Day 264 - Thursday, September 11th
[Max sleeps; has as he'd thought, he achieves nothing, and he's not even a small-talk source of comfort or somebody to soothe Ash's nerves before his two AM meeting with yet another Chinese teenager. Something about Chinese teenagers seems to always spell trouble for Ash, and now he's in a mess involving no less than four of them.
But Max doesn't move. If Ash comes to see him, setting that pill counter and the note about the smoothie, he may notice he hasn't so much as shifted a finger. Ash has had to turn to painting, but there's no need to lock that room before, or even for a long while after. The only one in this house besides him is a breathing corpse.
But Shawn's ready and waiting for him at one, prepared to be decked out a wires that Ling's likely to hang him with if he finds out about them.]
But Max doesn't move. If Ash comes to see him, setting that pill counter and the note about the smoothie, he may notice he hasn't so much as shifted a finger. Ash has had to turn to painting, but there's no need to lock that room before, or even for a long while after. The only one in this house besides him is a breathing corpse.
But Shawn's ready and waiting for him at one, prepared to be decked out a wires that Ling's likely to hang him with if he finds out about them.]
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I have other questions, but right now, getting Wu out if he's in that hotel room is more important. I have a plan, but it'll be a lot less of a pain in the ass if I don't have to do it. If I can convince you I won't kill you if you work with me and call you a doctor, would you be willing to get him out of there?
[ Ash doubts it, but it's worth a shot. ]
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Though, I don't especially enjoy bullying civilians and wished to avoid that much. His existence also seems to be a sore spot for the younger master Lee.
Your strange, slutty interminglings are Western in the worst way. Maybe coming to this country was a mistake.
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Then we'll go the nasty route. What can I threaten you with to have you call the cops and tell them your friends brought Wu back to your hotel room? What are you afraid of?
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Why were you looking up acid? Who's body did you plan on getting rid of?
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Tell me about the turtle.
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But either way, I don't play the good guy.
The turtle in the text messages. Tell me about him.
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Likely, one of my brothers, pretending to be an agent of himself. Or themselves.
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You're working with the guy, and you don't know his name?
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I also have information that your sex life was the same. Anyone as long as they were important, as long as they paid. Don't act as if you don't know this world just because you've moved up in it beyond those limits.
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What information do you have that might actually be useful?
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Didn't you ever wonder how he ended up there with no parents or guardian to sign off on treatment rather than jail time?
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[ Ash asks the question without delay or surprise. ]
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[ Ash isn't impressed. ]
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[ Though Ash wonders if he's faked a kidnapping against Sing. ]
And I don't actually have sex with every guy who looks at me. That's the same kind of petty whispering you'll hear from a girl's locker room, and you wrote it into your plan.
[ Ash has more vials. Most of the rest can wait until later. For now, he moves to check Wu's pockets. Hopefully, he has the key card on him. ]
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He checks the pockets. ]
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