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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

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Pick a solution:

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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. ]

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[the kid on the video looks a lot calmer than one might've guessed he would from the argument he was having with sonya.]

I get that you're being reasonable. But it's not really doing the idiots who think that the mutineers deserve punishment at all any favors to pander to their delusion that they've established law and order. Because it's bullshit, and I'm betting you know it's bullshit. And the longer it goes on, the harder all this is going to come down around our ears when people realize what they've done.

I'm quite sympathetic to the mutineers. The fact remains they are aware that if we had a code of conduct, they would have broken it. They didn't harm anyone, but that doesn't mean they did nothing.

I still don't hear a solution.

[he's quiet for a long moment, watching her on the video. it has honestly not occurred to peter that, as a cop, ros might really be trying to protect the mutineers instead of pandering to the populace. that is just not how cops work. but when she says she's sympathetic to the mutineers, it starts dawning on him.

he sighs.]

I'm looking at this backwards, right? You're not guarding people from them, you're guarding them from the righteous morons.

Sorry, never actually met a cop who helped people before.

[ oh, Peter. Roslyn legitimately doesn't give a shit about the populace. she cares for the law and the people in her care. end of story.

there's a slight, soft almost laugh at that. ]

Got it in one. [ leaning forward slightly. ] I understand your irritation. Believe me. But I've discussed this with the people it will effect, and I've looked at every option I can think of, and I've discussed it with other people, and if you can think of something better that will keep them safe, I want to hear it. I really do.

But if you don't, I need you to not do anything that will make it worse, because the situation is already fragile.

[this goes against every encounter peter has ever had with a police officer, especially the most recent one, which nearly ended in peter's execution for a crime he didn't commit. it takes a considerable perspective alteration to see a cop as someone who would be on the un-asshole side of anything.]

Since beating people over the dead with the idiot stick isn't really an option, you're right. I got nothin'. My problem's not with you.

Which is weird to say to a cop. But you might be the only one in this whole shitshow that hasn't been an asshole to me.

If only I could. [ god she would so enjoy beating everyone over the head with an idiot stick ]

Well, it would have been unprofessional. And I have a job to do and people whose safety relies on that, so.

I do understand the problems you're having. There is no way to make this work ideally. This is the best I can come up with.

[he snorts at that.]

Unprofessional hasn't stopped anyone before. But yeah. I get it now.

[he sighs again, pauses. there's obviously something he's debating saying, but it takes a moment for him to finally decide to spit it out.]

About Isaac. I know what it looks like.

You get that he's scared, right? And he's a werewolf. Being on the moon...he can't control the anger. The Initiative gave him a bracelet, but it doesn't stop the moon, just...makes it bearable.

Before the bracelet, Jesse offered to take their power--his and Scott's, but Scott's gone now. And he said he'd give it back once we were all back on Earth.

[and ros seems like a smart lady, so he'll let her draw her conclusions from there.]

[ her face goes more grim as she processes all of that, nods slowly. ]

Don't worry. He's young and he's angry and I understand, he's not in any trouble regardless. The context does help, though.

I know I don't have the right to ask this of you, but you seem - slightly more level headed than him. He cannot go after Jesse Pinkman. The results would most likely be disastrous for everyone.

[peter's face loses a little color, and he presses his lips together in a line, then nods.]

Nobody wants him to stay away from Jesse more than I do. He can't--you can't put him in a cage.

Except you can. Obviously. But...

[he shrugs.]

I'm trying. Believe me, I'm trying.

I believe you. I've tried to impress the importance on him, but he seemed quite upset. He suggested we lock Jesse up and throw away the key and then apologized and stopped responding, so I'm - concerned.

I promised Scott I would look out for them both. I'm not sure Isaac will let me, but I'm here and I will do what I can if I can assist in any way.

[and with that news, peter's face loses the rest of its color.]

...I'll find him. He's not going after Jesse, not now.

[he sounds very sure about that, and the background shifts as peter stands up from wherever he was sitting and starts to walk.]

I need to go. I'll let you know.

[ she frowns, slightly, but it's not her business. so she just nods. ]

Good luck. If there is anything I can do to help, please inform me.

Get us on the first train out of here tomorrow. Everything else will fix itself.

[because as soon as they hit earth, they're probably going to ground, getting away from all of this for awhile. and because he realizes that's flippant and unlikely to be something she has any control over, and because she's a cop and peter's survival instinct is to placate cops:]

I'll update you.

I'll do what I can. Might be able to pull a few strings. Thank you.

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