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Felix Gaeta (didwhaticould) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-02-19 19:50:00

Entry tags:

felix gaeta, kitty pryde (aoa), sam winchester, spencer reid

Day 363 - Open Video/Action
[Video]

[The video opens on a man sitting squarely in view, his bearing better suited to someone awaiting a big job interview than a newly incarcerated prisoner.]

Hello, MarinaNova Asylum. My name is Felix Gaeta. I'd say that it's a pleasure to join your ranks, but I don't want to start off on a lie.

I've been over the information I was provided with on arrival and it left a number of things unanswered. Namely... [a pause to pick up a notepad] ...is all of this really virtual, and, if so, does anyone know where our bodies are?

Do you have a leader or any kind of civilian government?

Is everything here actually free for the taking, or are there strings attached?

[He pauses again, flips a couple of pages, and sighs.]

Maybe this is a better question: do you have an archive or some other collection of information that hasn't been provided by the wardens? No one wants me to go through all of these, including me.

[And scene.]

[Action]

[Gaeta can be found at the library—taking notes, likely—or at any of the many eateries in Marina, admiring the sheer selection available. He won't go out of his way to be friendly.]

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	kitty_has_claws 2016-02-21 04:54 am UTC (link)
	It feels safe, lush, and inviting by comparison. [Glancing away because of what that obviously means for home.] Kitty is short for Katherine. Pryde is spelled with a Y. It used to be Prydeman but my grandfather changed it so it would sound less Jewish. So, not an intentional one, no. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-22 01:04 am UTC (link)
	I know what you mean. [It's like she's from a postapocalyptic future, too! He doesn't press for details. This is not a topic she wants to explore, obviously.] That's a shame, but an unintentional pun is better than no pun at all. [And puns are better than irony, which was apparently what his parents were shooting for.] Is sounding Jewish a bad thing? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kitty_has_claws
2016-02-22 01:09 am UTC (link)

I'm glad you could enjoy it. [Mostly she just doesn't mind.]

It was worse then. There was a war. Jewish people were being unfairly blamed for all the problems in the country. They were herded into prison camps. About six million people died there. It tends to be the least of my problems. [Not that it isn't still important history to her. Her great aunt died in a camp.]

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	didwhaticould 2016-02-22 01:34 am UTC (link)
	[Oh, holocausts and prison camps. That hits a little too close to home and throws him, resulting in a silence that is just long enough to be awkward.] I'm sorry, anyway. [Does he even want to know what the most of her problems are if that's the least?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-02-22 01:36 am UTC (link)
	Thanks. I guess I kept my promise about letting it get more depressing at the end. But here we're not even talking about the prison. [She's watching him thoughtfully. He seems a little lost in his own thoughts. Maybe his own ghosts.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-22 02:35 am UTC (link)
	Right. [Refocusing. It's time to collect information, not dwell on things that have already happened or, gods forbid, start empathizing with a stranger with unknown motivations.] We were on... what? Emergency lockdowns? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-02-22 02:42 am UTC (link)
	My guess is tomorrow or the next day they'll do something. That's usually how it runs. Every 2-4 days. It's not always a big something. They could declare it bite-size pizza day and have vendors all over with them and clothes that look like pepperonis available. It can be as silly as it can be dangerous. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-23 04:13 pm UTC (link)
	You sound like you've been here for a while. I've never heard of bite-sized pizza, but it sounds like more fun than a flood. [Teach him about pizza, Kitty. His life has been sad and pizza-less.] Have the wardens ever explained why they do these things? Making changes to the environment so often can't have much rehabilitative value. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-02-23 05:28 pm UTC (link)
	339 days. It's one of the longer continuous stays. [Yuuri still has the record.] It's kind of self-explanatory unless you don't know what pizza is. [Which is the real crime against humanity in BSG.] Sometimes they'll claim something was a glitch if it doesn't really meet with the rehab line. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-23 07:14 pm UTC (link)
	Out of three-hundred sixty-three? You can probably answer questions about this place in your sleep. I don't. [It is the heart of the canon's tragedy.] So they're either trying to rehabilitate us and messing it up, or they're lying and have entirely different motives. Good to know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-02-23 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	Mmm, I could take a nap and you could find out. [She gives him an amused smile.] Pretty much. [She tilts her head.] Where are you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-23 07:28 pm UTC (link)
	If I'm boring you that much, go for it. [Someone with a sense of humor has to be okay, right? He smiles back and, operating under the assumption that she probably doesn't have a reason to want to kill him, tells her where he is.] Next to something called a bowling alley. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-02-23 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	[Killing him sounds like it would come with a lot of paperwork and probably wouldn't be very challenging anyway.] Okay. Wait there. Work on being hungry. I'll introduce you to pizza and you can pelt me with questions. [Because really if she's answering them she might as well do it over food, right?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-24 02:16 am UTC (link)
	[Wow, rude. Not entirely untrue, but rude.] I can't argue with orders like that. [And, more sincerely:] Thank you, Kitty. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-02-24 02:37 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, well, I'd make you buy to make it up to me, but that's not really a thing here. [She smirks and cuts the feed. If he waits around she'll be heading his way in about ten minutes. It does take some time to get from Point A to Point B after all.] It's a good thing orange is your color. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-24 05:57 am UTC (link)
	[He'll still be outside of the bowling alley in ten minutes. He'll also be more nervous than he was ten minutes ago. Standing around in a strange, open environment that's populated by a number of bots is nerve-wracking. When Kitty shows up, he collects all of his remaining chill and hides behind it.] Most colors are my color. I'm uniquely blessed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-02-24 06:08 am UTC (link)
	Lucky you. You know some people have been known to take it off and post naked. You're never going to get that opportunity back now. [As if he couldn't post naked any time he wanted.] Come on, it's this way. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-24 06:54 am UTC (link)
	I'll mourn that loss later. [Bless Kitty for providing banter instead of words that might accidentally mean something. He likes her already.] Do you do this for all of the new prisoners, or just the ones who have never heard of pizza? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kitty_has_claws
2016-02-24 04:49 pm UTC (link)

[She can't really remember doing something like this since Reid arrived, and it's way too heavy to connect it to that.]

I'm going to say the ones who have never heard of pizza, but I also don't remember that ever coming up before. [There are certainly other people here who never have, but she doesn't exactly quiz them on it upon arrival.]

It just felt like a good time to get out and take a walk. [Yesterday was kind of a heavy day. Sometimes being around strangers is a nice change of pace.]

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	didwhaticould 2016-02-25 03:13 am UTC (link)
	For a second, I thought my introduction was so compelling that you needed to meet me in person. [He doesn't even pretend to be hurt or serious because it's a patently ridiculous thing to suggest.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-02-25 03:19 am UTC (link)
	I do like a good analytical breakdown. [Teasing and yet, she actually really does.] Most people just complain about the orange and want to yell at the wardens or talk about how they had something important to do at home. [Not that she blames anyone for their reaction. It's a big damn thing even for people used to big damn things. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-25 04:24 am UTC (link)
	It could've been a more thorough breakdown. [And, if he was in a different mood, that could've been an opportunity to flirt.] Do most people get results when they do that? Sounds like a waste of time to me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-02-25 04:33 am UTC (link)
	Now you're just talking dirty. [Apparently she's in the mood he could have been. Not that she's taking it even a little seriously.] Most people get the result of still being in orange and still being here if that counts. But it's not like they show up knowing it's happened dozens of times before them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-25 05:14 am UTC (link)
	If you keep that up, I could be convinced to share my notes with you. [Insincere flirting is an easy thing to slide into. Oops.] Don't they listen to the message? [Doesn't everyone? Isn't that what you do when you pop into a prison unexpectedly?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-02-25 05:16 am UTC (link)
	You really think you've got anything in your notes I haven't seen before? [Smirking.] You'd be surprised how many don't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)