Ajay, Rook, and Jason have a weird dinner
"Wait, where are you guys going?" Jason asked, as he noticed The Tyrant, The Pirate, and The Prophet begin to leave the palace.
"Hey, Terrorist's Son, shut up. Please. For the love of God."
"Watch it."
"My bad, Mr. Doomy Gloomy cult leader. But anyways, we got errands to run." Vaas said, as the three got ready to leave. "Well, what about us?" Jason asked, walking up to stand beside The Rook.
"Well... Jason, was it?" Joseph asked, getting on his suit jacket. "We couldn't have a proper reality show without a good crew behind the scenes, could we? How else would I have my segment about the Collapse?"
"Well, it would be lovely to stay and chat, but me, Vaas, and Joseph have a crew to assemble, so bye!" Pagan said quickly as he shut the three hostages, Ajay, Jason, and Rook into a random room in Pagan's Palace. Ajay turned to face Jason and The Rook as he heard the door lock. "Um, are we stuck in here?" Jason asked, having calmed down from being terrified to being brought to a country against his will. Rook shrugged, saying nothing. Ajay looked behind Jason and The Rook to notice that a dinner table had been set, with food, drink, and cutlery set up, presumably for everybody, including the three stars of the Reality Show that was being planned.
"Who's hungry?" Ajay said, going towards the table, figuring they might as well eat and get to know each other. In the distance, an explosion and screaming could be heard. Jason winced. "$20 says it was Vaas who caused that explosion." Jason said, trying to distract himself from the fact that he was kidnapped by insane people. Ajay and The Rook laughed softly, as they went to sit at the table. "What even is this?" Jason asked, as The Rook made a confused expression, examining their food. Ajay took a bite. "Oh! It's just Crab Rangoon. It's different than my mom made it, though." He said, after he swallowed. "Oh, crab? I like crab." Jason said, taking a hesitant bite. He began to think about how he felt about it. "Not bad."
Rook silently took a drink of the wine(?), making a weirded-out face, and setting it back down.
"So, um, where did you guys come from?" Jason asked, while chewing his food. Ajay laughed. "I came here from America to, uh, spread my mom's." He said, not meaning to make the mood more grim. Jason sighed. "I'm sorry about that man..." Jason said. After an awkward silence, Jason piped up once more. "I went to, uh, the Rook Islands for a vacation, and, um, Vaas took me to... well, here." Both Jason and Ajay turned to The Rook, who was in the middle of eating Crab Rangoon. They looked up at the two. "Where are you from?" Ajay asked. The Rook seemed confused on how to convey where they were from, before they got an idea. They pointed to the patch on their rookie outfit to where it said Hope County. Jason and Ajay both had to lean forward to see it. "I have no idea where that is, but it sounds like an American thing." Jason said, looking to Ajay, who simply shrugged.
"Attention! Pinky's soldiers!" Vaas yelled atop of a building in one of the Royal army's outposts. Vaas stood straight up, saluting. He stopped and laughed. "I am here for one reason, and one reason only." The pirate said, as soldiers looked up in confusion and curiosity. "Does anybody here know how to work one of these?" Vaas stood aside to reveal a Studio camera. The soldiers looked around at each other.
"None of you? Come on, it's just a camera, I could do this shit!" He said, putting his hands on his hips.
One of the soldiers scoffed. "Then why don't you?" The soldier said, chuckling to another man beside him. Vaas scoffed. "Me? Moi? Yours truly? I am the star of the show! I can't be compared to one of you silly cameramen." He said, sounding offended. He scanned the crowd until he found who challenged him.
"You."
Vaas pointed at the solider, who looked up at the unpredictable pirate. "Get up here, hermano." He said, beckoning the soldier onto the building with Vaas. The soldier scoffed once more, and began to walk. Vaas patiently tapped his foot for about 12 seconds before he got impatient. "Hey, hurry the FUCK up." He said, nearly losing his cool. The soldier finally joined Vaas. The deranged man handed the camera over to Pagan's soldier. "I want you to be in charge of this camera. I am entrusting you with this huge responsibility, and if you fail, I'm afraid I'll have to shove the camera up your ass." Vaas said, with a serious face until he couldn't hold it, and bust out laughing. "I'm just playing, bro. But for reals, you are the cameraman, and I will shove the camera up your ass." The unpredictable pirate put his arm around the confused and obviously scared soldier, which seemed ironic since the soldier was armed. Vaas turned back to the crowd and held up the soldiers arm like he had just won a fight.
"Gentlemen and Gentleladies of the Fabulous Army; We got a camera man!" Vaas yelled. Hesitant claps came from the soldiers, and Vaas grinned, grabbing a grenade from the soldier and pulling the pin.
Joseph had gathered around soldiers, found a suitable ramp just above the height of the soldiers, and began to give a speech. "Soldiers of Kyrat..." he began, as if about to give speech, before Pagan walked onto the ramp as well, scanning the crowd.
He pointed at a solider. "You, come with us. You're the mic man." He said, and walked off. Joseph looked at Pagan with a genuine shocked and offended expression on his face. "Um, excuse me, I was about to tell them about the Collapse, and how we need to be ready for humanity as we know it to come to a close." Joseph said, turning his back to the crowd and facing Pagan. Pagan shrugged. "I wanted to be quick. Ooo, but the Collapse does sound fun. Go on, go on. Give the speech." He said, standing back, letting Joseph do his thing. The Prophet nodded, and began to take off his shirt. Pagan looked surprised. "Woah, what are you doing?" He asked, as Joseph tossed his shirt to Pagan. "What? This is how is how I always do my sermons" Joseph said and turned back to the crowd.
"The Collapse... How many of you have heard my prophecy? That the world will experience a doomsday, of sorts, and we must be ready?" No one had. Joseph said. Apparently, his entire speech depended on at least one person knowing. "Well then. Allow me to explain..." The Prophet pulled out his copy of Joseph's Word, also known as the Bible.
He received some groans from the crowd. Joseph looked up as he turned to Revelations. "I understand that not all of you agree with my religion... that's fine, I understand... it's how you were raised. Raised on something different than me. Raised on your culture. Raised on lies..." Pagan quickly stepped onto the stage to whisper in Joseph's ear.
"Oh, really?"
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"Treason?"
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"I could be killed for questioning Kyra?"
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"Can I finish my speech anyways?"
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"Later?"
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"Oh, fine."
Joseph rolled his eyes, and he got the person who Pagan had chose to be the Sound Guy, holding a boom mic. "Pagan tells me that you're not really a believer of Kyra." Joseph said, putting his hands on the soldiers shoulders. The soldier shook his head.
"No sir, I'm very traditional."
"Well, that's not what I heard. Come, why don't you come with me and I explain to you what the Collapse really is?"
Pagan laughed. "Ah, this'll be fun. Come on, let's see if Vaas actually did blow up a bunch of soldiers."
Camera and Mic Crew: Check
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