036 - Poisonberry

[deadly_ned]

[The Piemaker has been feeling unusually brave lately. Maybe it's a combination of little things, or one big thing. He can't point to why he's feeling like he has a spine again. But he'll take advantage of it, while he has it]

I'd like to remind the wardens of this Barge of the many..many times I've brought some of you back to life. And how that life can be taken away just as easily as it's given.

Hurting the interlopers is pointless.

[He lets the implied threat hang in the air for a second or two longer, before signing off]



[Private to Friends and Friendly Interloping People, assumed CR welcome]

We're at port. We're at port on a dying or dead ship and maybe it's time we came to a decision.

I think we should run. Get off the ship, find somewhere to hole up for the time being and come up with a plan.

If we stay on this ship, we could die. For good. And I am never...ever graduating.

Comments

private

[indispensible]

I think I want to die, too.

But do you want all of us to die?

private

[deadly_ned]

I want us to be free.

Barring that, death is a nice alternative.

private

[indispensible]

I don't think death is peaceful. I know dying isn't. I've killed enough people.

private

[deadly_ned]

It won't be peaceful. But it'll be better, comparatively.

private

[indispensible]

I think saying that makes you crazy.

private

[deadly_ned]

I think staying here makes anyone crazy.

private

[indispensible]

What if you're the only one who goes? Will you go alone?

private

[deadly_ned]

..Yes.

I'd try to drag Dean with me, but. If I can't..

private

[indispensible]

I think I've decided you're brave.

private

[deadly_ned]

I've given up wondering what I am anymore.

private

[indispensible]

Maybe you're too complicated for yourself to understand.

private

[deadly_ned]

I think I'm the opposite. I think I'm very, very simple.