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[ghostlighter]

[Enter the Griever! As always, the blond hair, glowing red eyes and echo-y voice pretty much guarantee you won't recognize him as Chris. He appears with some momentum, and smacks into the wall of the ballroom. A hand is at his side, where some green blood seeps slowly through his fingers. He looks pretty incredulous.]

Who actually gives a little girl a sniper—?! [Realization dawns!] ...rifle. [He knocks his head back against the wall. Guess who just discovered his merge with Henrietta?] You've got to be kidding.

Comments

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Ah. You would k--um, I guess you wouldn't, would you.

[ghostlighter]

... I would just leave.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

...without finishing the mission?

[ghostlighter]

I'd take the ghost with me.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Well, what if the ghost didn't come?

[ghostlighter]

I would make it.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

...that's not a logical assumption to make, though. That you'd be able to make it leave with you.

[ghostlighter]

Then I guess whoever was around would either run away or just have to watch until I could catch the ghost.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[....this... does not compute.]

You kill witnesses, though. [That's just what you do.]

[ghostlighter]

... No, you don't.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[...] But you do.

[ghostlighter]

They're the innocents. I wouldn't kill them.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

They're witnesses. You... have to.

[ghostlighter]

They're innocents. They can't help they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

No, but that doesn't matter.

[ghostlighter]

Why not? It's not their fault. If you're not doing what you're doing to keep them safe in the long run, why are you doing it?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[....buh?] Long run?

[ghostlighter]

Yeah. Once, I think you told me that your jobs have you putting down bad people, right? But if you're not doing it to protect those who need it, and kill any possible witnesses... what are you doing?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Processing error, please wait]

I'm doing what I'm supposed to.

[ghostlighter]

Right. But... do you realize what the effects are?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

No... that doesn't matter. I do what I'm supposed to.

[ghostlighter]

And there's nothing I can do to make you think otherwise, is there?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Guhwhat?] Think otherwise? Why... I don't understand. I do what I'm supposed to, and that means I'm doing what's right.

[ghostlighter]

No, it doesn't.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

First signore Crowley wanted me to think otherwise about telling signore Jose things, and now you want me to think otherwise about killing witnesses. Why? I don't understand.