[quote=@Thanqol]Victor, you're still hooked up to the Spiral Mind and are drinking deep of the black nectar of capitalism. One aspect of this is that you've got a whole lot of data coming in regarding Victoria and her plans. But now these unemployed scrubs want to get your time of day? Tell 'em to get outta here, why don't you?[/quote]

"You guys," Victor says judiciously, "are [i]fucking assholes.[/i]"

This is, sadly, not the first time Sara's stolen his limbs. He can feel them, somewhere, battering against the lid of whatever tupperware jar they put his nanites in. But not tying him up? Come on. Give him [i]some[/i] respect, maybe? Some common courtesy? At least pretend you think he's a threat worth more than just propping his torso up in a chair.

Fucking humiliating, is what this is.

"Seriously. You!"  He should be pointing. They've taken his hands. Can't point at Errant. Commie bastards. "I thought you, of all people, would be hunky-dory for my new change of heart. Finally! Finally, we two can be truly on the same side, have fun adventures! Errant, corporate champion, and Brainstorm, CEO! Once I take over AEGIS, you'd have free reign to pursue whatever hobbies you fancy---maybe we could make you the director of the bureaucracy, wouldn't that be fun? Wouldn't even send you out on any of the more distasteful missions, and that's more than could be said of miss 'punch you through a wall for laughing at her' Victoria. You're seriously telling me that you'd rather literally rebel against the very people who raised you, taught you, made you who you are, than see me in charge of it? That's your line? You'll gladly toe the line when AEGIS is bombarding-by-proxy the entire neighborhood, but the thought of me running things my way sends you running for the hills?

"Love the red, by the way. 'Criminal' is quite a fetching look."

He snaps back to the other bitch in the room. "Speaking of the other bitch in the room, [i]chinga mi madre,[/i] Sara, was me having two minutes in the spotlight already too much for you? I swear, you'd think that after having franchised you'd be more willing to friggin' [i]share[/i]. But noooo! Can't have Victor having fun! I mean, you've already stolen everything else in my life, so why wait when I'm finally on the cusp of turning over a new leaf? Oh wait, that'd mean that I might actually make something of myself, instead of being content to be one of the losers who waste their lives watching the poorly-edited drivel you produce! Fucking A, it's just like the time you stole my photo album to make the Wincest calendar! Yeah, I know about that, you think I didn't notice it went missing right about the time you got that new hardlight generator installed?

"...Actually, that was a pretty slick move. Like, still a bastard, but the kind of bastardry that I can admire and get behind. Maybe once I'm CEO, we could do another one of those calendars. I mean, horny is as horny does, and horny spends money. They're already buying my bootleg horndog calendars, and that means that they're not buying [i]licensed[/i] Brainstorm softcore. Note to self: purchase a Cali studio, they have relaxed restrictions on that kind of thing.

"Anyway. You two have had your fun. So now, what's going to happen is you're going to give me back my limbs and a sizable chunk of bribery, and I'll forget this happened. Then, once I take over AEGIS, Errant will get her job back, and @SARAHPHIM won't have pissed away every sponsership deal she ever made. We'll be... well, you'll be employees. But favored ones, and that's more than can be said of most of the people I'll hire."