That is not so surprising. Epps really does not like conflict. [And he isn't sure how much Zell knows about Angel's own mixed feelings about her father. That she insisted that he not be harmed.]
Do you have any reason to suspect what Jack is saying?
A friend told me he's not to be trusted. [There is a pause as he thinks about what the doctor said yesterday. From his interactions with Beckett so far, he knows he's going to have to lay down the facts.]
And that's he's probably a shitty dad. [Zell sounds pretty frustrated when he says this. Reeling in his emotions a bit before he continues-] He also didn't seem that concerned when he was responding to Al's post the night they were separated.
I agree. But should he not be trusted about this? [Beckett is the first to consider paranoia justified in most cases, but he is not sure he likes where the implications of this are going.
Other people's lives. Bloody hell.]
This was after lockdown. He would not be the first to try to take his mind off a problem he can do nothing about. I hardly disagree with your judgement of his character, but I don't think he ever actively meant Angel any harm.
My friend said not to trust him and I trust her. When I was in the group, she was the closest one to Angel besides Rhys. She's also really smart. If she doesn't like someone then it's definitely for a good reason.
[Beckett might hear his sneakers on the wood floor as he shifts from foot to foot.]
He could, but then we don't really know what kind of person he is. I still don't like that we haven't heard from Rhys or Angel yet. Think they both happened to break their tablets? [Or both got eaten... yeesh.]
[By contrast, Beckett's thoughtful silence is very much that - silence, stillness. Worry battling aversion to... everything about this.]
Call me a pessimist, but such disappearances do have a very easy explanation.
[His voice is flat, detached. He doesn't know if Zell, or anyone really, knows how much he cares for Angel. He would honestly prefer to keep it that way.]
Yeah, which is why I'm checking with people first. Man, I HOPE they didn't die...[Seriously, they already had spiders playing operation. They do not need to wake up in a body bag on top of that... if they even wake up.]
Look, I'm only talking to you because she thinks you're really great. [And not a creepy blood-sucker like everyone else thinks.]
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Date: 2015-12-10 02:46 pm (UTC)Nothing since what Handsome Jack posted. No response to my messages to either of them. Is there still no word?
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Date: 2015-12-10 07:34 pm (UTC)Nah, haven't heard anything at all. Asked around yesterday and no one heard anything. On top of that, frickin' Clayton is taking that loser's word.
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Date: 2015-12-10 10:44 pm (UTC)Do you have any reason to suspect what Jack is saying?
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Date: 2015-12-10 10:57 pm (UTC)And that's he's probably a shitty dad. [Zell sounds pretty frustrated when he says this. Reeling in his emotions a bit before he continues-] He also didn't seem that concerned when he was responding to Al's post the night they were separated.
[Sending him a link]
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Date: 2015-12-10 11:16 pm (UTC)Other people's lives. Bloody hell.]
This was after lockdown. He would not be the first to try to take his mind off a problem he can do nothing about. I hardly disagree with your judgement of his character, but I don't think he ever actively meant Angel any harm.
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Date: 2015-12-10 11:44 pm (UTC)[Beckett might hear his sneakers on the wood floor as he shifts from foot to foot.]
He could, but then we don't really know what kind of person he is. I still don't like that we haven't heard from Rhys or Angel yet. Think they both happened to break their tablets? [Or both got eaten... yeesh.]
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Date: 2015-12-13 11:42 pm (UTC)Call me a pessimist, but such disappearances do have a very easy explanation.
[His voice is flat, detached. He doesn't know if Zell, or anyone really, knows how much he cares for Angel. He would honestly prefer to keep it that way.]
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Date: 2015-12-14 11:22 pm (UTC)Yeah, which is why I'm checking with people first. Man, I HOPE they didn't die...[Seriously, they already had spiders playing operation. They do not need to wake up in a body bag on top of that... if they even wake up.]
Look, I'm only talking to you because she thinks you're really great. [And not a creepy blood-sucker like everyone else thinks.]
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Date: 2015-12-15 05:06 pm (UTC)[You should try this resignation thing, Zell. It's good for you. It beats worry.]
And she does not, apparently, think I'm great enough to respond to just at the moment.
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Date: 2015-12-15 07:34 pm (UTC)Don't take it personally, man. She hasn't been responding to anyone.
[Not even going to touch the obits part.]
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Date: 2015-12-18 03:40 pm (UTC)But I do hope that, if she is hiding from Jack, she is not feeling as though contact with anyone else could be dangerous.