26 - Nothing you can hold in your hand, is still better than just nothing.

[buywithme]

Sam?

It was Tobias.

...

Okay, Comrade, I can't tell you who it was, but I can give you some subtle clues!

[There's a long pause before these scribbles are added.]

It was Joker. No wait, lying is probably worse than witholding the truth...

Uhm...

It really was just because I--

I don't think he's going to do it agai--

...

[And so Prefects latest journal entry reads. Strikes there but all unreadable.]

Comments

Private

[bythe_books]

You want me to teach you some basics?

Private - IN HIS ROOM, WHERE HE CAN'T GET TO THEM.

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

No.

I have some pads in stock though if you want one.

Private - OH WAAAH POOOOOOOR PREFECT

[bythe_books]

No. I don't.

Private - BAWWWWWWW. FU SAM :C

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

Okay then Comrade.

Private

[bythe_books]

I know who it is, by the way.

Private

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

Really?

That's good.

Private

[bythe_books]

Right.

A man with a marked history of this sort of violent behaviour. A man who would definitely have done what he did to you to anybody else here.

That sort of man.

Private

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

I don't really know him very well...

But It really was just because I gave him drugs. I don't think he'd just attack someone for no reason.

...He didn't seem so bad at first Comrade.

Private

[bythe_books]

People lie, Prefect. Especially if there's something they want.

Private

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

I know that.

I just... think, that if you tell someone that you'll do something for them then you should do it. It's good business. It means people can trust you even if you aren't a good person, or even if they aren't a good person.

I said I wouldn't tell anyone.

Private

[bythe_books]

Prefect, when a person buys something in order to harm themselves or others, you shouldn't be making transactions with them, anyway. I'm not saying all purchases are inherently suspect-- not at all. But you have to use discretion. What happened to you could easily happen to another person.

Private

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

I can't just pick and choose who I serve. That's not how it works.

It's not fair.

Private

[bythe_books]

You can pick and choose what you give them. You hold the supply; you hold the control in the situation.

Private - Have a failure to explain :c

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

Comrade, I don't mean that I'm like, physically incapable of doing it. I mean that--

...

I'm not--

It's not how I function.

Private - AWW

[bythe_books]

Why are you so afraid of being in charge?

Private

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

I'm not afraid of it, I'm just not.

Private

[bythe_books]

Why?

Private

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

Sam, why aren't you the Admiral?

Private

[bythe_books]

Here's the difference between our situations.

The Admiral is here.

The Factory is not.

Private

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

Yes it is Comrade.

I'm it's representative branch on the barge.

Private

[bythe_books]

...










Oh forget it. I'll see you in an hour.

Private - He's pining for you :c

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

...

You're coming back in an hour?

Private

[bythe_books]

I'll try to.