04 ⚓ Video ⚓ For all his desire, so stricken to the heart was he

[hearrrtofgold]

For all the complaints about magic things happening this doesn't seem that bad. That flood thing? [Duke lifts both hands palm-upward and shrugs, the quintessential "I dunno" gesture.] Weird, but from what I can tell we made it through all right. Which isn't to say it doesn't suck to be here, just that there are worse conditions to live in.

[Ah, the naïveté of a new passenger.]

A skating rink, for instance. How many prisons do you know that have those? Or a bar, or a spa. In most places you'd be lucky to clip your toenails, let alone broil in a sauna. If you're Norwegian, you're automatically disqualified from answering.

My point is, what's missing? What do you still want that isn't here? There's got to be something, all of you. Yeah, even the wardens - I'm looking at you, guys.

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[surfaceshine]

My goddamn car.

[And, you know, everything else from home. People. But he only raises both eyebrows.]

I sure wish you rookies would stop trying to make things worse on us with all this calling out bullshit over a nice flood.

[private]

[fridgetothefire]

...fishing for horror stories, or actually dumb?

[diealone]

Having amenities doesn't mean a place isn't a miserable place to be stuck in.

[routemistress]

Oh Duke, why would you say that? 'Ave you never watched a horror movie in your life?

[But she's grinning, amused. Iris, who's spent millennia putting two fingers up to Fate, has no problem with Duke tempting it.]

I wanted 'orses. I even stole me own. Admiral wouldn't let us keep 'em.

there it is behind him :>

[neuropathy]

I do kinda miss my truck.

[ The Broncooooooo u no it, Duke. ]

[heavenlymisandrist]

Control over my own fate.

[ Somebody is grumpy. ]

[velocette]

I don't really want anything, but I figure I'm the exception. And maybe that's not true. All I want is the ride, and this place is good for that, at least for now.

You been to prison before?

[semifreakingnormal]

My friends, I guess. [And his mom u_u he is not admitting that in public though okay u_u]

What about you?

[soliterraneous]

I don't know.

[architrave]

The only thing that comes to mind is the entire reason I'm here.

I do miss the Marquis de Carabas, however.

[bodilesswarrior]

...Back home, I had eyes on most of the streets in my city, one way or another. I had reach way beyond that, too.

I miss that.

Not sure how I'd get it here. Tried to install cameras, once, but the Barge had other ideas.

Private

[this_corrosion]

You know what the fuck I want.

[Gary is sunken-eyed and accusing, his voice a hiss. The lights in his room are off. He hasn't been out of his cabin in three days, except to pocket food and hoard it.]

[impure_tale]

I still long for that stage in the dining hall be put to proper use, but I'm beginning to fear this is not my project to undertake.

[logistical]

Perhaps we desire simply to annoy you.

[This is River's warden. Colour him curious.]