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[Video clicks on, to reveal a skinny young man in his mid twenties. His eyes are wide and darting, and he wears an expression of deep concentration, right up until he realises he's broadcasting. Then, he becomes animated:]

Yo! I got some words for your Admiral here! I know I'm not dead, and I would remember if I'd been nicked, so you got no right hauling me in, man, no right!

[He keeps glancing off screen as he says this, as if he's expecting someone to enter his cabin at any time.]

Look, this isn't even my yard, all right? I was staying with a mate - a couple of mates, actually - so you've just gone and jacked their place out from under them, haven't you? Nicked right off with it and stuck it on your stupid boat! So where are they going to live, eh? You just made two innocent people homeless, mate, so who's the villain now?

[He puts one hand on his hip, apparently waiting for an answer. He manages to go about thirty seconds before giving an unhappy huff and putting his hand on his stomach.]

Bare starving as well. It's a fucking joke, this is.

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Uh-huh; that's right under me, almost. Two floors down and one over.

[And as such, she'll show up fairly quickly, rapping on the door.]

[And lo, the door opens! And here stands Zach, in a London Calling tee shirt and emanating the faint stench of sweat and weed. Still, he flashes her a little smile.]

All right. It's Tiff, yeah?

Tiffany.

[She grins back, then tries to peer around his shoulder.]

... You got weed in there?

Edited (HTML I curse you) 2015-03-22 14:54 (UTC)

Nah, not anymore.

[But something about the way she asks makes him wonder...]

You, uh, know anyone who could hook me up in here?

Probably. Wardens can get it, and if wardens like you you can get it from them.

And wardens like me. I got connections.

[Zach nods attentively. Very interesting, Tiffany.]

Right, like with that one who's letting us into the pub, isn't it? You can get it off the wardens for free... [He flashes her a sharp little grin.] ...So what do you want for it?

[Because that's how prisons work. That's how drugs work. Supply chains and money and favors and debt, and Zach totally gets that.]

Uh-huh. The one who's letting us into the pub is one I know has weed, actually. She baked it into cookies once.

[Tiffany doesn't look surprised by his question. She's very familiar with both prison and drug use.]

Things are kinda different here. There's no money or anything like that, and we can get most things just by asking for 'em, so...

[She shrugs.]

We don't really bother with payments and debt and shit like that. I guess what I'm getting is someone to drink with.

[Well. While this does match what Lloyd said to him, it's still unfamilar enough to send a spidery shiver up the back of his neck.]

So, would you say... that I'm under no obligation to you for the drinks? Or for like, anything you offer me?

Uh...

[Should she claim obligation? She would have in Litchfield, because that's how things worked there.

But that's not how things work on the Barge.]

Nope. No obligations. I bet you don't have anything I want, anyway.

But you should probably tell me your name unless you want me to call you scruffy Edward forever.

Edited 2015-03-24 17:58 (UTC)

[Scruffy Edward brightens visibly at that. He's sure there are plenty of people who won't be so kind.]

It's Zach Palmer.

[He scratches his arm, and flashes her a little smile.]

So, uh, what'd you do, Tiff?

Tiffany. And what do you mean, what did I do?

[She starts walking, gesturing for him to follow.]

I mean, what'd you do to get banged up?

[And follow he does, like a mindless puppy.]

Banged up?

[British slang is confusing! She touches her face with a frown.]

Do I look banged up? Hurt?

[That earns her a grin from him.]

Nah, it means locked up. Arrested. What'd a nice girl like you do to wind up in here.

[She smiles at the compliment.]

Fucking British words.

I, uh... I had a confrontation with someone. You really wanna be asking for details when you barely know me?

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