01 : text : grace.g

[expectaspectre]

[ Grace actually got here a while ago. Apart from a brief encounter with one guy by the inmate cells, she's been drifting around, invisible. Watching. Not talking to anyone, just observing. One guy got handcuffed to the cafeteria tables. It very much reinforced her resolve about staying invisible for a little while.

But she hadn't been lazy-- Her first goal was to raid the research library to find some stuff written by people who are way, WAY more experienced than her about this whole situation. She's spent the past few days reading in her room.

Probably now that she's more acclimatized, it'll be an okay time to try to communicate. Safer. Via text. ]

hello

since arriving here i've been trying to read more about what the experts in the field recommend to assist with prisoner rehabilitation and reintegration. a lot of it seems... difficult to implement, at least immediately

but one of the things they discuss is the option of Group Therapy and i was just wondering if there was anything like that already available

it seems like it could be helpful

Comments

[expectaspectre]

like you're desperate for people to think you're cool

[saklas]

you guys have no idea who i am

i am already cool, i promise

I think you're misunderstanding my post. I was meaning to insult everybody else, not you.

If that's what you're angry about, by all means, let's go. If not, I'm not going to do a whole fight just because of a misunderstanding, what am I the OE government?

[this is a very topical joke if you're from Nephele, which absolutely nobody is.]

[expectaspectre]

[ "Don't you know who I am?" Yeesh. ]

i'm sorry if there was a misunderstanding
you come off very aggressively in text

but i did specifically ask for everyone's opinion on the topic
so can i ask yours ?

[saklas]

[God himself can't inmate cap the devastating cringe waves that Volk is capable of emitting.]

Insane story. That's because I was kidnapped and haven't seen my friends, my family, my studio, my apartment, the medications my actual therapist prescribed, cigarettes, real food, or the god damn sun in 1 month and people keep telling me I deserve it, but when I ask them why they said a ➡️FUCKING OWL?!⬅️ told them so, it has to be true!!!

my opinion is that you need four years of school to perform therapy and most of the people who graduate are still bad at it afterwards

[expectaspectre]

cigarettes huh

[ Nicotine withdrawal. Explains everything. ]

let's just put you down as a "no thank you"

[saklas]

Wait, did you bring some?

[volk gets his hopes dashed in 5, 4, 3, 2- ]

[expectaspectre]

sorry i don't smoke

[ I mean. Of course. ]

[saklas]

I'm really, really tired of people acting like I'm insane for pointing out that this place is fucking sketchy.

So, nobody believes I don't deserve to be here. OK! Fine!

Imagine one of the inmates doesn't. Imagine it's because of a computer error, or because someone upstairs wanted them out of the way. Or because someone just mixed their name up with someone else. Or because the person making the checks about who's good or bad has a bias or a prejudice. Make someone up if you've already decided you hate us all individually.

Would that inmate be able to convince anybody - ANYBODY - that they were innocent?

[expectaspectre]

[ yikesaroo ]

you clearly feel very strongly about this

this is my third day

admittedly i am not sure i'm the one to be asking

can i get you a cup of coffee or something?

audio | jvolkhov

[saklas]

[Volk switches to audio so she can hear that he really, really means it:]

I hate this. It's scary. I'm tired. I didn't do anything. I want to go home.

Coffee would be great.

[expectaspectre]

[ Still text, because Grace is a coward. ]

i'll meet you in the cafeteria

[ Where they can TALK. Like THERAPY. NOW who's the winner!! ]

audio | Rhy$.$trongfork

[smugreport]

I just wanna chime in here and say I also haven’t don’t anything incarceration worthy. Both for the record and so that you can see that there’s a pattern.

text | william.temple

[omniavincit]

You can just ask her to have coffee with you too.

[smugreport]

I don't want coffee, I just want to be on the record.