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victory_road2016-08-08 03:30 am
secondhandsome) wrote in victory_road2016-08-08 03:30 am
001 ♟ audio/video
[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.
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.
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Your name's Jack? Right. Doesn't make you Handsome Jack though. He's another guy already here.
[Right? Unless, this guy wanted to be Handsome Jack? Was he really that important for people to want to be him? Jesus. Snake just grunted in amusement at this guy.]
It's not weird. Just confusing. What's the law got to do with you wanting to be Handsome Jack?
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I'm under contract. And my contract says I go by whatever Jack goes by.
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He made you use his name? Why?
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I'm his body double. That's why.
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You're like an insurance policy for Jack? The guy's told me he's loaded back home on Pandora. You protect him or just stand in for him when the shit gets real?
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Well, I needed the money, so I didn't question it all that much.
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You're not the only one being a body double. I was made into a man whilst being in a nine year coma.
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Which is... super fucked up.
[Not that Tim got to consent himself either, they just kinda told him he did.]
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[Seriously fucked up. Snake's life is one big fuck up. He was forced to become another man, hypnotised with the other man's memories and only recently old that he was a body double. That was by his closest friend, Kaz.]
I only knew I was a copy last month when my friend told me. Right here. My life wasn't even my own since I woke up from my coma.
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[So that's... one hell of a thing. He can't even imagine if his situation had gone that far. Jesus Christ, that's horrible.]
That's... wow. I'm sorry, that really sucks. Which is a massive understatement, I realize, but... yeah. Goddamn.
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I was a pawn in a wider game. The guy, Big Boss, he had his reasons for doing this to me. The real guy who did this was called Zero. A real bastard. It was his doing and played us all in his sick game.
[Fucking sick bastard.]
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But at least you're away from all that here, right?
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[He couldn't even move a damn muscle. Damn Zero and his selfish plan.]
Yeah. I'm going to be the man I believe I should be, not what people want me to be.
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[Maybe he's a broken record, but whatever. He can relate to not having a choice, but this is like a million times worse.]
That's... Yeah. Yeah, that's a good way to go. Just... choosing for yourself who you are.
Ha, that sounds pretty nice...
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[After hearing the Truth and holing up in a dark cave for most of the day.]
Just...don't go telling everyone I'm a double. I'll do the same for you. [Discretion, right? The guy deserved his dignity and Snake was about to give him that.]
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