video.

[magatsugiru]

Whoa! Okay, I think I've got it.

[ The young man on screen looks rather disheveled, and very flustered. He tries for a smile, but it collapses into a sheepish grimace halfway, and he looks away from the camera. ]

W-well, I can say this wasn't where I expected to end up when I opened the door to my apartment... Man, maybe I've been overdoing it with all that overtime.

Umm, hi there, if anyone's listening. This place isn't dangerous, is it? Should I be worried?

[ He reaches up to rub at the back of his neck. ]

I hope this thing's on. Can anyone hear me?

Comments

Re: video.

[scoutsniper]

You're twenty seven.

[Jesus fucking Christ.]

You know how many guys I'd killed when I was your age?

[magatsugiru]

[ Oh, he's one of those types. ]

I wouldn't know anything about that, but are you so sure you should be bragging about your body count to a cop?

[scoutsniper]

[ Oh man, Frank really needs to laugh like this more. It's hilarious. ]

You're a cop?

I'm a goddam US Marine. [Also a convicted felon whose departure from Rikers was more than a little suspicious, and then there are all those dead drug dealers around Hell's Kitchen.....]

You oughta be thanking me for doing your job better than you.

[magatsugiru]

Can't say that means much to me. I'm Japanese. [ He could add in a scathing reply, but this is public! Got to keep up appearances.

Better to keep playing the submissive idiot. ]

Guess that means you're not my problem, though. Good news for both of us.

tw: Frank Castle sets diplomacy back 1 million years. I am so so so sorry

[scoutsniper]

Should mean you know about what we can do.

[Well, not him, personally. He ain't that old.]

Good news for you, that is.

frank have you ever considered Chilling

[magatsugiru]

Hahaha, okay, okay, I get it! [ He puts both hands up, in a gesture of surrender. ] You're better than me. That's what you wanted me to say, right?

He does not know the meaning of that word

[scoutsniper]

No.

[Believe it or not.]

You're asking if this place is dangerous. Goddam dumbest question I've heard. I want you to admit that.

THis place'll make you wish for whatever shit you got back home: zombies, ninjas, demons, whatever.

[magatsugiru]

Sure, sure. It was dumb. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[ So agreeable. ]

[scoutsniper]

[The hell was wrong with this guy? Did he have his goddam spine removed or something? ]

Jesus. Look. I'm just sayin', this ain't a happy place. It's going to fuck you up, and no amount of 'nice' is gonna change that.

[magatsugiru]

Did I ever say it was? Though I appreciate the concern.

[ This is getting pretty funny. Adachi doesn't even have to fake this smile. ]