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♒ ([personal profile] amoray) wrote in [community profile] goshdarnspam2013-06-26 04:10 pm

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the picture prompt meme


1. comment with your character.
2. others will leave a picture (or two, or three...)
( 2a. if you like, link a visualosities post in your top level comment to give people material to work with! )
3. reply to them with a setting based on the picture.
4. for an idea of how this works, see bakerstreet, which is where i stole this meme from!
5. THIS IS A SLOW BURNING MEME IF YOU SAY YOU'RE LATE I'LL SLOW BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN
osreborn: (srs contemplation.)

[personal profile] osreborn 2013-06-28 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Norman isn't in the hospital often, but he's making more an effort. It's an appearance thing, a control thing, that leads him to be there even if it isn't directly his job. At first, he's motivated especially by now protective Danger is of "her space."

But then, he becomes immersed in examining the patient files, watching the security tapes. Not obsessed, but nearly so.

When he thinks she isn't around (even knowing she always is, in some form or another) he puts the tapes on so that he can watch the patient interviews, watch the visitors go in and out and the downtime in the cells as he reads through the files with Edward Nygma's name on, and the files that say 'Norman Osborn.' He has a tape beside him that says the same; 'Norman Osborn' and a date, but he hasn't watched it.

He's not ready yet, to view himself through the television lens, to voyeur in his own subtleties. So far all he is was still the impartial observer.
]
heartlessglitch: (pic#6018667)

[personal profile] heartlessglitch 2013-06-29 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ danger was aware of him-- more so than the dozens of other human beings in the facility that she was always peripherally conscious of-- but unwilling, at first, to interrupt the meticulous routine of her work schedule to deal with what she considered to be the mild, if somewhat persistent inconvenience of his presence. the days go on that way, with her pointed avoidance, until finally impatience wins over restraint.

she seeks him out, lingering in the doorway of the room that she finds him in. her judgmental, scrutinizing stare takes in the various things that have been removed from her specific place for them-- the files, the tape-- before she remarks in that curt, unfriendly tone of hers:
]

May I assist you, Mr. Osborn.
osreborn: (confused.)

[personal profile] osreborn 2013-06-29 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ It isn't immediately that he responds, transfixed by the files he's currently perusing, stroking the tape next to him idly with his thumb. He's humming quietly to himself as he reads, before suddenly he's abruptly aware of her presence. ]

Hm?

[ He turns his head, looking mildly surprised to see her there with one eyebrow raised. ]

Oh. It's you.

I was just going over some of the records. Nothing to worry about.
heartlessglitch: (pic#6034434)

[personal profile] heartlessglitch 2013-06-29 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she folds her arms over her chest, her expression one of blatant disapproval. ]

You should be aware that attempts to reassure me that there is "nothing to worry about" tend only to make me more suspicious.

[ her lips purse, briefly. ]

What are you doing? Why is it necessary for you to browse my records?
osreborn: (files.)

[personal profile] osreborn 2013-06-30 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
Our records.

[ He turns his head back to look at the files in his lap, still drumming his fingers almost thoughtlessly. He shakes his head a little slowly, impatiently. ]

Why not, Danger? Are you trying to imply that I shouldn't? Maybe I'm refreshing myself on our patient history.
heartlessglitch: (pic#5926805)

[personal profile] heartlessglitch 2013-07-01 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
I somewhat doubt that. And I am considering whether or not to be insulted that you would even attempt to offer me such a blatantly false explanation.

[ she moves further into the room, glancing around as if scrutinizing for other things out of place. one hand finds her waist in a gesture of disapproval she must have learned from watching a human being (likely emma frost, if one had to guess.)

her eyes drift to the tape.
]

You have some of your own documentation. Why?
osreborn: (pay attention to me.)

[personal profile] osreborn 2013-07-02 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
Well--

[ Norman's eyes fall to his own tape, the file beneath it, before he looks at Danger again. He frowns at her, waving his other hand. He's irritated by her intrusion, but he folds the file he was reading closed and turns himself so he's facing her a little more fully. ]

I have to make sure it's accurate. If you had files maybe you'd understand, but even so I have the right to examine any of it. You aren't challenging me, I hope.
heartlessglitch: (pic#4804816)

[personal profile] heartlessglitch 2013-07-02 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
I would have been more inclined to believe and indulge an admission of curiosity.

[ there's something vaguely condescending in the way she says that-- and while she isn't being as contentious as she has been before, she doesn't straight-forwardly agree that she isn't challenging him either. ]

What would you suppose we should do, Mr. Osborn, should you determine that there is something inaccurate in your documents?
osreborn: (thinking.)

[personal profile] osreborn 2013-07-02 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
It isn't curiosity.

[ Except that it is. He picks the tape up and holds it in his lap, as if suddenly paranoid she'll come over and take it from him. ]

Destroy them, obviously. I'm no longer a patient here, and I haven't been for quite a while. Their existence is hardly even necessary in the first place.
heartlessglitch: (pic#5926804)

[personal profile] heartlessglitch 2013-07-02 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ despite that, she makes no move towards him, showing no intention to remove the tape from his possession. she only continues to scrutinize, openly critical, openly suspicious. ]

I must disagree. Recovered mental patients are continuously at some risk for relapse, no matter how minimal. Human psyches are fragile that way. That is why all medical records must be kept.

[ pointedly: ]

Besides that, I have memorized nearly everything of importance in this facility. In my mechanical form, this information only becomes more accurate and readily accessible.
osreborn: (actually not joking.)

[personal profile] osreborn 2013-07-05 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not talking about the other files, Danger. Only mine. I'm planning to take them out with me when I leave because they serve no purpose being in this facility. None. Whatsoever.

[ His eyebrows furrow. ]

You must be able so see, then, that I'm entirely recovered.
heartlessglitch: (pic#4804819)

[personal profile] heartlessglitch 2013-07-05 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Your file is no different from the others.

[ her tone is unyielding. ]

I forbid you to leave with those records.
osreborn: (reflection.)

[personal profile] osreborn 2013-07-05 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ Finally, he stands, holding them in hand. He steps forward, a bit closer toward her. ]

They belong to me. What exactly do you intend on doing about it?
heartlessglitch: (pic#6018667)

[personal profile] heartlessglitch 2013-07-05 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ boldly, she takes equal steps towards him, making it obvious that she means what she says-- she doesn't intend to let him leave, not with that file in his hand. ]

Mr. Osborn, I suggest that you don't insist on this course of action. I will stop you-- physically, if that is what you force me to do. I cannot allow anyone to compromise the integrity of this facility.
osreborn: (save the day.)

[personal profile] osreborn 2013-07-05 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
Danger.

[ He narrows his eyes, jutting his chin out slightly. He stops in front of her and crosses his arms. ]

Why is this so crucial to you? These files in particular. What do you think is going to happen? No one but me and you will even know the difference.
heartlessglitch: (pic#5926805)

[personal profile] heartlessglitch 2013-07-05 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she narrows her eyes at him in return, staring back at him, unintimidated. ]

There are any number of possibilities. I prefer to be prepared for as many of them as possible-- hence my requirement that all records remain in my possession. Moreover, it is a matter of principle.
Edited 2013-07-05 20:06 (UTC)
osreborn: (no you can't try them on.)

[personal profile] osreborn 2013-07-07 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He tilts his head out further, in challenge. ]

A matter of principle. Which is what? I'm not abusing the facility, Danger. I'm taking what's mine. I happen to know that forbidding you from viewing my records will do nothing to stop you.
heartlessglitch: (pic#6018667)

[personal profile] heartlessglitch 2013-07-07 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she stares at him, something hard in her face. ]

That would hardly be an issue if you were not convinced that everything here is yours. Boundaries must be set.
osreborn: (actually not joking.)

[personal profile] osreborn 2013-07-07 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you're the one overstepping boundaries.

[ He narrows his eyes. ]

Have you ever watched this?
heartlessglitch: (pic#4804819)

[personal profile] heartlessglitch 2013-07-07 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I fail to see how the answer to that question is relevant. If I have, it would be well within my rights as warden of this facility.

[ clearly, she's in one of her less cooperative moods. ]
osreborn: (for those who will wait.)

[personal profile] osreborn 2013-07-08 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's cool, clearly he is too... ]

That isn't an answer.
heartlessglitch: (pic#6018667)

[personal profile] heartlessglitch 2013-07-08 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
Clarify what difference it would make.
osreborn: (frustration.)

[personal profile] osreborn 2013-07-08 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Answer me first.

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