Detention, Depths of the Castle, Tuesday

[cracking_wonder]

Another bright, shining, and pink day had begun for the prisoners guests being held in detention, and while the morning started off the same as the day before, there was a strange sort of feeling in the air once people began waking up. A kind of... musical feeling, in fact

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Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/24]

[hatesallthis]

April eyed Jono. Noticed the face he was making.

She paused in her drumming -- plastic cutlery on the table wasn't exactly great music, but the acoustics in here weren't bad and it was better than actually having to sing her feelings, so she wasn't complaining -- and slid her "drumsticks" over to him, one eyebrow raised.

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/24]

[hatesallthis]

And if April had been Frank, she would have launched into a scary-relevant song.

But April was not Frank, so she just tilted her head in thought. "Waterfalls," she decided after a minute.

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/24]

[bloodyspitfire]

//Waterfalls? Not a fan of Niagara, then?//

For what it was worth, Jono had never actually been to Niagara.

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/24]

[hatesallthis]

"Nope," April said. "They're basically just lakes on hills. Boring."

She wasn't actually all that passionate about this view, but, eh. Might as well.

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/24]

[bloodyspitfire]

Eh, whatever made her happy. Conversation was an art form, and sometimes you had to just pick a stance and run with it for the sake of it.

//Haven't seen many of those in my lifetime, either,// Jono admitted. //Rivers, I've seen. There was that brief period after first coming here where I thought having easy access to th'beach could maybe be a big deal. Now... shite, I think I'd kill just to see th'sky again.//

Three years. He'd been down here three years.

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/24]

[hatesallthis]

Almost like she could read his narrative except clearly not very well, April asked, "How long's it been for you?"

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/24]

[bloodyspitfire]

//Too long,// came Jonothon's something-like-a-murmur of a reply. //Three years since I've been out of this room. I'll last a while yet, provided being locked away with the people who are somewhat out of touch with reality doesn't get to me.//

There was a long silence, then, before Jonothon shrugged his shoulders.

//It would be bad, if I let that get to me.//

He had a nuclear furnace where his chest was supposed to be. He was hanging on to his sanity for dear life.

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/24]

[hatesallthis]

"Hey," April said, tapping on the table with her plastic spork. "I find reality a lot easier to stay in touch with if you turn everything into black comedy."

Seriously, seriously black comedy, but.

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/24]

[bloodyspitfire]

//Trust me, luv, that's what's gotten me this far.// A beat. //That, and rage.//

He was too pissed off at Umbridge and her like to let them get to him, thanks.

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/24]

[hatesallthis]

"Rage works too," April agreed. "So I hear, anyway."

She didn't have too much experience with it herself, but, you know.

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/24]

[bloodyspitfire]

//Gives me something to hold on to,// Jonothon replied. //And apparently people are more prone to keeping their distance when you're shooting sparks. No idea why.//

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/24]

[hatesallthis]

"Sounds convenient. I can't pick that up through lots of meditation or anything, can I?"

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/24]

[bloodyspitfire]

//Only if you were born with a very particular variation of the X-gene. And then, only if you blow your face off.//

So it was a fairly inconvenient process.

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/24]

[hatesallthis]

"Eh," April said, touching her face thoughtfully. "I think I could pull off your look."

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/24]

[bloodyspitfire]

//I'd ask if you enjoy eating, but I've seen what they try to pass off as meals around here,// Jono mused. //I'd trade, but unfortunately, it doesn't exactly work that way.//

hiRe: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/24]

[hatesallthis]

"Sucks," said April. "I'd kill for the accent."