tucky | ♻ 022

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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i think i pissed iris off real bad

Hey, what's happened?

[She switches to voice too, because why not.]

I told her I didn't want her insulting or being real mean to Lourdes if she hurt me, and she said she'd try not to go too far. I said trying wasn't enough and if she didn't think she could hold back for sure, maybe she could not talk to her at all if anything happens. She got mad; she thought I was saying I didn't trust her or was calling her useless, but Cain, I wasn't.

It's okay. I'll talk to her. I was pretty rough on her for a while, and she's had people jumping down her throat about Creed--she's just stressed. She knows you're just looking out for Lourdes, we all do.

Just hard to think you might get hurt and we can't do anything about it, you know? She cares about you.

I didn't say don't do nothing about it, remember? Just be wardens about it. Don't try to get revenge.

I know, and I'm glad you aren't telling us to stay out, whole hog. But if I do anything to punish her, I'll get carried away, I know I will. Maybe it's the same for Iris. Me, I'd rather stop it happening in the first place, but I know I can't. And I know I shouldn't. If we don't let Lourdes and the others make mistakes they're never going to grow up.

It's just hard to figure out how to be a warden and a friend, is all, when as a friend I'd do something that might get me demoted.

We don't know she's gonna make mistakes with it, you know. She might. But I think I'm gonna be okay.

Y'know, I think you will be, too. [Which has been a reluctant realization.]

I was trained to think of the worst thing a person could do, and then go about my day assuming they were going to do it. Real handy for making sure I didn't get shot, you know? But around here...we need to think more like you.

Your way sounds like a hard way to be.

[A small sigh.]

It was. I'm glad I gave it up. Just wish I gave it up before I had Cassandra, you know? She grew up thinking the same things I did.

You can't change stuff in the past. But you can change stuff in the future.

...I know you're right. But I just- I can't see a future when she's dead.

[He exhales heavily]

And that's a secret, right? Iris doesn't need to worry about that.

It's a secret that you don't want your daughter to be dead? Don't sound like much of a secret to me. It sounds real obvious, 'cause anyone would feel like that.

But I won't tell.

[...]

You could use your deal to bring her back. You gonna do that?

I'm a big part of why she's dead. And a lot of people here loved her- they don't need to hear me pitying myself for something that I did.

I want to bring her back, but she was so miserable...she wasn't herself, didn't even know how to be herself anymore. I'd have to wish away a lot to give her a shot at being happy.

Maybe you can bring her back and help her be happy in other ways. You don't got to wish away the bad stuff to move on.

I thought that, too, but- I mean it all crushed her in the end.

Too much for her to ever get better?

[But that's one thing that really closes his throat and squeezes his chest, and all he does--all he can do--is nod.]

... Then making a deal to take that away ain't a bad idea, I bet. I think it's a good idea.

You don't think it's tampering too much.

[He needs her to tell him it's not, that it's just the right amount of tampering.]

I don't think it's my decision.

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