doctor_j_crane: Crane looking neutral. (This is awkward.)
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[Have a long pause before he starts talking. The pause of someone who's just found some quite important stuff missing from their room. And a rather familiar poker chip.]

I got your calling card, Eames. Should I be anticipating a trip to zero? [He's more worried about the antenna than the fear toxin.]

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Date: 2011-01-01 06:46 pm (UTC)
aforger: (CHARM)
From: [personal profile] aforger
It's nice to have other people lend a hand, make me appear as though I'm in two places at once. Or maybe I am. [GRIN YOU CAN'T SEE.]

Did you want to visit someone?

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Date: 2011-01-02 02:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com
I'm so pleased that you're willing to get other people to go through my things. [He's so concerned that Eames has helpers.]

You know that's not what I meant.

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Date: 2011-01-02 02:23 am (UTC)
aforger: (this ariadne is a kick)
From: [personal profile] aforger
Only those I'd trust with my life.

What did you mean?

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Date: 2011-01-02 02:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com
I know what you found in my room, besides the fear toxin. I was assuming that you'd want to do something about that, besides confiscating it.

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Date: 2011-01-02 03:19 am (UTC)
aforger: (CHARM)
From: [personal profile] aforger
I didn't find anything in your room. [He was with Crane when it happened, after all.]

Do you want to be put in Zero for it?

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Date: 2011-01-02 03:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com
You obviously did, because it's gone. [Not picking up on the 'I' technicality just yet.]

Obviously not. But it is the normal warden protocol.

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Date: 2011-01-02 03:38 am (UTC)
aforger: (distracted by peanuts)
From: [personal profile] aforger
Who did you tell about the missing fear toxin besides me?

I'm not exactly a "normal" warden.

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Date: 2011-01-02 04:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com
No one. I didn't tend to advertise the fact that I had them, even after that one was taken.

Apparently not.

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Date: 2011-01-02 04:09 am (UTC)
aforger: (arguing with arthur)
From: [personal profile] aforger
Right. We're not speaking again until you decide to be honest with one of the bits I want to know.

Consider this our first real row.

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Date: 2011-01-02 04:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com
If you want to be technical, our first real fight was in your room.

[Pause, then heavy sigh.] What are the bits that you want to know?

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Date: 2011-01-02 04:16 am (UTC)
aforger: (icelad)
From: [personal profile] aforger
How many vials there are and who has them or who you told about the fear toxin being stolen aside from me.

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Date: 2011-01-02 06:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com
I very nearly answered that question, but I have a sneaking suspicion that you're not going to believe my answer. [Because he would have been lying.]

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Date: 2011-01-02 06:29 am (UTC)
aforger: (arguing with arthur)
From: [personal profile] aforger
Not if you're going to lie.

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Date: 2011-01-02 07:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com
In that case, I'm assuming that you'd rather tell me tell you nothing rather than lying.

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Date: 2011-01-02 07:40 am (UTC)
aforger: (maybe we could share)
From: [personal profile] aforger
He does learn! I was beginning to wonder.

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Date: 2011-01-02 07:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com
Very funny, Eames. [Pause.]

I'm sorry, but I have nothing to tell you. It's all rather interrelated. But you can be proud to know that I, personally, no longer have any fear toxin.
Edited Date: 2011-01-02 07:53 am (UTC)

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Date: 2011-01-02 08:00 am (UTC)
aforger: (brooding | exposition cu)
From: [personal profile] aforger
I'd trust you with it more than I trust whoever else has it.

What is it that you want, Jonathan?

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Date: 2011-01-02 08:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com
You've read my file, so you must have a low opinion of most of the people on the barge.

I'd very much like you to stop looking into the locations of the other vials of fear toxin, but I don't think that's going to happen.

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Date: 2011-01-02 08:15 am (UTC)
aforger: (arguing with arthur)
From: [personal profile] aforger
I have a high opinion of you.

Why?

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Date: 2011-01-02 08:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com
There's no reason for that, unless you're one of the few people who understand that my work is a good idea.

Given that you took the effort to search my room and your persistence in other areas, I don't think it's likely that you're just going to ignore fear toxin floating around the barge.

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Date: 2011-01-02 09:31 am (UTC)
aforger: (scruff n stuff)
From: [personal profile] aforger
You have many good qualities, even if you refuse to see them.

Why do you want me to stop?

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Date: 2011-01-02 09:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com
I'm sure that the good is equally matched by the bad.

Because I think that some people on the barge need the fear toxin. For protection. [This is true, even for Eddie.]

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Date: 2011-01-02 09:48 am (UTC)
aforger: (icelad)
From: [personal profile] aforger
That's your decision.

Tell me who they are and how many vials. If it's your friends and they've one vial each, I'd consider protection. Anything beyond that is aggressive action.

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Date: 2011-01-02 10:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com
You might be right, but as inmates, they have to be aggressive. We've got nothing to protect ourselves against other inmates, not to mention the wardens.

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Date: 2011-01-02 10:34 am (UTC)
aforger: (workin like a boss)
From: [personal profile] aforger
Another excuse. Wardens protect their inmates; inmates shouldn't need to be aggressive. I'd allow you to argue for the defensive case, but the amount you're talking about is purely offensive. That's exactly the kind of attitude which justifies other inmates' endeavoring the same protections.

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Date: 2011-01-02 10:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com
Some wardens don't protect their inmates. They attack them and try to force them into behaving how they want them to behave. Then they're surprised when the inmate claims their ground by striking back, whether against them personally or the other wardens.

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Date: 2011-01-02 10:41 am (UTC)
aforger: (arguing with arthur)
From: [personal profile] aforger
Forgive me for not seeing Capa as a threat to his inmate. He actually seems quite keen in protecting her at every turn. You said yourself your other friend was an inmate and I fully intend to protect you. So who is it that you're worried about, precisely?

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Date: 2011-01-02 10:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com
Capa tries to be protective, but his incompetence is more likely to harm her than anything else. But that's not the issue.

[Honesty time.] It's a trust issue. I cannot simply turn my friends over to a warden.

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Date: 2011-01-02 10:57 am (UTC)
aforger: (brooding | exposition cu)
From: [personal profile] aforger
Bloody hell. It's not as if I'm forming a witch hunt. I'm not even asking for their crimes. I'm asking you to trust me to know how much of a danger they have the potential to be, so that I can be prepared to handle them if the situation arises. If they don't do anything, then I don't act either. The fact is, I'm going to be investigating whether you tell me or not; the only difference is that, without your help, I have to involve a few of the others.

How will you trust me? What more do you want, because we are running out of time until I'm not able to reasonably protect you anymore. If anything-- anything happens with any of them and I'm not able to take care of it?.. I wouldn't be able to protect you from them.

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