ryann comes in jars ([personal profile] cornichaun) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2020-04-06 10:19 pm
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The Helpful Hostage Meme

THE HELPFUL HOSTAGE (maybe) (hopefully) MEME!


Running from a wrongful accusation of murder? Wounded by your archenemy and looking for a place to hide? Need a pilot to go after those drug lords escaping across the border? Don't have time to go through the official channels? Find a hostage! And make them help you.

In this meme, one person desperately needs help. And, in order to get it, they grab another character. Off the street, out of their car, from a restaurant.

PROMPTS: (optional)
1 - MEDICAL ATTENTION.. You're bleeding, in pain and desperate, and you need medical attention. Right now. What will you do? Break into a private practice after hours? Find a darkened house or apartment with a convenient bathroom?
2 - SHELTER. The cops are after you. The temperature is dropping below -20. You're out in the middle of nowhere and you're starving. You don't have any options left - except for this.
3 - TRANSPORTATION. You need to get out of town. Fast. Can't buy a car, can't rent a car, can't take a bus - how do you leave?
4 - PROFESSIONAL SKILLS. You need a doctor. A lawyer. A pilot. A spy. And you know just the one. And you're going to get their help whether they want it or not.
5 - A HOSTAGE. You need a body to threaten. Maybe it's the President's daughter; maybe it's just someone off the street. Either way, it's leverage you're after. Maybe you'll turn them loose once you get to the border.
6 - FINISH THE CRIME. Get the manager who can open the bank vault. Or whatever else you need to commit your act of murder, sabotage and/or thievery.
7 - IT WAS AN ACCIDENT???? Fuck.
8 - CHOOSE YOUR OWN.
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fantabulousandwich: (Laugh)

[personal profile] fantabulousandwich 2020-04-07 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Typical. Typical! The world throws her a big meaty bone, she leaps on it like Bruce, and it turns out to be made of rubber. Harley is squeal-laughing, lurching back and forth with the jerky motions of the car.

"Then what were you doing sitting behind the wheel, James Bond!" She glances behind them, seeing the coppers fade inti the distance. There was that, at least.
strewth: campbell; a green and pleasant land. (in a high rise)

[personal profile] strewth 2020-04-07 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a perfectly good answer to that question, which completely absolves John of any guilt, but consider: "Bond's bloody Scottish!"
fantabulousandwich: (Let's do this I guess)

[personal profile] fantabulousandwich 2020-04-07 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, of course you're a purist." Harley's eyes roll so hard her whole head follows. "All right, fine; a car has stop, go, and the steering wheel. Try not to use stop and go at the same time. We'll work on parking another day."

The gun is still up, but Harley's hardly paying attention anymore; she's too busy watching behind them, clutching at the appallingly decorated backpack in her lap. Her eyes land on the cigarette still in John's hand. "You got any more of those?"
strewth: campbell; a green and pleasant land. (and sequinned dress.)

[personal profile] strewth 2020-04-08 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
John swerves, narrowly avoiding... a wall. "You drive!" Swerve, narrowly avoiding traffic, swerve. "And I'll give you a light as well!"

He refuses to die like this.
fantabulousandwich: (I had a bad idea)

[personal profile] fantabulousandwich 2020-04-08 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can't drive and smoke and hold a gun on you!" From behind them comes the sounds of sirens, and Harley bites her lip, checking behind them. "Just stop jerking the wheel back and forth; this ain't Dr. No!"
strewth: fowler & taillefer; bad influences. (as a western plays)

[personal profile] strewth 2020-04-08 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then you can just have the bloody car; I ain't worth stealing!"

This is objectively untrue, according to John, who thinks he is very worth stealing, thank you, but hard times, you know how it is.
fantabulousandwich: (I like you!)

[personal profile] fantabulousandwich 2020-04-08 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sorry toots; I need you to drive, just in case!" The sirens seem to die off, for a moment, and Harley turns back to her impromptu driver.

"You know, that accent and the way you Brits call everything bleeding and bloody and stuff is real classy. Like premium grade fresh." Harley's voice is suddenly at a normal volume, as if this were just an ordinary conversation, and one hand wasn't pressed against the roof to keep her from bouncing around too much. "I bet you get girls falling all over you, huh? What's your name, anyway?"
strewth: fowler & taillefer; bad influences. (all the umbrellas in the rain.)

[personal profile] strewth 2020-04-08 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
John, born in Liverpool and longtime Londoner, barely manages to keep his eye from twitching through this. "Oh, loads!" A car swerves next to them, honking wildly in a bare miss. "Some of them don't even sick me with guns! Bloody Americans, what is it with this place. Leave New York and it's fucking cursed."
fantabulousandwich: (C'mon Sweetie)

[personal profile] fantabulousandwich 2020-04-09 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
"What?" Harley glances back and forth between him and the gun in her hand. "Oh I wasn't flirting with you! I was just, you know, talking. Complimenting! Or trying to, anyway." She sniffs. "No, I just got out of a long-term relationship." Her nose goes up in the air, affecting an air of diffidence. "I'm not interested." Then she gives him a side-long glance. "But you're never gonna catch someone with an attitude like that."
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