text | c.fraser

[nineteenfortyfive]

Hello. I've met quite a few of you over the past month, but to those who haven't had a proper introduction yet, my name is Claire Fraser.

I thought I'd make it public knowledge that, as the resident doctor on board, if anyone has any medical concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me. This applies to wardens and inmates alike and discretion will be upheld at all times.

Mind you, this is not an invitation to bloody any noses, get into brawls, or try and get a peek at the locked cabinets in the infirmary.

Comments

[rank1]

Yeah. People with passion. People who throw themselves headlong into whatever moves them. People who aren't proper. It's about the fight, for us. Bloodshed & epic moments. Anything that makes us feel alive.

[nineteenfortyfive]

I see.

[No, she does not.]

What is it you did before you found yourself here?

[rank1]

I was the top ranking assassin in North America. Retired now, though.

[nineteenfortyfive]

[A lot of assassins on this ship...]

I'm genuinely surprised there would be a ranking system for that.

[rank1]

It’s some chicken and egg bullshit. If you’re certified high-rank you can ask for more money to kill people. And if you’ve got more money, there’s more people who want a piece of that pie, so they come up with reasons you need to pay them so they can help you you can get paid more. Baddabing, baddaboom, ranking system.

[nineteenfortyfive]

How do you end up doing that for a living?

[rank1]

How does anyone get into anything? It's like asking how anyone gets into drug dealing, or the military, or politics. You want power or fame or fortune, you pick the track that you've got the skills for.

But me, I met this chick in a bar. Wasn't the kind of place you'd normally meet chicks like that –– smoking hot, legs for days, expensive clothes. She belonged somewhere way ritzier. But that's the kind of bar you go to if you're looking for broke guys with an eye for a fight, and she got one.

[nineteenfortyfive]

[What in the fuck.]

She got... what? An employee?

[He's totally crazy. Why is this the one that really strikes Claire as insane?]

[rank1]

Employment ain't a life sentence. She got a new contender for a dogfight.