Log 0004

[keeps_a_cool_head]

[In the time since he was released from Zero, Scorpius has been spending the majority of his days in the library. The availability of knowledge from other universes is too irresistable to ignore, and much of his time is spent cataloging facts and figures he feels may be useful to him in the coming time]

The enormous accessibility of resources even to known prisoners on this ship continues to amaze me. I wonder if I might entreat on a warden who would be able to provide a personal databank? It's far easier than writing notes by hand.

Additionally, I would be interested to learn if anyone has bothered to map out the Barge's destinations ahead of schedule, or started to plan for each flood and port we encounter. It seems to be on a rotating cycle.

And there are still concepts I come across every day whose meanings continue to elude me. I have seen...[He pauses to double-check the name he's written down] Abbott and Costello's 'Who's on First' three times and each subsequent viewing leaves me more perplexed.

John, if this data reel is any indication of your species' intelligence, I don't know whether to feel superior or afraid.

[Private to Catra]

Have you tracked Crichton's meal cycles yet?

Comments

[Video]

[neverfeltbetter]

[Yeah, see this is what he was taking about to Steph. Scorpius just loves calling him out on the network. So, why does he keep falling for this? Maybe he really is crazy.]

Scorpius, understanding comedy gold like that would require having a sense of humor.

[Video]

[keeps_a_cool_head]

[This harmless banter works in several ways for Scorpius.

First, it keeps Crichton on edge and on his toes; an important thing if he means to push the warden off balance.

Second, it establishes Scorpius' presence as all-encompassing. He refuses to let Crichton forget for one minute that he's here, knowing his presence is enough to make the man feel uncomfortable and unsafe.

Third, it lets the Barge see their 'relationship', under the terms that Scorpius presents. He is slowly establishing himself as a straight-minded, curious but misguided person: an angle he can work with.

Plus: it's fun as hell.]

This is meant as a comedy? I would have guessed it was an exercise in surrealist dogma.

Re: [Video]

[neverfeltbetter]

[Scorpius needs a new hobby.]

Yes, it's a comedy. It's a play on words.

[Video]

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Is all Earth culture similar to this?

[mightthinkthat]

[Francis isn't fooled by this presentation of their relationship. He knows a needler when he sees one. Politics is full of it. (And it's not exactly a technique he's never used himself.) But hey. He's not a warden of any stripe, so you go do your thing, Scorpius.]

Don't they make fun of idiots wherever you come from?

[keeps_a_cool_head]

I do my best not to associate with known idiocy.

[Plus some of them are up in High Command, so making fun of them would be equivalent to signing his own death warrant]

[mightthinkthat]

That is something you can hardly help.

[Also: not a denial. There are idiots everywhere, Scorpius. EVERYWHERE.]

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Then I amend my statement:

On the occasions when I find myself interacting with idiots, I don't find them amusing. I find them exhausting and a great waste of time and space.

[mightthinkthat]

Even when it's not your problem?

[keeps_a_cool_head]

The trouble is that their problems can swiftly become my problems, if they're left to their own devices.

[mightthinkthat]

[Like you have him agreeing with Crichton here, Scorpius. Get a sense of humour.] The point is that when it's actually not your problem, both the frustration of someone who knows what they're talking about and the obliviousness of the person who doesn't is very amusing to watch.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

[Pls sir. He has a sense of humor. He just doesn't let it out all that often because it is downright terrifying]

So separation from the stupidity involved is paramount to the humor I might find in it.

[mightthinkthat]

[This guy makes cute remarks about explosions happening OUTSIDE HIS DOOR. NO EXCUSE.] No one likes frustration in of itself.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

What frustrates you, Prime Minister?

[mightthinkthat]

A lack of challenge.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Escaping this Barge isn't challenge enough?

[mightthinkthat]

I thought we were discussing general things. [Though, if you had a serious proposition, Scorpius, then a public channel would state otherwise. For one reason or another.]

[keeps_a_cool_head]

And I would have thought it was every inmate's idea to escape here, through graduation or other means.

Are you challenged here, I should ask?

[mightthinkthat]

That does seem to be general assumption this place is built on. [But.] There are those who stay on.

I suppose so. I'm certainly not left idle.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

For deals. Yes.

And are you paired?

[mightthinkthat]

Not for deals.

No. Are you?

[strangehistorian]

I have read that it is about homonyms! I don't know anything about databanks, but I'm glad you're enjoying yourself!

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Homonyms? Interesting.

You...run this library, don't you?

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Not yet. But I am curious for when it finally happens.

[mightthinkthat]

I'm dreading it. No unpaired warden I talk to seems interesting. If I get matched with a dullard, it's bound to get tedious very quickly.