ii. sound of silence

[proudofwhatido]

There's a lot of talk about how quiet this place is and how surprising it is that nobody's been murdered. Is the Barge really that bad?

I've also noticed that a lot of the inmates have a tendency to lie and avoid answering questions. I would expect that from criminals, but I heard that not everyone here has actually broken the law, so I was wondering if anyone could explain that gap for me.

I don't suppose anyone would be willing to tell me what professions they worked before coming, or maybe what occupations they have now that they're here? It would be nice to know what roles people fill in a place like this.


[Private to Martha]
Think you could spare some time to show me the 'CES'? Maybe we could even catch a drink after.

[Private to the Admiral]
Any chance I could get a coffeemaker and some of Jude's Italian Roast in my room? I haven't lied for.. days now. Even Peter would have agreed to those terms.

[Private to Piper, added after chat with Crane]
Nick Halden. I'm a recently arrived warden here and I had an interesting talk with your inmate, Jonathan. Unfortunately, he was pretty busy at the time and we couldn't continue our discussion. I was wondering if you would be so kind as to request that he meet with me for an hour, just on the deck. I really feel like we were getting somewhere.

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[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

People here seem to go through phases. I mean, it's like there'll be a flood, and then we'll all be talking about the flood, and complaining about the flood, and following up on things that happened in the flood, and sometimes people fight, or get violent, but there's a reason for it, because something in the flood sparked it. Then there are ports, so we'll be getting ready for ports, we'll be talking about ports, and things are happening, so yeah, sometimes there's violence, but usually nothing too bad.

Then sometimes, there's nothing, we wind down from a port, and nothing comes along to replace it, just the same thing every day. People get bored, and they all do it around the same time, so you just get a sudden spree of murders and violence.

So yeah, when people are so desperate to have something to talk about that they start commenting on the absence of murders? That probably means that we're due for some.

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[proudofwhatido.livejournal.com]

That's valuable information, thanks. Any inmate in particular committing these murders?

Nick Halden. I didn't catch your name.

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[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

It's kind of a flavor of the month thing, there's a surprising number of inmates who are perfectly nice and normal most of the time? But when they get bored enough, they just start getting ideas, and coming up with justifications for just going out and hurting people.

Doctor Horrible, nice to meet you.

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[proudofwhatido.livejournal.com]

Are you one of those inmates, Doctor?

You as well.

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[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

Nah, I'm a little better at keeping myself occupied than some of the other inmates.

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[proudofwhatido.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear it.

How long have you been around here? I'd imagine it's something that comes with practice. I'm already a little bored myself, though I don't think the wardens generally resort to killing people in their spare time. Something about the upbringing..