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.

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[hearrrtofgold]

What did you drive?

Who's making things worse? I'm just saying, in terms of limbo dimensions where time is stuck and everyone's lost this one's pretty comfortable.

[ Video ]

[surfaceshine]

'67 Chevy Impala. Black.

[There's a model of it on the maintenance desk by his elbow, nestled amongst the pencils and scraps of paper, just visible at the corner of the viewscreen.]

You're not superstitious at all, huh?

[private]

[fridgetothefire]

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

[private]

[hearrrtofgold]

Neither. Actually curious.

[private]

[fridgetothefire]

I want control over who I'm transformed into.

[diealone]

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

[hearrrtofgold]

Anywhere you're stuck is miserable.

[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.

[hearrrtofgold]

Sorry. Guess I shouldn't in a place where we've all broken the horror movie survival rules.

[Fuck fate, anyway. What good's it ever done either of them?]

What happened to them?

there it is behind him :>

[neuropathy]

I do kinda miss my truck.

[ The Broncooooooo u no it, Duke. ]

[hearrrtofgold]

Not Stan?

Sounds like we need a garage here.

[heavenlymisandrist]

Control over my own fate.

[ Somebody is grumpy. ]

[hearrrtofgold]

But you can get that.

[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?

[hearrrtofgold]

That's it? You're just here for the fun of it?

It's not my first time.

[semifreakingnormal]

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

What about you?

[hearrrtofgold]

My friend Audrey. And the contents of Fort Knox.

[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.

[hearrrtofgold]

Cameras don't work here? There are cameras on the communication things. Too bad you can't rig up extras and set up a live feed.

Or you could invest in a network of tunnels equipped with peepholes.

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.]