Video/Audio | Day 82

[superskelton]

[Video]

[Someone isn't exactly used to the wrist communicator just yet. As is probably pretty evident when the video kicks in mid sentence.]

--oody thing. [He looks pretty pleased at succeeding in making it do something. Unfortunately that wasn't quite what he was intending and that look is quickly replaced by confusion.] Wait, is that a video?

[He taps it, interest momentarily overriding his annoyance with it. He spends a few moments turning the video off and on again, obviously impressed despite his situation. This is repeated about five times before the video is turned off and stays off completely. Instead he switches it to audio.]

[Audio]

This is DC Skelton. I dunno if you can hear this, or I'm just standing here looking like a tosser. Just to let you know I got your message. I don't really want to stay here. If you could sort something out to get me home... proper home... that'd be a good idea. The charges for kidnapping a police officer are probably pretty high, so it's in your best interests to let me go now so's you won't be in so much trouble. I mean, you'll still be arrested, but if you let me go sooner they might be a bit more lenient with you. Possibly. If you get a judge that's soft enough.

[There's an awkward, drawn out pause.]

...so, I'll leave you to think about it. Ta.

Comments

[superskelton]

Yeah. I sort of noticed that.

[hung_garian]

Very astute of you, constable. Your precint must be proud.

[superskelton]

It wasn't exactly difficult to notice. Stuff carries over, though. Just because you commit a crime in one area, it don't mean they can't do nothing about it in another. Otherwise you'd just get people committing crimes all over the place, then fleeing over to the next county.

[hung_garian]

Well, lucky for you, there's no flee the county option in this place. You're stuck here same as the rest of us.

[superskelton]

I don't see why, though. It's not an island. Is it?

[Clearly no one ever told him what a cape is.]

[hung_garian]

Might as well be. Try leaving if you want - let me know how it goes for you, but I don't see it working out.

[superskelton]

I might just do that. They can't be watching all the exits, can they?

[hung_garian]

All what exits?

[superskelton]

You know. Roads and that. Even if they've got those covered, there's no way they've got everything off road covered.

[hung_garian]

Y'know, if it weren't for the minor fact that there's a giant invisible barrier surrounding this place and cutting off any exit either on or off road, you might be onto something there.