Marsh your FACE is a trigger warning

[myironeyes]

[Public, text]

First. Everyone should stock non-perishable food and water. More than you need. And carry some on you, if you can. Those who remained themselves kept possesions on their person when they switched over last time. I will prepare small packs for anyone who would like one. Volunteers who wish to do the same may meet me in the kitchen after the end of dinner shift.

Second. Medicines, if you need them. Can the infirmary provide small amounts of disinfectants for everyone? I will make up suture kits, and if anyone does not know how to sew, I can teach you. It isn't difficult.

Third. Everyone should arrange signals with those they trust, so those who have not been remade can recognize each other without being revealed. We should also share anything that might help those from this reality gain our confidence and cooperation if we are changed - many there would have overthrown it if they could.

Fourth. For those of you who don't know, this -

[A two-second burst of video; his face, the spikes, a momentary gesture]

- was to make me the monstrous servant of an evil god. I am very, very difficult to kill and very easy to psychically control. Some of you will remember that I was used there to brutal effect. Anyone with pyschic abilities or superhuman speed who is willing to kill me if necessary - it almost certainly will be - should let me know now, so I can tell you how to do it properly.

Lastly. Ryan Hardy is no longer on the barge. He had a German Shepherd named Mike. Someone should adopt him.



[Private to Vin]

Do you want atium?



[Filtered to Iris, Jean, Ned, Cassel, and Nathan]

I can't decide if I should stay.

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[private]

[routemistress]

You should stay.

[private]

[myironeyes]

I'll be used again. I'll only cause harm. Maybe this is why Ryan is gone.

[So he won't be tethered here by that responsibility.]

[private]

[routemistress]

...you'll hate this, but I bet Jean and I could put in some safeguards for that.

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[indispensible]

I want Mike.

. . . And atium.

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[myironeyes]

I'll bring them.

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[indispensible]

Should we meet in the gardens?

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[patheticvillain]

What makes you want to stay?

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[myironeyes]

How can I leave people I know are in trouble?

[He already knows he should. But how does he make himself do the thing.]

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[patheticvillain]

By moving your legs?

I don't know, man. I wouldn't be able to do it.

[imfollowinghim]

[Bucky is entirely Not Sure what to make of your dramatic reveal, Marsh - he has bad experience with people who suddenly don't have normal faces, okay okay - but sitting around not doing anything in the face of some ridiculous challenge has never really been his thing, so.]

I can help with the food.

[myironeyes]

[A head tilt, as he considers the voice - the new arrival.]

Bucky.

That would be appreciated.

[diealone]

I wouldn't have a problem with it. You'll have to wait for Banner or someone to weigh in, though.

[He has already grown tired of being an assistant. x(]

I can help teach some basic first aid if people want, too.

[myironeyes]

If there are other supplies you think should be included, please say. My world didn't have many - options. Medically.

[Private]

[deadly_ned]

Neither can I.

I don't want to abandon the people who can't leave.

But I think I should take Digby home while I still can.

[Private]

[myironeyes]

[He nods, yes, exactly this.]

I hate the thought of leaving people with this coming.

But I don't want to make things worse.

[sssiiiiirrrrr]

I don't suppose there might be an option other than killing you, should it come to that? I mean, there are so many people of so many different kinds on the Barge, surely there is someone who knows something about... interfering with psychic... signals?

[vague hand wave to accompany this question. Because god damn he does not know the correct terminology for any of this nonsense.]

[myironeyes]

That's part of the difficulty. There are so many, and when they have no scruples, I am vulnerable to all of them.

Some of friends are going to...try something.

[Marsh doesn't really have a vocabulary for it either. Inquisitors served their the Lord Ruler; it never occurred to most of them that their vicious devotion was anything more.]

But if it does come to that, I should like anyone who faces me to be prepared.

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[fireincarnate]

[She can't bring herself to answer, not at first. She knows what she needs to say, needs to promise, but the words stick in her throat like knives.]

I won't let you hurt anyone.

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[myironeyes]

[He thinks of Alex, as he was there, the weight of axes in his hands, the sound of beheading. His quiet thanks, after.]

I would rather be stopped, Jean. Whatever you need to do, I give you permission.

[Even if it is both less and more than killing. He knows saying the words won't make it much easier. But maybe a little.]

[this_corrosion]

Alright, this is going too far. Nobody's going to kill anybody, we don't even know what the fuck's going on.

[myironeyes]

I should have done this sooner. Too many of the people I asked originally have left the barge.

[...yeah setting up a kill squad was actually one of the first things he did.]

[darknessb4me]

Signals are a good idea.

[myironeyes]

I was part of a rebellion for a long time.

[Making contact in secrecy was pretty crucial.]

I don't know if it would be a better use of time to try to establish one for everyone, or just let people reach out. We organize poorly.

[And there are a few inmates who might reveal it if they didn't change. Esther, for instance. Marsh isn't sure how to make that call, who to exclude, if he even should.]

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[fire_punk]

I'll take Mike if no one wants him. Maybe he'll be good for Slayer.

And no one's killing anyone.

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[myironeyes]

A friend has asked for him.

And I'm afraid there will almost certainly be killing soon, one way or another.