trj communicator ;

[kaijuice]

SILCO ;

INMATE OF THE S.F.S. PEREGRINE

Comments

[kaijuice]

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[ better to have access to the others (to jinx) ]

Perhaps you can rent it. No doubt, some of them want out.

[counterstep]

rent it with what currency?
there's nothing people can rent with onboard, buddy

and anyway it's a partner exclusive so it's your option, not anyone else's

[kaijuice]

Do you believe that all of them will receive that offer?

[ there's always something people want. ]

[counterstep]

i wouldn't call it an offer
it's definitely just an option
because i can still choose if it's something i'd actually do or not

( meaning, yes, he likely would have negotiated if silco had said yes. )

i can't speak for other wardens, but i find it counterintuitive to limit solely on broad strokes
everyone's different and everyone wants something different
understanding that is how you collaborate

[kaijuice]

I wasn't under the impression that we shared a goal. I hardly know the outcome of yours.

[counterstep]

we don't have to share a goal to find common ground that benefits us both

i'm here to help people that want to be helped
if they don't want to be helped or don't want to change, it's not something i can force out of them

but there's more to people than just their morality
i'm not gonna act like the only thing either of us are capable of focusing on is "rehabilitation" or whatever official term they'd prefer to call it by
multitasking is a thing anyway

[kaijuice]

What is it that you want, Barnes?

[counterstep]

in what context?
from you?
or in general?

[kaijuice]

Surprise me.

[counterstep]

if you don't really care enough to specify then i don't see the point in telling you

[kaijuice]

Every Warden here is acting in service of promises made. If you've expectations of this arrangement, they are ultimately equivalent.

[counterstep]

ah you mean the boon

i actually don't have anything arranged with them. i just wanted to try my hand at something else, and they approached me about helping out. being here is my windfall. there's nothing else promised to me.

( no real point lying about it either. they don't have anything they could possibly offer that he wants other than trying something different than he had on earth. )

[kaijuice]

Have you heard of a 'hobby'?

[counterstep]

learning about space is my hobby

guess where we are

( ta-da! )

[kaijuice]

Academy log: The stars are white and sterile. The moon cares deeply that no one swim without supervision. In the vast expanse of sky, I have yet to find a single cigarette.

[counterstep]

is that some kind of reference
cigarettes would be nice though yeah
and alcohol
good alcohol

[kaijuice]

Any good researcher takes notes.

[counterstep]

( researcher, huh. )

good point i should start doing that
were you in science? is there like a good way too document this kinda stuff?
i never learned

[kaijuice]

My, how great our common ground.

[counterstep]

har har
no need to be facetious

what have you got to lose anyway? we're already in deep space. it's not like either of us can jettison off at will.

[kaijuice]

No one taught me to read.

[ throw the dog a cheap bone. there's too much here to lose — it's speaking with another at this very moment. ]

You ought to hassle Mercer.

[counterstep]

( cheap. but he knows how to play the game, still is. )

about what?

[kaijuice]

Science.

[ naturally. they both know that's not why bucky asked - the side effect of text-based communication is that bucky can't see the absolute shit-eating innocence of his expression.

silco trusts he can imagine. ]

[counterstep]

( the simplicity of the response makes bucky smile. )

what's he got to do with science?

[kaijuice]

I'm given to understand it his specialty.