video, un: j.k. [post-butterfly effect]

[aeturnus]

[ On the screen is one Cain, also known as Romulus, commonly known in the city as Jacob Kane. He looks normal. Normal as he's ever looked, really, but the confidence that he lacked during the recent event is back in full force and he's very nonchalant about it all. He's at a flimsy-ish table with a laptop off to the side where the camera is obviously his propped up phone instead. ]

Hey! Long-time no talk, Riverview Quarantine. Just a few things. If you met me over the last week and a half or so, that was... technically me but not. You know that thing that was going on? Yeah, that. Don't worry about it. Forget about all that.

Quick catch-up for those who have (or haven't!) met me, I go by Jacob Kane nowadays. [ Not Romulus. Nope. This total 180 is completely normal considering he hardly looks any older or different at all. ] My job while I'm here is designing phone apps. I've been here for about two months now and I think this is my first actual post on the network. Anything interesting happen while I wasn't looking?

to Doom; Still good for lessons?

to Shai; Thank you. For everything you did.

to Natsume; Seen anything like our colorful friend lately?

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[burntbridges]

Is our agreement for you to replace Walter's service still valid, then?

[Ignoring that it was less of an agreement and more of an eight year old's decision. Also, does she sound salty? Because she is still loaded with salt.]

[aeturnus]

[ Cain's just going to laugh at this because seriously? Seriously. Apparently. ]

Hell to the no, Letha.

[burntbridges]

Aww, you would have made a lovely servant. Too bad, I'll have to wait until you're dead.

[Is it a threat, or is she just being practical? Who knows at this point.]

[aeturnus]

I'm sure I would have. [ He had, long time ago. ] What makes you think I'd let you find my body?

[burntbridges]

A good necromancer always knows where to find a corpse. Particularly if one knows the circumstances of its death well.

[Okay, it's officially a threat.]

[aeturnus]

[ See how not-bothered Cain is? Not even a little? ]

And what exactly would those circumstances be? Knife wound, poison, petulance until death of boredom...?

[burntbridges]

Knives are a distinct possibility, but I've always had a liking for scissors. They're more fitting for a lady - and it takes determination to drive the point through.

[This might be why she and Ivar make such a good match.]

[aeturnus]

And if that turns out to not work?

[ There's some problems with that plan and it isn't totally that Cain is immortal. That's a lot of it, though. ]

[burntbridges]

Then I have a sword, a few knives, a viking who would kill for me and a creature capable of draining your life force. I'm sure I could find a way.

[Has she ever killed anyone? No. Has she ever won a fight? Once, against someone with no legs who was going easy on her. There are many, many problems with this plan.]

[aeturnus]

Okay, last question. You realize all of this is a matter of public record now and killing people is very definitively punishable, right?

[burntbridges]

Oh, you're no fun.

[H U F F.]

If you turn up dead, I'll be happy to be questioned. But if that happens we'll still be in a position where you're dead and I know where your body is. So I win.

[In all honesty she doesn't care much about laws around death. Killing people is just sort of frowned upon in her world, since death is mostly an inconvenience to those who can speak to the dead.]

[aeturnus]

No, look, I'll play. Would you really just bind me to be your servant?

[ It's all very fun for this guy, who knows nothing will ever happen. If this takes her focus from some other hapless idiot who pulled her ire, maybe it'll even be for the better. ]

[burntbridges]

Well, there's a wait to be done for respect, and to give you a chance to rot a bit... a cleaning process so you don't stink up the place, but yes, eventually you'd be my servant. And I might even dress you in silly things as revenge.

[You know, because the killing part is just business. Dressing him in a tuxedo with a rainbow bowtie, now that's revenge.]

[aeturnus]

Clothes? Not really going to matter, is it? I'd look horrible in anything without a good frame to hold it up.

[burntbridges]

You don't have much in the way of looks now, so I doubt it will be much of a loss.

private; @cdr.ebbisaryn

[greyjane]

[Her feelings on this are... mixed, but she's glad he's back to what passes as normal for him.]

Happy to have helped. Might actually miss having you around.

[It's a bit professionally brusque. She'd not want to stay acquainted with someone that saw so much of some dark past and she'll understand if he feels the same.]

[aeturnus]

[ Cain sees the direction this might be going, and chooses to ignore it. Rather he's going to nip it in the bud because sorry, but you're not getting rid of him that easily, Shai. ]

Am I going somewhere?

[aeturnus]

[ Things someone has never said to a Bomer face: that. I kid, I kid.

Honestly, he just laughs and shakes his head. ]

Is that what you say to all the boys?

[burntbridges]

It seems to have worked well for me thus far.

[This is actually how she approaches boys, and she's been married before. Go figure.]

[aeturnus]

Yikes. Those poor boys. [ Beat. ] Well, actually, they probably liked it.

[burntbridges]

You don't have to rescue everyone from me, you know. Some people actually appreciate how nice my company is.

[aeturnus]

Oh, trust me, I have no intention of saving pretty much anyone from you. Maybe just the dead who deserve their rest and shouldn't be trotted out to fulfill your every whim.

[burntbridges]

You're still on about that? I still hold that he had nothing to complain about. And you took my property from me.

[aeturnus]

[ He'd usually be more neutral, still playful about this but after the week or so he's had it... falls rather serious. Unable to joke as easily. ]

People aren't property.

[burntbridges]

And bodies aren't people. Like I said before, I was only recycling what he had no use for.