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keeps_a_cool_head[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.
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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Date: 2014-03-07 03:55 am (UTC)I said I would take them. Are you hard of hearing?
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Date: 2014-03-07 03:57 am (UTC)Don't they have please and thank you in space?
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Date: 2014-03-07 04:03 am (UTC)Should I bring them to you?
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Date: 2014-03-07 04:07 am (UTC)But she nods, all the same.]
I'll be there soon. Need anything else?
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Date: 2014-03-07 04:08 am (UTC)[After a beat]
Thank you.
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Date: 2014-03-07 04:15 am (UTC)She can still do more than destroy.
Jean flicks off the comm, and starts to gather the books.]
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Date: 2014-03-07 04:23 am (UTC)Her smile is strained, when she enters Zero, when she walks past the
cages cells, but she refuses to slow down. There are four books in her arms, thick and sturdy and a little battered.]Spam
Date: 2014-03-08 02:09 pm (UTC)Hello, Jean.
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Date: 2014-03-08 02:24 pm (UTC)I've got these three, but if you finish those before you're out I can grab some from the library.
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Date: 2014-03-08 02:26 pm (UTC)[He stands, walking over to the cell doors to reach for the books given]
I have to say, this is by far the most pleasant imprisonment I've ever been a party to.
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Date: 2014-03-08 02:28 pm (UTC)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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Date: 2014-03-08 02:33 pm (UTC)So I've been told. But even I have to admit I'm getting off far too easy. And while I don't think that not punishing inmates to what they deserve will be the downfall of the Barge, I would caution against it. Deals are much harder to achieve when the creatures your deals ride on feel that there is barely any consequence to their actions.
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Date: 2014-03-08 02:38 pm (UTC)The trick is finding something that makes an impression, but isn't cruel - and that'll depend on the Inmate.
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Date: 2014-03-08 02:43 pm (UTC)You have a very...soft way of looking at things. Not to say that softness is weak, but it isn't precisely how things tend to work, in my experience.
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Date: 2014-03-08 02:50 pm (UTC)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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Date: 2014-03-08 02:51 pm (UTC)[Foolish, ultimately, but also brave]
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Date: 2014-03-08 03:12 pm (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2014-03-08 03:18 pm (UTC)You've read these before?
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