breakingmyheart | 2.14

[Posted about two hours after Megamind's post.]

[Seconds before transmission, almost everything is reset. The lost areas and items reappear, the above-decks areas are restored in their entirety, and the 'space' and sunlight around the ship come back. Zero is returned to normal and anyone teleported down there is automatically released. Anyone who has had their powers or weapons temporarily removed will get them back. Auto-demoted Wardens regain their previous status and everything associated with it.

The loose panels are still around. For some reason, it's raining lightly on deck. A few random bits of furniture in the common rooms have changed colour.

The voice of the 'Admiral' comes from Toshiko's network signature, quiet and tired.]

I don't stand by everything I said, but I don't hold myself above any of it. Anyone who wants to call me a hypocrite, a coward, a sadist, a weakling…

[The feed shifts. Tosh's voice. Hi, Barge.]

I know. I just - I know.

I need…time. To end this without doing any more damage. Tomorrow I'm going to come out. I'm not - I'm not going to fight. I'm not going to defend myself in any way.

[There is a background interjection from Megamind: But I will!

Tosh is quiet for a moment, probably pulling a face at him.]

...Whatever's decided, I'll....go along with it.

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Because this is the most helpful way to jump at things ever.

[ Snappish? Exhausted? Yes. Yes he is. ]

You can attack her verbally later, when we've gotten her unhooked, stabilized and cleared out what was the ship in her brain and what wasn't, okay, Erik?

[She reaches over to touch his wrist.]

Megamind, don't.

Just - it's just words. Let him - let them all get it out. It's not as if I don't deserve it.

It's wrong.

[ He's frustrated, watching them all--revert to the same old shit immediately, given someone to hoist on the cross. ]

Look at it. It's wrong. I can't even imagine what you're getting on private channels.

It's just words. I can take some name-calling. Okay?

[She doesn't add that maybe giving people the opportunity to vent their anger verbally might be useful in the longer term.]

[ He fusses, a little more, and then sighs. ] I'm going-- to work. See what we need to do to get this set up right, get everything tip-top, and ...back to normal.

'Back to normal'.

[She gives him a look which says very eloquently that they're so far past that point they couldn't find it with a map.]

No, I think I'll make it clear exactly what she is right now. Later you can fuck her and tell her not to listen to all those inmates she just spent days torturing.

and wardens

[ Steph is too furious to allow herself anything more than that. She just wanted to point it out. ]

And wardens. [He gets that, at least, but there is not much logical thought process going on here.]

Because I can only possibly be thinking with my genitals. [ EYEROLL ] Thank you for that sum up of what you think of me and my efforts.

[And again, instead of sounding angry, Charles' voice is level as possible, almost unnaturally so, almost like it's taking effort for him to get each word out.] If you want to do any amount of good right now, you'll take her communicator away from her and stop harassing the people she tortured, unwittingly or not.

We appreciate your efforts in restoring the Barge, and I understand that you care for her, but this, right now, isn't helping anyone.

And now I understand again while I'm willing to listen to you.

Sounds like a fantastic plan.

Good job, Megamind, well done. Come here and I'll be sure to pat you on the back for your admirable efforts. [Possibly with a two-by-four he rips off a wall, but.]

[ finger wave; and he's off. ]

It's no use. He's too close to the problem.

Obviously. [It's snappish and short; he has no patience left to speak of.]

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