01 | [Voice/Action]

[cop_an_attitude]

[For a moment, nothing happens. The camera is focused on a patch of grass. There are rustling sounds and a woman's voice mutters indistinguishably to herself, and eventually the journal is righted so that the camera focuses on Sally's face. There is a leaf in her hair. She does not look happy.]

Right, I think I've worked out what this thing does, and I just want to say that if this is someone's idea of a joke, I'm not laughing. See this? [She lifts up a police badge containing her ID.] This is a police badge. It's my police badge, yeah? It says I'm Sergeant Sally Donovan of London PD, which means that when I find out who's responsible for this, for...this [She gestures down the length of her body, at the dress that isn't hers] and for this [She turns the journal to take in the unfamiliar surroundings] and I don't even know how to start about this [She jerks her thumb over her shoulder at the pair of dark brown wings that definitely aren't supposed to be there] that person or persons are in a world of trouble.

My advice to you, whoever you are, is to come forward immediately. That's less trouble on my part and a lighter sentence for you, so it's in everyone's best interest. Do not make me find you.

[Sally fumes silently for a moment, and when she decides her point has been made, the recording ends.]

Comments

Re: voice;

[cop_an_attitude]

[She takes a pretty grim view on all this, but she's decided to look on the bright side.] If nothing else, they've built up a lot to convict them on.

[Video]

[greatinspector]

Yea, lotsa times. I even have a small apartment there, not far from the Japanese Embassy. Nice place, business takes me there a lot.

[Voice]

[justicereigns]

There are upsides as well.

Calmed down I see?

Re: [Video]

[cop_an_attitude]

Really? That's good. London's a nice town, or so I hear from people who don't have to clean it up.

Re: [Voice]

[cop_an_attitude]

Yeah, fine now. [She bristles a little at the implication that she was out of hand in some way, but remains civil.] Sorry, who are you?

Re: [Voice]

[justicereigns]

Vice Admiral Smoker.

voice;

[consultsdetective]

And cheers to that. Seems like criminals just get less careful as time goes by.

[magentarific]

No fair cutting in line, you know.

[voice]

[nobodyspoke]

Did my lack of enthusiasm give it away or does the charm of the place wear off that quickly now?

[Video]

[greatinspector]

Well, its not Tokyo, but for a place in Europe? Yea, its pretty great.

How long you been on the force?

Re: [voice]

[thedicearecast]

Unfortunately. The people around here are pretty good in general though.

[Speaking of that company.]

Do you want me to try and explain anything else? There's a lot to take in, but it's not like you don't have time.

[flickerflash]

They've been here with me since the very beginning. We live on the beach together.

[Hmm.] Are you going to try and get home?

[cop_an_attitude]

The beach, eh? That must be fun. Do your parents have journals too?

Yeah, I am. Important police work to do, and someone's going to have to feed my fish.

Re: [voice]

[cop_an_attitude]

They all seem that way. So far.

Ah - no thanks, not now anyway. [Still getting used to everyone being helpful.] Nice of you to offer.

Re: [Video]

[cop_an_attitude]

I've never been to Tokyo. Suppose being with Interpol lends itself to a lot more travel.

Almost ten years.

Re: [voice]

[cop_an_attitude]

Oh, it has charm in spades...depending on how you define "charm".

And maybe on how you define "spades".

[cop_an_attitude]

Sorry, what?

[magentarific]

Just because you're a cop doesn't mean you get to cut in line for who gets to kick the ass of the person in charge here. You know, unless you decide to work with some people who are all trying to get out.

Re: voice;

[cop_an_attitude]

That or we're getting too quick for them, sir.

Re: [Voice]

[cop_an_attitude]

Navy?

[cop_an_attitude]

Ahh. You've got a point. [Yeah, she likes this one.] I'll take the working together option.

[magentarific]

That makes introducing the SSS a lot easier. Don't ask what SSS stands for, it's a reused name because we haven't come up with a new one and it seems like the name is just weirding people out and meaning I have to answer like five bonus questions so let me just explain!

The SSS is a group of people dedicated to taking down the Malnosso, AKA the guys who act like they're in charge and kidnap-slash-experiment on people while claiming it's to get us out but none of the things that they experiment with seem to have anything to do with that at all, and getting the people who want or need to get back home out of here. Anyone who wants to stay can stay, so we're going to have to find a way to do it without totally wrecking this place. It's complicated and it may take a long time, but time doesn't pass back home and some of us are already dead anyway.

[cop_an_attitude]

[After taking that all in for a moment...]

Do you accept recruits?

Re: [Voice]

[justicereigns]

Marines, but close enough. In my world they're the same thing.

[magentarific]

We do! We just finished scouting out an area for headquarters, since we are pretty new but I promise you the leader has plenty of experience.

I'm a little older than I look, too, since I've been dead for a while. Lost count of how long it was though, so I can't give you an actual technical age.