Case #35: Video

[19centconstable]

[Now back to your regularly scheduled George. Who is looking slightly wary.]

Did I happen to fall prey to one of those comas? Only I can't quite remember anything about the last several days. Also, it appears as though someone has been sitting in my chair.

[Item one: chair. It doesn't look particularly sat in.]

And I also have reason to believe that someone has been sleeping in my bed!

[Item two: bed. It has been carefully made.]

I don't keep any porridge in my room, unfortunately, so I'm afraid I haven't gotten any solid proof, but I have got my suspicions...

Comments

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Yes, I agree.

[officerrenaldi.livejournal.com]

So who's your inmate?

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Detective Hoffman. Have you met him?

[officerrenaldi.livejournal.com]

Detective?

...An Inmate Detective? [Her tone bristles. She sounds instantly angry] What'd the fucker do?

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

I don't believe it's for me to say specifically, but he became disillusioned with the criminal justice system, essentially, after suffering a rather personal loss.

[Then he horribly killed some folks!]

[officerrenaldi.livejournal.com]

....Really? Fuck that's what you go to the gym for. You hit shit every time a perp gets away or shoot something. That's what I do. Nothing like a good time at the firing range.

[She frowns] ...Sorry. It's ingrained for me to hate...My dad...my whole family works or has worked for various police departments. We don't take guys who break the wall well.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

I'm certainly not trying to make any excuses for his past behavior, but he was at one time a very good police officer. He simply became lost. And that is a shame.

[officerrenaldi.livejournal.com]

...Yeah. [pssssh] That's what all the guys say.

Sadly that's what all the guys were too. My dad says either the really way too good cops go bad or the really crappy ones do.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

That's a rather discomforting thought.

[officerrenaldi.livejournal.com]

Why?

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

It implies an awful lot of personal loss.

[officerrenaldi.livejournal.com]

...Hey, my dad wasn't on the rat squad. He was a good guy and he was willing to look the other way on small things. Not big shit. Small things.

...All the same though, when it came down to it..doing the right thing is more important."

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

I do agree, but still: my heart does go out to them.

[officerrenaldi.livejournal.com]

...You're a naturally decent person and that and a million dollars will get you ahead in life.

[she's smiling though]

...Guess you're really excited to be here though.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

I don't think the million dollars is necessary, but I wouldn't turn it down.

I am. It's all quite amazing. Usually.

[officerrenaldi.livejournal.com]

You...don't understand the joke do you.

[Another amused look] I'll take a page from your book then if you don't mind.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Apparently so.

[Unfazed!]

You're very welcome to, miss.

[officerrenaldi.livejournal.com]

You can call me Carla. It's okay. Or Renaldi. [weird propensity for cops to answer to their last names.]

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Officer Renaldi. Of course. We have another lady policeman on board as well.