]