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!]

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PUNISHMENT: Do Not Throw Away Your Shot

[theoversight]

[Again he drops the grin and leans down, forcefully grabbing Hamilton's chin in his meaty organic hand.]

Only spectator this time is me. And mark me, Wordsmith, I'm watching each and every one of you until it makes a mistake. [He gives Hamilton's face a rough squeeze, almost hard enough to bruise, before shoving him away and looking at the robot.]

E-2, Rule 6-A. Take care of him then put him with the other one.

[One of the bots releases Hamilton while the other quickly tales hold of his freed arm and steps in front of him. There's no hesitation as it lifts its gun and fires one shot that strikes him between his ribs. He makes a sound like a half-choked curse before the robot fires again, this time hitting him in the chest. He finally stops struggling as red bloosoms over the orange of his jumpsuit.

The two robots drag him out of the mess hall, leaving behind a wet, streaky trail of blood in their wake. Blaze Dudely follows behind them, pausing only to look over his shoulder at everyone huddles around Akande.]

If he wakes up, tell him a rematch isn't out of the question.

[And he's gone.]

[tokencanadian]

[Quietly, as she helps to bandage the unconscious Akande,]

I really hate him.

[goldrighthand]

[could be worse

could have not gotten promised a rematch]

[empathiser]

[not the time, akande]

[ebonyknight]

[Do you need help, bro? If not...she's just going to linger with you.]

So do I. That may be the point, though...

[tokencanadian]

[Heeeeey fight buddy, she missed you here.]

Well it's working. [She sighs hard, turning back to Akande.]

Do you think you could help us move him?

[ebonyknight]

[Let's bring the subtext over here.]

Yes. Yes, it is. [She gives a grunt as she kneels a little to get a better angle of attack.]

I can; he's big but we should be able to do it.

[tokencanadian]

Alright, let's give it a try.

[She'll take an arm, Apollo can take the other. This is fine.]

[ebonyknight]

[She takes the other arm and:]

Ready... lift.

[tokencanadian]

[Remember, Pyrrha, strength is in your knees, keep your back strai- oh my goodness.

He's kind of heavy, but Pyrrha seems to be managing just fine.]

[ebonyknight]

[At least it seems that both of them can pick him up. Probably. Sorry, space back doctors watching, though.]

[goldrighthand]

[two stronk girls like you? yeah, you'll be able to. Akande's mostly dead weight (not literally) so there's nothing to keep them from dragging him wherever they please]

[empathiser]

That's justified, at this point. [ D'ya need someone to hold down bandages while you wrap them, Pyrrha? Will has hands. Two of them, even. They're surprising stable, given what just happened. ]

It. That's the second time he's mentioned an "it". And what did Hamilton see?

[ Something about spectating...? Spectating what? ]

[induality]

[Fukawa is (thankfully back to her senses after nearly a whole afternoon of... not) is thinking and then-- her face pales. Her voice is a harsh, hushed whisper.]

Renovations... spectating... it sounds like he's putting together the room for our murder trials.

[If she can trust what she took from that exchange.]

It's the only thing I can think of.

[empathiser]

[ Oh. Nothing serious then. ]

Like a court room?

[ She did say murder trial, after all. But why is it still being built? If you follow the theory this was all staged then all the components for this game Blaze has set up should be in place.

So was this an unplanned take over...? ]

They're banking on someone committing a murder then.

[induality]

Yes... although I wouldn't count on it looking like the traditional kind.

[Listen. Her school's court room looked like an angry Lisa Frank threw up all over it.]

B-but that would mean it probably wasn't prepared in advance...

[She bites her lip.]

He seems c-confident... no wonder. T-two have died already for ignoring the rules. I'm s-sure he thinks someone will be foolish enough to try and get away with m-murder.

[andneversaydie]

...from the way it sounded, it ... it didn't...

[okay. just. deep breath. try not to sound like you're on the verge of tears.]

Nothing looked like he broke any rule, though! Alexander just... was investigating like in Rule 4.

Blaze Dudely's just a tyrant. That's all he is.

[empathiser]

Right... so he's having to put it together at short notice. [There are a lot of conflicting pieces of information here. It's going to take some sifting through. Was this planned or not??]

He provided a fairly substantial motive. Just because some of us aren't phased by it doesn't mean others felt the same. We don't know what will happen.

[silverguitarhero]

[John is just...staring in horror. This was not supposed to happen. Alexander Hamilton wasn't supposed to die like this!] He didn't even say how he broke that rule. Rule 4 said we could investigate however we wished!

[andneversaydie]

...y... you know, you're right. But is there any point in saying anything about it? It's... not gonna change anything.

[silverguitarhero]

[He glares in Blaze's direction.] I doubt that. Though that's more proof he speaks only lies.

[andneversaydie]

...yeah.

What the heck do we even do about him?

[silverguitarhero]

[John looks thoughtful.] If I had The Long-Lost Friend...there's charms to bind people in place. It would be simpler to subdue him then...

[andneversaydie]

...yeah, that'd definitely help. He's still got those ... robot things, though.

[silverguitarhero]

It depends how they're controlled or ordered. [After all, if Blaze is pinned, he might not be able to make them respond.]