12 July 2011 @ 12:55 am
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I've had a good number of people travel with me over the years. One of them was a young man named Hex. He was a brilliant lad, a nurse, who joined us and at first was astounded and amazed at every wondrous thing I presented before him. The space ships. The alien worlds. Travelling to his own distant past.

But then he met Cromwell, and it was Cromwell who started him down the path to being broken. He'd taken quite a shine to Ace, who many of you met. And when he thought he'd lost her, he did terrible things in her name. They haunted him, later. A healer, suddenly burdened with the loss of lives that circumstantially or not, he led to.

Things became worse. He was held for interrogation as a murder suspect. He was brainwashed at a military installation. Occurrence after occurrence, gradually damning him until that was all he could see rather than any of the good he'd done. I still regretted it when he left. Selfishly, too, because I was frustrated I wanted to show him so much wonder and all I did was show him the value of death.

Thus far, I've been burnt alive, shot, stabbed, mentally violated, and caught a plague while aboard this ship. ...Doesn't seem like all that much in the grand scheme of things, now that I look at all the ways I've managed to die in the past.

[Filtered to magical warden people that probably have experience with potions]

Speaking of being stabbed. There's a particularly dangerous potion on board that prompted an inmate to attack me in the infirmary. If I were to provide a list of ingredients and tell you the observed symptoms, panic being a primary one, I was wondering if at the very least a potion could be made to lessen or counter the effects.

[Private to Mozenrath]

I have a question to ask. You're a necromancer, correct?

[Private to Narvin]

I'm ready to organize our meeting with Arthas. I swear on Pythia's pantaloons if you so much as switch a single neuron that oughtn't to be touched, I'll make you drop your trousers in front of him.

[YEAH! HOW'S THAT FOR A THREAT!]
 
 
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Dr. Rex Lewis: Rex - listening[personal profile] requiresssacrifice on July 12th, 2011 04:01 pm (UTC)
private - Why, Hex is one letter away from Rex! :B
What brought this on? Are you afraid the Barge will make you lose perspective?
championoftime: 7.2 - mooooope[personal profile] championoftime on July 12th, 2011 10:14 pm (UTC)
private
No. I'm just noting that it happens sometimes. And it's something that should be watched for.
Dr. Rex Lewis: Rex - plotting[personal profile] requiresssacrifice on July 12th, 2011 11:14 pm (UTC)
private
At the risk of sounding self centered, do you think I'm turning out like him?
championoftime: 7.2 - fidgety[personal profile] championoftime on July 12th, 2011 11:18 pm (UTC)
private
You already did. I'm just glad that I got you back. It was difficult to think I was going to lose you, and I'll freely admit that.

I'm perhaps not the best warden for this place. I'll always give you and Tim priority over my inmates. Not because I dislike them, but short of Braxiatel you're the closest thing to family I have. And when you are hurt, when you're belittled, and when I'm told that my caring for you is inappropriate it does infuriate me to no end because I'm the one who needs you.
Dr. Rex Lewis: Rex - WHOLESOME![personal profile] requiresssacrifice on July 12th, 2011 11:33 pm (UTC)
private
[D'awwww, he has to smile at that. Like a real one, not a malicious one.]

The feeling is mutual, Doctor. And anyway, it's the wardens who don't have any attachments that are less suitable for the place.

Edited 2011-07-12 11:33 pm (UTC)
championoftime: 7.2 - deep in thought[personal profile] championoftime on July 12th, 2011 11:45 pm (UTC)
private
[He's always happy that he can make Rex real!smile. It's one of the things that makes this ship worth it.]

They are, at that. In fact... one of them acted against Sveta after the fact, as I've just discovered. It's no better than what happened to you. The same intent to demean and humiliate, even if it wasn't publicly broadcast, the effects of it might last a while.
Dr. Rex Lewis: Rex - side[personal profile] requiresssacrifice on July 12th, 2011 11:51 pm (UTC)
private
[Augh mixed feelings. Part of him feels slightly vindicated-- at least she's not completely off the hook with the others-- but he's not really... happy about it.] What happened?
championoftime: 7.2 - whut?[personal profile] championoftime on July 12th, 2011 11:55 pm (UTC)
private
A magician hexed her. I'm not certain what with. No one else who was angry had a say in it.
Dr. Rex Lewis: Rex - measuring shit... FOR SCIENCE[personal profile] requiresssacrifice on July 13th, 2011 12:15 am (UTC)
private
You know they'll factor that into consideration so that they don't have to actually punish her.

This will just... hinder any attempts at justice.

Edited 2011-07-13 12:15 am (UTC)
championoftime: 7.2 - pine and ponder[personal profile] championoftime on July 13th, 2011 12:19 am (UTC)
private
Oh, most likely.
Dr. Rex Lewis: Rex - fixating[personal profile] requiresssacrifice on July 13th, 2011 12:42 am (UTC)
private
How are your injuries, by the way? It took quite a lot of willpower not to... [SMOTHER JIM] give Jim subpar service in the infirmary.
championoftime: 7.2 - stoic...as he can be[personal profile] championoftime on July 13th, 2011 01:02 am (UTC)
private
Fortunately we Time Lords have an accelerated healing gene to go along with our inclination for rambling.
Dr. Rex Lewis: Rex - Nice![personal profile] requiresssacrifice on July 13th, 2011 01:07 am (UTC)
private
Ah, the rambling... I wonder if that's genetic, as well. If any species were to have it encoded in their DNA...
championoftime: 7.2 - displeased[personal profile] championoftime on July 13th, 2011 01:25 am (UTC)
private
We're genetically engineered to be politicians. The "Lord" part pertains more to us than the "Time". [Somewhere in Rex's ancestry there must be a touch of Time Lord.]
Dr. Rex Lewis: Rex - heee~[personal profile] requiresssacrifice on July 13th, 2011 02:34 am (UTC)
private
A race of politicians? How did you get anything done?
championoftime: 7.2 - what do we have here?[personal profile] championoftime on July 13th, 2011 04:15 am (UTC)
Re: private
Why do you suppose we'd need 10,000 year lifespans? It would only make sense.
Dr. Rex Lewis: Rex - hoodies are totally evil[personal profile] requiresssacrifice on July 13th, 2011 04:37 pm (UTC)
Re: private
What a lifetime to waste on bureaucracy. No wonder you left.