simulation 002; voice

[i_run_you_chase]

[Private to Miss Parker]

[it is 3:18 am]

[Jarod will be holding up his walkman with the recorded sound of a phone ringing to the communicator]

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[voice]

[yourunichase]

It's annoying when someone does that isn't it?

I could stay on as a warden, make my own deal.

[voice]

[i-run-you-chase.livejournal.com]

Point taken.

And what would you bargain for, Miss Parker?

[voice]

[yourunichase]

None of your goddamn business.

[voice]

[i-run-you-chase.livejournal.com]

Information about your mother's death?

[voice]

[yourunichase]

[Her voice is very small sounding here.]

No.

[voice]

[i-run-you-chase.livejournal.com]

The identity of Thomas's killer?

[voice]

[yourunichase]

Can't you leave this alone, Jarod?

[voice]

[i-run-you-chase.livejournal.com]

[he lets out a breath, and for once actually does]

And when it's all done? Will you go back to the Centre? A lot changes in a year. And, in many ways, nothing at all.

[voice]

[yourunichase]

I died, Jarod. It's not like I get to go back.

[voice]

[i-run-you-chase.livejournal.com]

Maybe the Admiral will give you your place in life. I'm sure your Father's been missing you.

[voice]

[yourunichase]

My place in my old life would be counterproductive to my being here now wouldn't it?

[voice]

[i-run-you-chase.livejournal.com]

So is that what you feel guilty about? Chasing me? Or working for your father?

[voice]

[yourunichase]

I don't feel guilty about anything.

[This is a lie, and he would probably tell it in the softness in her tone.]

[voice]

[i-run-you-chase.livejournal.com]

Then you'll never find that redemption you're looking for, Miss Parker.

[voice]

[yourunichase]

I'm not looking for it. I don't have a goddamn choice in being here, Jarod. First I was with you in SL-27 and then there was the explosion, and then I went back and there was me getting shot in the fucking back.

[voice]

[i-run-you-chase.livejournal.com]

That was about a year ago for me. Give or take.

[voice]

[yourunichase]

Jesus Christ. [A bitter laugh.]

So who do they have chasing you now?

[A pause and a question that she's been really wanting to ask.]

Did they hurt Sydney or Broots after I..?

[voice]

[i-run-you-chase.livejournal.com]

No one, Miss Parker.

[not going to mess with her on this one] Like I said, some things don't change. They're as safe as if you were still with them.

[voice]

[yourunichase]

What?

[voice]

[i-run-you-chase.livejournal.com]

I said some things change.

[voice]

[yourunichase]

Were you at the Centre before you came here, Jarod?

[voice]

[i-run-you-chase.livejournal.com]

[quiet for a moment]

My Dad got away.

[voice]

[yourunichase]

That's not what I asked.

[A paused and she audibly swallows.]

I wouldn't have shown up if Raines wasn't going to shoot my father. You know that, right? I didn't... try to screw this up.

[voice]

[i-run-you-chase.livejournal.com]

[and another long pause]

Do you think I blame you?

[voice]

[yourunichase]

Do you?