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[hostage]

[Hooray, Jesse is finally awake and home after his half-week holiday with hookers and meth. This of course means he's looking extra groggy, red around the eyes, and not exactly the most cheerful. Which makes the following message a little dissonant:]

Hey, so... - Hey, hi, I'm Jesse. If you're new.

Anyway, um, I know I talked to a few of you earlier about maybe some baking lessons? I was thinking probably, since in a couple weeks we'll have a whole 'nother shipment of new guys, we'll practice making cookies for 'em.

Some of you saw me this last time, right? I had like this whole setup with a tent? I was thinking we could do that again, but bigger this time. Or if you don't wanna be out in the cold all day, we could set up in the lobby downstairs, like right when people come in to find their units? I dunno. I'm just thinking out loud.

Anybody into that, though? Like on the 28th or something we get together and make some cookies? Assuming nobody bombs us or anything.

Comments

[hostage]

I thought so. I dunno, it's kinda funny, anyway... When I first got here, all I thought about was stupid stuff like what I was gonna eat. The whole time travel thing didn't even sink in for like a week.

[solitaire]

That sound smart, ta me. Worrin' about what's in front a you, instead a the stuff you can't do much with.

[hostage]

I dunno if it was smart. Or... Maybe it's just easy to be smart when you don't care about going home. But I don't think it's stupid, either, freaking out about being a thousand years in the future. I just didn't.

[solitaire]

It ain't stupid, but it also don't help you, much.

_{( Pauses... )}

You don't care? About goin' home?

[hostage]

There ain't a whole lot for me there.

[solitaire]

Guess this place wouldn't be so bad, ta settle. The booze is gettin' better, at least.

[hostage]

Sure, yeah. I like it okay here.

[solitaire]

Still, if we get this whole business over an' done with... you wanna stick around? Or head somewhere else?

[hostage]

I got some plans. Um... Hoping to do some more time travel, if they'll let me. There's a lotta things I wanna see.

[solitaire]

Dangerous game, that.

[hostage]

Yeah, I know.

[He's counting on it.]

We're already playing though, right?

[solitaire]

Dunno. Kinda thought we were the pawns.

[hostage]

Either way, we're in it.

[solitaire]

But it's different when you've got a choice, non?

[hostage]

It'll be different when I'm just traveling and not fighting, too.

[solitaire]

A time tourist? Sounds innocent enough.

[hostage]

Yeah, well... I ain't as dangerous and sinister as everybody thinks.

[solitaire]

Ain't that always the way, though? It's the ones that look innocent that you actually hafta watch.

[hostage]

Haaa... True that.

[solitaire]

Words ta live by, I think.