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Scorpius ([personal profile] keeps_a_cool_head) wrote2014-03-02 08:49 am

Log 0007

[In Zero, Scorpius does what he does best: he plans. Giving him space and time to think through what he wants and how to get it is one of the unintended gifts of his cell space, and he appreciates every moment of it.

After several days, he addresses the Barge]


A question to my fellow shipmates;

When an inmate commits a grievous crime, who is to blame for it? Obviously the inmate must share some, but what percentage is attributed to them and what percentage is attributed to their warden, who may be unfit to command them? A warden may fail just as easily by not admitting to something that could be most assuredly out of their control.

And what of inmates who aren't paired and no one has taken the time to explain to them the rules?

My apologies to Alex Summers. While it was certainly my intent to hurt him, he had done nothing to harm me and was simply in the correct place at the correct time.



[Private to Crichton]

Of course, John, we all know that you are the one fully to blame.

More like Alex will follow. You cannot hope to save them all.

In a few days' time they will be forced to release me. What has changed between the time of my entering this cell and the time of my leaving it? As a deterrent towards behavior, Zero leaves much to be desired.

I am willing to entertain ideas of a deal between us.
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[personal profile] bodilesswarrior 2014-03-08 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
He's impossible to contain - we've been trying for years - but he won't be hard to kill. [She's thought of a dozen different ways, all untraceable.]
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[personal profile] fireincarnate 2014-03-08 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jean snorts as she hands them over. Their fingers brush; her skin is cool to the touch.]

Yeah, we're a bit luxury for a prison ship. [She doesn't mind that, most days; they're about rehabilitation, not punishment. But when the standard punishment for maiming people is a week in timeout....]

Wardens can get creative, though.
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[personal profile] fireincarnate 2014-03-08 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jean nods, hands slipping into her pockets. It's nice, she's found, transforming her clothes; if she wants pockets, she has them.]

The trick is finding something that makes an impression, but isn't cruel - and that'll depend on the Inmate.
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[personal profile] bodilesswarrior 2014-03-08 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Our prison system is - it's definitely not perfect, for a lot of reasons, but it's pretty good at keeping people incarcerated.

Most people. Unfortunately, Gotham got a lot of exceptions.
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[personal profile] fireincarnate 2014-03-08 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Does anyone, really? It might be what they know best, but - that's probably part of why they're here.
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[personal profile] bodilesswarrior 2014-03-08 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
No. [Her answer is firm and immediate.] Most people can, I think - most people have some scrap of humanity left.

[A beat.] If you'll pardon the expression.
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[personal profile] fireincarnate 2014-03-08 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her smile is wry, as she remembers the fire consuming Arthas' mind.]

I try to be. [I have to be.] I know the world isn't, but - that just makes it more important.
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[personal profile] fireincarnate 2014-03-08 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh. Her smile shifts, becomes something warmer and brighter.]

Thank you.

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[personal profile] fireincarnate 2014-03-08 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. [Several times, before her telepathy bloomed and her memory perfected itself.] That one, that's the basics - how evolution works on Earth, the general course for humanity. The second goes into more detail - genetics, what they determine, how they change.

And the third is about...more recent leaps forward. I don't know if that applies to John's world.
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[personal profile] fireincarnate 2014-03-09 10:21 am (UTC)(link)
You can keep them, if you want. [There's some sentiment there, sure - Charles gave him to her. But passing them on is the kind of thing he'd be happy to see.

Besides, the words themselves will never leave her.]
I've memorised them.
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[personal profile] bodilesswarrior 2014-03-09 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
[A slight nod.] That's what the conclusion I came to here, yes. And... [She gestures to herself.] Still a Warden, so far.

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[personal profile] gard 2014-03-10 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Sentient?

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[personal profile] gard 2014-03-10 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Still sounds pretty appalling.

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