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un: hjack420blayz, strikethroughs got typed up and deleted bc he's nice like that

[hjack69]

Tim. Couple things I wanted to talk to you about man-to-man.

[ oh god ]

As far as everyone else knows, Angel is my assistant. Since you'll be spending a lot of time around her, you should know that she's also my daughter. My pride and joy. The single most precious thing to me in any and every single universe.

Since you are worthless are basically worthless can't exactly fulfill your old role anymore, I want you to to function as her personal bodyguard. She's not hard to keep up with - mostly keeps to herself, almost never causes trouble. You'll watch over her when I'm gone and ensure she's cared for until I come back. Protect her with your life and I'll make sure yours is very, very comfortable.

You've always wanted to stay out of the field, right? Be comfortable and safe?

[ He fully intends to twist Tim's arm into helping him shoot/kill stuff anyway, because he's Jack, but it sure sounds nice, doesn't it? ]

that username is a work of douchey art. also un: mrhandsome69

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Yeah, I can do that. It can't be any harder than Elpis, right? And I could get used to not getting shot at.

[Too bad he doesn't really believe that whole comfortable and safe bit. It'd be nice, but Jack would never let him just sit around when there's stuff to kill.]

Do you know if I should keep an eye out for anybody? There were a couple of people that I ran into who recognized me and were. Hostile? Yeah let's say hostile. Do they know about Angel?

i'm glad, i worked so hard to make it as dbaggy as possible

[hjack69]

Cripes, yeah. You never met those other Vault Hunter assholes, did you? The anime reject ninja made out of overcooked linguini? The blue-haired Siren bitch? Haven't seen any of the others around yet, but god knows they'll probably show up to be a great big thorn in my ass. They're a commando douche, a tiny Truxican cannibal with rage inverse to his size annnnd I dunno, I forget the rest.

And it depends on when they're from, but yeah, they eventually found out about her. They're the ones that killed her.

[ SORRY BOUT THAT MINEFIELD, BUD. ]

Obviously, no one can know she's my daughter. She's less of a target if everyone thinks she's just my assistant.

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Is one of them a psycho with like a 16-pack? He called me a jackhole and said he wanted to peel off my face or something but I'm not sure if that's referencing you or just regular bandit-brand crazy.

[So many people who all want to punch Tim's douchey face. It's like the shittiest Christmas ever.]

Yeah I'll keep up the assistant story, I just want a heads-up if we know who the biggest threats are going to be. It'll be easier to keep her safe if I know who might want to hurt her.

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[hjack69]

oh jesus are you fuvKIGN/

[ ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS W THIS KRIEG BULLSHIT ]

[hjack69]

YES him too, fuck. Does he know I'm here?

Nevermind, not important. The important part is that all of them are threats and that all of them talked her into suicide and that if they hurt her again, I'm killing all of you.

And don't let her talk to any guys either. It wasn't exactly an issue before, but the last thing I need to worry about is her getting creeped on by every swinging dick in town. She's naive, she doesn't know any better.

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No vault hunters, no creepers, got it.

[He wants to ask more about what happened-- why would a bunch of bandits and vault hunters try to convince Angel to kill herself? That's a roundabout way of killing her, if that was the goal-- but that seems tactless. Too probing. Too likely to piss Jack off.]

She'll be safe, I'll make sure of it. And if it helps, I don't think the psycho knows about you. I didn't tell him, anyway.

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[hjack69]

Good. I talked the Siren and the ninja loser into not trying to blow my face off, but all bets are off when it comes to psychos, so... yeah, keeping my distance.

You know, Tim, I don't think I've ever told you this, but you're reliable. I really appreciate that.

[hjack69]

[ Wow that was almost something kind to say!

He'd better follow it up with something awful. ]

Right - me, Rhys, you + strippers + crazy alien coke. Tonight.

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[Oh, hey, that's probably the nicest thing that Jack's ever said to him? He's actually kind of touched--]

[Oh, wait. Never mind, Tim's over it.]

wait what

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Are you in your alone room right now?

[r3f4c70r3d]

...that sounded more ominous than I intended.

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Yeah, I'm here.

Is something wrong? Did something happen? Are you okay?

[r3f4c70r3d]

[ She doesn't reply (which might make things even more ominous oops??? Her hands are kinda full right now.) but a minute or so later there's a light knock at his door. ]

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[Oh, good, Tim's just going to worry and stare at his phone for that minute or two, waiting for her to reply until the knock startles him.]

[He goes to the door quickly, and Angel can probably hear the thump from when he accidentally hits his shoulder into a corner on the way there. He throws open the door.]

Are you okay?

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[ Angel, observant as ever, notices Tim's frazzled state and begins to worry herself. ]

I- yes? Are you?

[ In her hands is a medium sized basket with a warm looking wool blanket draped over the top, and though it looks light enough to be held one handed Angel carries it carefully with both. ]

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I... yeah? I think so? I just thought...

[Okay, so this was a false alarm? Angel looks okay. She doesn't seem upset or anything.]

...What's that? [The basket, he means.] Oh, sorry, do you want to come in?

[r3f4c70r3d]

[ Her brow furrows a little, the immediate thought being that Jack had done something again. But like her, Tim seems ok.

She gives him a curt nod to his invitation ]

I hope I didn't come at a bad time.

[ And then the basket makes a noise: a little rustling and a small high pitched mew. ]

text: SUBJECT: IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT

[r3f4c70r3d]

[ It was one thing for Jack to go a day without checking in. That occasionally happened back home, he'd get so caught up in his work or decimating settlements that he would forget to touch base. The moment of peace was always welcome.
But 2 days? Especially in this place, with its lack of distraction and Jack's heightened paranoia around her being out and about? That was unheard of.

She leaves checking his cryo-chamber for last, she doesn't want to get her hopes up, but when she finally ports up, retraces familiar steps back to his pod, there he is. Asleep like he never woke up.

There are several people who need to be informed of this good news, but one person who needs to know first. She messages Tim.


The body of the message isn't even words, just a picture of Jack re-popcicled. ]

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holy shit

ding dong the witch is dead

okay so like morbid question here for a second

are the pods bulletproof??

[r3f4c70r3d]

Unfortunately. As far as I know, those sleeping cannot be harmed, though I did not try bullets, personally.


[ She'd been searching since day one for a way to make sure Jack would never wake up. If it was a possibility, she would have found it a long time ago and avoided all this hassle. ]

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it's worth a shot, right?

[A little bit later, Tim arrives at the pods. He has a gun.]

Oh! Um. Hi. [He's just here to see your dad with a gun, nothing strange here. Absolutely nothing to worry about.] I didn't think you'd still be up here.

[r3f4c70r3d]

[ She didn't either, the truth being that she had kind of zoned out. Caught up in thoughts about how she was both simultaneously relieved Jack was back asleep, and angry that she had missed her chance to take him down, or at least attempt it. But...when she looks down and see's that Tim has brought his gun, she realizes he really does still want to try. ]

I was about to leave.

[ Her brow furrows as she eyes the weapon in his hand. Much as she hates to deny Tim the chance, she knows from observing others speak about it that harming those who are asleep is impossible and at worst could get Tim in some trouble himself. ]

We both should, he doesn't deserve visitors.

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[He doesn't exactly want to shoot Jack, like, while Angel's right there. Aside from the fact that it could be dangerous if the bullet ricochets, it's also... still trying to shoot her dad? Yeah, he's an ass and a terrible person, but it's probably still not fun to watch someone attempt to murder the guy who raised you.]

'Visitor' is probably a strong word?

[Potential murderer? This would probably count as attempted murder. He would be discharging a firearm with the reasonable assumption of bodily harm, yeah, this is attempted murder.]

I don't want to hold you up if you've got things to do. A lot of our time just freed up, right?

[No horrible asshole to run interference for!]

[r3f4c70r3d]

[It'd probably be pretty traumatizing but who knows, maybe it'd be cathartic too. One problem]

Tim, do you not think I looked in to killing Jack before he woke the first time? Those asleep are under the Orbiters protection and I have no idea what they may do to you if you try this.

I-

[They were brought together by terrible circumstance, but Angel doesn't want to lose this- to lose him. Something that's been denied to her for so many years, she wants to hold onto it with all her might. But Tim deserves freedom, too.]

Please, don't do this.