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o12; things fall apart, the center cannot hold // VIDEO

May 15, 2011 13:39

[ GUESS WHO IS ANGRY TODAY? BATMAN IS ANGRY TODAY. ]

private to Tirion, fifteen minutes before Eddie's post;

[ Flatly: ]

Edward Nygma attacked your inmate. He's been dealt with and is in Zero.

warden filter;

[ He's seated in his chair, and there's just a very, very cold anger in his eyes. His voice is blank when he speaks. Still in that flat ( Read more... )

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[Private + Eames] doctor_j_crane May 15 2011, 05:49:03 UTC

No. It's contraband and I'm not supposed to have it. [Pause.] But I have the formulas for most of the variations that have been used on the barge.

[Private + Eames] fivestepsahead May 15 2011, 06:38:43 UTC

Make copies and give those to me.

[Private + Eames] doctor_j_crane May 15 2011, 07:09:32 UTC

I will. I also want you and the other wardens to know that this is a show of good faith on my part. I had no idea that Nygma was going to do that.

[Private + Eames] fivestepsahead May 15 2011, 07:34:25 UTC

I didn't think you would. [ Dryly. ] If you did, you would've stopped him from using the toxin, if nothing else.

I'll come over.

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Warden Filter--Text (so as not to lisp a tl;dr at his colleagues) timesbureaucrat May 15 2011, 06:34:21 UTC

[Dammit he hates these sorts of votes. A vote rather like this once resulted in him being locked away for a week and his mindwipe confiscated. He dislikes Eddie, but he hates votes like this more. Sorry, Bruce, for the following rant. It's not you; it's Narvin.]

Arthas has long been one of the most violent and dangerous inmates on the Barge. He used to keep a tally of the wardens he'd killed. [And Narvin had been one of them. Arthas was on the top of his (mostly) hypothetical hit list for a while.] It's not surprising that someone decided to retaliate; the only thing that surprises me was that it was Nygma who had the audacity to do it ( ... )

Warden Filter--Text fivestepsahead May 15 2011, 06:38:14 UTC

Offer an alternative.

Warden Filter--Text timesbureaucrat May 15 2011, 06:45:43 UTC

A board of judges. Six in total, three sit in judgement on any one case on a rotating basis and if one or more of the judges who is scheduled to sit feels that their impartiality is compromised, they step down and let one of the other three take their place. It wouldn't be a perfect solution, but it would be better than the free-for-all of votes of the biased and un-apathetic.

[He doesn't think there's any way to get enough wardens to go along with it to ever make it happen...but Bruce did ask.]

Warden Filter--Text fivestepsahead May 15 2011, 07:11:24 UTC

Who would choose the judges?

[ It's similar to the justice league idea he had, but the choice is a problem. ]

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[Warden Filter] championoftime May 15 2011, 06:48:12 UTC

He'll survive. [This is probably the shortest statement to someone's condition that the Doctor has given on board this ship.]

[Warden Filter] fivestepsahead May 15 2011, 07:10:35 UTC

How long will his recovery take?

[Warden Filter] championoftime May 15 2011, 07:25:58 UTC

How long does it take anyone who's been at someone's mercy to recover?

Physically he's fine. Dead. But fine.

[Warden Filter] fivestepsahead May 15 2011, 07:33:09 UTC

That depends on the person. [ Yeaaaah you just hit on the second reason why he's taking himself out of the vote. ]

Are you abstaining, Doctor?

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[Warden Filter] most_feared May 15 2011, 08:29:12 UTC

My solution? The Admiral's not demoted him on his own. He's from your universe. Take his ass back home for a while and remind him what it's like.

[Warden Filter] fivestepsahead May 15 2011, 11:24:51 UTC

[ PAUSE. He sighs a bit. ]

That might actually worsen the situation.

[Warden Filter] most_feared May 16 2011, 21:43:13 UTC

Well, I certainly don't want the vote to be left up for us. It wasn't but a few months ago that a good hunk of the warden population was subjected to mind-control. And there's always the very good chance that someone could set up a warden they didn't like on false accusations because evidence is so easy to manufacture.

So I just flat out don't trust a vote anymore and I wasn't keen on them in the first place. Tirion should have the right to petition the Admiral. He's the one that's been undermined.

[Warden Filter] fivestepsahead May 17 2011, 04:55:01 UTC

You raise a valid point.

At at this juncture, however, it is still the best option. Even though it can do with some improvements.

Private aboutpower May 15 2011, 10:08:45 UTC

I can even let you try to bruise me this time. [What are friends for?]

10 minutes?

Private fivestepsahead May 15 2011, 11:25:32 UTC

I think I need half an hour. [ Dealing with so much crap... ]

And Buffy? I need you to weigh in on this too.

Private aboutpower May 15 2011, 12:06:41 UTC

I'm ready whenever.

[Errrrrrrrrm.] Um. I'm not much of a voter? Never even registered at home, cause of the, uh..

[Okay, obviously this is really important to him and yeah, she has strong feelings on the matter.] Okay.

Private fivestepsahead May 15 2011, 12:15:42 UTC

... Okay?

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