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Hello, Mr. Orwin. I'm Roslyn Small with the police force. I'd like to speak to you about recent events if that would be possible and specifically the consequences for the mutineers.

Alright. When and where.

However is most convenient for you. I can come to you if you would prefer.

The cafeteria. Two hours.

I'll be there.

[ And sure enough she is, five minutes early, as professional as she can look. She's got more than a few concerns about this entire endeavor, but it's one of the only chances she's got. ]

[And as an unintentional foil to Roslyn, Lowell's ten minutes late and looking pretty awful. But then again, he usually looks awful. He arrives with a tray of food, and it's pretty obvious the reason he picked this location is because he was planning on getting food anyway.]

Roslyn Small. Head of the DITR-appointed police force. Right?

[ She gestures to a table, waits until they've both sat down. It also takes a moment for her hackles to drop from the DITR thing because she is somewhat very irritated with them right now. ]

Head of the native appointed police force, yes. I'm trying to resolve the situation with the mutineers currently, and I thought you and the other hostages held should have some input.

[He sits and starts drinking chocolate milk. Yeah, kind of has a thing for it.]

I don't envy your job.

What kind of input do you want? A recollection of what happened, a personal judgement of their sanity, a decision on their punishment?

I don't envy yours either.

[ A breath out and she folds her hands on the table in front of her. ]

Your opinion on the level of punishment appropriate, for starters.

I was joking on that last one. I don't feel comfortable making that kind of decision. If I said something really stupid like, I don't know, physical maiming, would you really consider that?

[ Just a slight smile, a little brittle. ]

Not remotely. Is that what you'd recommend?

[ God, she hopes not. She really needs the hostages on her side in this. ]

No. I'd recommend jail time, but that's unrealistic for us right now. We can't just have a section of the station roped off for who knows how long.

[Cue a long sip of chocolate milk as an interlude. ]

Temporary exile has good and bad. But I don't know what else we can do.

Saw the AI's announcement. Are you and yours in alright shape?

[AWKWARD.]

Your concern is touching.

[Is what is first sent off in reply. Although, give him a minute to not be such an ass, and he'll send off another message soon after.]

I'm alright. Memory seems to still be intact. For now.

Don't get flustered. I just want you lot to be able to be called as witnesses if things go south.

South-er.

Anyway glad to hear it

Things are already spiraling. Fast. Faster than you know.

That is one of my problems, yes. I simply don't have the resources for indefinite jail time.

[ A pause, because she's considered temporary exile and it seems like a bad idea for a lot of reasons. ]

There is also the problem that they technically haven't broken any laws. If we take it to a trial there is no legal way to convict them because we have no laws regarding mutiny and only one of them caused any physical harm. But if they're taken to trial and get off scot-free. [ A lift of one hand. ] You can imagine the chaos. So I need to make a deal with them of some kind, but even that could cause chaos. I'll admit. I'm hoping to gain the support of you and the other hostages for the sake of making it harder for the population to argue against what is rapidly becoming my only option.

Do you really think we have the time to do a trial?

[Because seriously? Yeah, he gets it, you want to do the law thing right. But a trial?]

They're not violent people. But for their safety, it's better off that they're not here right now. I'll support their temporary exile, but only because we know we can't keep them safe here. I don't think they'd be against the idea of that ... punishment either.

[And it's giving Lowell a real headache to think about the whole thing. This horrible soup is not making it any better.]

God, we're really fucked sideways right now.

Not really. Nor the unbiased jury, nor the system necessary to enact it, nor a judge, nor a second lawyer.

[ Her smile is entirely humorless, and she spreads her hands. ]

All right. Say we exile them temporarily as an attempt to get tempers to cool. Will that actually be viewed as a punishment? No matter what place we send them to it has to be capable of supporting life and they have to be able to survive on it easily and without danger for as long as they're there. Personally, I'd view it as a vacation. I'm fairly certain if I was someone advocating for death and instead they go to go hang out with each other somewhere better than here. Well. The reaction would just get delayed.

Keeping them safe here is also iffy, but I think it's our best bet if we're able to impose some form of punishment on them - if they agree to go on regular supply missions or help with the base in some way - and it's backed by you guys. You're the only ones who were genuinely victimized beyond some inconvenience of gravity and lighting.

[ But seriously though. ] It's not even sideways anymore, it's an angle I don't care to think about.

Community service, essentially.

[Wow, he sure is obnoxiously eating a sandwich now. Like talking with his mouth full and everything.]

That would all depend on how well you could keep them protected here, in between supply runs.

I noticed

Or do you mean other than Pinkman flipping his lid?

That's included. It's all an avalanche, you know. All it takes is something like, I don't know, a small mutiny, to set the snowball rolling.

Edited 2013-11-24 07:06 (UTC)

Any kind of momentum is a good thing at this point

But I imagine you're tired of hearing this shit and frankly I'm tired of saying it to you. Glad to hear you're brain's not been stirred

There is a BAD kind of momentum too, you know. We're in retrograde.

But I don't want to talk about this anymore.

Thank you for being concerned about my brain. It's doing fine, aside from being fried every day.

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