Feather 17 [Video]

[usedfeatherdance]

[ The video clicks on to a view of the ceiling in one of the rooms of the Blackthorn Inn. The fan is slowly circling, and the only other thing visible in the frame is an arm reaching straight up from slightly off screen, holding up a Rising Badge. ]

We've already figured out that collecting a whole set of badges doesn't actually get you anything of value, right? Or did that finally change while I wasn't looking?

[ Joshua sighs, and the arm lowers out of the feed. There's the sound of it hitting the bed, and the camera shakes just the slightest. ]

You'd think that after I spent this long collecting them, I'd feel prouder at finally winning the last one. Mmm, perhaps this isn't really for me after all.

[ After a pause, he giggles. Then he rolls over and leans over the Gear, his face finally entering the camera's view. ]

How about this? Tell me about the worst thing that happened to you at home that you're still willing to talk about. Even if it doesn't seem to compare to what others have been through. Tragedy is quite relative, after all.

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[text]

[usedfeatherdance]

And did that make it easier or harder?

[text]

[explosivecombat]

It made it more interesting.

[text]

[usedfeatherdance]

Not one to speak in terms of difficulty?

Are you so important to the government that the sabotage was deliberate, or were you simply a target of convenience?

[text]

[explosivecombat]

Not one to have the difficulty of my mission influenced by whether I've seen my mark's face or not.

I wouldn't call it sabotage, per se - I was trying to apprehend the man at the time, after all, and I would have been more surprised if he hadn't tried to strike back at me. At the same time, he would have gone after me eventually; he was specifically targeting people like me and killing them. So he would have come for me eventually, I'm sure.

[text]

[usedfeatherdance]

I was referring more to the snipers in particular.

[text]

[explosivecombat]

I actually have no idea what that one was, other than incredibly stupid on the organizer's part. I'm fairly expendable and I'm sure they knew it; if they were trying to destroy someone important they were aiming at the wrong target - all killing me would have done was brought attention to their little rebellion.

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[usedfeatherdance]

Maybe it's a compliment. They thought you were dangerous enough to their movement that you had to be dispatched while awareness was still low.