[ video | backdated to the 27th because I am slow ]

[hostage]

[Jesse looks nervous. He keeps glancing off-screen, like he's looking for permission or approval from someone who's keeping an eye on him. It's the camera he addresses, though:]

H-Hey. So, um...

If you don't know who I am, you can ignore this whole thing, 'cause it ain't really relevant to you.

Ranka? Sorry I disappeared all of a sudden after Christmas. I hope you weren't worrying or anything. I dunno if... I mean, I probably won't be home for a while. So just... don't worry. About that.

Everybody else - I mean, like, anybody who knows me and could do me a favor, like... Could you come and talk to Mia Fey? 'cause I need - what's it? - character witnesses. Like, people who've known me for a while who would maybe...

[The next words are mumbled as he looks down at his hands:]

...come and testify at a trial.

That's all.


(( There's a plotting post if you want to know what this is all about. ))

Comments

[hostage]

Somebody got shot, and I was like right there, and I guess they decided I looked like that kinda guy, so they just hauled me in.

[whatsupcroc]

( There is so much she wants to ask. In the flavor of various CSI shows and Law and Order, she holds back -- barely. )

How much can you really say about this right now? Like can you tell me where this happened?

[hostage]

Can't say a whole lot, but it was down by, um... by like the red light district.

[whatsupcroc]

... ( There's a bit of a nervous giggle -- seriously, he was what?! ) You're not kidding, are you?

[hostage]

[An awkward look and a shrug in response.]