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[secondhandsome]

[There's no video for this broadcast, just audio. Well. There's background noise, anyway, for a few seconds. Then someone awkwardly clears his throat.]

Um, is this... working? [Huh, funny. Isn't that voice familiar? The tone's a little off, but the sound of it's definitely the same as that Jack guy, right?] How... How do I know if it's...

Oh! Wait, the light's on, that probably means people are listening and... hearing me talk to myself... like an idiot. Great. Cool.

[...He quickly clears his throat. Right, yeah, let's not keep talking to himself like a moron, that's no way to make a first impression.]

I mean. Hello there, youuuuu, ah, lovely... people. Oh god, that was terrible. This is... Jack. Handsome Jack. That's... me. In the flesh. I mean, not that you can see that, but--

Just. Just got a quick question. I... These Pokémon things, they're supposed to be like... animals, right? Um. I'm just gonna turn on the video for this, one sec... [And then the video feed clicks on, showing off one very excited Ditto, smiling right at the camera.] So... Seriously, what the hell is up with this thing? This is just... I don't even know. Someone used some jello for a science class and something went wrong or whatever? It's kinda freaking me out a little...

[The Ditto doesn't seem bothered being talked about like this, still looking as happy as can be.]

I... don't really know what to do with it. Do I like... feed it? Does it eat? It doesn't look like it eats, but... don't wanna kill it by mistake.

Comments

[kissmyaspis]

[Athena just makes an mmm noise in response; it's unclear whether it's positive or negative. She's still not really used to talking about her feelings and her relationships, so she's just. Going to end it there. At least they got pretty far, right?]

Exactly. Jack doesn't scare me, and I'm sure as hell confident I can fight off anything he throws at me or any of us, but that doesn't exactly change the fact that I don't want him anywhere near her.

[Or knowing just how close she and Athena are. Because once Jack has his meltdown - and she can tell it's coming - he's going to get desperate to get at them. Athena's already had one loved one used against her in a horrible way. There's no way she's going to let Janey end up like Jess. Hell no.]

[secondhandsome]

Makes sense. And I get it, really. Not that it seems there's any way to control who ends up here, but you don't want her involved with that.

Still, she's tough, so... If she does end up here, it's gonna be fine. And hey, worst case scenario, it's uh... it's a big place and Jack can't be everywhere, right?

[That was supposed to be encouraging, but he kind of failed at the end there. But uh... he's trying?]

[kissmyaspis]

Hell yeah she is. [Is that pride in Athena's voice? You bet your sweet ass it is.] So tough that she helped take on a Vault Guardian when some companions of mine came calling for aid.

[Honestly, if she hadn't been completely in love with Janey before then... yeah. That would've done it.]

But you're right. As long as we're vigilant when we pass through the city he's holed up in, nothing will go wrong.