Detention, Depths of the Castle, Monday

[bigdamnprisoner.livejournal.com]

Morning had broken in Fandom, and another day in detention was about to begin, the same as every other day.

For the moment, things were as quiet as they probably ever got, while everyone was still resting on their cots, women on one side of the magical black cloth barrier, men on the other. Soon, those who had managed to sleep would be woken by the ever-cheerful voice of Dolores Umbridge coming from the loudspeakers, ordering them to rise. The barrier would disappear, and whatever bland, tasteless substance they were calling breakfast today would appear instead. After that, those in detention were free to do whatever they wanted ... if they could find anything to do that didn't break one of the island's rules, or that could be done while trapped away from everyone else.

But really, the days of those in detention weren't that slow. Soon enough, visiting hours would start, and there wouldn't be nearly as much boredom then.

[OCD is up, have at it!]

Comments

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/23]

[xxlstretchpants.livejournal.com]

"First thing I tried!" Bruce exclaimed. Happily. Again. "Last thing I tried was hitting my hand with a rock. Hard."

Bruce shrugged and held up his hands in a "what can you do?" gesture.

"Nothing's happening."

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/23]

[godinthisbox.livejournal.com]

The constant cheerfulness was really creepy. And Alex knew a thing or twelve about creepy.

"Maybe if I hit you with a rock?" he suggested. "When you weren't expecting it?"

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/23]

[xxlstretchpants.livejournal.com]

"You could try," Bruce said optimistically. "Though I'm pretty messed up. And tomorrow I may be different depending on what that Raven girl decides to do."

...

"Maybe you could throw a rock at her?"

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/23]

[godinthisbox.livejournal.com]

"It's a thought," Alex agreed. "A tempting thought." If it didn't disrupt her whatever for long enough for Bruce to get angry, it would probably just get Alex tortured again, but please, like that was new. "But there's a barrier."

Re: Chat With Your Fellow Prisoners [07/23]

[xxlstretchpants.livejournal.com]

"Yes. I believe it's magic," Bruce said with an amused shake of his head. "I've tried to find a way to disable it but it's not something I can disable. Even if I had the tools to do it."