127 - WHY YOU GOTTA DO THIS, BARRON?

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Comrades, if anyone has had any... uh...

[Pause.]

Comrades, could anyone who knows Barron Sharpe personally, just let me know how they first met him?

[BARRON >C]

Comrade, you know, there are normally people who would be prepared to help you with things even if you don't change their memories first?

[Sigh.]

You tried to change Mr. Nygma's memories, and I know that under normal circumstances, being hit on the head with a cane would be considered a punishment, but I think I need to actually punish you for this first, Comrade.

[HOW DOES HE DO THAT? Oh God. Sam only ever told him off and made him feel guilty.]

I... am going to take your shoes. No more shoes allowed. For a month, Comrade.

[ADMIRAL :C]

Please take Barron's shoes away from him.

Comments

[Private]

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

Comrade, for a professional criminal, you're not very good at making up imaginative lies.

Your file says that you can't do that though. [Pause.] And anyway, I'm not taking away your socks, Comrade. How's your head doing?

[Private]

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

Sometimes the truth isn't as exciting as I'd like. The truth being that warden is insane.

The file is wrong. [Sounding so sure.] And it's not my head I'm worried about. It's my arm.

[Private]

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

Comrade why would I believe you? I am honestly open to hearing good reasons why I should do this?

He hurt your wrist didn't he? Have the infirmary people put it in a splint?

[THEN A BRIEF PAUSE]

And Comrade, how many people have you worked in the last week?

[Private]

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

Because it's true! He attacked me, Prefect. Just because he had an excuse to. That's just not right.

Yeah, it's in a cast. On account of being broken. [Actually true.]

[Slight pause.] I don't know, like three or four? [The lies. :c]

Re: [Private]

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

That's not a reason! And Comrade, if you give someone an excuse to attack you, like trying to change their memories? Then it is more or less acceptable for them to do that, I think.

[Pause] He broke your wrist? [Don't lauuuuugh. Don't laugh. There we go. Not laughing. Well done.] Well, Comrade, people's memories are important to them, I'm honestly surprised you didn't get hurt any worse. I mean... the pirate alone looks like he'd do worse than that...

[God damn it, Barron.]

Comrade, I have to take you down to level zero. Besides which, if you keep doing this, then I really am going to have to ask the Admiral to take away your powers, because sooner or later someone is going to kill you for making them think you're their beloved little brother, and I don't want to encourage that.

[Private]

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

Seriously? You're supposed to be my warden and you're condoning people trying to kill me?

You don't need to worry about that. I can handle it myself. Nygma just got in a lucky shot. If he hadn't, you would probably have never found out.

[Pause.] I don't want to go to zero. And you can't take away my powers. That's impossible. Even if you could, it would be like taking away my arms.

[Private]

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

He didn't try to kill you, but Comrade someone else might! Have you seen Arthas? There are plenty of people like him on board, and you're going to get hurt by one of them if you keep doing this.

If you didn't want to go to Zero, then you shouldn't have changed the minds of... [pause as he counts the responses so far] ...Six people against their will!

And it is not like that at all. It's more like putting superglue in your gloves.

[Which is actually a pretty good idea, now that he considers it. That might be a worthy alternative to asking the admiral to take away Barron's powers...]

[Private]

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

If push comes to shove, I'll be fine. Doesn't my 'file' tell you that?

[Lol, Barron can't remember how many people he changed. Six sounds good.] Hey, that sounds like too many. How do you know that some of them aren't real friends?

That's disgusting. I'd have to wear the same gloves for days.

[Private]

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

Comrade, people here have superpowers! Why would you put yourself in a position where they wanted to beat you up?

[SIGH] because you made them all before you came here, and comrade I've read your file!

Yes, well, let that be incentive not to do any more working people!

[Private]

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

Body workers and death workers, I know. It's all about avoiding the hands. Completely manageable.

Seriously? You would take away my shoes and force me to wear gloves? What kind of logic is that?

[Private]

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No, Comrade! No one else here follows the same set of rules as you! Some of them are just exceptionally strong, or fast, or can shoot fire at people!

And it is perfectly logical. I would take your shoes away as a punishment and force you to wear gloves as a preventative measure!

[Private]

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

Come on, man. I'm not going to believe that. That's kids stuff. It sounds to me like you've been watching too much TV.

How is taking away my shoes a punishment, really? It's just kind of irritating.

Re: [Private]

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

Well, I didn't want to do anything that would seriously upset you. Just something that would... make you unhappy enough for you to want to avoid it. It's like a fine.

[Private]

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

A shoe fine. Of course. Out of curiosity, what made you think of it?

[Private]

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

I lost my shoes once. [WHILE DRUNK.] It was extremely inconvenient.

[Private]

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well. How long am I going to be inconvenienced for? Really a whole month? Isn't that a bit excessive?

[Private]

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

If it wasn't bad then it wouldn't be a punishment! Next time you're wandering around wishing you had shoes, remember that if you don't do this again, then you can have shoes!

[Pause]

Actually, I'll make you some business cards that explain that. So you can check them when you forget.

[Private]

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

Fantastic. Let me guess, it's against the rules to get alternate shoes or to otherwise procure my own footwear?

[Pause.] I don't need business cards to explain things. I can remember by myself.