[12] - [Voice]

[sharpememory]

Well, that was enlightening. Being a cat was kind of enjoyable, to be honest. I've had worse weekends in my life.

Quick question, barge at large. How many of you aren't actually really old? As in, under twenty five? It seems like the vast majority of people are outside of that age group, but I'm curious. And also disappointed by the lack of learning opportunities around. Most prisons normally have some type of educational program to get qualifications, which isn't really relevant to us, but it does have the potential to give some of us something to do.

[Private - Prefect]

Hey. Are we going to meet up? I haven't seen you in a while. [Guess what, Prefect. It's a Tuesday.]

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[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm twenty too. When's your birthday?

Yeah, it's pretty common. Part of rehabilitation and all of that. Or so I heard.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

15th of October.

Oh, right.

So they let you out of the prisons? I mean, for the Previous. You see people after they leave, right?

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

That means I'm older than you.

Yeah, of course. And while they're in the prison too.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

When's your birthday?

...I see. Are the prisons like this? I mean, apart from the difference you've pointed out already.

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

15th of July.

Yeah, that's pretty much how they are. Unless you're really dangerous or out of control.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

How do they define really dangerous?

And that was only a few weeks ago.

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

If you're a death worker or something like that.

It was. Happy birthday to me.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

A death worker? You mean someone who does the murder?

Well, happy birthday still counts for something, even here.

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

I mean someone with the power to kill someone by touching them. It's a thing where I come from.

Well, thanks.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

People here have the power to kill someone by pointing a piece of metal at them. [And let's not talk about what can kill at home.]

What do they do with them?

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's called a gun. It's pretty common.

Death workers? Keep them in solitary, mostly.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

Same principle, isn't it?

Oh, you mean on their own? For all their lives?

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

I guess so. I don't have much interest in them.

For the rest of their sentence. I'm pretty sure the worker's rights people would have some stuff to say about throwing them away for good.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

How long are sentences, typically?

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

Depends what it's for, doesn't it?

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

Oh, does it? Like getting different demerits for breaking the Rules in different ways?

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

The Rules? Do you mean the law?

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

I believe they're similar.

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess so. What are your prisons like?

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

We... don't really have them like that.

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

What are they like, then?

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

We don't have them at all, to be honest.

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

What do you have instead? All societies need some form of punishment.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

If you... break the Rules, you lose merits. If you go below zero and stay there, you get sent to Reboot.

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

Which is some type of therapy, I assume? It sounds like the name of a rehab program.