001: [Video/Voice/Action] The FBI doesn't give ransom

[yesimagenius]

[Reid pokes at the communication device a moment, brow furrowed as he tries to figure it out. Finally the video flickers on and Reid is staring down at it. He's dressed in a button down shirt, tie and grandpa cardigan sweater. He's also leaning on a cane. He's nervous but managing to keep his cool. Reid is working at keeping his mind off the last time he was kidnapped. This isn't the same, he thinks to himself. He's not tied up. Maybe this isn't a kidnapping. Maybe...]

Uhm...I-I'm Dr. Spencer Reid with the FBI. I d-don't know who you are or where this is but someone will be coming for me. If you'd like to t-talk, you haven't done anything w-wrong yet. I'm not hurt. You need to talk to me n-now because holding a federal agent against his will is a crime.

Comments

[yes-imagenius.livejournal.com]

The Federal Bureau of Investigations. It's a government agency. I work for them.

[wrong-lever.livejournal.com]

Ah. Excellent. A willing peon!

[yes-imagenius.livejournal.com]

Excuse me?

[wrong-lever.livejournal.com]

A "Public Servant"?

[yes-imagenius.livejournal.com]

Hardly a peon.

[wrong-lever.livejournal.com]

An uppity peasant investigator.

[yes-imagenius.livejournal.com]

The history of civil service goes back to Imperial China. It was adopted by Europe in the mid-eighteenth century. Think what you like but I love my job. I help people and it's never boring.

[wrong-lever.livejournal.com]

...Funny. I don't recall asking for trivia.

[yes-imagenius.livejournal.com]

So because you lack control of yourself, your life, the things around you or your future, you feel like you have to try and control everything and everyone else even resorting to degrading them in order to feel better about yourself and the lack of personal control you have.

I might not l-look imposing but you can't control me.

[wrong-lever.livejournal.com]

We shall see about that.

...KRONK!

[yes-imagenius.livejournal.com]

Have you considered talking to a mental health specialist? They've made great strides in medicine and even in facilities in the last few years.

[wrong-lever.livejournal.com]

You...

You're going to be a little problem, aren't you?

[yes-imagenius.livejournal.com]

Mmmm possibly.