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[ Roslyn is behind the camera again, face stern, Vennett & Lowell seated just behind her. She’s looking as calm and professional as she can, though traces of exhaustion are seeping through regardless of her best efforts. ]

I’m going to make this as brief as possible. We do not have laws governing the actions undertaken recently by people currently in custody. While hopefully there will shortly be a fuller code of conduct, we cannot apply it retroactively. I do not have the resources to keep anyone locked up indefinitely, nor can I provide a fair trial, and it would be morally suspect to do either in the current environment.

I believe there is a solution to this, one that several others agree with, including Lowell Orwin and Vennett here with me, both of whom were held hostage by these people and have a fair amount of insight into their mindset. However, given that you will all have to live with it as well, I’m going to bring this solution to general consensus.

Under this arrangement, as a first part all current prisoners will be released into the custody of someone who will agree to monitor their actions and ensure that they are not able to plan anything further. These parole officers will either be volunteers from the general population or police officers if necessary, and all will be very carefully vetted. If it is necessary we will ask them to submit to a brief telepathic scan.

The second part of this arrangement would be undertaking a set amount of missions under the supervision of Orwin and Vennett with the goal of putting forth effort into our return to Earth. I am assured that they will be doing real work that will benefit us all.

This is the solution that I and others hope will work best for everyone involved, as well as free up resources to continue working towards getting off of this base and setting up an actual system of leadership.

While Jesse Pinkman was not a member of this, as he has given back all powers taken he would be released under the same conditions.

This is being presented to you all as, essentially, a poll. That is the first option. The second option is ‘other’, and if that is your answer I must insist you provide a fully thought through and careful plan that does not simply consist of ‘strand them somewhere’ or ‘airlock them’. Should enough support be shown for a provided 'other' plan over parole, it will be considered as an option. 

Thank you all for your time. I hope this will be resolved very shortly.

[ And cut. ]

Poll #14659 solving the jail problem

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 40

View Respondents

Pick a solution:

View Answers

Parole as outlined above
36 (90.0%)

Other (must provide clear plan below)
4 (10.0%)

[ ooc: this is an ic poll of the population! you may vote once with each character you have in game. roslyn and others are available for question answering and so forth. ]

Comments

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[freezerburned]

anarchy would be better than whatever sort of order this is supposed to be

you know at home it's 'kill or be killed' basically and im pretty sure i like that a lot better than 'if you put a toe out of the line someone will take your powers and not be held accountable for it'

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[werewolfing]

this is anarchy. people are just pretending it isn't and that they're all good and just and right

that's gonna fall apart because nobody can agree on what the fuck those words mean

since they're all words with agendas and everybody's got one of those

still standing by what i said about killing people but that would be more honest

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[freezerburned]

that makes sense

i get that everyone is trying to do the right thing like i dont think that its coming from people puffing out their chests... as much as thats what it looks like

i dont know. i was never very good at knowing what the right thing to do is, but this doesnt feel like it at all

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[werewolfing]

right and laws are apples and cats

and people are pretty shitty at being decent to one another with their backs to the wall

nothing about anything here is right

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[freezerburned]

all the more reason to get off this rock and ignore everyone

except you cant. you dont even get the option of leaving were just forced under this forced on the moonbase and then forced in the city

im starting to see why you and your mom move around so much

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[werewolfing]

we have to get off the rock some time this shit is not gonna last

first rocket out you and me are on it

we'll figure something out from there

yeah avoiding exactly this kind of thing is like half the reason

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[freezerburned]

im starting to think thats half the problem

im tired of this bracelet crap. at this point i dont know if hypothetical homocidal urges are because of the moon or the people around me

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[werewolfing]

nobody has enough room back out and cool down

so maybe 50/50

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[freezerburned]

ill take it

well good luck with fighting the system. do you want some jerky or something? im gonna head out

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[werewolfing]

i'm done with this. fuck the system as it has fucked us.

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[hostage]

So what do you want them to do to me?

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[freezerburned]

i can think of two solutions

and you wouldnt like either one

[hostage]

What you're shy all of a sudden

Let's hear em

[freezerburned]

hah. id rather not be put in prison for the rest of my life for breaking an imaginary law but thanks

[hostage]

Pussy bitch

[freezerburned]

yeah because nothing says big strong man like taking power away from a helpless woman and then hiding behind the police force for protection when people get pissed at you

[hostage]

You think either of them ladies is helpless then you're completely retarded

[freezerburned]

right. im sure she was orchestrating a massive prison break and youre the only one that saved us all from the wrath of one girl

[hostage]

Fuck knows if she was or wasn't but Tempest could wipe the floor with me in a second, powers or none, you say any less and you're totally disrespecting her

[freezerburned]

if youre going by that logic you should just take the power of everyone else in this base

[hostage]

Literally the opposite of my point

Let me spell it out for you since you're a dumbass:

If Tempest was mad about me doing what I did, she could get back at me without your pussy bitch ass playing Prince Charming

[freezerburned]

im not doing this for her idiot

maybe the problem here is that youre a crazy asshole who needs to be dealt with, tempest or no

[hostage]

Yo you know I been here like more than a year right

If I was crazy or looking to chase down pussy bitches just cuz I feel like it I would of been put down a long time ago

Tempest and Max know why I did what I did and even if you don't like the reason there was still a REASON

[freezerburned]

obviously. i was here a year ago

and i know the reason, dipshit. do you want me to bold it for you? this is not about tempest. its about you

[hostage]

Oh my god seriously you still don't get it

THE POINT IS I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOU OR ANYBODY ELSE

DON'T FUCK WITH ME OR MY PEOPLE AND I WON'T TAKE AWAY THE SHIT YOU USED TO FUCK WITH ME OR MY PEOPLE

It is actually that basic