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[There's a very long pause here. In fact, it takes him an hour of erasing and rewriting before he settles on wording that won't sacrifice his pride.]
i just want to make a deal. it's a simple one.
i'll do whatever you want me to do. i don't care what. not gonna say what i've done for previous deals, but seriously. no limit.
in exchange i want you to keep me around. i've got nothing else going for me in this city except you anyway. all i want's some incentive from someone i can respect.
i just want to make a deal. it's a simple one.
i'll do whatever you want me to do. i don't care what. not gonna say what i've done for previous deals, but seriously. no limit.
in exchange i want you to keep me around. i've got nothing else going for me in this city except you anyway. all i want's some incentive from someone i can respect.
[This is... a weird request. Honestly. He can't say he's ever met someone so quick to offer... subservience.]
And what do you get out of this sort of deal?
I hardly believe you want this just for 'some incentive from someone you can respect'.
Deals usually have a two-way gain, Dodger.who says i don't gain something from serving you.
what i'm offering is payment for putting up with me, isn't that worth giving me the benefit of the doubt a second?
[His responses continue to be slow and deliberate, because boy is he uncomfortable having to explain his logic. It makes him almost miss being forced into submission against his will - in retrospect that's so much easier than asking for it.]
what i'm offering is payment for putting up with me, isn't that worth giving me the benefit of the doubt a second?
[His responses continue to be slow and deliberate, because boy is he uncomfortable having to explain his logic. It makes him almost miss being forced into submission against his will - in retrospect that's so much easier than asking for it.]
First of all, you have no idea what I actually look like.
Second of all, you have no idea what I am.
You might have some sort of appreciation for what I do and how I act, and that's fine.
But if you think for a second that causing unwarranted trouble and getting yourself pinpointed as an unstable, untrustworthy bastard is something I can respect?
You're on a long, hard cliffside path towards getting anything from me.didn't take you for the bashful type, boss, just take the compliment.
look, i'm honest about what i am. i'm a fucked up guy with bad habits i don't feel like changing. at least you know what to expect from me, yeah?
i'm not expecting to get you to like me overnight. just wanted to point out that's the overall goal here.
look, i'm honest about what i am. i'm a fucked up guy with bad habits i don't feel like changing. at least you know what to expect from me, yeah?
i'm not expecting to get you to like me overnight. just wanted to point out that's the overall goal here.
It don't got a damn thing about being bashful.
I'm being realistic. There's a reason why I wear a mask.[Because he's pretty damn sure of himself in thinking what's under it is far scarier.] Actions have consequences. Words and conduct have backlash.
I know what to expect of you, but on the same thin line you should know what to expect in return.so you think i just can't handle what you look like?
no one's hurt me yet. so i'm still doing better than i did back home. you're welcome to change that if you think it's worth it, but i haven't done any real harm yet either.
no one's hurt me yet. so i'm still doing better than i did back home. you're welcome to change that if you think it's worth it, but i haven't done any real harm yet either.
Edited 2017-06-17 16:54 (UTC)
17 years without incident seems like a decent excuse for being cocky.
[Guess who's lying about everything. There have been at least five major incidents and he's apparently planning to pretend none of them happen.
His next text doesn't come until June 26th.]
hey. you didn't take that prep boy pansy version of me seriously, did you?
[Guess who's lying about everything. There have been at least five major incidents and he's apparently planning to pretend none of them happen.
His next text doesn't come until June 26th.]
hey. you didn't take that prep boy pansy version of me seriously, did you?
[Sounds a little too much like himself. He hadn't gotten into 'trouble' until he joined the military at 19, after all. Not that he feels the need to say that to the other, letting that conversation die where it was.
It's when he gets the next text from Dodger, far later, that he feels a headache coming on. He was hoping he didn't have to deal with this shit, but here they are.]
It's when he gets the next text from Dodger, far later, that he feels a headache coming on. He was hoping he didn't have to deal with this shit, but here they are.]
That was a fucked up week full of fucked up things.
There's a lot of shit I'm still not clear on, what 'Kingsley' said? Even less so. If you say so. I've got my doubts about some things after that fucking catastrophe. [But as for Dodger's second pry--he's honestly not as protective over his thoughts on Widowmaker as he is with Sombra--especially due to the fact that she's here, and he could just ask her himself.]
Of course I do. She's one of my associates from back home. I'm aware she's here. Have you not spoken with her yourself?Edited 2017-06-30 18:50 (UTC)
i thought i said to forget about it.
[Good job, Dodger. This is how you'll fix Reaper's opinion of you.]
sure, i've met her, but i was asking what YOU knew about her. what her skills are, anything i should avoid bringing up, if her husband's dead, that sort of shit.
[i give up.]
[Good job, Dodger. This is how you'll fix Reaper's opinion of you.]
sure, i've met her, but i was asking what YOU knew about her. what her skills are, anything i should avoid bringing up, if her husband's dead, that sort of shit.
[i give up.]
[Yes, he did say forget about it--but it was exactly that kind of avoidance that makes you seem suspicious. Or maybe he's just embarrassed about confessing and doesn't want to talk about it.
Reaper gives a small snort.]
[And as for ABOUT Amelie... he stares at the rest of dodger's text, annoyed. Maybe he'd just made a lucky guess with that 'dead husband' bit, as it was too on the head, but... it wasn't as if he was going to discuss Gerard with anyone. He hadn't even talked to Widow about that yet, so...]
Reaper gives a small snort.]
I'll forget about it about as quickly as you do. You're not the only one who showed sides of yourself you tried to bury, idiot.[And as for ABOUT Amelie... he stares at the rest of dodger's text, annoyed. Maybe he'd just made a lucky guess with that 'dead husband' bit, as it was too on the head, but... it wasn't as if he was going to discuss Gerard with anyone. He hadn't even talked to Widow about that yet, so...]
Don't bring up past relationships. Don't bother her with petty questions that get too personal.
And always keep in mind that if you irritate her, she can easily kill you from about 200 meters away. I'm not obligated to give you answers. You should know that by now.
So tell me how much she told you, and I might feel obligated to expand on her answers a little.
As I said, she's one of my Associates. [Associates--friends, one from his past, one who he hasn't been able to kill, even if he thinks about how it would be a mercy, even now.]
I'm not in the habit of making gossip of other peoples' lives.i know her name, i know she's french. i know she was a ballet dancer, she had a husband, and it's an educated guess that her husband died. otherwise i couldn't see someone like her ending up associated with someone like you. if i had to guess, something happened to overwatch. fucked you up, fucked him up, fucked everyone up. and you two turned on whatever caused it.
either she's the product of some crazy genetic manipulation game or she has a batman complex, re: the spiders. becoming her greatest fear, that sort of shit. and if she hangs around you, i'm guessing she doesn't have much going on in her home life that would make her feel bad about dying on the job.
am i getting warm?
either she's the product of some crazy genetic manipulation game or she has a batman complex, re: the spiders. becoming her greatest fear, that sort of shit. and if she hangs around you, i'm guessing she doesn't have much going on in her home life that would make her feel bad about dying on the job.
am i getting warm?
Edited 2017-06-30 22:44 (UTC)
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