Log 0013

[keeps_a_cool_head]

[Video]

[a wretched-sounding hacking is heard from down in one of the lower levels of the Barge. In the remnants of a broken lab works Scorpius, who is literally smoking from the head as his brain works to cook him alive. He's finding it difficult to stand now, and keeps coughing up some horrific yellow bile, spitting it near across the room at times. Burnt meat is the smell that permeates the dark workspace, as he bends over something and works with rigorous focus]



If I might have...


...a volunteer.



[Scorpius is affected, an inmate close to graduating, who has decided that the only way off this ship is by graduating. Volunteers may be subjected to imperfect mind-probing and brain liquification since he's working with substandard tools]

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[Spam]

[keeps_a_cool_head]

[Trembling, Scorpius waits until the replacement rod is in place before the canister snaps shut of his own accord. He stares up at the ceiling, blue eyes wide in shock and pain, until the warmth ebbs and he can breathe again]




...Thank you, Catra.

Re: [Spam]

[force_captain]

[She perches on the edge of the bed and primly dusts the goop from her hands. Yuck.]

Couldn't very well let you boil to death, dearie.

[Spam]

[keeps_a_cool_head]

[Yeah he can get pretty rank, no lie. Slowly, Scorpius sits up, massaging his forehead with two fingers]

I was close to it. Another few microts and my death would have been imminent.

[Spam]

[force_captain]

You're welcome.

[Smug? A wee bit.]

[Spam]

[keeps_a_cool_head]

[He looks sharply towards Catra, before relaxing by inches]

Your performance here was...exemplary. But I have nothing of value to give you in return.

[Spam]

[force_captain]

I'm sure I can think of something. [Delicate nose wrinkle.] Once you're cleaner.

[She points without looking to the door to her bathroom.]

I have a water purifier and a generator. Go.

[Spam]

[keeps_a_cool_head]

[He stands stiffly but without slipping once, hesitant to show more weakness than he has already. Not that he doesn't know perfectly well Catra holds everything in hand already, but he keeps up the guise of appearances, and disappears to the bathroom to wash down]