♻ 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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[punched_hitler]

Then maybe that's where we see it differently. I guess I just thought that the wardens here should be a part of something bigger.

[Then again, he's also used to being pretty alone. He'd just hoped that, coming here, it would've been different. Maybe he was just wrong.]

You don't mind now. You might mind if they start going after people you care about, to get to you. I'm not saying that's what will happen, but it could. I don't know what people would do to get their powers back. And you don't even know that the Admiral would grant that, if you asked him.

[tucky]

i think we should all be a part of something bigger together

not just the wardens

they dont have to go after people i care about to get to me cuz they already got me

[punched_hitler]

I think we should, too. I'd like that. I think it's why we're here.

But you've got to admit, that hasn't been the direction we've been headed in, lately. I do think something needs to change.

I hope so. I just don't want to see you get hurt. You're trying to make things better for the people here, and I think it's an admirable thing, whether we end up agreeing on how to do it or not.

[tucky]

im not just gonna start giving people back their powers without thinking or asking everyone else dont worry about that

i figured something out for loordezs anyway

[Yeah, she has no idea how to actually spell "Lourdes".]

[punched_hitler]

I'm not. But I appreciate that. Maybe you just reminded me that I think we could be doing a better job here, in general.

[That's okay, he has no idea, either!]

What about for the other guys?

[tucky]

not sure yet

[punched_hitler]

Okay.

[There's a bit of a delay, then another message:]

You ever need anything - any help with something, and you don't know who to ask, you can call me. I know you have a lot of people you're close to here, and we're not close friends like that, but I will stand by your decisions when you make them, because we are in this together.

[Even if they don't agree, he's not going to stand by if she needs help. She's doing what she thinks is right. That's what matters to him, especially if he ends up being wrong.]

[tucky]

thank you

that's so very very nice of you

[punched_hitler]

We're part of a team, right? Just like you said - something bigger. So we do this together, no matter what.

[If he wants things to change, he's gotta make the effort.

And he is honestly proud of her for sticking to her guns, even when they don't agree.]

[tucky]

do you think the inmates are on our team

[punched_hitler]

I want them to be. I have a lot of friends who are inmates. And I'd like to think I give everyone a fair chance. But I'm only human. I know that, too.

If it came down to it? I believe I'd give my life for any of these inmates. Whether I was going to come back or not. Because they deserve that, too.

But I can't say there aren't people out there I wouldn't give my life for. Maybe I'm just lucky that they're not here.

[tucky]

do you think i should give my life for people too

[punched_hitler]

I think the only person who can decide that is you. I don't think anyone has the right to tell you what to choose.

Whatever decision you make, it'll be the right one.

[tucky]

it would be really cool if thats really how it worked

[punched_hitler]

Yeah, it would, wouldn't it? I guess I've been lucky.

[tucky]

you dont ever make bad decisions?

[punched_hitler]

I didn't say that. Trust me. I've made plenty of bad ones.

I just meant that I got to choose what I'd give my life for. I know that's a choice most people don't get.

[tucky]

what did you give it for

[punched_hitler]

Freedom.

Although I guess technically, I didn't really die. I mean - obviously.

But it'll be the same, when I do.

[tucky]

what if you die of old age or get a disease

[punched_hitler]

I was never going to die of old age. Not before, when I could get sick, and not now, because I don't plan to retire. I owe it to the people who gave me what I have to keep fighting until I can't, and that'll be when it kills me.

And I can't get sick, anymore.

[tucky]

what if you win

then you don't have to fight anymore

[punched_hitler]

I guess maybe I wouldn't, then. I'd like that. There's still a lot of work for me to do at home, though. When I go back. A lot of fighting left to do.

[Part of him is afraid that he wouldn't know what to do, though, if that happened.] Maybe I'd come back here and stay, if that happened.

[tucky]

really?

most people dont want to do that

[punched_hitler]

Well, I did say I didn't plan on retiring.

If I can help here, then it's worth being here.