id: viktor / text / warden filter

[grindset]

Hello.

Assuming I have used the filtering function correctly, if you are reading this, or otherwise interpreting this content by some alternative means, consider your opinion solicited in regards to the following:


1. The "Destroy-It! 4000" has been reassembled without incident, but remains necessarily out of service until its functionality can be tested safely.

Those of you who do not wish to risk experiencing uncontrolled decompression in the depths of space should agree it would be unwise to perform any such tests aboard ship. I would greatly appreciate any assistance in making arrangements for next landfall, if at all possible.

In the meantime, a factory-fresh unit should be arriving imminently. Please do not blow this one up without me.


2. Now that the "Destroy-It! 4000" project is nearly wrapped, I intend to move on to familiarizing myself with the ATVs, the process of which may be summarized as cracking one open and examining its insides. This part is not open to discussion: I am doing it.

The negotiable part: I would like Rhys to accompany me to these sessions.


3. I have been studying the autonomous cleaning machines and am now prepared to attempt repairs as needed. This will be an ongoing project; if any of you are interested in the process, feel free to inquire.

Should Rhys make it through ATV exploration without any regrettable incident, I will consider recruiting him to this task as well.

Also: I have salvaged enough components from various cleaning bots (as you like to call them) to attempt a full reconstruction. This will be a long-term project. I will be asking Ellie Williams to assist me. Opinions on this point are not required.


That is all for now.

Comments

[dealwiththe]

I promise, it's all perfectly consensual knife play. No one will get hurt.

[grindset]

Do you want me to call it off?

[dealwiththe]

Then you'd lose your perfect guinea pig. I've walked away from explosions.

[nineteenfortyfive]

Do you boys have nothing better to do?

[dealwiththe]

It’s all in the pursuit of scientific inquiry, Doctor! No one will get hurt.

[grindset]

You may indulge in guinea pig eroticism on your own time.
This is a necessary experiment.

[dealwiththe]

Yes of course. Doesn’t mean it can’t be fun, too. We have precious little of that around here.

[grindset]

I am not interested in making a spectacle of bodily harm.

[dealwiththe]

Neither am I, which is why it won't be a spectacle, and there will be no bodily harm. You're asking me for proof, and I'm going to provide it for you. You're not the only one who still has difficulty believing me, however, so if I can convince everyone who still needs convincing with one quick demo, I will. Makes it easier on me.

[grindset]

You are volunteering yourself for a test that may potentially result in catastrophic explosion
How is "one quick demo" going to prove you can withstand this?

[dealwiththe]

The real question is: what proof would convince you that I'm telling the truth? Because that's what this is really about. Unless you think I genuinely just want to blow myself up.

[grindset]

[He leaves this for a minute to think about his answer, then several minutes while he straightens up his workspace, and longer, until it becomes not replying at all.]

[counterstep]

oh i'd never have anything against a bit of consensual knife play
it's more that the principle of the demonstration seems like a slippery slope

at what point is it no longer educational and is instead entertainment?
violence as entertainment (outside of maybe physical training) isn't really something i think we should glorify on a prison barge

[dealwiththe]

Well I’m not about to allow any inmates to take swipes at me for funsies. My wardrobe here is limited, and my suits aren’t as impervious to harm as I am.

Relax, James. It’s for science.

[counterstep]

yeah like "it's for science" doesn't usually also include things that aren't strictly just for science

if you don't understand why it's a bad precedent, then i don't know what else to tell you
do whatever you want, i guess

[grindset]

I will not be sending anything to the network, nor entertaining spectators.
The shielding experiment might have been good for that; this is completely different.
It will be done privately or not at all.

[counterstep]

glad we agree
thank you

a real shame about the shields
that could have been quite beneficial

[grindset]

You just wanted an officially sanctioned excuse to punch something.

[counterstep]

knowing how far i should limit my strength is important
i'm already doing my best not to break all the gym equipment on board
what do you want from me??

[grindset]

OK, tough guy.

[counterstep]

i'm serious
do you need a small scale demonstration?

( in the name of actual science and not showboating. )

[grindset]

Do I need one?
No.

[counterstep]

( bucky can't help but be reminded of whenever he'd ask steve if he needed bucky to pick up new books for him at the library, whenever he was bedridden. of course, steve didn't need it. he didn't need bucky to stick around either, but bucky always did. )

i'll show you something simple when i see you next

[grindset]

If you insist.

[Please insist, he actually wants to see this.]

[dealwiththe]

You're right, I don't understand why it's a bad precedent, because it's not a precedent at all. It's a one-time proof of my abilities.

You can come see for yourself, if you're that concerned about it. Might as well, as you said, do it once for everyone who needs the proof.