Case #8: Video

[19centconstable]

[George is COMPLETELY DRESSED. So dressed. He also looks slightly pink and wrinkly, like he's spent too long in the bathtub.]

I've been in the tub.

[For two days, apparently. And still so unclean. His hair is also not parted and slicked down as usual, and is currently making a sort of wild, fluffy, dark halo around his face. The ends curl a bit. George's hair may eat combs. George is too sulky to do anything about it. This flood has tested even his unwavering positivity.]

I want to apologize for...

...

...everything.

[A curt nod, and the camera is switched off.]

...

[Then switched back on again.]

I would just like to say, also, just so you know, that I am never...unclothed, not even underneath my clothes.

...I'm getting back in the tub.

[The camera is switched off.]

...

[Aaaaaaand switched on again. He's here, he might as well. George clears his throat.]

Who...does...the art?

Comments

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

You're in charge of the art room?

[vampish_aleera]

No.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Do you know who is?

[vampish_aleera]

I have never cared to know. What does it matter?

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

I was asked to find out by my inmate.

Um. Also, I'm quite sorry about the...

...

...yes.

[vampish_aleera]

The what?

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

The...things that were said.

[vampish_aleera]

I do not understand. I have asked for no apologies.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

But you deserve one.

[vampish_aleera]

For what? Have others wronged me?

Have you kept this secret from me?

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Pardon? No, miss. This past weekend, the man that took my place spoke cheekily to you, and he shouldn't have.

[vampish_aleera]

I do not think I noticed...

Is this meaning mischief? I like mischief.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

No, I mean he didn't speak to you as a lady should be spoken to.

[vampish_aleera]

This still mystifies me.

OK!