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"Hey, this is Joker. Leave a message and I might get back to you. Unless you're trying to sell me something or I really just don't feel like talking to you-- in that case, take a hint and quit calling me."
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Date: 2012-11-13 04:04 am (UTC)Jeff.
Pick up.
Right now.
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Date: 2012-11-13 04:10 am (UTC)Uh, hey, Gunny.
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Date: 2012-11-13 04:13 am (UTC)[VIDEO]
Date: 2012-11-13 04:15 am (UTC)On the Thor.
I think.
[Wow yeah he's in so much shit right now, isn't he.]
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Date: 2012-11-13 04:19 am (UTC)[VIDEO]
Date: 2012-11-13 04:23 am (UTC)[beat]
Okay, maybe just a little.
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Date: 2012-11-13 04:25 am (UTC)Is someone coming to get you?
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Date: 2012-11-13 04:28 am (UTC)[Your bro and the rest of the crew probably could use an intervention. Welcome to the ship, Gunny.]
Yeah, Garrus's comin' down, mom. He'll make sure I'm home by curfew.
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Date: 2012-11-13 04:35 am (UTC)What's that supposed to mean? That I'm the only one here being a freaking adult?! Because I'm pretty sure that's not an insult to me, Jeff.
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Date: 2012-11-13 04:38 am (UTC)I'm pretty sure that the last time I checked, I don't have to run everything by you before I do it.
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Date: 2012-11-13 04:42 am (UTC)Oh, and that you could string two words together without sounding like you have a mouth full of stupid.
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Date: 2012-11-13 04:51 am (UTC)[Sorry, your brother is kind of an angry, drunk hobo.]
So don't even think that you've got th' right t' lecture me.
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Date: 2012-11-13 05:08 am (UTC)See, I thought you were my keeper since you're supposed to be the adult here.
You sure proved me wrong.
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Date: 2012-11-13 05:16 am (UTC)[VIDEO]
Date: 2012-11-13 05:25 am (UTC)[A pause. That... wasn't supposed to come out like that. Actually, that wasn't supposed to come out at all. Awkward.]
[But seeing as this is a sibling fight, she's going to stick to her guns.]
You're not Dad, and you never will be! He'd never do anything as stupid as you are, and... and he'd definitely never think I was a waste of time.
But if that's what you think? Then fine. Be that way. If you're wasting your time on me, then I'm wasting my time in making sure you don't wind up dead.
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Date: 2012-11-13 05:43 am (UTC)Yeah, I know I'm not Dad, and I'm sorry that I can't replace him, but he's dead. He's dead and I'm all you've got, and I don't really know what the hell I'm doing, so I'd appreciate it if you'd cut me a goddamn break!
So if you could maybe just quit riding my ass over a couple of drinks, I think that'd be real fucking great, because I've been able to keep myself alive just fine for the past few years without you hovering over me. Based on that evidence, I'm gonna say that I can keep it up just fine without you, too!
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Date: 2012-11-13 05:54 am (UTC)[Multiply that by about ten. Gunny's voice lowers, and it's a lot more controlled than just a few moments earlier. What comes OUT of her mouth however, is not]
You wanna know why Dad's not here right now?
It's because you and the Alliance didn't even try to protect any of us back on Tiptree. You forgot about him and me then, so I shouldn't be surprised that you're gonna back out now.
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Date: 2012-11-13 06:03 am (UTC)[He doesn't have anything to say. There just aren't any words for how close to home Gunny just hit, or how guilty it makes him.]
Hilary, I--
[He shuts his mouth.]
[And hangs up.]
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Date: 2012-11-13 08:31 pm (UTC)[Actually, no. Well, yes, but this is most definitely not how she wanted or expected their conversation to go. Yes, she was mad, yes she was worried, and yes, she wished her brother would come back to his normal goofy, yet reliable self, but with the combined stresses of the past few months piling onto her already taxed nerves, and Joker's own (very understandable, given his current condition and the events that led up to it) bottled up anger, it was only a matter of time before tensions came to a head.]
[Gunny spent her months on the Loki processing Tiptree and, as far as she knew at the time, coming to terms with it. What this heated exchange showed all too clearly, however, is that she wasn't nearly as over it as she'd hoped or thought. The look on Joker's face after she so thoroughly annihilated his heart with one well-placed verbal suckerpunch only proved further that, despite her father's final words and her own stubbornness against the notion, she still blamed her brother for failing to save the day, his apparent ignorance in the matter screaming to her that he didn't even know or care that Tiptree burned (despite how thoroughly opposite the truth was).]
[Her stomach and chest both twisted and clenched at the very thought. She didn't want or need a reason to resent Jeff, especially with how hard he tried to protect and take care of her now that the two wound up together again. Knowing her brother, and how much he really did care about his family and what he was willing to sacrifice for them, even the smallest amount of doubt was unwarranted. He deserved a chance, plain and simple, to explain what could very well be one giant, awful misunderstanding. His drinking. Tiptree. Everything. He needed her, but instead of providing that outlet Gunny just ruined any chance her brother had by letting her own animosity bubble over and drill into him in a moment of (albeit drunken) vulnerability]
[How could she face him after that? Would he even want to talk to her? Why should he, after what she'd said?]
[Maybe he really was better off without her]
[As these jumbled thoughts mull over through her mind, all Gunny can really do is stare at the blank screen]