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[chlorophylliac]

[There's a staticky blur of green and red on the screen, and then it shakes like someone's tapping the side of it. The irate, muttering voice that comes through is decidedly not Ivy's.]

Oh for the love of - you'd think the future would be a little bit more intuitive? Come on -

[The picture clears aaaand Shego will be recognisable to anyone who was around before August. She's not really looking older, but decidedly healthier than she did on the Barge; her hair's pulled back into a thick braid and she's wearing a red jacket with a gold Star Fleet insignia on the collar. She looks bewildered for a moment, glancing away from the camera to look at recent transmissions, and her eyebrows lift in recognition.]

Oh. Oh, hey.

[She looks back to the camera and smirks, leaning back in her chair a little.]

Hey, kids. Never thought I'd be around for one of these from this end. How's my very favorite flying rehabilitative facility?

...aaand sorry to whoever's update I just totally ruined, I guess.

[OOC: Ivy's purposely staying away from this event except to creep on other people's messages so have Shego!haxx instead. B| Having said that, do let me know if you want Ivy for anything and I'll make her available!]

Comments

[mightymorbid]

[This is Moze being subdued and not showing how relieved he is that you popped up, Shego :| Also he's still a little banged up, but not bedridden.]

Red's an interesting color on you.

[gotgreenmagic]

[She tugs at her collar distractedly.]

I look like I should be making toys for all the good little boys and girls. You can say it.

You look like you've been tuned up a little bit there, sunshine. You okay?

[mightymorbid]

[With as much detachment as possible.] I've been worse. [Switching to private filters and hoping they work :|]

[Private]

The last port...wasn't good for my Inmate. She probably would have killed me if she hadn't taken my gauntlet off.

Private

[gotgreenmagic]

Your Inmate. [Dot dot dot.] Morgana, right? She seemed a little bit unhinged before I left. Where'd you wind up?

Private

[mightymorbid]

"Wonderland."

She and one of its denizens hatched a plot to escape there and naturally the ship followed suit. Like it always does.

Private

[gotgreenmagic]

Like the book? Huh. Who'd she team up with, the Mad Hatter?

Private

[mightymorbid]

Got it in one.

Private

[gotgreenmagic]

[...what even the fuck, Barge.]

Oy.

Let me guess, the crazy got pushed a little further off the scale than it was in the original version.

Private

[mightymorbid]

You could say that. She lost her head in both the metaphorical and literal sense, and the only reason why I'm not death tolling is that she thinks I'm a monster.

...This isn't the happiest of conversations, and I'm sorry, but the last month has been a storm of unnecessarily bad goings on.

Private

[gotgreenmagic]

Hey, don't worry about it. All I've got to report is four months of space college and my entire peer group thinking I grew up somewhere without electricity or running water.

Private

[mightymorbid]

"Space coll--" nevermind. [He basically gets the point.]

At least it means you can surprise them, right?

Private

[gotgreenmagic]

Yeah, here's hoping.

Private

[mightymorbid]

[He sighs, deciding he's dodged enough.]

It's all going wrong, Shego.

Private

[gotgreenmagic]

[She sighs softly.]

...Keep in mind that I had, like, the Easy Mode of inmates, so I don't know how good my advice is gonna be. Do you know what the problem is?

Private

[mightymorbid]

Other than the fact that I'm terrible at this good guy stuff, you mean?

Private

[gotgreenmagic]

With the benefit of hindsight I'm not so sure the Barge is about good guys and bad guys, but let's talk specifics here. Other than that.

Private

[mightymorbid]

I can't trust her. If she ever has to be punished for something, I'm undermined by other wardens. And when she's like this? I can't help her.

Private

[gotgreenmagic]

So what? You and she don't exist in a vacuum, sunshine. If you can't help her right now, maybe somebody else can.

Private

[mightymorbid]

Then why wasn't somebody else assigned her?

Private

[gotgreenmagic]

You're kidding, right? Was your Warden the only person who helped you graduate?

Private

[mightymorbid]

However many I had, you mean.

Private

[gotgreenmagic]

You know what I mean, Mozenrath.

Private

[mightymorbid]

It doesn't exactly convince me that I'm not doing a terrible job.

[The most help he ever seemed to get from non-Wardens was when his current Wardens sucked beyond belief, after all.]

Private

[gotgreenmagic]

If you wanted a cheerleader you wouldn't be talking to me.

Look, for all my moaning and whining at the time, Kirk wasn't a terrible Warden. He challenged my dumber ideas and he was there when I needed him. That's my point. This isn't your show - it's hers. Putting your foot down and getting territorial when she's got a screw loose isn't gonna help.

Private

[mightymorbid]

Did I sound like I was looking for one? I wanted to talk to you because I wanted to talk to you.

And 'territory' wouldn't be an issue if I weren't second-guessed at every turn. It's enough that now I'm doing it.