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Lourdes Hidalgo ([personal profile] vacationer) wrote in [community profile] maskormenace2015-10-02 09:43 am

★ 002 | audio

[Since her hotel hostage adventure had gone south, Lourdes has been laying low - not out of a desire to look repentant (she isn't, and she sees no reason why she should pretend that she is), but because she's been sulking. Her powers are gone, which is both horrible and a relief, and she's on probation, which she considers a joke.

But what she's most upset about is that it hadn't worked. She's not at all surprised that she'd been caught, and she'd always figured that it would happen eventually - but before that, when she'd been in the hotel with everybody, it hadn't done anything to make her happy, which had been her main goal in the first place. It hadn't been like Hearst Castle, or even the Horizon. It had been meaningless, just like everything else in the world.

She waits a while before turning to the network. She hasn't actually been planning to address this in any way - not to explain herself, and certainly not to apologize. But one evening when she's sitting around in her apartment, angrily glaring at the tattoo on her wrist, she fires it up and says something on a whim.]


It was for their own good.

[She has no idea how far news of the takeover has spread, or if most of the people who hear this will even know what she's talking about. That's okay. She doesn't care.]
mightthinkthat: Promo: Francis with glasses looking out at the camera looking flirty and cheeky (hello there)

[personal profile] mightthinkthat 2015-10-02 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Must I, indeed? Given the behaviour of our resident psychologists, I'll take that as an insult.

[ He's back to being amused. ]
mightthinkthat: Promo for To Play the King. Urquhart has the Crown and the King is beside him sitting in a throne. (dealing with the authority)

[personal profile] mightthinkthat 2015-10-02 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I act like a man who doesn't have to worry about who likes me. And I take you for someone who'd rather be that kind of woman.

If only you could get over your pride.
mightthinkthat: francis is smiling into the camera (absolutely correct)

[personal profile] mightthinkthat 2015-10-02 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
And you can throw another party and this time no one will come.
mightthinkthat: francis is smiling into the camera (absolutely correct)

[personal profile] mightthinkthat 2015-10-02 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[He laughs.]

Because throwing a party everyone knows your guests are unwilling to be at, despite this time having two months to make actual friends, is somehow less pathetic?
mightthinkthat: Francis sits next to a table with a drink and food in hand (relaxing)

[personal profile] mightthinkthat 2015-10-02 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
You're not out to do anything.
mightthinkthat: Promo: Francis with glasses looking out at the camera looking flirty and cheeky (flirtatious look)

[personal profile] mightthinkthat 2015-10-02 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
You look like you're having loads of fun. My envy is overwhelming.
mightthinkthat: Promo: Francis with glasses looking out at the camera looking flirty and cheeky (hello there)

[personal profile] mightthinkthat 2015-10-02 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Hardly anybody did.
mightthinkthat: Francis is smiling, but not the kind of smile one likes to see (smile)

[personal profile] mightthinkthat 2015-10-02 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
The ones that had to be dragged out, you mean?
mightthinkthat: Ian Richardson posing in front of parliament. (commanding)

[personal profile] mightthinkthat 2015-10-02 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
That would be my conclusion. But then, we hypnotists can get over these little details.

[ It's a punt but he doesn't really know how else she would have done it. She certainly lacks any actual charm. ]
mightthinkthat: Promo: Francis with glasses looking out at the camera looking flirty and cheeky (hello there)

[personal profile] mightthinkthat 2015-10-02 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Can't say I've felt the need to use my power, but I have it.
mightthinkthat: Ian Richardson posing in front of parliament. (Default)

[personal profile] mightthinkthat 2015-10-02 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
No, of course not. I wouldn't have needed to.
mightthinkthat: Francis is smiling, but not the kind of smile one likes to see (smile)

[personal profile] mightthinkthat 2015-10-03 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
Well, you carry on grasping at straws, I'm afraid I've lost interest.