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[Something's happened to the Piemaker in the days since he was held hostage by the inmate calling himself Hannibal Lector. He's shut down, closing out everything that could possibly remind him of the nightmare it was spending quality time with the man.

Effectively, this means not going back to his own room.

Instead, he sits on the floor of Alpha's room, having retreated there to make his post. He doesn't want to do it in the infirmary; he wants to be alone. And with his dog Digby cuddling up to both Alpha and new inmate Ellie, he's got his wish]


I'd like to share a secret.

It's something that a few people on this ship already know through either me telling them or the Barge circumnavigating my wishes to keep the secret a secret and whispering it into the ears of people I would rather not have known.

And. And until last week I didn't think it mattered that people didn't know because I didn't conceive of a way it could be used against anyone. It's redundant.

There's a reason I hate magic, and there's a reason I hate Halloween, and there's a reason why I don't go around hugging people all willy-nilly, and why my dog is neurotic and why my pies taste so good.

I can touch dead things and bring them back to life.

And...Dr. Lector found this out. And he kept the secret.

But he also kept me, in my room, while he used my magic to bring dead things he took out of people back to life.

And if I had told more people what I could do, or if I wasn't...here on the Barge to begin with, it probably wouldn't have happened like it did.

I don't care about who knows anymore. There's nothing worse you can do to me and nothing worse I can do to other people than what happened.

I'll answer questions about it. If there are any.

Alpha, I'm sorry.

[Private to Friends]

I would...really appreciate it if someone could go pick up some things from my room. I can't go in there right now.

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Date: 2013-10-14 05:09 am (UTC)
versusnurture: (➵ it's a dream now)
From: [personal profile] versusnurture
I think he likes dogs because they're more trusting than people. They're easy to win over.

What do
you need? You don't seem interested in revenge.

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Date: 2013-10-14 05:34 am (UTC)
versusnurture: (➵ just let my hand go)
From: [personal profile] versusnurture
Hannibal. I don't know very much about Alpha. We've never really spoken.

I had a good doctor. Not him. Back home. She helped. But someone like that might be more helpful to you than to Alpha. I don't like to talk to doctors anymore.

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Date: 2013-10-14 05:43 am (UTC)
versusnurture: (➵ did you hide inside)
From: [personal profile] versusnurture
I understand. They made me talk to a lot of doctors and I just wanted to be alone.

Would you like me to go away now? I will if you want me to. I can stay away from you altogether if you want, until Alpha graduates and you go home.

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Date: 2013-10-14 05:49 am (UTC)
versusnurture: (➵ all the whitecaps)
From: [personal profile] versusnurture
I could stay away for as long as it takes. I know I'm a bad memory.

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Date: 2013-10-14 06:01 am (UTC)
versusnurture: (➵ i don't think)
From: [personal profile] versusnurture
Someday I will be. I know I will. But I'm not strong enough yet to be someone who wouldn't hurt another person if a monster told her to.

Do you have nightmares?

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Date: 2013-10-14 06:05 am (UTC)
versusnurture: (➵ of the thousand most frightening)
From: [personal profile] versusnurture
Me too. More now. They were getting a little bit better, but they never quite went away.

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Date: 2013-10-14 06:11 am (UTC)
versusnurture: (➵ a hill with the sun sinking down)
From: [personal profile] versusnurture
They help a little bit if you get the right ones. Mostly they gave me sedatives. Light-to-medium-strength barbiturates and benzodiazepines. But you can get dependent on those.

I wish he had nightmares.

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Date: 2013-10-14 06:14 am (UTC)
versusnurture: (➵ to when the world was young)
From: [personal profile] versusnurture
I asked him if I was a sociopath once. He said no. But he isn't the type to have nightmares, and that says a lot.

Who's your friend? Do they want to hurt him?

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Date: 2013-10-14 06:17 am (UTC)
versusnurture: (Default)
From: [personal profile] versusnurture
But you don't like that?

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Date: 2013-10-14 06:20 am (UTC)
versusnurture: (➵ & tackles her)
From: [personal profile] versusnurture
I think you're the only one on the ship.

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Date: 2013-10-14 06:24 am (UTC)
versusnurture: (➵ oh murderess)
From: [personal profile] versusnurture
I've never met one before.

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Date: 2013-10-14 06:28 am (UTC)
versusnurture: (➵ what a fright we felt)
From: [personal profile] versusnurture
Oh.

I laughed.

You made me laugh. It wasn't really funny but I laughed anyway and it didn't sound all wrong.

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Date: 2013-10-14 06:33 am (UTC)
versusnurture: (➵ soft sighing daughters)
From: [personal profile] versusnurture
No, no. That's not what I meant at all.

Thank you. I hadn't since Thursday.

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