HA131A | Voice | Day 23

[clowngirl]

[Really? A walkie-talkie? Luckily for all involved, Harley knows exactly how these work thanks to years of overhearing police radios and watching a little movie called Smokey and the Bandit.]

Breaker! Breaker! Eggs and baker!

This is Burt Reynold's Moustache comin' in with a Whiskey Tango Foxtrot and requestin' a 10-20 on myself. We got some sorta 10-15, 5150 situation goin' on with a negatory on 420-69. Is this a good kidnappin' or a bad kidnappin'? I repeat, good kidnap-slash-bad kidnap-question mark.

Smooches. Seacrest out! Over!

Comments

[desperate_times_right]

Hey, you're the one who brought it up!

I'm just saying, if your only success condition is to save everyone and you lose one, what are you going to do?

[ichoosefight]

Give myself like, half a day to mourn and then get on with my life? I mean, that's the goal of literally every emergency response worker: Save everyone. Losing one person doesn't mean you've failed at your job. I don't thinks that's really too hard a concept, you know?

I appreciate the concern and all, it's just starting to weird me out that so many people think I'm that fragile. I really don't get it.

[desperate_times_right]

I dunno if I’d say fragile as much as, like, brittle?

But this is a first impression based on you making threats and talking some big talk on my second day, I could be wrong!

I've seen people get hurt by that shit before though and it sucks.

[ichoosefight]

...Yeah. Me too.

Maybe I'm reading too much into it. Still, a fifth person would make it pretty freaky.

And you don't have to worry about me, okay? Whatever I might say, I'm pretty realistic. Living in the Murder Capital of the World tends to have that effect on people.

[desperate_times_right]

You kind of remind me of someone and - I love her! I'm saying this with love! - she’s the biggest idiot on the planet. She's still carrying around shrapnel from a grenade that was supposed to kill me.

[ichoosefight]

[ She snorts, though she wishes she hadn't by the time Chloe finishes talking. ]

Yeah, no, I get it. I'm not exactly known for making smart choices.

[desperate_times_right]

But you think it's weird that people are worried about you?

[ichoosefight]

I mean, you guys don't know me all that well. You don't know about all the times I almost got arrested for having water gun fights on private property.

[desperate_times_right]

You've given me no reason to suspect that you know how to have fun!

[ichoosefight]

But we talk so much! I am shocked. And offended.

[desperate_times_right]

You talk on here a lot! Easy to pick you out because you sound just like Mrs Save The World.

[ichoosefight]

Then clearly you just haven't been paying attention.

[desperate_times_right]

[Part of her laugh makes it into the button press]

Yeah sorry I missed out on your hopping social life when I was almost dying.

[ichoosefight]

Apology accepted. I hope you've learned your lesson.

[desperate_times_right]

Christ, me too. Second worst week of my life.

[ichoosefight]

I'm scared to ask about the first worst. But hey, look on the bright side: The week is over.

[desperate_times_right]

Yeah, we'll see if we can knock it down to third.

[ichoosefight]

That's the spirit. Aim for the stars.