6th Standoff ☆ Voice

[cowboycop]

(( ooc: Forward-dated to about 7PM, action opportunity for housemates. ))

Got a question fer all y'all. You ever... wish you could change somethin'? Y'ever had one of those moments when you just... wish you could go back'n... fix it all?

[A pause, as he seems to tap his foot down. His spur jingles in time, so one can only assume.]

... though I figger that here, it'd be goin' forward an' fixin' it. Three years ago fer me, three years ahead fer Siren's Port, I reckon... [One could probably hear a faint sigh if they tried. This is hard for him to admit, even bring up again.] ... a man named Neil Marshall was killed. Man I loved like a brother, 'cause... he was my brother. An' no matter how long ago it's been, I keep wonderin'... maybe I coulda... done somethin' different. Maybe I coulda jus' stayed behind a bit longer. I dunno.

... so how do y'all keep it from gettin' to ya? Even I'll admit I ain't got a clue. Guess that's my real question I should be askin'. Jus' lemme know. I'll... I'll get back to ya.

[He tries to turn off the voice, but just before, in a quiet voice that was meant to be just for himself:]

Dammit, Marshall, keep it together...

Comments

[madeinoblivion]

Do you think people like The Joker ever reconsider?

[cowboycop]

Him? He's another case entirely. I've never been involved with a case of his, but... most I can figure is he ain't a man, not in the sense we know. He's a genuine psychopath. Men like that ain't able to b helped.

Naw, I'm talkin' kids, small time crooks. They got more to worry about than wastin' their life away in prison.

[madeinoblivion]

How do you know when someone's so bad they can't be helped?

[cowboycop]

I reckon it's just the remorse they ain't showin' fer their crimes. Killin's one thing, but killin' with a smile on yer face, that's another matter entirely.

[madeinoblivion]

There's definitely darkness in his heart, I think.... I've never really been close enough to ever tell.

[cowboycop]

It's a good thing you ain't been, and see to it ya don't. He's more dangerous than a rampaging bull at a rodeo. I know you're prob'ly stronger than I ever could be, but he's taken down a lot of strong folk. Don't wanna see yer name up on that list.

[madeinoblivion]

I won't. I've got good friends to keep an eye on my back.

[cowboycop]

Glad t'know it, kid. I'll be holdin' ya to that, y'hear?