Vrenille's touch is soft and steady as he takes Mustang's hands and removes the shackles, unlocking them with the key he'd gotten from his previous handler.
"We do all need allies in this place, you guys who they've marked with the," he gestures with one hand to indicate the line on the neck that Submissives all bear, "or even if they haven't. Personally, I work less on the quid pro quo model 'n more on the logic that we all gotta have each others' backs 'round here."
Which is to say that he's unlikely to ever call in a favour, like Mustang owes him something, but very likely to go on valuing whatever mutual bond of camaraderie that they manage to build today.
"Far as anyone can tell, this isn't Earth either. Duplicity's just Duplicity. There ain't a lotta information 'bout what exists beyond this island. There's two other cities we know of--Insincerity 'n Veracity, but you can't get beyond the borders of either. And there's a place called Fort Harmony," he shakes his head, "no way out there either and you can't even get close to it anymore." His tone says that no one in their right mind should want to get close to it anymore.
"Far as LIES tech goes, they keep everything locked down tight 'n no one's ever got an answer to how things work. Sometimes I think LIES themselves only half know. People tried all kinda stuff to get home, but unless there's a 'glitch' in the program 'n you just disappear one day, you're stuck here."
It's bad news that he's delivering, and he is sympathetic. "I"m sorry, man. I know what it's like needing to get back home, and it sucks. Worse than all the quota 'n the contracts 'n the Dom/sub bullshit's just being stuck here."
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"We do all need allies in this place, you guys who they've marked with the," he gestures with one hand to indicate the line on the neck that Submissives all bear, "or even if they haven't. Personally, I work less on the quid pro quo model 'n more on the logic that we all gotta have each others' backs 'round here."
Which is to say that he's unlikely to ever call in a favour, like Mustang owes him something, but very likely to go on valuing whatever mutual bond of camaraderie that they manage to build today.
"Far as anyone can tell, this isn't Earth either. Duplicity's just Duplicity. There ain't a lotta information 'bout what exists beyond this island. There's two other cities we know of--Insincerity 'n Veracity, but you can't get beyond the borders of either. And there's a place called Fort Harmony," he shakes his head, "no way out there either and you can't even get close to it anymore." His tone says that no one in their right mind should want to get close to it anymore.
"Far as LIES tech goes, they keep everything locked down tight 'n no one's ever got an answer to how things work. Sometimes I think LIES themselves only half know. People tried all kinda stuff to get home, but unless there's a 'glitch' in the program 'n you just disappear one day, you're stuck here."
It's bad news that he's delivering, and he is sympathetic. "I"m sorry, man. I know what it's like needing to get back home, and it sucks. Worse than all the quota 'n the contracts 'n the Dom/sub bullshit's just being stuck here."