ichoosefight | 81,18 - Counting losses

I see. That sounds... intense.

[ She'll just grab a spoon and take a go at some cookie dough. ]

So what're you in desperate need of ice cream over?

Heh. Yeah. And I haven't even met a tenth of em yet.

[So he hesitates at that.]

I spent most of the flood in level Zero. Let's just leave it at that, huh? Also, I wouldn't say 'desperate.'

[He just hasn't found the flavor he wanted yet. Strawberry chocolate fudge swirl? That one. He put the other flavors away, at least most of them before settling in to scoop out some for himself.]

Wait, aren't you...? [ Ladd's warden. She'd seen his post, now that she thinks of it. But she had rather assumed he was just Ladd in disguise. ]

Crap. Sorry. That sounds sucky.

[ This gallon of cookie dough ice cream has been claimed in the name of Steph, and if she doesn't finish it she's taking it back with her. ]

I am... And it is sucky.

He has exactly two prerogatives: Lua and killing every warden here.

Exactly how do you crack a nut like that? [He taps his spoon against his icecream container, then takes a bite.]

Last week all I wanted to do was gallivant around and bring on a little chaos. Guess I got what I wanted.

Not a clue. Most of my inmates haven't been people I'd classify as "evil".

Is everyone alright?

I wouldn't call him evil so much as I'd call him crazy. Don't think he was always like that either.

Unhinged. Off kilter. Detrimental to society. But then my view of evil might be a little off. [Another bite. He shakes his head.]

I shot someone, but I think she survived some how.

Yeah, that's pretty much my definition of evil.

[ She is basically shoveling food in her mouth. Please do continue to distract her with tales of danger and chaos. ]

Like, actually survived? Or just came back? Because that's sort of a thing here.

He's not evil. He's just done evil things. I dunno Steph, maybe I've a weird sense of what evil is. But I've fought in a war. Guess if killing makes you evil I'm just another cog in the machine.

Doesn't mean I think it's okay. [Nrr. He pokes his icecream with his spoon, taking another bite although a small one. He doesn't look particularly happy.]

I mean she didn't need to be brought back. They took the bullets out and she spent the rest of the week in the infirmery. S'what I heard.

Where I'm from, there are good guys and there are bad guys. And the worst guys are the ones who are completely insane and bent on mass murder. That's all I'm saying.

[ She takes a bite to ruminate over that. ]

I guess there are some people like that. Immortal, or with other defenses, or they heal so fast it's not an issue.

...Yeah. I guess.

If nobody else is gonna believe there's some good in him, I have to.

[And here he thought this job wasn't a hopeless effort.]

I didn't peg Satsuki that way, but everything switched last week, right? Little bit here, little bit there.

Powers too, huh?

Good. That's your job. [ And if it was hopeless she'd be telling him to quit. ]

Yeah, I think so. I know a lot of people were talking about having powers that didn't belong to them.

[He smiles a bit at that even if it weren't exactly a pat on the back. He'd take what he could get.]

Personality, powers, bodies. Guess this is the real status quo.

Yup! Pretty much the trifecta. If it's weird and you can imagine it, it can happen here.

[See him pout? It wasn't exactly what he signed on for. Oh well.]

I guess in the long run, worse things have happened. It's just a couple years at most for me. I get home and do the thing I wanna do.

And you can take a break whenever you want.

Thinkin' about it, but it might to early to bow out just yet.

The temptation will always be there. [ So there's no need to rush. But plenty of need to devour unholy volumes of ice cream. ]

I'll tough it out a while. [And he sticks a spoon full in his mouth, quite happily in fact.]

And throwing in my hand, being an optimist.

You really think Kon'll be gone long? I know time can be funky around here but I'm sure there are some merciful gods somewhere along the line.

The only god who has any say on the sick shit that happens here is a megalomanic sadist. So yeah, I do think he'll be gone long.

[He's silent for a moment.]

Won't argue that, but I was speaking proverbially. [He raises a hand in a pacifying gesture.]

All we can do is hope for the best. I know that doesn't do much anything' but it's better than letting your imagination run with all the other possibilities.

It's easier to just eat ice cream and try not to think about it.

Yeah... you're right. [Sort of. He take another bite.]

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