1 - Have I made you desperate?

[lacksconviction]

[He takes his time before introducing himself, establishing the purpose of this place, the fact that his magic definitely was depleted and not coming back by any means known to him, and weighing up the odds of his escaping by the usual means, before deigning to make his first journal entry. He has taken off his ridiculous supervillain hat, for effect:]

My my, is this not an ambitious effort? Certainly, a more elaborate one than the last chamber in which I was imprisoned. To whose hospitality do I owe my gratitude, may I ask? Which one-eyed wolf has clamped these strange jaws around my throat?

[He smiles, but it's unconvincing. His eyes look strangely pained.]

Or perhaps I expect too much in assuming this a prison, rather than an arsenal of purloined weapons, or a vault to hold the spoils of war?

[A slight pause, before he decides he's giving away far too much, and clicks the communicator off.]

Comments

Private

[lacksconviction]

At the time I knew him only by reputation, but after I concluded my imposition upon Fury's hospitality, he invited me to drink with him in his tower.

I found him to be quite exhilarating company, really. I'll admit though, there were times when I envisioned myself hurling him bodily out of the window...

Private

[persuadeyou]

I doubt you're the only one to have that day dream.

Private

[lacksconviction]

Nor I! And to think, I could have been the first to live that dream...

[Could have been... was... details details.]

So, you are a warden here, I take it?

Private

[persuadeyou]

That's right. [She does lie copiously, he's right about that. :v] I'm guessing the Tesseract wasn't the first thing you've stolen.

Private

[lacksconviction]

And I'm afraid you'd be wrong. Up until recently I had... neither the means nor the motive to do such things.

Private

[persuadeyou]

I didn't think the Admiral would frown so strongly on theft with good intentions. [She lets herself sound doubtful, mostly uncertain instead of outright not buying it. Good lies take time, etc. etc.]

Private

[lacksconviction]

I would imagine... that I am here for quite different reasons.

Private - lmao those keywords :c

[persuadeyou]

And what reasons might those be? I'm just trying to get a complete picture, here; you were in captivity since childhood, and you stole the Tesseract to protect us. I can't imagine what crimes you could have committed, before coming through that portal.

[Yes. Yes she can. :c]

Private - they are totes not pointed ones :c

[lacksconviction]

You ask a lot of me, Agent Romanov.

[Enjoy a long, long pause, like he really doesn't want to answer.]

My Captivity was not in a sealed cell. I resisted. People who had no hand in my imprisonment beyond serving those who did... suffered, from my resistance.

[There's another short pause, and he looks away, suddenly. His eyes suddenly look watery and there's sincere distress in his expression.]

They were complicit. Our acquaintance-- the acquaintance that I have with you, who has for your own part forgotten me entirely, entitles you to no more than that.

Private - no not at all :c

[persuadeyou]

[She waits it out, and cocks her head to the side when he finally explains. It's not really what she expected - and if he's acting, he's acting well. It gives her pause, and she waits a long moment before answering.]

I'm sorry.

[It isn't overly emotional, just sympathetic to be believable. She's assuming he knows enough of her that being overly expressive would just be written off.] For what you went through. And that you're here. I'll leave you alone. [Lol no she won't. :|]

Private

[lacksconviction]

Another time then, Miss Romanov.

[He's curt. Still unhappy in his tone, because to relax again too quickly would make his deceit too obvious...

Christ, these two jerks.]