patheticvillain | nine ➢ filter + private

video | 1 friendly conversation filter, sans chris + cass

[Cassel chooses the video option deliberately, as well as the angle: dead on his face with a view of his shoulders and the top half of his torso. His face and posture bleed honesty tinged with regret - a little confusion, too. The confusion's the only part of this that's true, and his anger, frustration, resentment are well-hidden. That's why he's excluded Cass, because she could call him on this in an instant. Chris is out because he doesn't lie to Chris. Everyone else is fair game.]

[He takes a half-breath before he starts, looking at the camera, off to the side - guilt, shame.]

I shouldn't have done that. [Lie.] If I worried you, I'm sorry. [Half-truth, and a self-deprecating smile.] I'm not great at, uh, planning, I guess.

I know there's no way I can make up for worrying everyone, but if it's any consolation I feel like a total ass. Lesson learned, scout's honor, not happening again. [Smile evolved into smirk! Still self-deprecating, though.] I'm also considering putting up a suggestion box. "Shit Cassel should never do" for Barge input.

[And then he gets quiet, tilts his head a little sadly at the camera. Sincere regret, only not.] Seriously. Don't worry about me. And don't take it out on him.

private/video | zane

[Mask down: Cassel is pissed. Royally. About as angry as most people have probably ever seen him. Definitely angry enough to blatantly ignore the previous lie he told, that he didn't trust Zane - he does, and they're clearly the only two people here who have any clue what happened.]

[Again: video, same frame, but Cassel's not looking at the camera; too busy fuming.]

People get in your personal business here. [It looks like that's all he's going to say on that subject, but then a half-shrug:] Are you out of Zero yet?

[The rest is sent as text, more information than he has ever in his life given one person at once, but he's been watching. Zane understands him, he thinks, at least in part, certainly better than most other people do, and he's been inconvenienced by idiots like Rorschach with no intention of even attempting understanding. It's owed. That, and he needs it known, comprehensively, by somebody who understands what it's like to be manipulated.]

I think you like to know things, so here's some info. You chew screws, I wear gloves, because back home everybody wears gloves. It's how we stay safe. Work comes from hands and work can kill you or ruin your life. It can make you forget. That's why if you ever touch me [by which he means bare skin, the punching was fine really] with bare hands again I'll bite your fingers off. Nothing personal, that's just how it is.

Watch out for Barron Sharpe and Touko Fukawa.

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Good place to put one.

Not usually between brothers.

We're closer than most.

[Not a trace of sarcasm.]

You were ready to jump out a window to find him.

[He understands this NOT AT ALL.]

He's my brother. You have to love your brother. That's just how it works.

Not when he betrays you.

Even then. We're brothers. We love each other. That's how it's supposed to be.

Not when he betrays you. [jfc if he ever met Mrs. Sharpe...]

Saying it louder doesn't make it any more true.

Denying it doesn't make it false.

You don't know my family.

Doesn't make a difference.

Since when am I your problem anyway?

[Since you started talking to Vesper. Since you tried to kill yourself. Since he started training in the gym.

These are all things he refuses to acknowledge for longer than a standard heartbeat.]

Didn't realize I was a warden. [He's not entirely sure why he didn't just say, 'you aren't.']

[The lack of denial, that - gives him pause. When he speaks next, he speaks very carefully.]

No. You're not.

Glad we've cleared that up.

Which means I'm not your problem.

You've got to be someone's.

I'm my own.

How's that worked for you?

Better than relying on anybody else.

I thought that, once.

Riveting.

[EYE ROLL.] Cut the shit. You don't want to talk about your psychotic dedication to a brother that's betrayed you, that's fine - I don't care. But I don't have the patience for the 'teenage rebel' card.

Then you should probably stop talking to me, because that's all I've got in here.

Duly noted. [And he's done, he's hit his limit, but--]

You don't have to give her up. [He's already reaching for his communicator, getting ready to shut it.] Find a way to make it work, if you care enough.

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