-100- [Audio]
One hundred posts and I have been here for one year and ten months, I think. Time gets a little difficult to think about when you take a three year break to be a general in a wasteland.
Hm. No matter.
Have you ever talked to a man in a mirror who demanded blood? Or been one of only a handful of sane people on a ship that was full of wardens who insisted on turning their inmates evil? Have you ever had to shoot your own warden because another inmate had injured him beyond all repair? Maybe you've returned from a long time at home, after being tortured, only to find that your betrayer is still aboard the Barge. So you kill him. [A gasp.]
No. I don't think you have. Because if you had, you would probably realize that this...what's happened here in the past month, two months, however long that you've been here...is going to keep happening. And it will probably get worse.
No, this isn't a story meant to inspire pity, as I know there are some with better stories of their barge life. I don't care about them and I'm sure no one else does. In fact, I'm also quite sure that no one really cares about what I just said.
You know why I know that? [Chuckle.] Because nothing on this damn ship can surprise me anymore.
So yes, tell me that I am boring, or that you don't care what I say. Or do something surprising, get some perspective, and just shut up while you wait for the next port or flood.
That's when things are really interesting, after all.
Hm. No matter.
Have you ever talked to a man in a mirror who demanded blood? Or been one of only a handful of sane people on a ship that was full of wardens who insisted on turning their inmates evil? Have you ever had to shoot your own warden because another inmate had injured him beyond all repair? Maybe you've returned from a long time at home, after being tortured, only to find that your betrayer is still aboard the Barge. So you kill him. [A gasp.]
No. I don't think you have. Because if you had, you would probably realize that this...what's happened here in the past month, two months, however long that you've been here...is going to keep happening. And it will probably get worse.
No, this isn't a story meant to inspire pity, as I know there are some with better stories of their barge life. I don't care about them and I'm sure no one else does. In fact, I'm also quite sure that no one really cares about what I just said.
You know why I know that? [Chuckle.] Because nothing on this damn ship can surprise me anymore.
So yes, tell me that I am boring, or that you don't care what I say. Or do something surprising, get some perspective, and just shut up while you wait for the next port or flood.
That's when things are really interesting, after all.