[He's definitely getting the coffee. And he's not sure he'd recognize himself not in a state of sleep deprivation either; he's sure there was some point in his life, maybe a few years ago, when that wasn't a thing, but definitely not lately.]
[He nods--all of that's definitely understandable--but he sighs quietly, offering a small shrug at the last part.]
I wish I could say I'm surprised, or that I don't think more are coming, but that isn't the case.
[Unfortunately, in this place, that isn't realistic.]
I wish I could also say I'm surprised that someone went after a teenager, but I'm not.
[And, needless to say, he's very worried about all the other kids on the list; he's concerned about the adults as well, of course, but most of them can take care of themselves and the children are far easier targets.]
[Though his encounters with the man had been long enough ago that he hadn't immediately come to mind when they had been considering possible takers for the Null's offer. In light of the recent events, however, Rosen feels a mixture of shame and foolishness for not thinking of it]
But he approached me many months ago to ask if I'd be interested in helping him destroy the Door. And that was also a plan driven by his desire to stay with Curufin. And I think its no coincidence that once Curufin's name was on the Null's list, Yukari attempted to take a victim who was also on the list.
Not to mention that Curufin's name was subsequently removed from the list.
[That's... Lance can't even start on how stupid and wrong that all is, which is probably for the best. Focusing on the practical issue is more important right now.]
He reported to the Null that he did kill someone else, which is not... Good, by any means, but at least if protecting Curufin is his motivation then he may not act again.
[As horrifying as all of that is. It's also a problem that Yukari will now probably have access to one of the weapons, whenever the Null reveal where they're hidden, but at least for now he may not be an active threat.]
Maybe. But isn't it now the case that someone may act in retaliation against his actions? We still have the chance that this might become a cycle of people who have their own 'Curufins' as it were.
[It certainly would seem that Atem had a good supply of friends. Rosen cannot speak for Yukari's other victim, however. But its not out of the realm of possibility]
That's entirely possible, and I can't say I endorse it, but it's also low on my list of concerns at the moment.
[Lance doesn't support vigilante justice, for a multitude of reasons, and murder is still murder no matter who's involved and why. But right now he doesn't at all have the mental or emotional--or physical, for that matter--energy to waste caring about what might happen to a murderer who'd try to kill a teenager.]
Well what concerns me is the possibility that if someone foolishly tries to attack Yukari and finds themselves outmatched when Yukari acts in self defense we may end up with more casualties. In my understanding, Yukari is among the stronger inhabitants of this cave.
[Lance focuses on drinking his coffee in order to avoid saying the first thing that comes to mind, which is that he doesn't really care about that right now either; sure, he does in theory, but can't muster up the emotional effort for it. If someone decides to try to get revenge and fails, then maybe they should've thought it out better.
Instead, what he actually says is much more neutral if still a little flippant.]
We'll deal with that if it happens; I doubt we've going to convince anyone set on revenge not to try it, and protecting people who aren't actively looking for trouble is somewhat more important. There are others who've said they may take the Null up on their offer, and surely more than that weren't so obvious about it, and so doing what we can to make sure they don't have any easy targets to go after is a higher priority.
[Lance just ignores that eyebrow and keeps drinking coffee, though at this rate he's going to finish it pretty quickly and run out the distraction.]
She's okay, just worried about everyone also. Yeah, she had a license to carry way before I did, and I gave her the gun I won during the paintball tournament, but she's also taken martial arts and kickboxing and who knows what else. It's a bad idea for anyone to pick a fight with or near her.
[And so he's been able to worry less about her, at least.]
[Rosen nods, though its neutral, torn between his approval that Brennan can defend herself and his disapproval of guns on the whole. But for the moment he'll content himself with the fact that she's less vulnerable for it.]
And how is that; mild annoyance and the desire to figure out how to be so unappealing during the screening process that you're eliminated from the jury pool?
[Because that's the impression Lance has gotten about how jury duty feels. He's only been called once, when he was nineteen, and it had been immediately waved due to him being a grad student at the time.
And damn, he thought he'd successfully managed to shift the conversation.]
I'm affected in that I'm one of the people able to keep guard at the clinic, which means I'm spending more time there than I usually like to, but that's about it.
[Which is... Not really true, but he's still not willing to go onto the actual problems. He brought most of them on himself anyway.]
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Date: 2017-11-09 06:33 pm (UTC)Are you busy?
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Date: 2017-11-09 06:34 pm (UTC)Not particularly, at least right now.
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Date: 2017-11-09 06:36 pm (UTC)The piano misses you
[And maybe not just the piano]
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Date: 2017-11-09 06:46 pm (UTC)[It'd be nice to get out this place for awhile anyway.]
I'll be there shortly.
[He shows up a little while later as promised, looking tired as usual but still offering a small smile of greeting.]
Hey.
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Date: 2017-11-09 09:02 pm (UTC)I got coffee. There on the table.
[Then he closes the door]
How are you holding up?
[Its the standard mandatory question]
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Date: 2017-11-09 09:04 pm (UTC)[He's definitely getting the coffee. And he's not sure he'd recognize himself not in a state of sleep deprivation either; he's sure there was some point in his life, maybe a few years ago, when that wasn't a thing, but definitely not lately.]
I'm okay, just busy. How about you?
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Date: 2017-11-09 09:09 pm (UTC)[He moves to get his own coffee he'd already been drinking before Lance arrived]
It didn't take any time at all for the attacks to start.
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Date: 2017-11-09 09:18 pm (UTC)I wish I could say I'm surprised, or that I don't think more are coming, but that isn't the case.
[Unfortunately, in this place, that isn't realistic.]
I wish I could also say I'm surprised that someone went after a teenager, but I'm not.
[And, needless to say, he's very worried about all the other kids on the list; he's concerned about the adults as well, of course, but most of them can take care of themselves and the children are far easier targets.]
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Date: 2017-11-09 09:30 pm (UTC)[Yukari had unnerved him for a while now.]
There's a single-mindedness there that was always dangerous. In Yukari, I mean.
[He lifts the cup to his lips taking a slow sip]
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Date: 2017-11-09 09:34 pm (UTC)[And he didn't know Rosen had, and it's worth finding out as much as he can about someone who would do something like this.]
Has he done anything before this?
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Date: 2017-11-09 09:44 pm (UTC)[Though his encounters with the man had been long enough ago that he hadn't immediately come to mind when they had been considering possible takers for the Null's offer. In light of the recent events, however, Rosen feels a mixture of shame and foolishness for not thinking of it]
But he approached me many months ago to ask if I'd be interested in helping him destroy the Door. And that was also a plan driven by his desire to stay with Curufin. And I think its no coincidence that once Curufin's name was on the Null's list, Yukari attempted to take a victim who was also on the list.
Not to mention that Curufin's name was subsequently removed from the list.
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Date: 2017-11-09 09:56 pm (UTC)He reported to the Null that he did kill someone else, which is not... Good, by any means, but at least if protecting Curufin is his motivation then he may not act again.
[As horrifying as all of that is. It's also a problem that Yukari will now probably have access to one of the weapons, whenever the Null reveal where they're hidden, but at least for now he may not be an active threat.]
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Date: 2017-11-09 10:04 pm (UTC)[It certainly would seem that Atem had a good supply of friends. Rosen cannot speak for Yukari's other victim, however. But its not out of the realm of possibility]
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Date: 2017-11-09 10:11 pm (UTC)[Lance doesn't support vigilante justice, for a multitude of reasons, and murder is still murder no matter who's involved and why. But right now he doesn't at all have the mental or emotional--or physical, for that matter--energy to waste caring about what might happen to a murderer who'd try to kill a teenager.]
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Date: 2017-11-09 10:29 pm (UTC)Instead, what he actually says is much more neutral if still a little flippant.]
We'll deal with that if it happens; I doubt we've going to convince anyone set on revenge not to try it, and protecting people who aren't actively looking for trouble is somewhat more important. There are others who've said they may take the Null up on their offer, and surely more than that weren't so obvious about it, and so doing what we can to make sure they don't have any easy targets to go after is a higher priority.
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Date: 2017-11-09 10:39 pm (UTC)How is Dr. Brennan dealing with all of this? Is she trained with a gun like yourself?
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Date: 2017-11-09 10:45 pm (UTC)She's okay, just worried about everyone also. Yeah, she had a license to carry way before I did, and I gave her the gun I won during the paintball tournament, but she's also taken martial arts and kickboxing and who knows what else. It's a bad idea for anyone to pick a fight with or near her.
[And so he's been able to worry less about her, at least.]
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Date: 2017-11-09 11:03 pm (UTC)And you? How are you dealing with all of it?
[A pause]
And I don't mean 'in your professional opinion'.
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Date: 2017-11-09 11:12 pm (UTC)[So he's not going to complain, especially not to Rosen considering he's on the hit list. Instead, he takes the opportunity to deflect--]
So really, I should be asking you that.
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Date: 2017-11-09 11:15 pm (UTC)[He's so used to Lance dodging questions that he entirely unsurprised the conversation was turned to him]
And just because you aren't on the list doesn't mean you aren't effected in one way or another.
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Date: 2017-11-09 11:21 pm (UTC)[Because that's the impression Lance has gotten about how jury duty feels. He's only been called once, when he was nineteen, and it had been immediately waved due to him being a grad student at the time.
And damn, he thought he'd successfully managed to shift the conversation.]
I'm affected in that I'm one of the people able to keep guard at the clinic, which means I'm spending more time there than I usually like to, but that's about it.
[Which is... Not really true, but he's still not willing to go onto the actual problems. He brought most of them on himself anyway.]
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Date: 2017-11-16 07:02 pm (UTC)[The look he then gives Lance is one that reads 'I don't believe you'.]
What do you think the likelihood of the Null succeeding is?
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Date: 2017-11-16 07:07 pm (UTC)[Because come on, who would put Brennan on a jury? Terrible idea.
And he'll just ignore that look entirely as if he didn't see it, offering a small shrug at the question.]
That depends on who joins them and just how effective the weapon is, as well as if the Null are as powerful as they claim.
[Which he has his doubts about.]
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Date: 2017-11-16 07:16 pm (UTC)[Only Lance has managed to be the clinic staff member skillful enough to avoid that trap]
That's not reassuring.
[Though he knows it wasn't supposed to be. He then relents]
I'm sorry. I know I always prod you too much.
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