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human_sponge March 10 2011, 03:34:01 UTC
Peter was actually relieved when someone walked up to him, willing to chat. It meant he didn't just have the pain to focus on. He wasn't sure if the soldiers would be all right with it, since the stranger was probably supposed to be cleaning, but it was the kid and not him who would get in trouble if it came to that. Well, it was possible he would be blamed for "distracting" the other patient, but the soldiers had actually seemed reasonable this morning, up until this current incident. The bottom line was that he really didn't know what to expect, not like he had with the nurses ( ... )

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human_sponge March 12 2011, 23:08:14 UTC
It had probably only been a matter of time until that question would be asked. Peter forced out something that was between a laugh and a sigh, suddenly feeling like he'd been put on the spot. He appreciated Firo's concern, but there wasn't too much that could be done about his state at the moment ( ... )

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immortale March 13 2011, 19:35:37 UTC
The fact that Peter had been wounded wasn't much, but the fact that it had been burns was. Following the realization about Alcatraz, that alone did more to corroborate his story than anything else he could have said. Prisoners could hurt each other, sure, but only guards would be able to burn any of them... It would be a really shoddy prison if the prisoners had access to anything but their fists, after all. But if the people kept here really could wander around after dark... They might actually have access to all kinds of things.

...He was starting to jump to conclusions, he realized. Firo wanted to be as smart as he could be about this-check Peter's story against someone else, before he made a move that might risk what Victor meant for him to do, and risk their deal by extension.

"So I take it all the nurses are gone now," he said. He certainly hadn't seen anyone resembling a nurse since he'd first been shoved out of the room he'd woken up in... Just armed guard after armed guard. "When exactly did everything change, ( ... )

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human_sponge March 14 2011, 17:27:13 UTC
That was actually a good question. Were all the nurses gone, or had they just been shunted off to the medical wing? It would be stupid to get rid of all of them when people were clearly getting injured left and right here, so Peter wasn't completely convinced that they'd all been let go. Unless they had enough military officers who were also trained in first aid, it didn't make sense ( ... )

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immortale March 16 2011, 00:04:36 UTC
Yesterday? It had happened that fast? The guards-the military?-really seemed to be throwing their weight around like they were guaranteed to get their way, so Firo would have thought that they'd been in charge for longer than a day...

Then again, he thought, throwing another sidelong glance at their guns, they've got ways of making sure they're obeyed. Most people wouldn't want to get shot.

When the warden dismissed them, Firo set the brush aside and stood up, dusting off his pants, which were now sporting wet spots at the knees where he'd gotten too close to the wet floor. He wasn't sure where the courtyard was supposed to be, but-between Peter's words and the soldiers hurrying every which way to escort prisoners-he figured that wasn't going to be a problem for long.

"Thanks for the advice, Peter," he said. In spite of himself, he had started quickly believing that there was at least a chance everything Peter had said was true-no matter how crazy some of it had sounded. "I'll keep that in mind ( ... )

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