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[Flint’s expression is stony; his eyes are hard. He’s thought about Teddy’s post for a while, and come to a strategy that befits the situation he’s found himself in on the Barge. Injury doesn’t frighten him and death is meaningless here. He tells himself that this is a rational action, a logically-considered tactic to address a problem that wasn't resolved through words, but below the surface there's a less altruistic motive as well. This gives him an excuse to fight, to bloody someone else and feel righteous about it, and he needs the fight.]

It has come to my attention that some use the people in the Enclosure to hone their fighting skills, to vent their frustrations, to glory in combat. The people of the Enclosure, however, are given no choice. Their purpose is dictated by those who would use them for their own ends.

But I do have a choice, and I am making it now. If you wish to fight, if you wish to spill blood, come fight me instead.

I’ll be on the deck.

[He knows he may not win; he’s seen enough of the skills and powers some of the crew on this ship possess to be cognizant of his chances. But he fulfills his objective whether he wins or loses, and he’ll keep fighting as long as he can still stand.]

[[OOC: If your character might take Flint up on the offer, I’m happy to either thread out fights or handwave, whichever you prefer. If you want to handwave a fight, we can talk it over to sort out what happens, what injuries result, etc.]]

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[Jedao manages to eel past all his various minders because fuck yes he wants to throw down with someone new. His black and gold uniform is sleek and immaculate, an odd contrast to his few days stubble, his messy hair, and his weary eyes.]

The people of the enclosure are sock puppets. Fuck me, do they even have sock puppets on Earth?

[Which is to say: come at him.]

Even in my day, we've had socks for quite a few centuries.

[He's been on the Barge long enough now to no longer be bothered by phrases such as "on Earth," spoken like there are other options.]

And from what I hear of the Enclosure, the Punch and Judy comparison is apt. [If the puppets being pummeled by their puppet masters were potentially living and aware.]

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If you've need of a brawling space and wish to leave the deck open to others, I have a practice hall as part of my rooms. You would be welcome to utilize it on occasion.

Should the Wardens intervene, or attempt put a stop to the Fights, the use of such a Hall would be most welcome, in order to Continue. Otherwise, the Publick Space is preferable, for the purpose of making my Intentions knowne.

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Thank you.

[ He's not sure the other man understands quite how much he appreciates it.]

You made a sound Argument and the Admiral and Others chose to Dismiss it. I can do little, but what I can do is continue to raise the Question in their Minds.

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I'm still not convinced the programming of the Enclosure is sophisticated enough to justify all this handwringing. I'm fairly certain our Mr. Flood is projecting sentience onto anything that looks human-ish.

But I'll take you up on sparing instead.

It's certainly easier to assume a lack of humanity, but I'd rather take his word on it now, and risk being wrong, than to fall into the same pattern as the civilization I despise.

Swords or fists? Or another weapon of your choosing.

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I ain't gonna try to talk you outta it, but lemme know if you need patchin' up afterward.

And maybe try not to kill anyone

I'll defend myself however I must, but I'm not doing this with intent to murder. [If someone tries to kill him, he'll retaliate with equal force.]

Thank you. [For not trying to stop him.]

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What training do you have?

A ship captain trained me to use a cutlass some thirty years ago.

[He avoids saying Admiral Hennessey's name, but even mentioning him obliquely cuts deep. It was more formal training than most men of his station could have hoped to receive, thanks entirely to Hennessey's patronage, but still a less structured regimen than any modern training would be.

The idea of formal training in hand-to-hand combat simply doesn't occur to him at all. In his world, one learns it in childhood scraps and later street brawls or not at all.]

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[Steve frowns a little, and then,] We've met before.

I think. Unless you don't remember it.

[Flint squints at the man.]

I don't believe we have. I think I would remember if we'd crossed paths before.

[Unless this is another oddity of the Barge.]

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[ Harry just ... drags his hands down his face and sighs, making a note to check in with Bodhi on the infirmary supplies. ]

Shall we prepare you a Bed now, or later?

In the interests of Efficiency, you may as well prepare one now.

[He's under no illusions about the ultimate outcome of this. It doesn't deter him in the slightest.]

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I know what Teddy thinks about the Enclosure and its projections, and I know why. I also believe he's absolutely wrong. They're images briefly given substance, not beings of any kind.

As for fighting you instead, I'm pretty sure you can't provide the experience of planning and directing a planetary assault, or a space battle between opposing fleets, or a prisoner extraction from a starship or an orbiting containment facility. Which means your offer's useless to me.

Once you've recovered from this, though, if you're still interested in bloodshed just for the hell of it, feel free to look me up.

I should think that the large scale tactics wouldn't require human constructs at all. [His only point of reference is naval battles, but when practicing naval maneuvers the opposing crew is relevant only in that bodies are needed to move the ship and fire the cannons, but the fight itself is ship to ship not person to person, save perhaps the captains who order strategies to be carried out, and even then it's a battle of minds and personalities rather than a physical fight.]

Once I've recovered from this, I'll do that.

[For bloodshed for the hell of it, but also because he wants to hear more about space battles and directing planetary assaults and learn how warfare changes when the whole of the heavens becomes a battlefield.]

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People don't really use it to hone their fighting skills.

I mean, I don't use it period. But you should know that's not what happens there. It's more of a- exorcising violence thing?

If that's the case, I should think that having a proper opponent to visit violence upon would be even more appealing.

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They're not even people.

That imperious sentiment is precisely why I'm doing this.

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HEY, YOU FIGURED OUT THE COMMUNICATORS! GREAT JOB!

NOW WE CAN BE PEN PALS!

If this is your way of stating your intention of keeping your fucking distance from me from now on and communicating only in writing, I'm altogether in support of it.

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[Newt's looking almost well again, after his trouble in port. He only has one thing to say.]

Thank you.

[Flint is oddly uneasy at receiving thanks from a stranger.]

I don't know you.

[And because he doesn't know him, he doesn't trust his motives, even for something as simple as a thank you.]

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Just making sure I understand...

You're protecting the simulations with your own flesh and blood? I mean, I conduct training sessions almost every night in the gym, but I should hope that people aren't just out to spill blood as you say.

Why wouldn't they be? I've known many men who seek violence for the sake of violence.

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