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[idkmybffbloodwing]

CHARACTERS: Mordecai, Lilith, Jack, Raven, Edgeworth, Michelle, Soysauce
LOCATION: Lilith's room, then elsewhere
WARNINGS: Language, violence, idk
SUMMARY: Jump 14 brought in Handsome Jack. The Vault Hunters want him dead. Jack wants them dead. There might be a problem here.
NOTES: Backdated to shortly after the jump. See this OOC post if you wish to join in, particularly if your character is a member of SEC.

Jack.

Mordecai had never expected to see that masked bastard again. Not after everything he and Lilith and the others had all gone through to kill him. Sure, he'd heard of the dead turning up alive again onboard the Tranquility, but he hadn't exactly been prepared to see a post from Jack turn up on the network. And trying to play the role of the innocent victim, too - though he couldn't imagine many would fall for that.

Still, it wasn't all bad, Jack's appearance. The man was a tyrant, yes, and profited off the exploitation of Pandora, wanted its residents dead, and to top it off, had personally wronged Mordecai a few times too many. His having turned up here meant one thing, though. It gave him a chance to kill Jack himself. To seek his own revenge. Lilith had had her turn, and she'd deserved her moment of victory, and it was a shame it hadn't lasted. Mordecai would make it stick.

Neither he nor Lilith had replied to Jack's message, of course. Hopefully nobody would blow their cover while they scrambled to organize. He wasn't worried about giving him a fair fight, because Jack had lost that opportunity to play fair a long time ago. If he and Lilith could track him down and kill him before the asshole ever knew they were there, it was all the better.

Mordecai was alone, for the first time in a long time - his bird was too young and too inexperienced to be anything more than another tool for Jack to use against him. He wasn't going to let anything like that happen again. Rather than let the bird bore itself in his room and start shredding things, he'd dropped him off with Jaye before heading to Lilith's room. He tapped a brief knock at her door, and waited.

Comments

[jurisimpudent]

"Oh, yes, of course; we'll let you two go at once," Edgeworth said, frustration leading him so speak with caustic sarcasm. "Why, it's certainly not like you've done anything wrong. Only tried to murder one of your fellow passengers and assaulted security and offered no defense except that he's a megalomaniac and - what was your most salient point? - ah, yes, that he's a CEO."

He used his telekinesis to tug upwards on her wrists.

"Stand up. And a piece of advice: if you think this man is a monster, you're not going to convince anyone of that fact by acting more monstrous by far."

[darkholme]

Raven's here to help, she knows she's the "backup" in this situation, that she should just listen and wait and observe. But they're bickering, and the other security officers are having difficulty getting their two under control, and it's frustrating, okay? Her impatience knows no bounds. She's not huffing, exactly, but her hands move to her hips and it's taking a lot of control not to cut them off and wave her hands around like that would stop all the commotion.

"Look. All three of you are going to end up coming with us, one way or another. Shooting at us put you in the wrong just as much as that guy, as far as we see things. It makes you dangerous to the people on board. Which, in case you didn't realize, is our job to prevent. That's all we're doing, our jobs." Her eyes widen a little bit - see what I'm saying? "Maybe if you chill out and come with us, your friend will too, and we can focus on getting who you say is the real danger into custody. Can we do that?" Please>!?

[supfirehawk]

This was unbelievable. She had met some stupid people on Pandora before, but this was far beyond that. Her eyes narrowed at Edgeworth and Raven in turn and out of spite, she refused to get up.

"You really want me to play nice with the bastard that killed my boyfriend and stabbed me over and over again? I've already been here for a couple of months and this is the first time you've even noticed I was here." That alone should say she wasn't here to shoot at whoever. If she had wanted that, she would have gone on a shooting spree a long time ago out of boredom. "I already agreed to go with you, so let my wrists go."

[jurisimpudent]

Edgeworth scowled at her - and, peevishly, used his power to lift her to her feet. It was a mistake; to lift even so slender a woman was far and away more effort than simply holding her wrists, and he felt a sudden rush of dizziness as that single act drained his reserves immensely.

So he had to let her go. He didn't have the energy to do otherwise, and cursed his foolishness for acting so rashly and proudly and harming their ability to take her in. He did, however, have the energy to turn away, to hide from the woman his sudden pallor; Raven would see his face, maybe, but that was all right.

And, naturally, he had the energy for an acid comment. "First time we've noticed you because it's the first time you've acted criminally. Keep it up and we'll notice you more." And at least his voice sounded steady enough; hopefully she wouldn't be able to hear his sudden exhaustion in his voice.

[darkholme]

She does notice, of course she does. It's the same kind of exhausted look on her face she gets when she's used her abilities too much, too quickly. It's honestly a little bizarre, seeing it on Edgeworth's face, but not in a bad way, just unexpected. She can't help but worry a little bit, she gets it. It drains you fast, sometimes too quickly to just shake and back off from. But he seems alright, still talking at least, so there's that.

Raven takes a few steps back from the woman, looking down the hallway.

"Maybe we should help the others. We can all head down together."

Like civilized people, maybe?

[supfirehawk]

"About time," she said once he had finally let her go. She rubbed her wrists and glared back at Jack. "You'd both have an easier time if you'd just let us settle this our way."

[jurisimpudent]

Edgeworth's response was sharp and immediate.

"We don't do the things that are easy here; we do the things that are right."

He didn't look around at her as he began marching in the direction of the security office, knowing that if she saw his face and the weariness thereupon she might be encouraged enough to make a break for it.

"Now come along."