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

[not_the_dreck]

...when you put it like that, it doesn't really sound like you did anything wrong. Or at least, nothing that any other person would do for someone they cared for.

[cowboycop]

Reckon it's all in how ya word it. But the law's the law, pardner. Still against the law t'do what I done.

I'd like to think that, yeah.

[not_the_dreck]

Hn... well, you're still a decent person, that's what matters.

[cowboycop]

... well, thank ya kindly. I'm much obliged.

[That actually seemed to cheer Jake up just a little bit.]

Thankfully they didn't hold it against me when I applied here. So's I still get my dream job back regardless.

[not_the_dreck]

[Asch actually gave Jake a bit of a smile. Don't blink; they rarely happen.]

Just make sure you stay here, got it?

[cowboycop]

[He knows this, so Jake gives him a smile in return.]

Ain't plannin' on changin' a damn thing. I like it here, where I am now. No sense in changin' that if I don't gotta.