99 - Video

[gotgreenmagic]

[She's in a room that isn't hers and looks distracted.]

Two things. Rourke is 1) not registering as my inmate anymore, and 2) in a coma right now. If someone could swing by Level 8 with a stretcher and help me get him to the infirmary, well, it'd save me dragging him to the elevator.

[Warden filter, a little later]

So...is this just a thing that happens?  Item goes half-dead at random, 'hey this guy's not your problem anymore'?

Comments

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic]

See? You and anybody who likes your face benefits hugely.

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

Does that include you?

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic]

Not that I've ever seriously contemplated your face but sure.

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

How sweet.

So, you don't sound like you're about to start getting in the self doubt and hatred spiral. [Meaning, you are taking this a lot better than he did and this is a good thing. :U]

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic]

Wasn't on the agenda.

[Hm.]

How long ago did you decide to step out of it?

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

What do you mean?

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic]

You said the self doubt and hatred spiral like that is a thing that always happens. Implied personal experience.

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

I've had personal experience, but it's a relatively common kind of thing.

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic]

Whatever, I'm not losing sleep over the Admiral's inability to make a decision and stick with it.

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

You're a stronger person than I.

Although admittedly, I don't know if chronic insomnia has more to do with my losing sleep over it, but.

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic]

You went a lot longer than I did before it happened. [Vague sympathy what.]

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

If nothing else, I think the face breaking proves we weren't exactly a good combination for each other. [Being flippant about it -> easier than dealing with the lingering feelings of OH GOD I'M A FAILURE.]

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic]

No kidding. I mean, I only punched Kirk like...twice?

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

Two times in like, two years? That's not bad.

Re: [Private]

[gotgreenmagic]

So long as we're not counting 'accidental' shots in sparring sessions, I was a freaking picture of restraint.

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

Well, let's hope whoever you end up with next, they share your one punch a year if that policy.

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic]

Anyone who tries to punch me is only gonna need to do it once to work out why it's a really bad idea.

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

I guess having super powers must be useful like that.

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic]

It really is.

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

How did you get yours, if you don't mind me asking?

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic]

I was playing with my brothers [the way she says this suggests a more supervisory than participatory role] in our treehouse when a radioactive meteorite hit it. I was twelve.

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

Twelve seems to be a bad year for stuff like that. And eight.

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic]

I don't think there's a good year for stuff like that. My little brothers were three and that wasn't exactly ideal either.

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

I meant, sometimes it seems like that's the age where everything falls apart and gets weird, you know? I can't tell you how many people who've had weird stuff happen to them around that age.

[Private]

[gotgreenmagic]

....yeah. Yeah, I get that.