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[scarlet_discord]

I can't believe this. Not a single mention of what is being done about Rex stranding and zombifying us all. No apology from his Warden for letting this all go on under his nose. No nothing. We're just expected to clean ourselves off and go back to pretending that nothing happened

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[sixthanimorph]

You're acting like this is something new. Rex tried taking over the Barge right before I got here and turned half of the inmates into his slaves with nanomites.

Guess who did something about it? I'll give you a hint: it wasn't a warden.

[scarlet_discord]

Everyone I talked to claimed that this fucking douche was "reformed a lot" since then and "wouldn't do anything like that again". Apparently he lied well enough that the idiots in charge took no precautions to prevent him from doing it again. And we all paid. Especially those that worm lied to and called "friend".

As for doing something about it--welp. If he comes anywhere near me I'll give him one hell of an education. And if someone else decides to do it first, I'll cheer them on.

[get_thebook]

If I may interject. I understand you're angry, and you have reason to be. However, can you claim you have never made progress and then taken two steps back due to circumstances out of your control?

I am not saying this is the case with Rex. I am no longer his Warden; I cannot be certain his motivations, but I know him well enough to know what occurred in the end was likely not his intention. If you ever called him friend, or if you have ever seen what I proposed to you occur for other people, if not to yourself, then I would suggest that you take a walk and think on that a while.

You're angry. It feels safer to be angry because anger can make us feel stronger than simply hurting. But many of life's most regretful missteps come of anger. And you never know whether the next step you take will have solid ground beneath it, no matter how certain you are. Not when you're angry.

Not when you're still raw.

It may be that his Warden is raw right now, too -- all of us are recovering from the port.

[scarlet_discord]

I've made nothing but negative progress in this nightmare place.

When I first came here I was nice, I was optimistic, I tried to help people. I cooperated. I even thought about becoming a Warden once I graduated.

Then Franklin Mott got away with hurting me. Was basically rewarded for it.

Now Rex hurts everyone, and nobody says anything about it, and every day that goes by where it looks like people are going to let this slide I have to wonder: is it happening again? Is everyone going to be expected to just take it like I did?

Of course I'm angry! Nobody deserves to go through that kind of disappointment and sense of powerlessness. If I have to be the one to speak up about this--and get yelled at for speaking up--then I damn well will. Someone had to say something.

Anyway, better saying than acting.

[impure_tale]

I would presume that Rex's punishment is a matter for his Warden to handle, and if that business is not yet concluded, it simply is not. When his Warden is ready and chooses to address the public, he will.

But speaking as though you have proof that he was remiss in his duties and his Inmate did not simply manage to plan what he did (regardless of the consequences, which I doubt were foreseen) despite precautions having been taken is taking an enormous leap. I invite you provide evidence of that, and if you cannot, then it may be possible you are demanding an apology from his Warden that it is not his duty to give.

[scarlet_discord]

Oh stow it, you old perv. I don't have to prove anything. He managed to plan and execute something this elaborate without any Wardens noticing or doing a thing about it. What are the odds of that happening without Warden error factoring in? Zero, that's what.

What is also completely obvious, and isn't being addressed, is the need to inform the other captives that Rex Lewis isn't going to get away with this. You know, like Franklin Mott did?

Unless of course your definition of "redemption" is our learning to accept getting fucked over like good little victims.

Sorry. He's a bit defensive of the Marquis.

[emptyyourself]

That is enough, Miss Maximoff. Your ire is somewhat justified, but this childish, petulant, over-defensive martyring - and the name-calling - will cease.

Act your age.

[scarlet_discord]

I don't take orders from you. You've never done a thing for me, you're not my teacher, my superior or my friend. As far as I'm concerned you can shove your attitude up your ass.

[buildindreemz]

And I'm sure you know all the details of the situation, more even than Rex and his warden, which is what allows you to be the one to pass judgment.

[scarlet_discord]

Shut the hell up. We deserve vindication of some kind, or at least the knowledge that what Rex did won't go unanswered. The guy who kidnapped and broke me got to GRADUATE right after without any fucking punishment at all. I deserve--we deserve--to know that Rex Lewis will be handled better than this.

[buildindreemz]

And once the situation has been worked out, I'm sure we'll all be informed of what Rex's punishment is. I see no reason to "shut the hell up" when you're making assumptions about a situation you don't know the details of.

[scarlet_discord]

I don't have to know every single thing about the details to know that we deserve some sort of reparations for what was done to us.

Of course I don't want to wait until the Wardens have come up with a party line to tell us captives. I waited when Mott did his thing to me; I trusted that there would be justice; THERE WAS NO JUSTICE. Now I don't trust you people at all. The Wardens failed me once. If I have to gadfly your asses into not doing it again I damn well will.

[championoftime]

[He hates this part. He hates this part. He hates this part.]

He lied to me.

I'm sorry.

I very truly believed in him. I'm sorry that my faith in someone contributed to this.

I don't know what they're going to do to him.

[scarlet_discord]

I had faith in him too. He said he was going to free us all. Instead he sacrificed us all to free himself. He lied to everyone who cared about him and put us through hell.

What's so wrong with wanting to make sure he doesn't get away with it like Franklin did?

[championoftime]

There's nothing wrong with it. He's already not. He's already losing everyone that he'd been building relationships with.

But whatever his warden has planned- I've not heard it discussed. I've been hesitant to ask because I'm so personally mired in the thick of it.

[scarlet_discord]

He won't care. If he cared about us he would never have done this to us.

I understand. I'm sorry you're caught in the middle.

[shortsghtedlove]

I would very much appreciate if you'd pay more attention to your language, Miss Maximoff. I neither like being called a captive nor do I appreciate generalisations.

[scarlet_discord]

Fuck off.

[shortsghtedlove]

[...What.]

No. You've insulted me and you've insulted my fiancé and all you can think of in response is rudeness? Really?

[scarlet_discord]

Yep.