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18th Command; video

[Hi barge, someone looks grumpy today. Probably has to do with the fact that he's apparently been asleep for over two weeks.]

For the record? I'm blaming space. And the fact that we're in a ship that doesn't work by any version of logic piloted by a guy who, let's face it, doesn't actually know how to sail a multidimensional spaceship. You could put a monkey in a hat and he'd be a better Admiral than this guy. Because. Uh. Comas don't just happen out of the blue, and who knows what kind of alien radiation we're all getting hit with. [... Yeah he's just really annoyed about this.

Still, he's just kind of rubbing a hand against his temple and the side of his head for a second, brow furrowed, before gesturing vaguely at the communicator.] So what have I missed, who's gone and who's new and how many crash landings did I sleep through?

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Apparently comas contagious, so prolonged exposure to Captain Beauty Sleep should be monitored. [Tony speak for "Hey guys I'm back you totally missed me don't even lie."] Who's killed who and tell me no one touched the helmet.

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I want to start a barge robotics club. [Hi, sorry for worrying you, still alive, hope you didn't do anything weird with my body in the meantime. Not that I'd blame you because uh, perfect male specimen right here.]

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It seems most of us were either in a coma or insane for the duration of port.

I murdered my inmate.

[............. BRUCE]

Yeah, that... I wasn't actually being serious about the "who killed who" thing. [What the fuck even happened while he was out of it]

You murdered your inmate. [Please tell him that's code for something.]

[ He rakes his hands through his hair, before he takes off his glasses, fidgets with them. Someone is handling post-port trauma really poorly. ]

Shot her.

Three times, in the chest.

[ He licks his lips, going still, going to a zen place because he has to because reasons. ]

The hotel was, for a word, haunted. We control the lives of our inmates. It -- brought temptation. Punishment. Both. It wanted them and some of us gave in.

[..... Oh. So this. Is a real thing. Not just some strange jab in response to his own. Huh.

He's just going to put the whole murder thing aside for a minute because hold on.]

Okay, so. Wait. I missed a haunted hotel trying to eat people?

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[Charles hesitates before clicking on the video feed, because he's still got dark-but-fading finger shaped bruises around his throat, but having this to focus on is a good thing instead of sitting around feeling crappy and reading, so he does turn the camera on. He looks hollow eyed and tired, but yeah. Focusing on this, now. B(]

I'm going to need to have a bit more of a project proposal before I pass judgment on that.

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[Okay, wow. Those bruises? That's going to require an explanation later. Hopefully one that involves asphyxiation kinks or something that won't go hand in hand with whatever ended with Bruce apparently killing his inmate.]

Let's go with the fact that geniuses? We don't do well being bored. [He shrugs a shoulder] I was thinking about it before going under, figured I'd keep on it now.

You can either have a bunch of inventors creating bitterly under their sheets with whatever scraps they can find, or you can give them something to do in a place where you can keep an eye on them. [It makes sense, okay. ... It just also involves trusting inmates with power tools.] The blue guy, he still here?

[Only you would think knowing about your warden's asphyxiation kinks would be better than it having something to do with what made Bruce kill his inmate.

And it's not the worst idea he's ever heard, but it still doesn't really sit comfortably with him, in that there are SO MANY ways it could go wrong, but.]

Yes. I'd want to screen potential members thoroughly before they're permitted access to anything dangerous, projects need to be approved at least by their warden, and any tools or equipment they may have access to need to be returned to a warden locked area when they leave. They should also probably be searched to make sure they haven't pocketed anything they shouldn't have.

Assuming the Admiral will even provide us with the workspace and material in the first place.

[Hey, kinks are kinks. He can accept that and move on. Murder is... kind of a different story.

Still, Tony's crossing his arms and leaning forward on the table in front of him, glancing off to the side as Charles speaks and drumming his fingers against his arm. It's... annoying, all these hoops and rules and things he has to go through just because he's an inmate rather than a warden. And usually he just barrels ahead and does what he wants anyway (he's mastered the art of pickpocketing Steve's item, but he thinks the guy only lets him get away with it because he's feeling guilty over the whole first Loki thing), but that's, well. As much as he hates to admit it, finally accepting that he's been cut off from alcohol has also meant that most of the bad decisions he'd been so dead set on making were getting curbed, rethought.

He hates that everyone was right, hates it more than he can begin to explain, but it is easier to think things through, now.

It just also means he has a whole hell of a lot of time on his hands.]

Yeah, sure. Screening. Keep the mass murdering psychopaths away from the power tools, I'm okay with that. Probably also need a babysitter, since... [He waves a hand absently, dismissively, trying to play off the slight annoyance he feels bubbling under the surface because of this whole inmate schtick] Warden locked area or whatever. As much as stealing Steve's item's become a hobby, it's actually not that fun wandering into the forties and dealing with knob radios and sepia lighting every five minutes.

[See, here's the slight scrunch of his face as Charles brings up the point of space, of materials.] We don't need materials. You let a person with genius intellect and an itchy trigger finger loose on a ship, you let one screw fall on the ground, give him one plastic fork and a battery and you give them no outlet? You get things like the scrapbots, only worse. Because, uh, not every inventor on board leans towards the philanthropist side of the spectrum.

[Just saying]

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It was cold, and you're not remotely amusing. [Sorry, Tony, Steve has been sleeping less than usual since the port, and therefore, behold the annoyance returning. Nightmares are a bitch.]

Port was ....rough for everyone. Probably a good thing you weren't there.

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[Okay, Bruce was one thing. Charles... well, Charles varied between being short and annoyed and almost acting like an actual person, so whatever. But Steve, too?]

Yeah, uh. This is still the barge, right? Creepy therapy ship with a ton of people from different universes. We went to Wonderland and Hogwarts and apparently half of us analyzed the deeper meaning of 50 Shades of Grey?

[Someone's not impressed with your un-American attitude, Steven.]

It is. You missed a trip to a haunted hotel. There was a lot of snow, people seeing things, all sorts of fun.

[Yeah, well. He's still dealing with things, sorry, Tony.]

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blamin' Space.

More the whole alien spaceship with hallucinogenic tendencies thing but yeah. Space is an asshole.

Not that I don't agree about the Admiral... what's radiation?

Radiation. It's uh- mm. Energy. Heat, light, alpha particles, photons whatever. Radiation is energy traveling through space and permeating an object. Depending on what the source of the energy is it can either help or, well, turn you into a bubbling pile of crap.

I'd put my money on the Admiral pumping the bad stuff in but hey, what do I know? I'm only a uh, well not an expert. An enthusiast. Genius level enthusiast.

That sounds like something a person couldn't protect themselves from, not easily anyway.

Surely, if there were protections against such things, they'd be used on a modern vessel like this.

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Do you think that whatever magic or technology protects the barge from other inhospitable conditions relating from being between dimensions doesn't protect us that radiation?

Furthermore, where do you propose the radiation is originating from?

It's a thought. It's just the utter lack of logic this place operates on mixed with the fact that the Admiral's proven to be a giant asshole most of the time that has me wondering if we're not all actually part of some weird science project.

Because uh. Random comas? I'm relatively sure there's no world where those are just a normal thing.

I think there is logic, but it's difficult to understand, especially from a human standpoint.

I don't think the comas are part of any world; I think they're a function of the barge being in a place where generally speaking, it's very difficult to sustain life.

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Don't forget the multiversal and time travel. I bet space-time-dimensional goop is the reason for all the weird stuff that goes on around here. Why else would we call them 'floods'?

There, see? Logic. People are actually capable of logic here. [He's so tired of people being all LOL BUT THIS IS THE BARGE okay that's no explanation :c] The fact how that's starting to be surprising is a little depressing.

I think the doctors admit it's kind of a misnomer anyway. I've been in a barge coma and an actual coma before and it doesn't really feel the same.

I'd like to know who came up with 'floods' though. Someone suggested it was like being flooded with magic, but really? You couldn't just call it magic?

I've heard. Creepy, haunted hotel, right?

Good to know I'm needed to keep you guys from turning into homicidal assholes. [Tony speak for NATASHA. WHAT EVEN HAPPENED.]

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