Eighteenth

[mercurialize]

[Public Voice]

I've talked to a few of you about this, but all right. Question. People come here because they have to fix themselves, right? That's rhetorical. My real question is, do they actually deserve it or is it just because they can be changed?

We don't actually have that answer, do we?

[Inmate Filter]

Then, for you guys, is that change even helpful or would you call it harmful to your way of life? Whatever it was before. People make enemies, I know how it is.


[Open Action Spam: Gym]

[Kylar's around every early morning that the Barge isn't on fire or trying to rhyme and sing with itself. With the ka'kari back at his disposal he has a ton of practicing to do. Today's stunt, he tries to coat a training dummy with the ka'kari. Giving it a thick black metalic armor. He knows better than to attack it with Retribution, actually, the ka'kari warned him of that. There will be questions of Why later.

So he tears at it with a dagger attempting every move he can think of. But the dagger is taking far more damage than the ka'kari, in fact, the metal hasn't even dented. When he's done, he wills the ka'kari back into his skin. There's just one problem.]

You ate the dummy!

~Devourer.~

Stop it! I'm supposed to be keeping an eye on this stuff from people destroying it. Not destroying it myself.

~You never learn, do you? First, you complain when I don't obey, now you complain when I do. Which will it be next time?~

You weren't supposed to eat-

[Wait. Is someone else in here?]

Comments

inmate filter

[thelastbullet]

No one you'd wanna see?

inmate filter

[mercurialize]

Of course. They'd come with me.

[Pffft duh, so simple and yet so unrealistic.]

inmate filter

[thelastbullet]

No one'd notice. None of those hypothetical enemies.

inmate filter

[mercurialize]

Well, whoever came with me would need a new name as well, of course. Or, a faked death. Assuming hypothetical enemies could figure out that much, they'd just need to be taken care of if they ever showed up. But you'd need to go after the source, whoever sent them. At worse, you lose a good face and name and have to move on again. But you'd be running either way.

inmate filter

[thelastbullet]

And it'd still be worth it.

inmate filter

[mercurialize]

Still considering the hypothetical, yes.

Why? Not for you?

inmate filter

[thelastbullet]

Some hypothetical.

Seems like a pain in the back.

inmate filter

[mercurialize]

[He laughs.]

Life's a pain in the back. Hypothetical, or realistic.

inmate filter

[thelastbullet]

Death ain't turning out to be any easier, either. [He sounds vaguely amused, at least.]

Hey. Thanks for the, uh- gifts.

inmate filter

[mercurialize]

Yeah, you'd think death would be a vacation or something, huh?

[Is it sarcasm? Who knows.]

Oh, yeah. Thanks for the herbs and stuff. Needed some of that. We don't have that kind of holiday where I'm from, so sorry if they weren't exactly the best gifts. Figured you'd need something and it's rare the Admiral gives out things so eagerly.

inmate filter

[thelastbullet]

Saved me a couple trips to the bar, at least. [He really was weirdly pleased to see how many people'd thought of him-- he ended up with booze more than anything, but it'd been kinda nice.]

What got you to thinking about this stuff?

inmate filter

[mercurialize]

Good. Asking for someone to let you in and supervise gets old really fast, I've found.

[He needs a moment to think on that.]

I've been talking to people about it, thought I'd ask the question more directly. I've been here around a year, give or take, and I still don't understand how most of this place works.

inmate filter

[thelastbullet]

No kidding. [Besides, it's not that he has a guilty conscience, per say, but he doesn't need Gene fussing over how much he actually drinks.]

What kinda changes d'you think he wants? [Not for Kylar specifically, he means, just in general.]

inmate filter

[mercurialize]

For our hypothetical situation? Probably to stop killing people senselessly.

But it depends on the person. That's likely why there are files and everything's suddenly personal.

inmate filter

[thelastbullet]

Hypothetically, there's not a lot of that going around anyway. Not here.

Seems like there should be something deeper, though, don't it?

inmate filter

[mercurialize]

Probably does go deeper. But then it turns back to the original question, right?

Easy for the hypothetical not to kill here, maybe even forsake the idea. But back where their from? It would get complicated.

inmate filter

[thelastbullet]

I don't think killing's the problem, anyway. Plenty of wardens who did that.

inmate filter

[mercurialize]

Yeah, so clearly there's a right way and a wrong way to go about it, I guess.

inmate filter

[thelastbullet]

You guess, huh?

inmate filter

[mercurialize]

No way to really confirm it, is there? Unless you have an idea..?

inmate filter

[thelastbullet]

Maybe stop talking in hypotheticals? We're here for a reason, no use denying it.

inmate filter

[mercurialize]

It's not denial. Hypotheticals are easier to work with for most people. The files are bad enough without the entire boat knowing your life story.

inmate filter

[thelastbullet]

...Right. [He wouldn't mind admitting to some of the stuff he's done- the killing, mostly, had not been something he minded admitting to to most people. But if Kyle's so resistant to talking about it, well, he won't force him.]

inmate filter

[mercurialize]

[You're officially weird, James. Wanting to be all open and honest and stuff. What's up with that.]

And you think otherwise.

inmate filter

[thelastbullet]

[There's still plenty to be dishonest about! Not to worry.]

Think it's easier to get a straight answer without the hypotheticals.