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.

Comments

Private

[proudofwhatido.livejournal.com]

Not dim. Just waiting for you to be straight forward rather than dancing around the subject.

In which country?

Re: Private

[bob-fraser-snr.livejournal.com]

Son, do your damn research.

Private

[proudofwhatido.livejournal.com]

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police aren't the only group or force known as "mounties." In the 1820s, there was a small group of French police outside of Nice who earned the nickname. It's also the English name of the group 'fjell' in Norse Mythology that was said to have defeated the King of Samis; I've heard there are fictional people here. There's countless other mentions and mistranslations which use the term. I think it would be ignorant to assume Canada just because that's the most common.