02: Video

[itstopped]

[Felix is sitting for this one, his lower body hidden, but the sharp-eyed might notice that his crutch is nowhere in sight. His uniform is also gone for good (for now). He's at the long metal table in his barracks, and the surface is absolutely covered with wires, cables, microchips... It looks like he's dismantled an entire fleet's worth of communicators.

He seems a little annoyed about it.]

Does anyone have a spare computer they could lend me? Or even just a motherboard and a serial port connector cable.

[Private to Dr. McCoy]

I think I'm starting to get the hang of it now, Doc. I... thank you, really. It's a big improvement.

[Private to Sarah Connor]

You said you're Gaius's Warden, didn't you? We should talk sometime.

Comments

Private

[itstopped]

I assumed because you know this place and I still don't.

And because outside of here, I don't have any options.

Private

[ourlastbesthope]

Oh. Well, there are always things to do. People need help making this place run.

And...that's something we have in common.

Private

[itstopped]

What, the Admiral can create entire rooms, but he can't make his own ship run?

[As for that other thing...] ...Are you one of them? The inmates who stayed?

Private

[ourlastbesthope]

I think it's more to give us a distraction.

And no. I'm a warden who would be dead if not for this place.

Private

[itstopped]

So we're doing experiments, to keep us entertained while we're imprisoned, like lab rats. That's... pretty frakking perverse, really.

Private

[ourlastbesthope]

You'll find it's not the worst of his transgressions. But the work I do here is interesting enough, though the data I collect is probably false. I learn more from other people's stories than I do from what the Admiral feeds me.

Private

[itstopped]

Well, I am still interested in reading what you sent me... even if I have to learn to filter it through what I think you think the Admiral wants you to know.

Private

[ourlastbesthope]

Go ahead. Use it as you see fit. Though you'll find a sudden shift in there between when I stopped trying to rationalize it using the knowledge of physics I have now and moved to trying to relearn the rules.

Private

[itstopped]

Do you think he's let you? Learn the rules, I mean.

Private

[ourlastbesthope]

I've been given a glimpse when he wasn't in control. But that's all.

Private

[itstopped]

And the rest of the time? How accurate do you expect your calculations to be?

Private

[ourlastbesthope]

They're accurate until I'm proven wrong.

Private

[itstopped]

Which might be this afternoon, it sounds like. [Oh, look, someone's still bitter.] Or tomorrow. Or next week.

Private

[ourlastbesthope]

Of course.

And I'll revise as necessary.

Private

[itstopped]

[AHHH that's not how science is supposed to work. SIGH.] Right. Of course.

Private

[ourlastbesthope]

[JOKES. Capa has them.]

This place sucks, basically.