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Bella's mid-conversation with Jane when she cuts out.
[Jane?]
Jane... pretty much fails to exist.
[Jane.]
Nothing.
Bella goes to the Janepoint, and there's a message for her on the screen, something about lost ansible connection.
Well, shit.
[Queenie, Ghosty, Slipstick?]
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bellfounding
The laugh trails off into a chuckle. The person shakes his head.
"I did not want to," he says reasonably.
"I did not want to," he says reasonably.
bellfounding
Interesting voice. She must learn the name of his vocal coach.
"That's really interesting," says Bella, "do explain yourself."
"That's really interesting," says Bella, "do explain yourself."
Perhaps the voice and the mask have something to do with one another.
"My intention is not to destroy Gotham," he says, "but to free it."
That is almost but not quite true.
"My intention is not to destroy Gotham," he says, "but to free it."
That is almost but not quite true.
"Hmm?"
bellfounding
"Close, but no cigar. A-minus. I would like a true explanation."
"That was the truth," he says, and interestingly, he believes it.
bellfounding
"Wow, you have an interestingly twisty brain, don't you. At any rate. There will be no nuking, is that plain?"
"I have no nuke," he points out, gesturing to the rabbit.
bellfounding
"Yes, I know. I'd hate for you to waste your time retrieving another one." She wanders over to the anxious fellow. "Hello there, what are you doing here?"
The anxious fellow darts an anxious glance at the other man.
"I... am here to... explain," he says haltingly.
"I... am here to... explain," he says haltingly.
bellfounding
"Great," says Bella. "I am in search of an explanation. Please, showcase your talents."
"The thing I am here to explain," says the anxious fellow, "is now a rabbit."
bellfounding
"I already have an explanation for it being a rabbit. I'm looking for an explanation of why it was, previously, more threatening than a rabbit."
"He - he forced me to make it that way," the anxious fellow mutters. "Into a nuclear explosive device that only I could disarm."
The top hat falls off the rabbit's head. The rabbit sniffs it, nibbles it, then abandons it entirely.
The top hat falls off the rabbit's head. The rabbit sniffs it, nibbles it, then abandons it entirely.
bellfounding
"So you were not on board with this project, you were coerced?"
"That's right," he says. Truthfully.
He nods rapidly.
bellfounding
"Can do."
She teleports him home, presuming there's a unique location corresponding to "home", and then teleports back to the Interesting Voice Guy.
"Forcing people to arm nukes people isn't very nice," she says pleasantly.
She teleports him home, presuming there's a unique location corresponding to "home", and then teleports back to the Interesting Voice Guy.
"Forcing people to arm nukes people isn't very nice," she says pleasantly.
"I am not a nice person," says Interesting Voice Guy.
bellfounding
"Yeah, I'm getting that. If we hang out here till the cops show up, do you suppose they're going to be able to keep you in prison effectively?"
He laughs.
bellfounding
"I'm liable to take that as a no; do you want to find out what happens when I conclude that the answer to that question is no?"
He spreads his hands.
"I am but a man," he says. "The revolution does not need me."
(He only partly believes these things.)
"I am but a man," he says. "The revolution does not need me."
(He only partly believes these things.)