Entry #B-1: "B" [November 19, Video]

[dead_black_eyes]

[The man appearing onscreen this morning is haggard, somber, and distracted. Clearly, he's been awake all night, something he's been doing far too often lately, sitting curled in the middle of what appears to be a cleaned up but ancient school gymnasium's basketball court with his chin on his knees. A few feet away is a blue tarp hiding something sizable and lumpy.]

I know Albero's people are striking Espresso Yourself, early on the morning of Sunday, November 23, at 3:15 AM. They will be there to raze the building to the ground and they do not intend to take prisoners.

[He bites his lip, glancing away from the camera. The calmness he's affected since Anthony's death slips for a second, revealing something like fear. He swallows.]

I've been waiting for a pulse. I was hoping that maybe my other's experience and knowledge could help me, in this regard, but up to this point... it's been all quiet on that front.

[He rises slowly, moving towards the tarp and drawing it away from what it conceals. There are many pounds of dynamite stacked in the middle of his gym, along with several ominous looking canisters.]

I have dynamite and nitroglycerin. I think...

[He takes a deep, shuddering breath.]

I know we can kill a lot of them. Part of me really wants to, and I can't be the only one. But I know... I know that's not what we're fighting for, a criminal record of our own and another reason to be driven out of this city. So...

[He sits again, hard, on the floor, eyes and posture conveying a distinctly dazed quality.]

I think maybe it would be better to use this information to get the FBI on this and catch them in the act, with no blood shed. I'm prepared for both of these scenarios, but honestly... I don't know what's right. I'm so tired. I trust all of you, so... please help me make the right decision.

EDIT: I've been informed that Nick knows about another upcoming opportunity, a chance to hit the Mafia where it hurts. There's to be a meeting of higher-ups in the near future; further details are forthcoming.

Comments

Voice

[icy_heavens]

We're not. [He doesn't believe they are, at any rate.] Which means doing that would just push us closer to it. I'm all for striking back -- I'm sick of getting pushed around -- but we've gotta do it the right way.

Voice

[dead_black_eyes]

You sound sure. If you are sure, I think I can convince myself to put my faith in it.

I think that involving law enforcement is the right way. It's my desperate hope that they take it seriously, but... I have proof, so they need to, right?

Voice

[icy_heavens]

If they have any interest in really doing their job, then they damn well should.

[He might not completely trust the FBI, but they've been at least co-operative from the beginning. Nothing has come back to bite them all in the ass about being known to them so far. And it's been months.]

Voice

[dead_black_eyes]

They have to. So much about this plan depends on it.

[And L is not willing to let it fall through.]

Voice

[icy_heavens]

A year ago, we wouldn't have even had this option, and so far the FBI has been on the level. [He can't keep the "so far" out of there. He's putting some trust in all this, but it's not implicit.] We need to try it this way first.

Voice

[dead_black_eyes]

A lot's changed in the last year.

If there's truly a spirit of justice in the world, an inherent sense of right and wrong and even several uncorrupted people in positions of power, then it will work. If it doesn't, it's probably not even a world worth saving.