maskormenace | -3° - Chillin' like a Villain

I'm a thief. I'm a crook.

[As Len talks he counts the points off on his fingers, one by one.]

I'm a liar. I'm a criminal. I'm a bad person.

[Five fingers and he holds his hand up for another second before pulling his fingers back in until he's holding up a fist. The glare on his face is promising a punch.

Lowering his hand, he puts it down on the bed he's sitting on and leans forward.]

But whatever they're saying I've done to get me in here? Wasn't me.

[To illustrate what 'in here' means, he turns the device, showing what is very clearly a jail cell. Then the camera is back on his face, which hasn't gotten any happier.]

Sorry for any appointments I might be missing because of this. Also, I could use a lawyer.

[He moves the device a bit closer, blue eyes narrowed. For someone so cold, that's a lot of hot anger.]

To the coward who framed me? I'll be coming for you.

[ooc: This is a result of Jonathan Crane impersonating Leonard and robbing Bruce Wayne. Leonard doesn't know that Crane did that yet. He just knows it wasn't him.]

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[Look, he's in prison for something he didn't do, he's allowed to be prickly too.]

Here's hoping. Though if it had been me, there'd not be a DNA sample.

[Also he wouldn't have done any of this, how dumb would he have to be?]

Y'know, I changed my mind. Gimme the lecture, I'm ready.

I was saying I could, not that I wanted to. Clearly you've gotten the spiel before.

Tell you what: tell Mr. Wayne to find some imPort who knows how to track DNA. Then you'll find out the truth.

[It's him. He's the one who can track DNA.]

I'll keep that in mind.

[But since he already has a strong suspicion who it was, he's not certain he'll actually tell him.]

See, this is a let down. I was all hyped up for my lecture. What if we switch places? You be the robber, I'll be the cop.

You know what? Go for it. You're talking to a juvenile delinquent anyway.

[No he's not.]

Are you?

[Right, he'll believe that when he sees it. But anyway, lecture?

He'll paraphrase.]

Stealing is bad, kid. Nobody wants that much money. It's way too much fun to have all you want without having to work for it.

It's even more fun being in prison.

[WHAT A BRIGHT SMILE.]

Food there sucks, huh?

Back home? Yeah.

Not sure about here yet, they didn't bring me any. I stole a donut of a desk on the way in. Feel that caters to stereotypes.

Well, you'll find out soon enough. [He shrugs.] I got framed once too. The food there is basically sludge.

Maybe someone will bake me a cake.

What did you get framed for, kid?

Hacking and robbery. It wasn't really framing, though. There was a ghost imPort that got brought in here, and he possessed me so he could, you know, do his whole criminal thing. They figured out it was him eventually, but I spent a couple weeks in jail anyway.

And I guess you got in jail back home too, but not by being framed, huh?

I prefer to face the consequences of things I actually did. Not that I often had to anyway.

But stay in school, kid.

Already graduated, but thanks. Why, did you not?

[IS A LACK OF A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA WHAT MADE YOU ENTER A LIFE OF CRIME]

[NO IT'S THE OTHER WAY ROUND

MORE OR LESS]

Nah. I got better things to do then.

...like robbing from banks?

Or whatever you rob from. That's the first thing I thought of.

I've robbed from banks, sure.

But no, not necessarily why. Though it sure pays a lot better than working.

So how did you get into it, then?

Family business. Old man had jobs to pull and I had small hands, helped with those tricky alarms.

[Oh... well, that's just sad. It's hard to blame someone who was born into it.]

Do you, um, still do jobs with him now, then?

[Good old family business!]

Nah. These days I work for myself.

[Snarts are good at what they do. Snarts are criminals. Universal truths, that.]

-3° - Chillin' like a Villain

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