016 | [Voice]

[with_discipline]

I hesitate to call this literature. In the future, I would prefer not to receive such gifts.

Severus, we have not spoken recently.

Comments

Let the linefacing commence.

[subtlescience]

Indeed.

She's got years of experience on him.

[with_discipline]

How have you been? [And if that doesn't sound dry and a little awkward, nothing does. She still hasn't figured out small talk. It's weird.]

[subtlescience]

Would you prefer I answer honestly, or merely appease you?

[with_discipline]

Honestly.

Someone's in a foul mood.

[subtlescience]

Very well.

I despise this place and I despise the restrictions imposed upon me. I am outraged at my incarceration, even more so because I have been given no specifics as to why I am an inmate.

I'm sleeping poorly despite my attempts to remedy the problem, and the food here is revolting. I am forced to shower with other people, something I have not been made to do since I was a child, and it is degrading.

The people here are idiots, with some exceptions.

So, to answer your question honestly:
I am degraded, sickened, tired, outraged, and disgusted.

Also, I think small talk is insipid.

Thank you for asking. How are you?

Who spat in his coffee.:|

[with_discipline]

Setting aside your contradictions - what I presume is some manner of humor - I agree that small talk is quite unnecessary.

I cannot answer all your concerns; I suspect none but the Admiral can. But you have done things that demand redemption. As no amount of complaining seems to sway such decisions, let that be enough. How have you been remedying your sleeping situation?

Probably everyone.

[subtlescience]

If you can't answer my concerns, and none but the Admiral can, then I suggest you pose my concerns to the Admiral.


...

I take a dreamless sleep potion.

Twice.

[with_discipline]

I seem to recall you mentioning that dependency may develop if used too frequently. Am I mistaken?

[subtlescience]

I did say that.

[with_discipline]

How frequently do you take them?

[subtlescience]

That's none of your business.

[with_discipline]

As your warden, it most certainly is.

[subtlescience]

Your business is my rehabilitation, not how I sleep.

[with_discipline]

That it is likely you have developed a dependency on what may as well be a drug makes your word choice poignant.

[subtlescience]

If I believed for one moment that refraining from taking sleep aids would help me rehabilitate and send me on my way any faster, I'd throw every last one over the side.

[with_discipline]

How long have you been making use of them?

[subtlescience]

Twenty years

I'm not certain.

[with_discipline]

I want you to stop.

[subtlescience]

Of course you do. Why leave it at "sleeping poorly" when it could be "not sleeping at all"?

[with_discipline]

Consider it an experiment.

[subtlescience]

No.

[with_discipline]

I will request that you deposit the remainder of your supply in the infirmary only once.

[subtlescience]

And if I refuse?

[with_discipline]

I will involve security.

[subtlescience]

The same security who ordered an inmate to break into my room and steal my possessions?

[with_discipline]

It is my understanding that there is only one security force aboard.

[subtlescience]

Which goes unchecked.

When in doubt, fall back on protocol.

[with_discipline]

I have trusted you thus far. Insubordination will be met with punishment.

His handwriting is getting very...messy.

[subtlescience]

You have meted out things I deserve as favors - little signs of your magnanimity - or as means to prevent me from being killed.

Which I was, anyway.

You trust little and ask much.

Is another tantrum on the way?

[with_discipline]

I am a scientist. That is an accurate description.

Will you relinquish the potions?

Yes.

[subtlescience]

Absolutely not.

8]

[with_discipline]

Expect security shortly. If you resist, I will ask the Admiral to remove your wand.

[subtlescience]

If you think I'm going to sit idly by and allow this, you're a fool.

[with_discipline]

I have not been forced to make use of the brig yet; this would seem a small thing to break that record with.

[subtlescience]

I will not surrender my possessions to that travesty you call a security team.

[with_discipline]

Then surrender them to me.

This is going so well! :D ...Oh, wait. :|

[subtlescience]

Only when I am cold and dead.

They're not going to be happy for a while. :|

[with_discipline]

Understood.

It's the principle of the thing.

[subtlescience]

So after a whiiiile:

[with_discipline]

It has been brought to my attention that perhaps I did not make my position on the matter as clear as I should have.

[subtlescience]

Has it really.

This is so damn awkward for her.

[with_discipline]

Indeed. It is not my intention to upset you in requesting that you cease using these sleeping aids. It has been my experience that such habits are unhealthy in humans.

He'll make it easy.

[subtlescience]

I have agreed to turn them over to Merlin, on the condition that the security team is investigated and brought to task for the theft that resulted in my death.

....Well now she's suspicious.

[with_discipline]

I have no authority over other wardens. How do you propose this be done?

[subtlescience]

They are a security team assembled of wardens. Do you lot have no rules regarding your behavior, or does everyone simply do what they damn well please?

[with_discipline]

I will speak with Sexby.

[subtlescience]

I will turn the potions over to Merlin.

[with_discipline]

Thank you. Dreaming is a healthy action for humans; denying yourself it will do you no service.

[subtlescience]

As you say.