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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92012-03-16 04:21 pm

Buy a Little Mercy [Open; Potentially Graphic Material]

Less than an hour after the ship leaves Agrestic's orbit, an announcement is broadcast throughout Stacy.

|| Attention, crew. Your crewmates, Howard Bassem and Charles Merriman, have been apprehended attempting to desert. They will now be given Punishment. According to established guidelines, you are all requested to report to the Observation to witness the Punishment. Attendance is not mandatory, but highly suggested. This will serve as a reminder of the consequences of treason and desertion. ||

On the observation deck, Archon Yavek, Archite Rekkti, two other Daligig and a handful of Kessek soldiers stand outside a spherical force field. Inside the bubble, Orc and Howard are suspended by tentacles looping around their wrists. Orc's ceased thrashing around and struggling against his restraints; rust-colored fissures have developed around his shoulders and forearms from the strain, but now he simply hangs there, looking defeated. Howard's nose is bleeding, and every time a drop falls to the bottom of the forcefield there's a small sizzle. He's weeping and begging the Daligig with every plea possible, but they act as if they aren't listening. Instead, they wait for an audience.

Re: REACTIONS

[personal profile] meat_mooks 2012-03-18 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
One of the Kessek laughs.

Yavek tilts his head. "Who will you be logging a protest to? I am in command of this ship. Your Councilors and Command staff answer to me, when I deign to recognize their authority."
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Re: REACTIONS

[personal profile] goddamnwingman 2012-03-18 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
"Except that without the cooperation of the crew, you don't HAVE a ship." Dick tilted his head, mimicking the Daligig and knowing that his mask gave the appearance of unblinking eyes. "You had Stacy pick people whose stories spanned the universes, whose exploits are known beyond their own worlds.

"I think, maybe, you need to go back to those stories and consider what happens when we come up against an injustice."

He wasn't making a move. He would defend himself, but he wouldn't throw the first punch.

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[personal profile] meat_mooks 2012-03-18 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
"We do not need your cooperation to bring you to heel. Do not make us retract our current arrangement we have with you. You have autonomy at all because we let you."