How does the proverb go? 'Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.' I was rather surprised to have him turn up on my doorstep, but I wasn't going to waste the opportunity. I just thought you should be aware.
As well you shouldn't, detective. Mr. Brando appears to have become the god he so desired to be the past while. I'm certain you saw. He can bend reality at the moment. He fetched and restored something for me, a locket that someone I know had found completely destroyed in the scrapheaps around the Courtyard. You may have noted that things from there are difficult to repair with belief. It's something entirely sentimental and well outside what Mr. Brando would ever do. He's also made it so that I am immune to his mind control abilities.
I do not imagine he would ever do that were he in his right mind. I suppose the only true test of whether that actually worked is if he uses them on me in-future.
Certainly not, sir! Renart would have my head for a start. As I said, I believe he was given a conscience. He wished to know what he could do to make some manner of amends between us. I told him I'd consider it for a few things.
It's probably naive of me to hope that Mr. Brando will behave himself and his little shrine tantrum from earlier this week will just be an isolated incident and not a pattern.
You are aware Mr. De Luca had him under house arrest? I'd hoped it would be more permanent. Mr. Brando is a beast of a man who deserves not the slightest bit of worship, pity, or sympathy.
[If these words are not setting off alarms, Joseph, they probably should be.]
I was not. How exactly was Mr. De Luca enforcing that?
I'm well aware how troublesome he's been, and has the potential to be. In fact, I'm more worried about him flying off the handle than anyone else here.
[So he tries to not think about it as much as he can, whenever he can, to avoid giving himself an ulcer.]
Are you truly aware, detective? I know of at least four people he's had his way with here against their will. I believe that is why he was under house arrest. I shouldn't wonder at that sort of pattern.
Yes. I am aware. I didn't learn about any of that until well after it had happened, and long after the issue had already been confronted by others.
I feel horrible about it. I don't know what Sebastian or I would have done, but we should have done something when it mattered. I don't intend to make that mistake again.
[sorry monty seb has officially stolen joseph's phone. and he's been drinking.]
Navarro, it's Detective Castellanos.
First off, why wait until now to tell us this? If you want to confide in us as detectives, then treat us like detectives. Not as book keepers or hit men. We need to know when things like this happen, not just how to kill people with no context given. Which leads me to -- secondly, what's your plan for Brando? And don't tell me you don't have one.
As I said, I was enlightened as to the means to destroy Mr. Brando only this morning. I saw little point of informing you of grievances without some means to defend against the man causing them if he became an immediate threat. Particularly grievances that were not my story to tell.
[Not his story on 3 out of 4, anyway. There's an uncomfortable twist in Monty's gut at the half-truth for some reason.]
Or personal matters I've been seeing to myself. [That... that alleviates some of the discomfort, at least.]
My plan at the moment is to do nothing unless he makes himself an immediate threat. You'll be pleased to know I couldn't bring myself to go through with killing him when I last had the opportunity.
We now have a vicious scorpion woman roaming the catacombs. Mr. Brando is known to descend to the catacombs regularly to wander and do as he'd like. It would serve as a very good lesson to everyone not to linger in that place were he to go down and never come back up.
Wrong answer. The correct answer is, "tell Detective Castellanos and Detective Oda immediately so that they can handle the situation instead of pulling a stupid stunt that will probably get me killed."
[sorry monty... like i said, he's been drinking... 8'(]
And what is it you'd do, detectives? Would you stop him? This is a man who uses mind control to force people to service him when there is absolutely no need to! He just wants to humiliate them, to punish them, make you feel entirely weak and helpless. He has no remorse save when some wretched rumor is compelling him to have it. He would deserve anything he gets.
[Sebastian may not be drunk enough, yet, to handle this conversation.]
I could say all the same shit to you. You're out of your fucking mind if you think that you can pull something like this off. Joseph and I have both the training and experience to deal with Brando, whether you want to believe that or not. You're going to get yourself killed, or worse. Don't be a hero, and don't make me repeat myself.
[aaaaaaand with that little rant of dad voice in text, seb drops joseph's phone back into his lap B(]
[It's rather like talking to Renart about it the first time. She hadn't thought him capable, either. And she'd been entirely right. He'd had the moment, he could have done it, and he'd hesitated, run away instead of taking the actions he should have.
He wants to rail at Sebastian, to tell him he's not in charge, that this exchange is on Monty's terms, and that he is in charge. That wouldn't really be directing the feelings of impotent rage at their intended target, though. And Monty's already dealt with screaming at Renart and upsetting her. He doesn't intend to make that mistake twice.]
I asked Mr. Brando to remove his ability to use his mind control on me for a very specific reason, detective. You might surmise for yourself whether worse has already happened. But very well. I will inform you if I feel Mr. Brando is an immediate threat. However, I will make no guarantees about my own actions should you not take what I consider appropriate measures.
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God, this place is stupid.
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It isn't that I don't trust you or your judgment. I simply don't trust Mr. Brando. At all.
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I do not imagine he would ever do that were he in his right mind. I suppose the only true test of whether that actually worked is if he uses them on me in-future.
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Not you, Monty, really. It's all Dio.]
But why would he do you any favors? He doesn't exactly seem the charitable type to me. That behavior does seem incredibly strange for him.
You didn't make a deal to "worship" him, did you? Or anything else of the sort?
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Excuse him a moment. He's rolling his eyes again.]
Good. Do me a favor and never make any kind of deals like that with him.
And you probably shouldn't be planning on experimenting with the effects of his mind control on you, either. Please. For your own sake.
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[Monty's text is becoming progressively sharper, the strokes of his pen more vicious as he writes.]
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It's probably naive of me to hope that Mr. Brando will behave himself and his little shrine tantrum from earlier this week will just be an isolated incident and not a pattern.
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[If these words are not setting off alarms, Joseph, they probably should be.]
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I'm well aware how troublesome he's been, and has the potential to be. In fact, I'm more worried about him flying off the handle than anyone else here.
[So he tries to not think about it as much as he can, whenever he can, to avoid giving himself an ulcer.]
cw: reference to sexual assault
Are you truly aware, detective? I know of at least four people he's had his way with here against their will. I believe that is why he was under house arrest. I shouldn't wonder at that sort of pattern.
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I feel horrible about it. I don't know what Sebastian or I would have done, but we should have done something when it mattered. I don't intend to make that mistake again.
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Navarro, it's Detective Castellanos.
First off, why wait until now to tell us this? If you want to confide in us as detectives, then treat us like detectives. Not as book keepers or hit men. We need to know when things like this happen, not just how to kill people with no context given. Which leads me to -- secondly, what's your plan for Brando? And don't tell me you don't have one.
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As I said, I was enlightened as to the means to destroy Mr. Brando only this morning. I saw little point of informing you of grievances without some means to defend against the man causing them if he became an immediate threat. Particularly grievances that were not my story to tell.
[Not his story on 3 out of 4, anyway. There's an uncomfortable twist in Monty's gut at the half-truth for some reason.]
Or personal matters I've been seeing to myself. [That... that alleviates some of the discomfort, at least.]
My plan at the moment is to do nothing unless he makes himself an immediate threat. You'll be pleased to know I couldn't bring myself to go through with killing him when I last had the opportunity.
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So, what's your plan if he does make himself an immediate threat?
["Seb, give it back... come on..."]
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Wrong answer. The correct answer is, "tell Detective Castellanos and Detective Oda immediately so that they can handle the situation instead of pulling a stupid stunt that will probably get me killed."
[sorry monty... like i said, he's been drinking... 8'(]
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[Sebastian may not be drunk enough, yet, to handle this conversation.]
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I could say all the same shit to you. You're out of your fucking mind if you think that you can pull something like this off. Joseph and I have both the training and experience to deal with Brando, whether you want to believe that or not. You're going to get yourself killed, or worse. Don't be a hero, and don't make me repeat myself.
[aaaaaaand with that little rant of dad voice in text, seb drops joseph's phone back into his lap B(]
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He wants to rail at Sebastian, to tell him he's not in charge, that this exchange is on Monty's terms, and that he is in charge. That wouldn't really be directing the feelings of impotent rage at their intended target, though. And Monty's already dealt with screaming at Renart and upsetting her. He doesn't intend to make that mistake twice.]
I asked Mr. Brando to remove his ability to use his mind control on me for a very specific reason, detective. You might surmise for yourself whether worse has already happened. But very well. I will inform you if I feel Mr. Brando is an immediate threat. However, I will make no guarantees about my own actions should you not take what I consider appropriate measures.
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