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[ It's a very familiar German accent and he sounds so desperate. Almost pleading and Reinhardt doesn't plead. ]
Jack...I know you. I know you didn't do this. I know you aren't a traitor. So whatever it is, whatever happened, you need to turn yourself in. I'm sure they'll be understanding if you just explain that you didn't know. You would never do this. So please, Jack. Please do the right thing.
Jack...I know you. I know you didn't do this. I know you aren't a traitor. So whatever it is, whatever happened, you need to turn yourself in. I'm sure they'll be understanding if you just explain that you didn't know. You would never do this. So please, Jack. Please do the right thing.
( of course he's heard what's going on. and, he's spent some time trying to talk himself out of saying anything. u can see how well that went. )
jack, jack, jack. what have you done?
jack, jack, jack. what have you done?
( though, he knows none of them did this on purpose. can't speak on the names he doesn't know. but these 3?? knows they got caught up in something stupid. )
if you're trying to relive the old days, you're going about it all the wrong way.
( maybe it's a bad thing to bring up what conducted the fall of overwatch. but, reaper never said he was a good guy. )
if you're trying to relive the old days, you're going about it all the wrong way.
( maybe it's a bad thing to bring up what conducted the fall of overwatch. but, reaper never said he was a good guy. )
all this time everyone thought it was me. maybe they should've been questioning their golden boy.
( now, he's just being deliberately cruel. but, reaper doesn't care. why shouldn't he get some enjoyment out of this?? )
( now, he's just being deliberately cruel. but, reaper doesn't care. why shouldn't he get some enjoyment out of this?? )
( reaper isn't expecting an answer, but this was enjoyment enough. he likes getting the last word in! also, antagonizing jack is always a good time. )
can't hide forever. enjoy it while it lasts.
can't hide forever. enjoy it while it lasts.
Jack. It's me again. I don't know if you are getting these or not, but I have help for you. I have a queen who will help you. All she needs is a written statement. If you explain it. If you tell your side of the story, I'm certain that you will be forgiven. You have done nothing wrong, Jack. You know this. I know this. Let everyone else know this too. Just one written statement of the truth. It's all you need. Please.
[ Blame an asshole priest for this one. Kotome got it into his head, the idea that they might ask him to just give up on them to save himself from any blow back from defending them. ]
Jack. I doubt this will reach you now. But I've been trying to find out who might have really been involved in this. Someone must have really hated this place and these people to do this and are using you as a scapegoat. I will not stand for it. So I will keep looking and I will keep fighting for you. I failed you once, but I won't this time. I'm going to protect you. You and your good name. And no matter what, I'm not going to abandon you. Even if the rest of this city turns it's back on you, I will stand strong against the tide and fight for your innocence. No matter what.
Jack. I doubt this will reach you now. But I've been trying to find out who might have really been involved in this. Someone must have really hated this place and these people to do this and are using you as a scapegoat. I will not stand for it. So I will keep looking and I will keep fighting for you. I failed you once, but I won't this time. I'm going to protect you. You and your good name. And no matter what, I'm not going to abandon you. Even if the rest of this city turns it's back on you, I will stand strong against the tide and fight for your innocence. No matter what.
Not lately, no. Do you know where she was staying?
Jack... Ashti didn't listen. She didn't even want to hear it. She's even threatened to arrest me as an accomplice. But threats won't stop me, Jack. I refuse to back down. I refuse to stand by while you are unjustly accused. I will not rest until I have cleared your name. So, help me do that, Jack. If you can't come in on your own, or write your statement, then give me something to go on. A place. A description. Anything you can tell me about the person who pinned this all on you.
Let me help you, Jack. That's all I ever wanted to do.
Let me help you, Jack. That's all I ever wanted to do.
[ Some time later... ]
I found her in one of the stasis pods.
I found her in one of the stasis pods.
[ That's for the best. Discussing this over text probably isn't how either of them want to handle it.
Warping down from Thesa station doesn't take much time at all, so when Ana returns from work she'll find Jack at the rickety desk in the main room, cleaning his gun for lack of anything better to do with all that nervous energy.
Once she's shut the door behind her, he glances up and nods. ] Hey.
Warping down from Thesa station doesn't take much time at all, so when Ana returns from work she'll find Jack at the rickety desk in the main room, cleaning his gun for lack of anything better to do with all that nervous energy.
Once she's shut the door behind her, he glances up and nods. ] Hey.
[ Ana greets him in arabic as usual, but she leaves her things by the door and comes over to where he's cleaning his gun. She pulls up a chair to one side of the desk, picks up a part of his pulse rifle, and begins to help, just for something to do with her hands.
Angela isn't dead or injured, just asleep, but there's no knowing if or when she's going to wake up again. ]
I don't understand it. She wasn't a threat to them - she was trying to cooperate!
Angela isn't dead or injured, just asleep, but there's no knowing if or when she's going to wake up again. ]
I don't understand it. She wasn't a threat to them - she was trying to cooperate!
Edited 2017-10-10 15:03 (UTC)
[ Their conversation picks up right where it left off. When you've known each other as long as the two of them have, there usually isn't much need for pleasantries or small talk. It's true that Angela isn't in immediate danger, but Jack isn't willing to say that she's safe, either.
He shakes his head. He doesn't get it either. ]
She's not the only one it's happened to, not by a long shot. I don't think the Orbiters have given a good explanation for why yet. But I knew we couldn't trust them.
[ Angela wouldn't have wanted this. She had been trying to help people, just as she always did, so why would they have interrupted that? ]
He shakes his head. He doesn't get it either. ]
She's not the only one it's happened to, not by a long shot. I don't think the Orbiters have given a good explanation for why yet. But I knew we couldn't trust them.
[ Angela wouldn't have wanted this. She had been trying to help people, just as she always did, so why would they have interrupted that? ]
Ryuji's lookin' for you- and Ann and Akira. They are like me. They don't think that you did this. And I promised them I'd tell you. I doubt you get these at all now, but in case you do, know that there are children that care for you and are worried about you. Don't let them down.
I was hoping we could predict them.
[ She's a sharpshooter - she doesn't like the idea of being unable to lead her shots. But more than that, she doesn't like the idea of Jack or any of the others returning to their pods suddenly, for no reason at all.
She turns the piece of the pulse rifle over in her hands, looking through it. And here she'd thought she'd seen the last of this kind of thing. At least this time it's a new and interesting kind of grief. ]
[ She's a sharpshooter - she doesn't like the idea of being unable to lead her shots. But more than that, she doesn't like the idea of Jack or any of the others returning to their pods suddenly, for no reason at all.
She turns the piece of the pulse rifle over in her hands, looking through it. And here she'd thought she'd seen the last of this kind of thing. At least this time it's a new and interesting kind of grief. ]
[ It's only after Jack escaped his cage that he'd been able to make the trip back up to Thesa Station, at which point he'd been issued a new phone. He still his his concerns about being tracked, but given that during the terms of his capture a different sort of tracking method was mentioned, he has to rely on the Olympians not knowing enough about technology to hack into his phone.
His same username is loaded up into it, and so all of the messages he missed come through, including Reinhardt's long string of them. He'd done his best for them, put his own freedom on the line to prove their innocence, and at first Jack wants to be angry. He never asked for Reinhardt's help. He never asked for him to endanger himself on his behalf. This is why he'd wanted all of them to just forget about him.
Now that they're in Wyver and he's a free man, though (to some extent, anyway), he can't just ignore it. It takes him some time to figure out what he wants to say and how, but he sends Reinhardt a very delayed text back. ]
Ana's told our side of the story now, but I couldn't agree to the terms the Olympians were offering. I know you tried your best for us, but you shouldn't have put yourself at risk, Reinhardt. You know we're all used to this kind of thing by now.
[ Jack, Ana, and McCree all had prices on their heads back home. It may as well be a way of life at this point. ]
His same username is loaded up into it, and so all of the messages he missed come through, including Reinhardt's long string of them. He'd done his best for them, put his own freedom on the line to prove their innocence, and at first Jack wants to be angry. He never asked for Reinhardt's help. He never asked for him to endanger himself on his behalf. This is why he'd wanted all of them to just forget about him.
Now that they're in Wyver and he's a free man, though (to some extent, anyway), he can't just ignore it. It takes him some time to figure out what he wants to say and how, but he sends Reinhardt a very delayed text back. ]
Ana's told our side of the story now, but I couldn't agree to the terms the Olympians were offering. I know you tried your best for us, but you shouldn't have put yourself at risk, Reinhardt. You know we're all used to this kind of thing by now.
[ Jack, Ana, and McCree all had prices on their heads back home. It may as well be a way of life at this point. ]
I don't know if there's much about this situation that we can predict.
[ Their world is gone, ravaged by some storm that they couldn't begin to understand. The Orbiters only told them the bare minimum before dumping them onto this planet to make their own way.
He isn't any more comfortable with this than Ana, but he'd kept some distance from Angela for a reason. He should probably regret not getting to tell her about who he really was, but maybe this is for the best.
His hands slide deftly over the various pieces of his disassembled gun, and then he begins to put it back together again. They rebuild, they bounce back. Always. ]
All we can do is keep an eye on her. [ To make sure there's no foul play going on. ]
[ Their world is gone, ravaged by some storm that they couldn't begin to understand. The Orbiters only told them the bare minimum before dumping them onto this planet to make their own way.
He isn't any more comfortable with this than Ana, but he'd kept some distance from Angela for a reason. He should probably regret not getting to tell her about who he really was, but maybe this is for the best.
His hands slide deftly over the various pieces of his disassembled gun, and then he begins to put it back together again. They rebuild, they bounce back. Always. ]
All we can do is keep an eye on her. [ To make sure there's no foul play going on. ]
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