IC Inbox/Answering machine

[oncedevil]

Hey, not around. Leave a message, I'll get back to you.

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[oncedevil]

[Frustrated noise.]

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[witnessme]

Tony, you gotta come back.

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[oncedevil]

Why are you so stuck on this?

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[witnessme]

Wh-why are you so stuck on staying away, huh?

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[oncedevil]

I've already answered that.

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[witnessme]

Well, uh, I don't like your answer. I think it's really dumb.

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[oncedevil]

Doesn't change it.

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[witnessme]

Well it should.

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[oncedevil]

Why?

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[witnessme]

Because I want it to change! Doesn't what your friend wants matter to you?

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[oncedevil]

I could ask you the same here.

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[witnessme]

You dummy! It's because it's not really what you want!

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[oncedevil]

How do you know?

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[witnessme]

I know you! Besides, no one wants to exile themselves. Don't be stupid!

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[oncedevil]

Yeah well, we don't usually get what we want.

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[witnessme]

That's an OK thing to say when life is throwing shit at you. Not when you can control what happens!

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[oncedevil]

And how long do you think that'll last? It doesn't last. It's gonna go to shit one way or another, this way it's on my terms.

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[witnessme]

You don't know that Tony. You're just using it as an excuse to run away!

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[oncedevil]

I do know that, it's already starting. Besides, I might as well keep doing the one thing I'm good at.

[Which is running away.]

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[witnessme]

What are you talking about? I've never seen you run away, even when things were really bad!

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[oncedevil]

[He barks a bitter, rueful laugh.]

I used to run away all the time, don't you remember the story? I've been trying to be something I'm not, and surprise surprise it ain't workin' out.

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[witnessme]

I've seen you save people. Don't talk like that when we know it's not true, Tony.

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[oncedevil]

Like I said, trying to be something I'm not. It was fun while it lasted, really thought I could be something for a change.

But sometimes you don't get to make that choice.

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[witnessme]

You get to make that choice! If I could, you can, and I've actually killed people!

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[oncedevil]

I've ripped out a woman's throat with my teeth.

[He's a little surprised Nux has actually killed anyone though.]

I've turned on my friends before. You think it won't happen again?

[Other people get redemption not him. That's not how it works.]