❂ 01, [VOICE]

[diamondintherough]

[There's a short silence.]

Oh, fuck me. Not this place again, all right? I'll take my chances back there, brak.

[...]

At least tell me, have many of the vampires gone and has anything much changed, huh? Or is it still all moord, naai, geld with you?

'Blood, sex, and money,' huh?

-Private to Sexby-
You still here, bru?

-Private to Una-
[...jk.]

Comments

[boughtitall.livejournal.com]

South African, is it?

[diamondtherough.livejournal.com]

Rhodesian.

[boughtitall.livejournal.com]

I know your sort.

[diamondtherough.livejournal.com]

And what sort is that, huh?

[boughtitall.livejournal.com]

Charming...?

[diamondtherough.livejournal.com]

Ja, ja. I'm sure that's what you meant. [He doesn't believe you, Saito, and his tone makes that clear.]

You have a name, huh?

[boughtitall.livejournal.com]

Saito. And yourself?

[diamondtherough.livejournal.com]

Archer.

[boughtitall.livejournal.com]

Charmed, Mr. Archer, I am sure.

You have previous experience with this barge, I take it?

[diamondtherough.livejournal.com]

Ja, ja. Was here once before.

How long you been here, huh?

[boughtitall.livejournal.com]

Not long. I do not intend to be either.

[diamondtherough.livejournal.com]

That's good.

[boughtitall.livejournal.com]

And I judge from your interminable charm that you are here for as long as it takes you not to be?

[diamondtherough.livejournal.com]

I'm here for as long as the Admiral decides, huh? Already left once before.

[boughtitall.livejournal.com]

Due to redemption or because he no longer required your entertainment?

[diamondtherough.livejournal.com]

I don't need to be 'redeemed,' huh? I've gotten by just fine without him all these years.

I'm still an inmate, if that's what you mean, but he did send me home for a time.

[boughtitall.livejournal.com]

Then there must be something he expects of you. Either that, or he requires nothing more than to watch 'wardens' and 'inmates' patronise one another with ranks and status.

[diamondtherough.livejournal.com]

You one dem gov'ment types, huh?

[boughtitall.livejournal.com]

Government? No.

[diamondtherough.livejournal.com]

That's good, ja. What is it that you do then, Saitoman?

[boughtitall.livejournal.com]

I warden, Mr. Archer. There is little else to do but that.

[diamondtherough.livejournal.com]

Good answer.

-private-
Something illegal then? [He assumes everyone is corrupt.]

[Private]

[boughtitall.livejournal.com]

You believe a lack of directness automatically means illicit doings?

Private-

[diamondtherough.livejournal.com]

You're too confident to be a victim. If you're not gov'ment or American, there's not much else.

Private-

[boughtitall.livejournal.com]

Do I sound American to you, Mr. Archer?