5th Metal / open video

[godsays]

[ The video turns on Zane, who is somewhat disheveled, but, to the discerning eye, different than usual. Something too intent and high-strung has been muted, and there is a dangerous hint in his eyes. ]

Cassel is... hurt.

Someone needs to collect him.

Level 4, Cabin 12.

[ And video off. ]



[ ACTION SPAM (edited to add) ]

[ And now Zane is in zero.

He sits alone, arms crossed over his chest, his face hard and blank.

Come and visit! ]

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[godsays]

The infirmary. His warden came for him.

[mistconduct]

God fucking damn it all to shit.

[At least Kon is good for something. Swearing a blue streak, Chris is up and out of his cabin, heading for the infirmary]

Who the fuck are you? What the fuck happened to Cassel?

[godsays]

Zane.

[ A beat, and then he adds: ]

We've met.

[mistconduct]

...You're the asshole who showed up in my infirmary in the middle of the fucking night.

What the FUCK, man?! What did you do to my best friend?!

[godsays]

Nothing he didn't ask for.

[mistconduct]

You unbelievable shithead.

Come on. Where the fuck are you? Let's fucking go. You want to fuck around with guys like Cassel, I'm his size and I don't have his powers. Fucking asshole Mistborn, you don't screw with a dog and not expect the fucking pack to ram its teeth in your fucking neck..

[Private to Chris]

[wemaketheworld]

Isn't your fight.

[Private to Chris]

[mistconduct]

Shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up right now, that is bullshit. I know it's hard for you to imagine because you don't have fucking friends and no one cares about what happens to you, but if someone fucks with someone you like like this, you go after them and you make them pay for it.

[Private to Chris]

[wemaketheworld]

No. Get all facts first. Evidence. Then seek justice. Pointless otherwise.

Talk to Cassel first. Act second.

[Private to Chris]

[mistconduct]

I'm on my way now.

What the fuck have you been doing?

[Private to Chris]

[wemaketheworld]

Not important.

Meet you after. Name place. Will talk more then.

[Private to Chris]

[mistconduct]

I don't have anything to say to you unless you bring me a present and only if that present is Zane's fucking fingernails.

Ten of them. I want the set.

[Private to Chris]

[wemaketheworld]

Isn't how this works. Not here to fulfill your demands.

Talk to Cassel. Then meet me in gym. Not optional. Will be waiting.

[And he will come get you if you don't show up.]

[godsays]

I mean he asked for it.

Talk to him first.

[mistconduct]

No, asshole. I want you to tell me first.

[godsays]

It's not your business.

[mistconduct]

You are so unbelievably full of shit. This is my business. This is so far up my business that you would have to suffer traumatic brain injury before you believed that anything to do with Cassel's being hurt wasn't my business.

That sounds like a fucking awesome idea, by the way: traumatic brain injury. Maybe if I fucking concussed you into a fucking coma you could get stuck like that and spend your time on the Barge as a fucking vegetable.

[godsays]

I wouldn't recommend you try.

[mistconduct]

No, I really do want to try.

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[patheticvillain]

dont hes telling the truth

come here?

private/text

[mistconduct]

[Cassel's reply is like cold water thrown over a hot plate. Instantly, much of Chris' fury evaporates and he starts to head up the stairs to the infirmary, rather than Zane's cabin]

Yeah coming.

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[patheticvillain]

thanks. sorry

[Second apology today. What is this.]

private/text

[mistconduct]

fucking assholes.

[It's hard to tell who Chris means by that, as he hikes up the stairs to find his friend and wring the truth out of him]

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[patheticvillain]

[He's half-sitting up in bed when Chris gets there, looking to the door. Most of his bruises are hidden - what shows is bruising on his collarbone, the beginnings of a mark on his face, and a split lip. There's no question he's in pain, but more than anything he looks worried. Kon had said this would upset Chris.]

[Clearly Kon was right.]

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[mistconduct]

[Red-faced, furious, and at the edge of his patience, Chris arrives in the infirmary, storming over to Cassel's bed and standing in front of him, looking on. He's not death-tolling but he seems to have gotten knocked around a bit, and instantly his rage jumps another notch. It's okay when he gets hurt, but one of Chris' best and worst faults is undying loyalty without question to a few select people, and this sort of affront can't be let go]

....You have five minutes to say what the fuck happened before I go kill Zane.

[It's eerie, how deadly serious he looks when he says it]