Homeless and houseless

[hidethesilver]

Well. I suppose I have no choice but to endure this existence until you deign to improve my situation. My place is back in that house, you know. Baking you cupcakes seems like a suitable thank you for your lack of effort so far. With or without a marzipan flower on top?

By the way, you seem to be missing fish knives in your silver pattern. It's hard to find good help these days.

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[tinfoil_angel]

[One moment of mind-reading later.]

You are disgusting.

[hidethesilver]

No, that's in the crawl space.

[tinfoil_angel]

A woman who abandons and sets up the murder of her children because they are disfigured is one of the most disgusting things I've heard of.

[He frowns.]

but you don't even care, do you?

[hidethesilver]

I do care, very much, just not for you.

[tinfoil_angel]

I meant; you don't care about the children you've given birth to.

I could care less what you think of me.

[Lady, you make it very hard for him to be a decent person.]

[hidethesilver]

Oh, but I do. No one could ever love them as much as I do. Do you know the sacrifices I've made to get Tate the help he so desperately needs? It's a shame that Dr. Harmon was ultimately such a poor choice.

Perhaps we'll have another chance.

[tinfoil_angel]

Bull. I can see inside of your mind. You and I both know you instructed someone to kill one of your children.

[hidethesilver]

Instructed? That's a little dramatic, is it not? You make it seem as though I should parade through Times Square with jazz hands.

I care for all of my children. ALL of them.

[tinfoil_angel]

It's true. Also don't start thinking you can kill me as well. I am more than capable of taking down someone like you and to be perfectly honest it is only for your mundane's benefit that I don't.

[hidethesilver]

Oh, I would never consider such a thing. It might ruin the finish on my silver, after all.

[tinfoil_angel]

Ugh, bloody insane, that's the problem.

Either that or you're doing this to drain my patience.

[hidethesilver]

One can never be sure, can they?

[tinfoil_angel]

I'm sorry to your mundane but I'm going to break the mystery.

[Now he would focus and read her thoughts and memories. Little pictures would float by for him showing him what she remembered. He didn't care how weird it would feel to her, he would push deep to find the answers he wanted.]

[hidethesilver]

[At the moment, it's chock full of cigarettes, silverware, and cupcakes.]

[tinfoil_angel]

[Then he'd push deeper. He would look for memories of her real children, the disfigured ones.]

[pigpuppets]

My writer says you're amazing. I don't find someone with at least three class A felonies amazing, but what can you do.

[hidethesilver]

Your writer sounds like a very pleasant person, perhaps even a welcome neighbor? It would be lovely, really. They never did find the bodies, did they? Brazil is a wonderful place for lovers, or so I've heard. And I'm not one to stand in the way of true love.

[pigpuppets]

Stop- Stop making her grin. Good god what she sees in serial killers I will never know. That's what you may as well be under the new laws they're passing after the Jigsaw cases.

[There's something cold in her expression then] At least you didn't say Puerto Rico. Do you visit your "neighbors" regularly?

[hidethesilver]

She sounds fabulous! I will only admit to raising children who were quite the cereal killers when they were younger. Speaking of, I don't think my collection of cereal spoons is complete.

Oh, but Brazil is known for its steakhouses, is it not? Please don't mind the meat grinder in the kitchen, it does need cleaning, I confess. I try my best to be a helpful neighbor when I can. People these days don't take the time, sadly, to make their neighbors feel welcome. Rest assured, I would never offer your writer one of those cupcakes.

[pigpuppets]

...She's thrilled about that.

[pause] ...You're something else I'll give you that much. Constance right?

[hidethesilver]

You, dear, are an absolute delight! Constance Langdon, if we want to be formal. And you are?

She's so in character. your constance.

[pigpuppets]

A delight?.. [weakly] Thank you. Ma'am.

[pause] Corbett Reinhardt.

[smolderingchild]

Oh, I'm sure the house is just fine without you.