1st race

Jun. 27th, 2015 07:02 pm
bleak_midwinter: (And away it goes)
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[Tommy walks the halls as if they belong ti him- it's not too strange, since they often did, back home. He walks as if's surrounded by hard men with razors stitched into their hats, with guns in their hands. It's easy to take offense to, but he'll be quick to reassure if anyone does.

He visits the Deck first, to smoke and to let it sink in where he is. After that, he makes the rounds, exploring: the dining hall for a good meal, the bar for some whiskey (Irish; always), the engine room. He spends a considerable amount of time in the common rooms, too, trying to figure out the TV's.

At night he's back on the deck, as high as he can go, as different as scene from his dreams as the Barge can provide.]


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[He's been on the ship for a full day before he announces himself. You might have seen him, or you might not have; for all he moves as if he owns the halls, his suit is drab enough that he can blend in when he wants.

He's in his kitchen now; there are patterned tiles, an old-fashioned wood stove, a china cabinet. It's cozy, if outdated for most of the Barge's inhabitants. Without his hat on, Tommy's eyes are a clear, penetrating blue. His voice is low, with a strong Birmingham accent. He's smoking, and it's obscuring his face in the already low lighting from the oil lamp on the table.]


From what I can tell, this place is all about 'forgiveness'. Not forgetting, but forgiving-- inmates and wardens alike. How long should forgiveness take? Are there things you could never forgive? People you'll always forgive?

Has your opinion changed, since you've been here?

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Date: 2015-06-27 06:55 pm (UTC)
patheticvillain: (ʭ bring me the no-good workhorse)
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Yeah.

I was an inmate, when I came here. I've changed a lot.

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Date: 2015-06-27 06:57 pm (UTC)
patheticvillain: (ʭ have you got)
From: [personal profile] patheticvillain
I remember.

[He's not particularly proud of it, but he remembers.]

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Date: 2015-06-27 07:32 pm (UTC)
patheticvillain: (ʭ i'm wide awake)
From: [personal profile] patheticvillain
Do you like remembering all the worst things you've ever done?

Just because I don't like to doesn't mean I don't, though.

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Date: 2015-06-27 07:38 pm (UTC)
patheticvillain: (ʭ somewhere near the end it said)
From: [personal profile] patheticvillain
Exactly.

[There's a certain amount of gratitude in his expression, that he doesn't have to explain.]

Anyway, what I was like before was a huge dick. [Pause.] I'm still a huge dick. But differently.

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Date: 2015-06-27 08:03 pm (UTC)
patheticvillain: (ʭ see 'em running for their lives)
From: [personal profile] patheticvillain
[He feels kind of like he's won something, at that. Even a small smile from a man like this means something important.]

It kind of is.

Cassel Sharpe. I'm a warden, but just barely.

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Date: 2015-06-29 12:52 am (UTC)
patheticvillain: (ʭ i wonder which one)
From: [personal profile] patheticvillain
It's the scariest thing that's ever happened to me, and I've died three times.

[This purely honest. He has never experienced anything like graduating, and is pretty sure he never will again.]

I think everybody experiences it pretty differently, though.

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Date: 2015-07-01 09:20 pm (UTC)
patheticvillain: (ʭ there's something in your way)
From: [personal profile] patheticvillain
Yep. Once at home, twice here.

[Somehow he doesn't think that the details will be as appealing to Tommy as they were to Beyond, but--]

Did anybody tell you about the death toll yet?

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Date: 2015-07-02 08:18 pm (UTC)
patheticvillain: (ʭ it's a scene about me)
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If you die, you come back. You feel like shit for about a week, but you come back.

It's convenient. Sort of.

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Date: 2015-07-07 07:42 pm (UTC)
patheticvillain: (ʭ & when the time comes along)
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We're sort of of two minds about it. A lot of people think we take it for granted, or it makes us value death less or something.

[Cassel is. Pretty obviously in the other camp.]

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Date: 2015-07-07 07:59 pm (UTC)
patheticvillain: (ʭ step up; step up; step up)
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No. I think it's a good failsafe.

[Which is probably the most honest and least flippant he's ever been about the death toll.]

The alternative is people dying all the time and not coming back, which is just stupid.

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Date: 2015-07-07 08:31 pm (UTC)
patheticvillain: (ʭ from under my shoes)
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At least once a month. Usually more.

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Date: 2015-07-10 06:13 pm (UTC)
patheticvillain: (ʭ show me how to lie)
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It'd probably be a lot more fucking tedious if we didn't come back.

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