♻ 022 | audio

[tucky]

Hey, y'all. I been thinking about some stuff lately - about powers. I don't have any and I never did, except for Admiral powers and except for one time when I thought I had some of my own - but that's another story.

They're just kinda all over the place here, I noticed. Arthas had his, and he tried to kill the whole Barge. And I know wardens hurt people with their powers sometimes. I've seen it. And we got inmates who don't have any powers at all, but still hurt and kill people. It's like I was telling someone earlier - it ain't like the Barge is safe when inmates have powers, and dangerous when they don't. It's a lot more complicated than that.

I got two inmates I been talking to, Lourdes and Pietro - and they want their powers back 'cause they don't feel right and whole without 'em. And I don't blame 'em, if I'm gonna be real honest. I maybe would have, before I was a warden, but now I got a different perspective. We're letting parts of people be locked away, and how's anyone supposed to trust us if we do that and don't care?

But maybe it ain't right to just give 'em back without thinking about it, neither - 'cause some of the powers are dangerous, and all of us'd be affected if something happened. So we decided that since they don't got wardens of their own, we're gonna talk to the whole Barge about it and see if any of y'all got objections. Or-- or questions or concerns. Stuff like that.

Pietro's got super speed, and super senses so he can see things okay when he's using his super speed. Lourdes can control people's bodies, and their minds, and even the chemicals inside 'em. Now, that's a whole fucking lot - so she's mostly what I wanna talk about today, I guess. We got Iris and Jean and all those guys who can protect people from stuff like that, but it can still be dangerous. So we're asking you.

Everybody gets a say.

[filtered to Lourdes]

if you get em back i want to talk about how your gonna use em ok

[filtered to Barbara, Cain, Dillon, Eggsy, Iris, Jean, Letty, Lloyd, Lydia, Ricki, Roderick, Simon, Tig; dated to after the post has been up for a while]

I'm giving Lourdes her powers back - but only when she's in the Enclosure with me. Now, I don't think she's gonna hurt me - but if she does, I don't want any of y'all hurting her back, okay? I ain't saying no punishment, or no being mad. Just no torturing or murdering or nothing. Thanks.

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[americasdirtiest]

You mean like me and Doggett here and Chris and all the rest of us that never had any of that shit to begin with? Some of us like that?

[cantcatchme]

You know how old I was when my powers manifested, Milkovich? Seven. Every day I don't have them is like being fucking blind. And I-

[He hesitates, then scowls.]

No, you know what? I'll say it.

I don't know how to function without them. And learning how is a fucking nightmare when the punishment for fucking up could be getting myself killed by the guys who - for some reason - are allowed to have their powers, or guns.

[americasdirtiest]

You get why we're doing our little thing in the gym, right? 'Cause it's not me wanting to hang out with you, I can tell you that much.

[And wait. He scowls and shakes his head.]

No one's even talking about you anyway, Maximoff.

[tucky]

Yeah we are.

[americasdirtiest]

Not really. Who gives a shit if he's fast or not?

[tucky]

Then you're talking about him, you're just saying yes.

[americasdirtiest]

No, I'm saying who gives a shit when we got someone else that wants to screw around with our heads?

[tucky]

That's kind of a yes.

[cantcatchme]

Trust me, no one hangs out with me because they want to.

[Except maybe Lourdes. And Tiffany's just weird. And Cassel- okay, they've got to be up to something, that's all he knows.]

I get it. But how long until I'm any sort of match for most of the inmates here? Honestly, now.

[americasdirtiest]

A'ight, well, congrats, then, 'cause no one's gonna care enough to stop you from getting yours back when we got the puppetmaster over there to worry about. Guess your lazy ass gets to jump right back up the ladder, Maximoff.

You need me, I'll be down here with the rest of us.

[cantcatchme]

Oh, no. No way you're off the hook. You're stuck with me until I can beat your ass fair and square, without using powers, whether I get them back or not.

Unless you're chicken.

[Because he's got his pride.]

[americasdirtiest]

[He pauses, surprised. Congrats for real, Pietro: this is the most he's respected you since you got on board.]

...I catch you cheating, I'ma use your ass for target practice. Literally. You get me?

[cantcatchme]

[Their sessions have been the only real challenge for Pietro since he's gotten on board. It chafes him to think of just abandoning that. Burns him to just let Mickey win.]

Fighting dirty's still game though, right? Just no speed.

[He could do that. He played basketball for years without anyone suspecting a thing.]

[americasdirtiest]

Yeah, man. I said cheating, not... [...cheating?]

Whatever. You know what I meant.

[cantcatchme]

Sure, now I do.

[He's probably going to regret sticking himself with Milkovich for the long haul.

But who knows. maybe he'll even keep up the weight lifting.]