week 2

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[With the sudden pirate takeover and the sudden, tragic deaths of the crew, the second week of the Starfield Penitentiary rehabilitation project is off to a rough start. After Price's call for parlay with the pirate captain, he was not seen for the remainder of Saturday but around 10 pm it is his calm but tense voice that makes the time announcement.

Buckle in, Champions, things are about to get bumpy.]

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[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your AC for week 1 and submit your threads for the Benefactors!]

Comments

[tenimuho]

There isn't much we can do about that. Trying to send another signal would probably end the same way for us.

[chides]

I agree. And I'd much rather not have what happened to Fortinbras happen to any of us.

[tenimuho]

It wouldn't be worth it.

[He can appreciate a sacrifice when it makes a difference.]

[chides]

No, it wouldn't, especially if we don't know if anyone can see it.

[ because if nobody's out there who can see the distress signal? you'd be sacrificing your life for nothing. no more of people dying, please. ]

Once was enough.

[ for now. ]

[tenimuho]

...I don't want to make anyone who saw Fourtinbras' death react that way again.

[So many people who aren't used to seeing corpses. It's better that they don't have to see another.]

[chides]

Definitely. Especially the younger ones.

[ the first time seeing a corpse is really, really hard.

mako would know. ]

[tenimuho]

...They shouldn't have been here in first place.

[Put them in space juvie, or something, but not... Not this situation that's already wearing them down.]

[chides]

No, they shouldn't have. Actually, a lot of us shouldn't be here.

[ well i mean

maybe oda because you're in the mafia but ]

[tenimuho]

Some of you haven't done the crimes you're accused of and should never have ended up in prison.

[He'll admit he deserves to be here.]

[chides]

Yeah.

[ he won't....tell oda he deserves to be here or anything because: ]

But even then, I don't think any of us deserves to be somewhere like this. A proper prison? Maybe. But not this sick, twisted game that they're playing.

[tenimuho]

...There's no good result from this. It's not aiming for anything but someone's amusement.

[And he's not particularly inclined to amuse Blaze today.]

[chides]

Blaze's, it seems like.

[ welp. just gonna take the words right out of oda's mouth. mako isn't up for this at all. ]

[tenimuho]

Yes. ...I don't think I could get along with him at all, even in other circumstances.

[chides]

No. He's just--

[ no mako don't say it don't risk your life over an insult ]

...different.

[tenimuho]

...There are people like him in the mafia, but I don't get along with them either.

[chides]

[ you know...mako's genuinely curious about something now, since oda's mentioned it several times before: ]

Is being part of the mafia the same as being in a triad?

[tenimuho]

I don't know what you mean by a 'triad'. Could you explain?

[Since he's guessing 'group of three people' is not the entire definition.]

[chides]

It's like the mafia, basically. Organized crime. Stuff like that.

[ he...well. he knows a lot more about it than he's letting on. ]

[tenimuho]

...I would assume that being part of the mafia is like being part of something that is like the mafia.

[Mako, how is he supposed to make a comparison...]

Maybe you could ask about specific parts of being in the mafia?

oh my god i did not read that other comment carefully OOPS

[chides]

That's--not what I meant.

[ he realizes how stupid that sounds so... ]

So being in the mafia's organized crime, right? Do you go out and start causing trouble in the city or is it more undercover work?

[tenimuho]

More undercover. We're an ability organization and we don't have a permit to operate as one, so we have to be careful about being too public or the government will shut us down for that.

[And yet their offices are huge skyscrapers...]

We're involved in protection rackets, gambling... We don't sell drugs, that's more trouble than it's worth.

...Me, personally, I'm given the jobs no one else wants. So things like bomb threats, settling minor disputes for our clients, petty theft in stores we protect, body recovery, things like that.

[chides]

Maybe you're a little more...covert, then. The triads I dealt with are sneaky, but I've caught them in the act before.

[ so..more reckless. he's trying not to sound like he knows what he's talking about, because he's--no, don't think about it--mako pauses for a bit. ]

...So, yeah. Bomb threats are pretty serious business.

[tenimuho]

They are. Someone has to deal with them and no one really wants to be the one to do it. And as I'm the lowest-ranking member, the job falls to me.