[If you could only see Waver looking around his quarters right now, trying to fathom what "literally anything else" could even possibly be.]
There are movies available? I'm guessing from the library? I hadn't even thought to check. Should be a nice change of pace. What are we planning on watching?
[ There is more to life than READING like a NERD, Waver! ]
Yes of course. Movies, TV, probably a lot of weird YouTube videos too. And since I'm planning it, the first one will be The Weaponizer. It's a classic of 90's American action cinema.
There's a pause while he tries to formulate his thoughts on Volk.]
I knew that he came with a world with magic, and I took for granted that he had any idea about the idea of multiple worlds and dimensions. I think some of it was denial, but I gave him a rude awakening that I hadn't intended to. If anything it proved to me that I need to get out of my own space more. I don't get outside of mage society much.
I've got him talking, sharing information about our respective homes and trying to find some common ground. He really just seems to need to be heard. Understood.
everyone should step outside their comfort zone once in a while. diversity is good etc
[ which also means you should get out of your room sometimes, waver. ]
it's amazing how often people who do terrible things do them for the basic reason of being neglected, not paid enough attention to, misunderstood, that sort of thing.
i don't say this to downplay it, that was me as well.
The fact that I'm on this ship at all is me being out of my comfort zone. You've probably figured out that talking with people isn't exactly my strong suit.
I do as well. It's a more common feeling here especially on the inmates' parts, since so many of them seem to be here against their wills.
yes i've noticed. 😉 and you're also clearly not the only one.
and of course most of them are here against their will. they are inmates. this is prison. it's rehab, too, but it can be both.
the trick is to suss out what's the damaging sort of wanting attention, what's just their egos talking, and what's actually affirmation that they need.
Inmates, yes, but people who never got to plead their case, to defend themselves. Just showing up here out of nowhere. I'd be acting out too if I were in their position.
Hopefully I can figure that out, at least in Volk's case. I'm no therapist, but I can at least hear him out.
Inmates wanting to escape shouldn't come as a surprise. But considering this stop was a quiet, backwoods sort of place, I thought that this would have been a good time to exercise some trust, some freedom. I was proven wrong.
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Date: 2022-02-25 03:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-02-26 02:21 pm (UTC)I've been researching. Is there something else I should be doing?
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Date: 2022-02-26 09:12 pm (UTC)I'm planning a movie night for the wardens, you should come.
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Date: 2022-02-26 10:14 pm (UTC)There are movies available? I'm guessing from the library? I hadn't even thought to check. Should be a nice change of pace. What are we planning on watching?
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Date: 2022-02-27 12:15 am (UTC)Yes of course. Movies, TV, probably a lot of weird YouTube videos too. And since I'm planning it, the first one will be The Weaponizer. It's a classic of 90's American action cinema.
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Date: 2022-02-27 12:50 am (UTC)Action movies, eh. [They always make him nostalgic.]
That's fine. But let's pencil in some mysteries into the schedule sometime too.
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Date: 2022-02-27 01:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-02-27 01:27 am (UTC)Well there you go. I am scheduled to leave my room for about two hours several days from now.
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Date: 2022-02-27 02:16 pm (UTC)i think i read that somewhere
how are things going with volk? has he realized we're actually in space yet?
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Date: 2022-02-27 04:19 pm (UTC)[Getting him to come out, though...
There's a pause while he tries to formulate his thoughts on Volk.]
I knew that he came with a world with magic, and I took for granted that he had any idea about the idea of multiple worlds and dimensions. I think some of it was denial, but I gave him a rude awakening that I hadn't intended to. If anything it proved to me that I need to get out of my own space more. I don't get outside of mage society much.
I've got him talking, sharing information about our respective homes and trying to find some common ground. He really just seems to need to be heard. Understood.
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Date: 2022-02-27 04:57 pm (UTC)[ which also means you should get out of your room sometimes, waver. ]
it's amazing how often people who do terrible things do them for the basic reason of being neglected, not paid enough attention to, misunderstood, that sort of thing.
i don't say this to downplay it, that was me as well.
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Date: 2022-02-27 05:43 pm (UTC)I do as well. It's a more common feeling here especially on the inmates' parts, since so many of them seem to be here against their wills.
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Date: 2022-02-27 05:57 pm (UTC)and of course most of them are here against their will. they are inmates. this is prison. it's rehab, too, but it can be both.
the trick is to suss out what's the damaging sort of wanting attention, what's just their egos talking, and what's actually affirmation that they need.
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Date: 2022-02-27 06:30 pm (UTC)Hopefully I can figure that out, at least in Volk's case. I'm no therapist, but I can at least hear him out.
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Date: 2022-02-27 07:02 pm (UTC)None of us are therapists. But I hope you can get through to Volk.
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Date: 2022-02-28 01:24 am (UTC)Speaking of teenage temper tantrums, good luck with your own charge.
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Date: 2022-02-28 01:14 pm (UTC)silco;
Date: 2022-02-26 05:08 am (UTC)[ he knows less of the incident than he'd like, but any idiot can string together three missing inmates and a warden walking out of the infirmary. ]
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Date: 2022-02-26 02:22 pm (UTC)Thanks to the autodoc, yes, thank you.
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Date: 2022-02-28 05:20 am (UTC)[ or they'd have finished it. like it's that hard to hold a pillow over someone's face — ]
May I ask what inspired the adventure? From your perspective.
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Date: 2022-02-28 11:38 am (UTC)Just trying to take a few inmates out on what seemed like a fairly boring trip, really. Shortsightedness on my part.
Have they talked at all about what happened?
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Date: 2022-02-28 06:28 pm (UTC)Certain parties are given to exaggeration.
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Date: 2022-02-28 08:54 pm (UTC)[That's debatable.]
Inmates wanting to escape shouldn't come as a surprise. But considering this stop was a quiet, backwoods sort of place, I thought that this would have been a good time to exercise some trust, some freedom. I was proven wrong.
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Date: 2022-02-28 09:14 pm (UTC)It was still right to offer the choice. There will be no shortage of them beyond these walls.
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Date: 2022-03-01 12:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-03-02 11:18 pm (UTC)[ he doesn't have the biceps ]
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Date: 2022-03-03 12:20 am (UTC)He doesn't seem like the type, thankfully. But he's also only my temporary inmate. Who knows what the future will bring.