New Hire Encryption; text

[heterochrocatic]

hey what's up? it's Catra.

Just a quick little announcement, punishment kind of sucks. it hurts. a lot.

but washburn is a fucking coward who wasn't ready to deal with what it meant to actually torture someone so I guess that's a plus.

yeah anyway i recommend avoiding punishment if you can especially after doing a double dose on Planker's psychotic obstacle course.

not that it's going to stop me from breaking the rules or anything.

Comments

[walkingballpit]

Are you okay?

[heterochrocatic]

i'm FINE. i didn't post this looking for pity.

[walkingballpit]

Easy, Skippy. Asking for info isn’t pity. You were talking about how much it hurt in text where nobody can see what shape you’re in.

[heterochrocatic]

it's whatever. they just zapped me with the stupid nanochain. i have more bruises and burns from the fucking obstacle course that Planker made us run.

[walkingballpit]

Charming. Please try to not test their gear with your face.

I wonder if we can prison distillery some bruise cream.

[aleifr]

I got that impression of him. Ambition, but little else of substance.

[heterochrocatic]

i could probably make him cry if i had enough time to talk to him

wouldn't even need to touch him

[aleifr]

I wouldn't bet against you.

[heterochrocatic]

the one i really hate is planker though

that guy should have an accident and fall down like, fifty flights of stairs.

[wheyoftheadept]

pissant fucks

make sure you get yourself seen to. you need anything?

[heterochrocatic]

i don't need anything. from anyone. stop fucking asking

[wheyoftheadept]

all right, tough girl. i'm around if anything comes up.

private to saturday; like ten minutes later

[heterochrocatic]

i just don't want people to keep asking

like i need their pity or for them to feel sorry for me.

[71lines]

Mind if I drop by? I got something I thought you'd be interested in.

[heterochrocatic]

if you want, yeah

what is it

[71lines]

It is a mystery.

[Or it will be until Tenten pops up, holding a little. Hey, Catra, you ever smelled fresh bread? Because that's definitely coming from whatever Tenten's wrapped in paper towels.

Even though Tenten somehow missed the obstacle course, she looks bone tired. Work to do, work to do. And not enough food to support that work.]

Knock knock.

[Yes, there's no privacy. And Catra's probably not in the mood for jokes. But Tenten's not gonna just barge in, even when she's bearing gifts. Ones that she'll part the towels just enough to show off. Little bread rolls made with tomato bread.]

[heterochrocatic]

[ Sniff, sniff, sniff. Catra quirks an ear and an eyebrow, leans forward to sniff at the compelling scent wafting from Tenten's parcel. ]

What?

[ She's still bone-tired, exhausted even from the ordeal she'd been through. She's dressed in a fresh set of the PT clothes--what passes for 'comfortable' around here. ]

...Whoa.

[ Squint. ]

Are those supposed to be cats?

[googledox]

I wouldn't push things too hard unless you can avoid getting caught.

We don't know that they'll keep future punishments at the same severity. I wouldn't be surprised if they escalate each time. Such escalations could lead to permanent damage.

The punishment shock is certainly more severe than the corrective or stun shocks.

[heterochrocatic]

he was pretty clear that they'd escalate.

number five results in termination of our employment and i don't think he meant getting fired

[googledox]

We need to start actually tracking what behaviors they consider the threshold for that form of punishment, or what they might think is severe enough to warrant immediately jumping to a higher level.

There may be occasions some of us decide to act as diversions so others can accomplish something vital to our survival. We need to know the times that might lead to summary execution.

What precipitated your punishment? I got mine for creating a diversion outside the lab and breaking into it to see what I could use in the short time I could bar the door, but the technology was so primitive I'd have needed to reinvent entire disciplines to create what I needed to remove the shock collars.

[heterochrocatic]

i thought planker would look better with some more scars after i ran his sadistic obstacle course

[likeits1999]

wait whoah fuck what happened?

i mean i kind of know some of it like there was a skunk and planker is a major asshole but i was not there.

i'm glad you are okay btw.

[heterochrocatic]

i decided that planker needed more scars

[likeits1999]

oh.

i mean not that i don't think he deserves it but i can see why that broke bad.

[heterochrocatic]

it's whatever. i've had worse.