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This is the mailbox of your's truely, Arsene Lupin III. I take it that you've come here because you want to talk to me or make some kind of plan. Whatever it is, I'l gladly listen, but I need your name, date, time, and the best way to get back to you. Sorry I missed you, and I'll get back to you soon, okay?

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"I'm afraid it's rather time-sensitive, in fact."

Everything's time sensitive, Ben. Each second that passes draws us closer to the end of the story, and the clock stops ticking for no one.

"It regards the mission, Lupin."

[Pages stop ruffling and the thief's merry humming lapsed into silence. Lupin snapped the journal shut and shoved it across his bed so that it was just barely in his reach.

He didn't get up to open the door.]

...

Speak your piece.

Edited 2012-09-09 02:34 (UTC)

[Obi-Wan slowly opens the door and steps inside.]

"I noticed that you had volunteered."

[He glanced up from his spot on the floor, unamused.]

Why wouldn't I?

"... Do you think it wise, considering your current condition?"

[The lifted eyebrow and the hard glint in his dark eyes said his thoughts completely.

Did he really have to say it?

...

This was Obi-Wan. He did.]

It's lying. That's all they'll ask of me, and I can do that as well as I can breathe.

"... I was not present, when your care and well-being was a subject of discussion, but I'm given to understand that you are not meant to leave the village, to make sure you did not overextend yourself?"

[The voice is still not harsh or accusatory, but gentle, as if he were simply providing a quiet reminder of something easily forgotten.]

It wouldn't be overextending myself--I've done more dangerous jobs under harsher conditions. I don't lead a gentle or kind lifestyle, in case you didn't get the memo.

Lying is no stress for me. Besides, Fujiko is going.

"Complications can arise regardless of the relative safety of the mission, and I do not believe your primary caretakers would approve of the decision."

[He doesn't name names. He's fairly certain he doesn't have to.]

[He disregarded any commentary about caretakers. He was an adult, and a ferociously independent one. He needed to do this.]

I know the pieces on this board. I can move them with more finesse than I could on a completely foreign board with unknown pieces. I'm not playing Mah-Jong by Domino rules here.

It's a simple job, and one with high reward.

[Disregard was, perhaps, the wrong direction to take for this one. His eyes harden slightly.]

"And those who are concerned for your welfare? Are their feelings on the matter simply part of your game as well?"

[Lupin, for his part, is eerily calm.]

You've got the wrong idea.

...

I'm going to steal data for them, so we can use it to better defend ourselves.

Edited 2012-09-09 02:57 (UTC)

"Has it occurred to you, Lupin, that perhaps your safety is more important to them than some specific bit of data we might or might not be able to put to use?"

You misunderstand again. I am safe. This is my battleground, and I'll be with good people.

"Perhaps you misunderstand. Did you, or did you not, agree not to leave the village?"

...

Sometimes promises like that can be temporarily lifted if the reward is great enough.

"Have you discussed this decision with Adele, or Luke?"

Did you seriously think that I wouldn't mention it to them?

[In something that was a little more than a note this time, no less.]

"I think you should have mentioned it before you made the decision to begin with."

[Ben.

You really are stupid.]

They're both busy--and we both know what they'll say.

"Yes, I suspect we do both know what they'll say. Which is precisely my point."

[For the first time, he allows genuine displeasure to fill his voice.]

"Your behavior, Lupin, affects more than just you. It affects people who care about you. It might be to your advantage to keep that in mind."

[Eyes narrowed.]

I do.

Why do you think I'm going to steal the data in the first place?

"The data will mean nothing to them, Lupin. You know it as well as I do. Going on this mission will upset Luke, Adele, and likely your other friends and allies as well."

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