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[tucky]

[It's Christmas, Barge residents. And as it happens, one of your new arrivals is a Christmas angel.

Well, okay, she's just dressed up as one. Interestingly enough, it was Christmas on her world too, and she just got done performing in a Christmas pageant: she's wearing a white costume robe, and has a tinsel crown on her head. The front of her robe is bloody and dirty, and torn in a few places-- and given how beat-up and damaged her face looks, it's probably safe to assume that at least some of that blood is hers.

Currently she's wandering into to common area on level 6, a bit unsteady on her feet. She's also filming herself, because she found a fancy phone so why the hell not. Soon enough she stops walking and poses dramatically, arms held wide.]

Be not afraid-- for behold, I bring good tidings of... of, uh...

[And then she collapses. So yeah, that's a thing that's happening.]

[OOC: Permissions post for this character!]

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[chaotica]

Ah.

Barbaric era.

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[tucky]

What?

[She is not up on this "different timepoints" thing yet.]

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[chaotica]

Do you think you can walk?

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[tucky]

Yeah, uh-huh. I can walk.

[She pulls herself up and immediately almost loses her balance again, but is able to catch herself against the hallway wall.]

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[chaotica]

Ah - careful. [ He catches her, slides an arm around her back.

The important thing is to get her to the Infirmary, and he doesn't want to bother with a stretcher. Why isn't there a bloody transporter on this ship? ]

The turbolift - the elevator is this way.

America's prison system in that era is notorious for uncontrolled expansion. Casual and institutional cruelty.

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[tucky]

[She leans on him heavily, but luckily she's tiny so it shouldn't actually be that bad.]

Yeah, I guess we got some of that.

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[chaotica]

[ He may be past fifty, but he's wiry and strong, and he doesn't have much trouble supporting her weight. He takes her carefully, one step at a time. He's patient, and doesn't want to hurt her more. Her body's been patched up a bit, but it needs time to mend itself. ]

Cruelty, too, from guards and prison officials. Borne of indifference or active malice.

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[tucky]

[She turns her head to look at him.]

You talking from experience or something?

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[chaotica]

No. I've read the studies.

[ He leads her into the elevator, and presses the button for one of the upper floors - level 1. ]

You would be the one speaking from experience.

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[tucky]

Guess I would.

[She looks surprised at what they've stepped up to now, though.]

You got an elevator here? How big is this place?

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[chaotica]

Over a hundred passengers. Eight levels belowdecks, two above, but those won't be accessible to you.

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[tucky]

Ten...?

[Damn.]

Which one are we going to?

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[chaotica]

Twelve, including the deck itself and level zero.

We're going to Level 2. The Infirmary.

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[tucky]

We're not gonna get lost, right?

[chaotica]

It's quite hard to get lost in a place like this.

[tucky]

Yeah, why's that?

A lot of signs, or something?

[chaotica]

Very linear. Here.

[ He guides her to the door of the infirmary, and then, once inside, to one of the beds. ]

There you are.

Let's see what we can do about the rest of this.

[tucky]

[She eases herself onto the bed, and immediately her eyes fall shut. She's tired, suddenly-- more from being overwhelmed than from actually needing physical rest.]