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Dirk Strider (smuppeteer) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-05-28 12:45:00

Entry tags:

aradia megido, bak chang, bro strider, calliope-caliborn, dirk strider, jake english, roxy lalonde

Day 221 | Voice
[ Closed to Jane Crocker, Jake English, and whichever cherub is awake at the moment ]

Where are you?

[ Open ]

Who wants to start some hardcore prison barter system? Give me your candy bar for my piece of cabbage or I'll shank you with my toothbrush, etc.

Actually, are we even still calling it "prison"? This place has a more backwater feel to it than MarinaNova, so I feel some slang is in order. "The slammer", maybe? "The clink" implies metal cell bars, so I don't think that's appropriate. "The big house". I don't know, I'm still relatively new to this life of crime shit. Thoughts?

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	[filtered] smuppeteer 2013-05-28 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	I was considering it. A shiv's, like, a makeshift knife. You use them to shank people. It's an Earth prison thing -- or at least an Earth prison movie thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] ophiuchus 2013-05-28 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	Understandable. —but I don't want to "shank" anyone! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] smuppeteer 2013-05-28 08:39 pm UTC (link)
	We aren't actually gonna shank anyone. It's atmospheric. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] ophiuchus 2013-05-28 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	[Flatly.] Oh. ... [And then, with renewed enthusiasm.] I don't see why not, then! Let's make shivs. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] smuppeteer 2013-05-28 08:44 pm UTC (link)
	Sweet. Roxy and I are in a cell in the... Zephyr quadrant. She's not up to moving right now, so do you think you could come find us? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] ophiuchus 2013-05-28 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	I think so! [Don't mind the soft patter of the headset bumping the floor a few times as she rolls out from under her bed.] ... is she okay? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] smuppeteer 2013-05-28 08:47 pm UTC (link)
	[ Calliope what are you doing ] She's going through withdrawals. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] ophiuchus 2013-05-28 08:49 pm UTC (link)
	[hiding omg] [But now she is on her feet and on her way.] Withdrawals? What do you mean? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] smuppeteer 2013-05-28 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	[ Poor baby. ] Alcohol withdrawals. Once you've gotten yourself addicted to a drug, taking it away results in some not-so-pretty symptoms. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] ophiuchus 2013-05-28 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	[Things Calliope Had Never Actually Knew Or Thought About: the conversation.] ... do you mean that she's hungover? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] smuppeteer 2013-05-28 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	Those are basically the same thing in my book. [ Dirk, you really need to get over this bias you have. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] ophiuchus 2013-05-28 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	Oh! [And the alien completely misunderstands thanks to said bias.] In that case, it's rather unfortunate, but we can take good care of her! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] smuppeteer 2013-05-28 09:13 pm UTC (link)
	[ She's drunk so often that he doesn't really see a reason to differentiate. ] Exactly. And maybe by the time we get out of this joint she'll be a changed woman. [ Dirk stop plotting about your friends' health. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] ophiuchus 2013-05-28 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Changed"? [It's just such a weird wording for a condition she assumed followed without saying: no booze means no drunkenness, and more time means no hangover.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] smuppeteer 2013-05-28 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	Weaned off liquid mind-fuckery. Free of its compulsion forevermore. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] ophiuchus 2013-05-28 09:35 pm UTC (link)
	I don't understand. Doesn't she just drink it to feel happy? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] smuppeteer 2013-05-28 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	Alcohol doesn't make you happy. It distracts you from what's making you sad. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] ophiuchus 2013-05-28 09:41 pm UTC (link)
	... [The weight of the implication makes her heart sink, followed by her stomach.] Oh. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] smuppeteer 2013-05-28 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] ophiuchus 2013-05-28 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	I knew she felt bad about a few things, but... [Calliope pauses to try and get her thoughts in order.] Can you explain what's wrong with her distracting herself? I mean, I'm sure you agree that she deserves to at least feel okay. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] smuppeteer 2013-05-28 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	Minor, temporary distractions are fine. You can't wallow in your own shit 24/7. The problem comes when you refuse to ever face your problems. They're still there no matter how much you pretend they aren't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] ophiuchus 2013-05-28 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	But if she doesn't have to face them, why force her to...? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] smuppeteer 2013-05-28 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	Because otherwise she'll permanently be in a state of denial. Drinking won't make her problems go away. All it'll do is fuck over her brain and her kidneys. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] ophiuchus 2013-05-28 09:58 pm UTC (link)
	Her- What do you mean?! [What's a kidney, while you're at it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[filtered] smuppeteer 2013-05-28 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	Sustained, excessive alcohol consumption works wonders on one's health, and I mean that in the worst possible sense. People used to die from it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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