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]

Go to hell, Jarod.

[voice]

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

Aren't we already there?

[voice]

[yourunichase]

[Have unexpected laughter.]

That's my line, god damn it.

[voice]

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

[surprised, but he's smiling now, rather than smirking]

Good to hear you laugh, Miss Parker. It's been a while.

[voice]

[yourunichase]

Yeah, well, I've had a long time away from you.

[voice]

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

I never asked, Miss Parker. Did you enjoy it?

[voice]

[yourunichase]

Bits of it.

[voice]

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

And would you go back? If you could?

[voice]

[yourunichase]

Apparently if I'm ever rehabilitated I'll have that option.

[voice]

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

But that doesn't answer my question. Would you want to?

I'm sure things wouldn't be the same without you.

[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.