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buywithme[Private to the Admiral]
Please take away Barron's powers, Comrade.
[Pause]
And his shoes.
[Private to Barron]
Comrade, I need to talk to you, could you come down here please?
Please take away Barron's powers, Comrade.
[Pause]
And his shoes.
[Private to Barron]
Comrade, I need to talk to you, could you come down here please?
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Private
Date: 2011-08-18 08:29 am (UTC)Private
Date: 2011-08-18 01:53 pm (UTC)[Private]
Date: 2011-08-18 09:07 am (UTC)[Private]
Date: 2011-08-18 01:54 pm (UTC)I don't think they'll let us drink in here. I just need to talk to you.
[Private] --> Spam? c:
Date: 2011-08-18 01:58 pm (UTC)That's okay. I'll sneak it in. I'll be down there in a moment.
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-18 02:39 pm (UTC)[Prefect lay down his journal, and waited for his inmate to arrive, fiddling idly with the edge of his bedsheet.]
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-18 02:40 pm (UTC)How are you feeling?
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-18 02:59 pm (UTC)[He gestured to the seat beside his bed]
I need you to tell me what you've done for the last few weeks, or... or how long you've been changing my memories for.
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-18 03:05 pm (UTC)Changing your memories? [Barron shook his head.] I couldn't do that even if I wanted to, Prefect. I don't have my power. You know that, right?
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-18 03:17 pm (UTC)I asked the Admiral to take your power away this morning, and your shoes, but I still want to know what else you've been using it for.
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-18 03:27 pm (UTC)I know what's happened. I told a few people about Beatty attacking you because of O'Brien. O'Brien must have made this story up to get back at me.
[Barron shook his head.] The Admiral must have only taken my shoes.
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-18 03:45 pm (UTC)Comrade, however long this has been going on for, no one has attacked you, no one has tried to kill you, and no one got hurt. I'm actually sort of impressed because that means you've been showing some self restraint. Because of that, other than losing your power and your shoes, I'm really not going to punish you, but It would really mean a lot to me, if you would tell me what you did.
[Pause, and now Prefect looks slightly sad, glancing from his broken legs, back to Barron.]
I mean, since you don't stand to lose anything from it, knowing that you and I were good enough friends that you would tell me the truth? That would really make this week a lot better than it has been, Comrade. Since it seems like all my other friends are constantly lying to me. Or getting me beaten up...
[SADDEST FACE.]
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-18 03:49 pm (UTC)You shouldn't be punishing me at all, it was all O'Brien. [Barron paused. Looked at Prefect's broken legs.] It was all O'Brien. He talked me into it. He would have done anything to get that stuff out of his head. He realized that I had my power back and threatened tell everyone if I didn't do what he wanted.
[Barron stops and swallows.] Can you imagine what would have happened then? With Dawsey?
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-18 03:56 pm (UTC)If you hadn't been messing with my memory then you wouldn't have had your powers back.
[His expression, if possible, gets EVEN SADDER:]
Why don't you trust me, Comrade?
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-19 10:53 am (UTC)[Barron is almost confused by the second one. Lying wasn't about trusting people. It was just something he did.]
I trust you, man. I went and found you, didn't I?
Re: Spam!
Date: 2011-08-19 02:19 pm (UTC)[SAD, SAD FACE.]
I know, Comrade, and I'm really grateful for it, but... if you trust me then why won't you tell me the truth?
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-20 01:57 am (UTC)[Barron pauses at the mention of the truth.] This isn't related to what you're saying, but honesty isn't related to trust. I mean, you can know that if someone fucks with you like this? I'm going to find you. I'm going to work it out.
[Barron didn't elaborate on what 'working it out' was.]
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-20 03:28 am (UTC)It is related to trust. The reason why you lie to someone is because you're afraid of how they'll respond to the truth. If... someone trusted me when I said that they weren't going to get in any more trouble for telling me what they'd done? And that maybe it would actually end up better for them? Then they wouldn't need to lie about it.
[He missed that 'working out' bit, Barron. You get a temporary reprieve from being freaked out at over it.]
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-20 03:34 am (UTC)I thought that you were going to die.
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-20 04:11 am (UTC)Even if he was a total liar.
So Prefect hugged back.]
I know, Comrade. I thought I was going to die too.
[Still hugging.]
But I didn't, Comrade.
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-20 04:15 am (UTC)I'm not going to let that happen again. I should have looked for your earlier.
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-20 04:23 am (UTC)It's really not your fault, Comrade. Things like this happen to me quite a lot, I think I'm just... exceptionally unlucky.
[Because he wasn't going to start actively thinking of himself as an easy target, not even if it was true. Hell no.]
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-20 04:39 am (UTC)I don't think you're unlucky, I think the people here have issues.
Re: Spam!
Date: 2011-08-20 04:44 am (UTC)Yes, Comrade, lots of issues.
[Pause]
Like not being able to trust their warden enough with the truth, even when they aren't going to get in trouble for it.
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-20 04:50 am (UTC)I trust you.
Re: Spam!
Date: 2011-08-20 04:58 am (UTC)Comrade, look at it this way: If you've messed with anyone else's memories, then now that your power is gone, in a few days, they are going to figure out what you've done. Now, do I need to worry about someone coming to try and hurt you for that, Comrade? Just say yes or no, you don't need to give me any other information than that?
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-21 08:18 am (UTC)That doesn't mean anything. That just means that O'Brien is good at talking people into going along with his little scheme. I don't think they'll hurt me over it.
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-21 07:24 pm (UTC)Barron! [His voice raised a little, involuntarily,] If you've changed anyone else's memories then you have to tell me! I don't want you getting hurt for no reason!
[He paused for a moment, then, abruptly, wrapped his arms around Barron's shoulders, holding on tightly.]
If you don't tell me the truth, I'll get someone to go and check your journals!
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-27 01:06 am (UTC)If I tell you, you'll tell them. [Barron said slowly.] So what's the point?
[Better not to mention the journals. Not now. But something would have to be done.]
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-27 01:18 am (UTC)[He leaned back slightly, keeping his hands on Barron's arms, still holding on to the other man as he looked him directly in the eyes.]
That's the point, Comrade. You said you were afraid that I was going to die? Well I'm afraid that if you do these things to people, then when they realize, they'll come after you and hurt, or even kill you. And I can't stop them because you won't tell me.
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-27 02:10 am (UTC)[It was as close to honest as Barron was going to get. The rest of it, the forced closeness and the eye contact, that was a new kind of horrible that Barron wasn't used to. But he looked Prefect straight in the eye. What other options were there?]
Do you really think you'd be able to stop them? [Barron managed a wan smile.] Even people like Arthas?
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-27 02:22 am (UTC)[Prefect paused, considering for a moment if he could stop Arthas. He... probably couldn't, if he was perfectly honest, but after a moment, he nodded.]
I think Arthas wouldn't want to kill me again, if he had a choice. So all I would have to do would be to make sure that the only way he could get to you would be through me, and you'd be okay.
[He offered a small, reassuring smile to go with that.]
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-27 02:45 am (UTC)[Barron looked blankly at Prefect's smile. How did Arthas killing them both improve the situation?] I'm smart enough to leave Arthas alone. It won't be a problem. [Barron said after a moment.]
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-27 02:50 am (UTC)[Prefect allowed the smile to fade now, his expression more serious.] Okay. I believe you, but who didn't you leave alone?
Spam!
Date: 2011-08-27 05:44 am (UTC)[Barron looked away.] Most people. I didn't go near Dawsey or anyone like that.
Re: Spam!
Date: 2011-08-27 06:29 am (UTC)Spam!
Date: 2011-08-27 06:39 am (UTC)