CHAPTER THREE UP! :)
A pleasant review on ch. 2 from 'Sarah':
"I like the story so far!
I have an idea that might be useful, but you don't have to use it. Since in the first chapter you wrote how ARTHUR hated ARIADNE and in the second chapter you did how ARIADNE hated COBB, in the next chapter you could do how COBB hated something else?
It's just a suggestion, but feel free to use it!
Anyways, lovely story! Keep writing!"
*game show sound effects* Sarah guessed it right! This was my plan all along. I was wondering if anyone would recognize the pattern. So yeah, Arthur hates Ariadne, Ariadne hates Cobb, so Cobb hates...? Hmmm... read to find out!
Eames
It was a joke to him. This entire field of work was a fucking joke to him.
Because his job didn't need any research or brain power. His job didn't require someone with intelligence or a good work ethic. His job didn't call for someone with a Ph. D or a Master's or, fuck, even a Bachelor's degree.
Simply being the best liar in town had given him the employment on a silver platter.
Eames could easily be called the laziest of them all. He just sat there, doing nothing, while the rest of them buzzed around him like punch-drunk honey bees, constructing and planning and working their asses off. And it's not like he sat quietly either; his voice, loud and haughty, rang out through the warehouse on a daily basis. Cobb even thought his conscious was starting to sound more and more like the Brit himself- a bad sign, a very bad sign.
Minimal effort was required of Eames- he didn't even have to come to work most of the time. All he had to do was lie and play dress up; convince their victim he was their ally by taking on whatever role he needed to. He was a doctor, a mother, a best friend, a guidance counselor- he was anything he wanted to be. It was the simplest of jobs. A five year old could do it.
Eames didn't have to worry about being killed by the subconscious because he could switch from foe to friend with just a blink of an eye. Eames didn't have to worry about risks because he was a risk-taker himself. Eames didn't have to worry about leaving behind a family, because he had no family to leave. Eames didn't have to worry, because there was nothing to worry him.
Unlike Cobb, who worried about everything, whether he showed it or not.
Which is why Cobb fucking hated Eames.
This chapter was HARD to write. Cuz I'm not a big fan of Cobb, so I didn't pay attention to him chracteristics much during the movie. And having to write a one shot from his perspective was incredibly challenging. That's why this chapter's so short, I suppose...
Then again, all the chapters are short...
Anyway, tell me how I did. I hope it wasn't too bad. Read and review, and don't forget to check back to find out who Eames hates... :)