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[outgrew_cosplay]

So let me get this straight. I'm dead, and this is like, space Blackgate. Are you guys for real? I mean, you all sound like you're smoking a bad cut of whatever the drug of choice is here. If this is the after life, I want a freakin' refund. There were supposed to be pearly gates and virgins and all that.

Or at least some brimstone. There isn't brimstone around, is there? This is pretty pathetic for Hell.

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[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Pretty much, yeah. There was a riot, it sucked, and then everyone was verrry quiet for a week or two afterward.

But floods are maybe two to four days average? Oh, and sometimes they're so rough that they actually turn the Barge into something else. It was a cruise ship one time, and a summer camp pretty recently. Doesn't happen all that often though.

[outgrew_cosplay]

Sounds like a demented daycare. So why hasn't anyone jumped the Admiral and taken over, yet? Someone's gotta have their space jail license.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

That's actually happened a couple times - I mean, nobody's literally jumped the Admiral, nobody's ever even seen the Admiral, but there's been a couple Barge takeovers. One was run by some whackob Inmate called the Master who's not around anymore, but that was before my time. The second time was...three Wardens trying to find a fun place to park the Barge for a vacation. You can just let that illustrate how crazy this place makes people.

[outgrew_cosplay]

The wardens had to take the reigns?

Yeah, that's painting a pretty beautiful picture there. You sure there's no easy way home?

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Ehh. The Master may or may not have left by way of mad science, buuut he was a rare instance of a guy who did a lot of 'you hideous subnormals with your puny human intellects'-type speeches and actually had the evil nerdery to back it up.

So in all practical terms? Not really, no.

[outgrew_cosplay]

Huh. Usually they just talk out of their ass. Did he take anyone with him, or is he just a dick all around?

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

I know! My boss used to make me steal superweapons from real evil geniuses because he was a college drop-out.

And the Master? Column B.

[outgrew_cosplay]

I worked for a guy with a thing for hats, tea, and Wonderland.

Don't think he ever made it to college, honestly.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

...

Can I bet ten theoretical dollars on 'Mad Hatter' and an outside two each on 'Cheshire Cat' and 'King of Hearts'?

[outgrew_cosplay]

Don't waste the four.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

And I bet he thought he was sooo original.

[outgrew_cosplay]

Original enough to let the Tweedles screw him over. I've heard a lot of things about the guy since, hard to feel really sorry for him.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Whatever, nobody who gives their villainy a theme deserves sympathy.

Didn't catch your name.

[outgrew_cosplay]

But themes are the hip new thing. And by new, I mean they've been around for decades, and apparently we're the clingy type.

Jenna Duffy. You?

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Shego. Hey.

So what's your thing? I would've guessed henchman, but....then you mentioned screwdrivers.

[outgrew_cosplay]

I'm a carpenter. Guess who I was in the Wonderland gang.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Ohh, I really don't think I need to guess.

But hey, that's a smart job in this industry. I always figured the reliable money would be in contracting and consulting.

[outgrew_cosplay]

Nah, it's in realty. The Broker's the one making the serious money. But I'm good with my part. Before I wound up in this dump, I was on my way to a job that paid in diamonds.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

The one currency that is accepted everywhere. Not bad.

Can I...ask how you wound up in this dump? It's cool if not, people can be touchy about it.

[outgrew_cosplay]

Touchy about how they died? Imagine that.

[And a pause, cause she's deciding if she's touchy or not. :|] Car accident. Eighteen wheeler smashed into my van. Not really how I thought I'd go.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

My boss' hundredth bargain-basement lair exploded. I was inside, obviously. I told him to invest in better infrastructure every time.

[outgrew_cosplay]

Not to self: add bomb shelter to the layouts.

so much for the high life, huh? [Bitter bitter bitter. :|]

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

So much for the high life.

The one thing I will say for this place is that being on the Barge does kinda make you immortal. Or at least it makes dying less of a thing. What would usually be the end of the show isn't going to bother you for longer than a week.

[outgrew_cosplay]

So our failure of a driver also has omnipotence or control over life and death. Yeah, that's real comforting.

Unless you mean the Barge itself, in which case I'm out. Drawing the line at the personification of space boats.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Admiral, not the Barge....although seriously? Zero practical difference. I know it's like the lamest of silver linings but it's worth knowing.