007 - Raspberry Mint

[deadly_ned]

I would like...very much to not have to do that ever again. And now there are these...images in my head and I can't get rid of them and they must be from another life and is this what deja vu feels like?

Is this what deja vu feels like?

I think I just...asked that question.

[Locked to Thomas]

I'm...sorry about last week, it was extremely unprofessional to go AWOL without explanation and the only explanation I can offer now is that I wasn't myself and I will try very hard not do be affected by the Barge any...more.

This might not be entirely a success.

[Locked to Arthur Pendragon]

Mr. Pendragon...King. Sir.

I'd like to talk to you about a sword.

Comments

[deadly_ned]

I don't think so. Not in the grand spectrum of the idea.

[ichoosefight]

You matter every bit as much as I do. As much as the inmates do. There's not really that much different between us, you know? We're all just people.

[deadly_ned]

I came here to do a job. I'm going to do that job. I can't...let my own feelings get in the way of what I need to do.

[ichoosefight]

They will, though. And there's nothing wrong with that, you just can't... ignore it and hope it will go away. Having an inmate is a relationship. Emotions happen, whether you want them to or not.

[deadly_ned]

Why not? I've been ignoring them for twenty years. Why stop now?

[ichoosefight]

Because it's not healthy and may literally drive you insane?

[deadly_ned]

I'm strangely okay with that. Given the alternative.

[ichoosefight]

[ This poor guy. He's not even an inmate. Does she have any right to tell him how to live his life? ]

Can I just hug you? Is that an option?

[deadly_ned]

[The Piemaker, in fact, was averse to hugs and hugging but at the same time knew it didn't pay to be rude to strangers. He opened and closed his mouth a few times, uncertain how to respond]

I...guess...?

I don't usually...hug.

[ichoosefight]

Well, then you can just pretend I'm hugging you. The intent is there.

[deadly_ned]

Are you doing it now?

[ichoosefight]

Yeah, yes. It's a nice hug. I'm a very good hugger.

[deadly_ned]

That's good. I'm a terrible hugger.

My. My girlfriend, Chuck; she once called a hug an emotional heimlich.

[ichoosefight]

[ She chuckles. ]

I think your girlfriend might have learned the Heimlich wrong.

[deadly_ned]

That could be.

But she does give good hugs, when she can. When we can.

[ichoosefight]

When can't you?

[deadly_ned]

When my allergies aren't acting up.

[ichoosefight]

Bad skin rash? [ She can be sympathetic to that sort of thing. Nobody wants to be hugged when they're all rashy. ]

[deadly_ned]

In a manner of speaking.

Yes. It's terrible.