⚘ [ fringe event #2 ] || sleepless (video)

[entangles]

[ In the abandoned lab of a former mad scientist, Olivia sits at a table covered with manila folders, dusty beakers and containers of who-knows-what. She looks exhausted, stressed--fingers rubbing circles into her temples. Hours she's been at this, going through Walter's lab, his files, staring at words and numbers that make no sense to the agent. Given the time he was here, Walter couldn't have left much, but what he did leave apparently leads to no answers, no answers she can comprehend at least. ]

If anyone found a way out, it had to be you, Walter.

[ Without looking up, she reaches for the cup of coffee next to her, misjudging the distance in a moment of tired absentmindedness. The half-full coffee cup tumbles, spilling the contents across the table. ]

Shit--

[ooc: Anyone from Fringe would be much-loved! No doubles, except her canon double, please. ]

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[entangles]

I shouldn't have to tell you to get away from me.

[makeashotlikethat]

Aw, is that how you say hello?

[entangles]

There's nothing to be said.

[lies]

[makeashotlikethat]

Come on, Olivia.

That can't be all you have for me.

[entangles]

What do you want me to say?

[ Anger saturates her voice. ]

That I know how you stole my life--- how you manipulated Peter? Is that what you want to hear?

[makeashotlikethat]

That's better than just staring at me.

You would have done the same.

You kind of did.

[entangles]

Unlike you, I didn't have a choice.

[ A beat.]

We may look the same, but trust me, we're not the same.

[makeashotlikethat]

I was there, you know.

I lived your life. I know exactly how different we are.

[entangles]

You did more than just live my life.

[makeashotlikethat]

Is that what bothers you?

[entangles]

You took everything-

It bothers that someone who wears my face could work for a man like your Walter Bishop. It bothers me that someone who wears my face could betray the person she loves, just like that.

[makeashotlikethat]

He's protecting our world. Just like I am.

And just like you did.

[entangles]

And Frank? Did you tell him?