tis_disapproval

And so, I find myself returned to the Admiral's bosom... A scant few changes, here and there, yet still incompetence persists. A situation common to most kingdoms, it seems.

Tell me, am I to expect the same ritual humiliation as persisted during my previous visitation? I have so missed the opportunity to awake and discover I possess another's body or gills where none should be... Still, some prices are worth paying - just. A lesson, I am sure, which shall be sorely tested before my time here is at an end, once more.

[And there it ends... Of course, being Morrigan, she's no idea her Claudia Black-alike voice might be mistaken for certain previous residents aboard ship.]

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From:

youwillgotohell

Harshly and well.

From:

tis_disapproval

At the hand of your warden or... Unforeseen activities?

From:

youwillgotohell

I've been home twice since you were last here. [Her voice and face have gone hard; it's the only way she knows to discuss this without shaking.]

The last I was there, I died.

From:

tis_disapproval

My sympathies... Though, I am sure you do not crave them.

What is it, Morgana, that you would most wish for? Outside of your world, that is. Speak freely. I wish to know of it.

From:

youwillgotohell

Why? [It's not quite paranoia, but it's not far; she doesn't trust easily anymore.]

From:

tis_disapproval

Because I wish to understand your inclinations. I find myself in wonder at why a mage in whom I find... Shards of a reflection, no matter how slight, should find herself here.

From:

youwillgotohell

All I wish for is to leave. [It's vague at best, and that's how she prefers it. She doesn't want to be here, but there is no more life for her to return to.]

From:

tis_disapproval

And if this were done? What then? Think beyond mere escape, Morgana... I ask what you would wish for yourself, were all things possible. What you feel would give you most satisfaction in life.

From:

youwillgotohell

Death.

[she's not certain if she includes her own in that, but she'd rather not let on her indecision.]

I want to watch them die, and I want them to know it was me who did it.

From:

tis_disapproval

A perspective I do not find disagreeable...

From:

youwillgotohell

Yet here we find ourselves on opposite sides.

From:

tis_disapproval

In roles only. Yet, 'tis true, I wonder the meaning of this, myself...

From:

youwillgotohell

[Drawling:] If you find an answer, be sure to tell me.

From:

tis_disapproval

[A flick of eyebrow.]

You think me disingenuous? Or perhaps would have me share your fate?

From:

youwillgotohell

I would have every one of you share my fate. [It's cruel, and not entirely true - but not entirely false. Misery loves company.]

From:

tis_disapproval

I see... And tell me, Morgana, precisely what good would that do me?

From:

youwillgotohell

Who said anything about good?

From:

tis_disapproval

And, thus, it becomes clear why you are here...

From:

youwillgotohell

Please. You're free to come and go, you've avoided some of the worst this ship has to offer, and you think you can judge me?

From:

tis_disapproval

I judge only what fate you would decree for me; someone who has done nothing more than shown willingness to listen.

Not everyone is your enemy, Morgana.

From:

youwillgotohell

When enemies stand all around, you learn to look for them.

[Maybe she's right, but Morgana doesn't back down easily, especially when she's wrong.]

In any case, the Barge doesn't do good. You'd be a fool to believe it.

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tis_disapproval

Incompetent, perhaps. Bickering, certainly. But a conspiracy against you? I think not... Nor do I have reason to misinform you. There was little co-ordination between wardens when last I visited and it seems just as rare now. They focus on their own problems, Morgana, not a fruitless quest to undermine you.

Nevertheless, I know not this Admiral's motives. I know only what I shall seek to do.