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

[empathiser]

Stonewalling a psychiatrist won't get you very far if you're wanting to open easy dialogue with them. [You need that rapport with them, if you want to see under their layers of professionalism. He was able to play Hannibal because he got Hannibal to trust him... it might've backfired in the end, but he'd managed it. At a cost.]

And if they already know enough about us, then he'll have no trouble picking at those chinks in your armour if they want to.

[chides]

So what you're saying is that I shouldn't talk to him at all?

[ because either he's giving price ammunition or nothing will come out of their conversation, from what will is saying. ]

Sorry, but I have to at least try.

[empathiser]

No, I'm saying be careful.

[christ, mako. calm your hero complex.]

And if you think you're being careful, then be more careful. A good psychologist can reach into the tangles of your mind and slowly, carefully pull them apart and lay them out so they make sense again. A good psychologist with an unpleasant pathology can reach into your mind unhindered and tie you in so many knots you don't even realise it until it's too late.

[chides]

...

[ damn, dude. mako...he stops for a moment, mulls over what will's said. ]

Alright. I'll be careful.

[ hm... ] I'll try to keep it as brief as possible and gauge what kind of psychologist Price is after I speak to him today. Fair?

[empathiser]

Fair.

[He exhales, a little sharply.]

But I would assume the worst anyway. One session isn't enough time to know how he works, or if he's doing anything that will backfire on your later on.

[chides]

Like I said, I'll keep it brief. I'll see how much I can get out of him without revealing much about myself at all.

[ a fair compromise. ]

[empathiser]

And be careful he doesn't... [He makes an aborted motion with his hand. Like he was grabbing for something.]

Reach in before you realise what's happening.

[chides]

Right.

[ that's...what mako's the most fearful of, to be honest. ]

I'll keep that in mind.

[empathiser]

If he does, it's [Impossible.] difficult to break away.

[chides]

Sounds like you're speaking from experience.

[empathiser]

I am.

[ It's said very deadpan. ]

I thought he was someone I could trust. He made me think I'd lost my mind.

[ It's... such a small thing to say. To describe his relationship with Hannibal Lecter. Not enough, but there just aren't the words to ever describe it fully or clearly enough. And he doesn't want to say any more. He wants to warn Mako, not lay all his secrets bare in the process. ]

[chides]

...I'll be careful.

[ he said it before, but he says it with more conviction this time. he hadn't expected will to actually share it in that much detail (and it's very minimal as it is). ]

I don't think I could ever trust Dr. Price.

[empathiser]

Well he's probably employed by someone involved with this. The people who were responsible for kidnapping us, probably.

... Yeah. I don't think I could either.

[SURPRISE, SURPRISE.]

[chides]

I'll see if I can get anything about whom he's working for. Thanks.

[empathiser]

It's no problem.

Most of all though, just... be careful in general. [He's PROBABLY emphasised this enough by now? But yeah.]