Follow the truth, follow the lies;

[idkmybffbloodwing]

CHARACTERS: Handsome Jack, Lilith, Mordecai, open!
LOCATION: The brig
WARNINGS: Language?
SUMMARY: Following the events of this log in which Jack appears and immediately has people trying to kill him until SEC throws them all in jail to separate them.
NOTES: Backdated to a couple days after the jump. Specify the character yours is visiting in the subject line.


Despite the efforts of the two Vault Hunters, Jack was not dead. Perhaps had they been more inclined to harm the security officers who had gotten in the way, the result would have been different, but they hadn't; instead, the three had been dragged off to the brig for a few days, and remarkably, nobody had been severely injured. They had been given cells that, while not immediately adjacent to each other, were still within earshot. This clearly would only be a temporary solution to stop their violence, but that, at least, was better than no solution at all.

Comments

mordecai technically but anyone can holler at her if they want

[tumbleweeds]

[ Jaye's beginning to find it sort of hilarious that she's had to visit several people down here. Most people would probably just lecture whoever they were visiting or consider making better friends, but Jaye just laughs herself silly in her room when she gets the news until she's calm enough to look after Mordecai's bird. The bloodwing is on her shoulder when she walks in, her invisible hellhound silently padding behind her; Tyke probably wouldn't like it much if she knew, but it's not like she's planning on setting the dog on anyone. ]

You know, I still haven't ended up in the brig. The fact that you're still all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and have is hilarious.

[idkmybffbloodwing]

Yeah, well. Apparently the "security" people aren't real big fans of someone tryin' to help them out.

[He looks up at her, and smiles a little at his bird.] It's a good thing he knows you pretty well by now, huh?

[tumbleweeds]

They're security, I don't think most of them are big fans of anything.

[ Faith not included, because Faith is her chickbro. ]

Definitely. We're buddies, aren't we? [ Just gonna pet the bird, both to prove her point and to console it since he can't go over to Mordecai. ]

[idkmybffbloodwing]

Eh, that's for sure. Not big fans of reason either. What're they saying we're in for?

[The bird fluffs his feathers out a little, evidently content for now at least.]

[tumbleweeds]

Fighting or something, I dunno. [ Jaye was busy laughing. ]

What'd you do?

[idkmybffbloodwing]

[Figures. He frowns, then nods his head in the direction of the hallway.]

There's a guy down there a little ways who calls himself Handsome Jack. Back on Pandora, he tried to kill just about everyone, an' profit off everyone else. He enslaved his own daughter, captured and tortured Lilith, murdered Roland, and... well. A lotta other stuff. Nearly ended up killing me, too. It took a lot of people to tear down his empire, but we did. Lil got revenge for all of us by meltin' his brains. So maybe you can see why, when he showed up here just this jump, we figured we oughta make him stay down.

Side commenting

[handsomejack]

[From his cell, Jack could hear almost every word of the conversation, lying in his cot. Arms folded under his head, he chuckled, closing his eyes.

Oh Mordecai. You bird-loving dumb ass. You and Lilith are going to make the "transition" here so. damn. easy.]

[tumbleweeds]

Well that's fucked up.

[ Yes Jaye... ]

Probably would've done the same thing, if I figured I had the fire power to pull it off.

[idkmybffbloodwing]

Exactly. Instead, we got dogpiled by a bunch of security officers. Guess next time we'll just have to keep things a little quieter.

[Because it was pretty obvious to him that there would be a next time, and a time after that if that's what it took, until Jack was dead and gone from the ship. Or thrown down one of those holes. Hiding a body would be the easiest part of the whole deal, really.]

[tumbleweeds]

Yeah. If you don't think you can pull if off without being interrupted... don't. People don't really like killing people. Hell, one guy shot some chick in the shoulder once because she'd aimed a gun at him and everyone got mad at him.

[ It had been a joke, but Jaye would have done the same thing to Wichita that Moran did. ]

He ended up down here for a bit, too.

[idkmybffbloodwing]

Moran? Yeah, he told me 'bout that. All I gotta say is those officers are just lucky I didn't consider them targets. They sure know how to make a situation more of a mess than it has to be.

[He shakes his head, then stretches a little, rolling his shoulders.]

You wanna go get a drink when I get outta here?

[Because there is so much more that Jack did to piss him off that he doesn't even want to talk about right now, mostly so Jack can't have the satisfaction of hearing how much it affected him. That, and alcohol makes it easier.]

[tumbleweeds]

[ Jaye's rather horribly pleased that they know each other and it shows in her quick smile. Most people don't like Moran, but she really can't figure out why. ]

Always do. You know where to find me -- and your bird here.

[idkmybffbloodwing]

That I do. An' much as that little brat drives me crazy sometimes, it'll be good to have him back.

Jack in his cell- OPEN

[handsomejack]

Talk about awkward. Being so close to the two people he wanted dead, and yet not close enough to do anything about it. The first couple of hours were awkward... Jack had to try hard to hold his tongue, and keep from incriminating himself. He had to play the game. Right now... it looked like both Lilith and Mordecai attacked Jack violently when all he wanted was to "turn a new leaf".

The master of manipulation had to get people on his side before he could kill them both. This was going to be tricky... and was going to take longer than he thought.

They took everything- his weapons, his shields and grenades. Thankfully, with some good acting and pleading, he was able to keep his watch and chain. It was a gift from someone special, he said. He couldn't bare parting with it... considering he had been pulled from everything he had known not just a few days ago.

He flipped his watch open and closed, open and closed...

While he couldn't see Lilith and Mordecai, he knew they could hear him. His silence must have been pretty damn unsettling, considering he wouldn't shut up in Pandora. He waited for one of them to start something. He was sure Lilith couldn't stay silent for long.

[supfirehawk]

Why no one would listen to the long list of crimes Jack had done, she didn't know. The bullshit about how past crimes didn't matter shouldn't apply to cases like these. The damn security team had two people to vouch for how terrible Jack had been and yet, they were throwing them all in the brig to cool off.

And on top of it all, Jack was playing innocent. It was tempting to phase out of the cell and just go strangle the bastard where he stood, but then the whole ship would be out to get her. Killing a psychopath should warrant a parade, but a witch hunt. She'd had enough of those in the couple of decades she'd been alive.

Frustrated, she balled her fists around the bars and leaned slightly against them. The silence was getting to her and Jack was right, she wouldn't be quiet for long. "Hey, have you done the ship a favor and killed yourself off yet?" she called out. It wasn't hard to figure out who that was directed to.

[handsomejack]

Jack perked up. Ohhh... her annoyance was music to his ears.

"Rude." A large grin settled on his face. "That's no way to start a conversation, Lilith. Now, I know it's hard for a psychopathic bitch like you to act civilized, but how 'bout you give it the 'ol college try? You killed me, remember? Since I'm feeling generous, I'll help you out." He cleared his throat. "Say, 'I'm sorry, Jack. I didn't mean to melt your face off.'"

There was a small chuckle afterwards. "Now, I'm not going to forgive you- that boat sailed when you and the alcoholic bird lover there tracked me down to kill me again- but an apology would be nice."

[supfirehawk]

It was hard not to let him rattle her, but he knew what buttons to hit. The day she apologized to him would be a cold day in hell. "Melting your face off was the best thing I could have done. I'd be more pissed you were here, but it gives me the chance to do it again."

[handsomejack]

"Man, that sounded nothing like 'I'm sorry'. You suck at this." Jack sounded offended, but he knew he was getting to her.

[supfirehawk]

"Spew out all the crap you want, Jack. You won't be able to for much longer."

[handsomejack]

"Oh, is it because you're going to kill me, Lilith? Is that it?" He leaned back against his cell wall, closing his eyes.

"You can try. Oh, boy can you. I don't doubt you will. But you're not going to get the chance, cupcake. I'm going to live a nice, long, healthy life... and there's absolutely nothing you and Bird Boy can do about it." Jack grinned. "I'm invincible. And you know, I could try to kill you and your buddy there before you get the chance to off me... but you know what? I'm going to pass," for now, "because every second I'm still breathing is a second you have to wrap your puny bandit mind around the fact that you didn't finish me off."

[supfirehawk]

That got him a laugh. "Really? And what do you have to go back to? We aren't going to be here forever. All you have left on Pandora is a failed empire and one second to contemplate your wasted life before I finish you off."

[handsomejack]

"That's there. I'm talking about here, fire crotch." Jack grunted. "You know, you kill it when I need to explain it to you. Goddamn idiot."

[supfirehawk]

"At least I use mine," she snapped. It wasn't the most eloquent or witty thing to say, but it had already come out of her mouth and she was going to roll with it. How had Moxxi even dated this guy? She doubted he got very far with her. "I don't even know why I'm bothering to talk to you."

[handsomejack]

At least she used hers? The hell? Jack blinked. What the hell was she talking about? Her crotch? ... Okay, we're back to awkward. He didn't want to think about her actually getting any. Disgusting. Roland's been in there. He assumed. Ugh. And now his mind trailed to that horrific image.

"Because you want to instill insecurity by spouting out empty threats? You know you can't do a goddamn thing, so this is the best you can do... and I've got to say, it's not very good. I'm not about to suggest Roland was any brighter, but Jesus, he liked 'em dumb."

[supfirehawk]

"You don't deserve to even say his name." There was a slight growl to her voice and she clenched the bars tighter before pushing away from them. "Do you just get off on tormenting people?"