No, I'm not saying that. I'm saying that no one is willing to fucking stop evil when they see it and just automatically defer to this shit system a faceless necromancer set up.
The point is, we shouldn't be playing into his game. Wardens and inmates make no sense when you look at how fucked up some of his chosen people are and how some of his 'inmates' are literal children.
And you have the wardens who take their 'jobs' so goddamn seriously, they will rip away someone's God-given powers because they've been put in charge by someone who shouldn't be in charge in the first place. And then there are the wardens who get defensive when you stop evil from happening in front of your eyes because, oh, you didn't tell their warden instead of stopping them from committing atrocities.
Or maybe you have the ones who feel that 'their' inmate has been appropriately punished and it might be a blatant miscarriage of justice, but fuck it, they're the warden so they intrinsically know what's right.
What's going to happen to you, Misty, if you're murdered by someone here and their warden says "oh they've been punished enough" and your murderer walks up to you and spits in your face?
Yeah, that's pretty much how things go around here.
I've been lucky enough not to die here yet. But you know I was tortured here, once?
And my torturer is telling everyone that I traumatized him and I'm not allowed to be near him because he gets panic attacks.
I'd say a punch in the face is a fair exchange for getting strapped down and carved up like a chicken but I'm supposed to just let that die.
And you know, if this ship weren't so fucking small, maybe I could go somewhere else and move on. But I still get to see the little shit every day at breakfast.
And that's just one incident. I've had others. And I'm one person who hasn't even died here yet.
It's not on other people to tell you how to feel about something when you can't even get the fuck away to process it.
What was I saying?
Oh, yeah - Lark.
So Lark's different from a lot of the ship because he knows this warden/inmate shit is stupid and arbitrary.
Well, if you ever want to get the fuck out of here, you'll push that trauma down and let a warden handle your murderer how they see fit.
It was a while ago. Back before the pirate port, but some things keep showing up to shove in my face about it. It's very unlikely it's going to happen again if that makes you feel better.
Rather wouldn't get into too much detail. Talking about it makes it more real and then I'm back feeling like shit without a way to get away from it.
No, you're missing the point. I don't need Lark to fix anything for me. I don't want him to. That would be him playing into the Necromancer's shit.
He's got his hands full anyway, because while most of the other wardens here want to focus on one inmate, he's going around to make sure you and people like you are all right.
And he does it without a deal for your soul. Something most other people here don't get.
[She's still not seeing that much that makes Lark so different or more special than the average warden, but hey, it's good that the kid likes who he's paired with!]
Well, Pagan is pretty cool too, for the record! Mostly.
Oh, you should probably meet him; he was Lark's inmate before you! But he's, um-- gosh, how do I explain it. He's really good at making you feel like he cares about you and is interested in spending time with you.
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The point is, we shouldn't be playing into his game. Wardens and inmates make no sense when you look at how fucked up some of his chosen people are and how some of his 'inmates' are literal children.
And you have the wardens who take their 'jobs' so goddamn seriously, they will rip away someone's God-given powers because they've been put in charge by someone who shouldn't be in charge in the first place. And then there are the wardens who get defensive when you stop evil from happening in front of your eyes because, oh, you didn't tell their warden instead of stopping them from committing atrocities.
Or maybe you have the ones who feel that 'their' inmate has been appropriately punished and it might be a blatant miscarriage of justice, but fuck it, they're the warden so they intrinsically know what's right.
What's going to happen to you, Misty, if you're murdered by someone here and their warden says "oh they've been punished enough" and your murderer walks up to you and spits in your face?
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How's it feel to be ignored by someone like that? Find yourself wondering just why the fuck they're still walking around like you don't matter?
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Right? I don't really care about how he was or wasn't punished, but I don't get the whole "move on, don't talk to him, it meant nothing to him" thing.
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I've been lucky enough not to die here yet. But you know I was tortured here, once?
And my torturer is telling everyone that I traumatized him and I'm not allowed to be near him because he gets panic attacks.
I'd say a punch in the face is a fair exchange for getting strapped down and carved up like a chicken but I'm supposed to just let that die.
And you know, if this ship weren't so fucking small, maybe I could go somewhere else and move on. But I still get to see the little shit every day at breakfast.
And that's just one incident. I've had others. And I'm one person who hasn't even died here yet.
It's not on other people to tell you how to feel about something when you can't even get the fuck away to process it.
What was I saying?
Oh, yeah - Lark.
So Lark's different from a lot of the ship because he knows this warden/inmate shit is stupid and arbitrary.
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What other incidents have you had? And who tortured you? How long ago was it?
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It was a while ago. Back before the pirate port, but some things keep showing up to shove in my face about it. It's very unlikely it's going to happen again if that makes you feel better.
Rather wouldn't get into too much detail. Talking about it makes it more real and then I'm back feeling like shit without a way to get away from it.
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But if Lark is so great and he fixes everything, why hasn't he fixed this for you...?
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He's got his hands full anyway, because while most of the other wardens here want to focus on one inmate, he's going around to make sure you and people like you are all right.
And he does it without a deal for your soul. Something most other people here don't get.
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[She's still not seeing that much that makes Lark so different or more special than the average warden, but hey, it's good that the kid likes who he's paired with!]
Well, Pagan is pretty cool too, for the record! Mostly.
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But I take it he isn't, really?
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[Which is both very weird and very nice.]
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[And what are wardens for, if not built-in friends who are required by Admiral decree to hang out with you?]
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