2.14 - Voice

[breakingmyheart]

[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.

Comments

[Private]

[breakingmyheart]

Not really.

Most of it's...gone.

[Private]

[itstopped]

What do you mean, gone? [His brow furrows -- but no, that's not the point. He's upset about how she's done all this, too, but if he's going to take advantage of it he needs to act now:] Is there some kind of... I don't know, inmate release control there? Something that would determine who remains on the ship and who doesn't?

[Private]

[breakingmyheart]

I mean that I've relinquished all the control I was aware of having.

There's nothing like that. [Not that she can access, anyway.]

[Private]

[itstopped]

Nothing that tells you how the Admiral lets people go?

[Private]

[breakingmyheart]

No. If there was -

[If there was, and if he's asking to just die, she'd do it. If she could change the system, make it so Inmates who'd take death over redemption could have that option, she wouldn't hesitate.]

I don't think the disappearance of Inmates is something the Admiral decides.

[Private]

[itstopped]

[He's asking for exactly that, and he grits his teeth in frustration when he realizes she can't give it to him. He's still calm, but his voice is much colder when he says:] Better finish unplugging, then. [And he hangs up.]