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[sanctus_dei]

Passengers: Theo, and you
Location: Chapel/loading bay
Date: morning/afternoon of Feb.15
Summary: Theo is an annoying brat and he's here to tell you about it
Warnings: none, yet



[After a pretty intense drying out period, Theo is slowly returning to his normal self. Unfortunately, that self is an unrepentant pain in the ass, with too much time on his hands and no real outlets for his energy and seemingly endless anger. At least he's starting to finally look a little better. He's back to wearing his suit again instead of just Peregrine-issued pajamas, and he's even got a little more color back in his complexion. Some fresh air and a trip to the beach seems to have put some life back in him. Maybe this wasn't a good thing.

With his books limited on what he is allowed to read, and the ship locked down on what inmates are allowed to do unsupervised, he’s left to wreak havoc on whatever he can get his hands on. Little did he know that today he’d finally be assigned a warden of his own for the first time, so Lucifer gets to hit the ground running with this kid. ]


For inmates [morning]
[Any inmate who happens to be passing the much-neglected chapel will hear some crashing noises from inside. When they peek in, they will find Theo causally tearing the place up. Digging through what little has been supplied, as nothing had been requested yet, he upturns the storage containers of symbols and vestments, littering the floors. Seats are knocked over, tables tipped. It’s definitely the work of one very mature teenager.

When he notices he’s being watched, he only shrugs as he rummages around.]

Y’know, it’s funny. I half-expected to find one of them hotel Bibles hiding in here somewhere.


For wardens [afternoon]
[There’s a loud crashing noise coming from the area of the loading bay, and upon investigation, there’s Theo. He’s dragged several of the chairs from the mess hall out here, and has tossed them in the way of the auto-closing doors that smash them like tin cans. He’s holding the next one over his head and is ready to toss it over when he’s discovered, and he stops in his tracks.]

[Dryly, he adds:] … Oops.

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[dealwiththe]

[ Lucifer is standing there, leaning casually against the wall as he waits for Theo to notice him. Crushing a few chairs in the loading bay doors is actually pretty tame compared to some of the ways he could've chosen to act out.

It's also really unimaginative. ]

I know someone else who seems to enjoy wanton destruction.

[ He pauses for a brief moment, as if allowing tension to build. ]

He's eighteen months old, and he likes to build towers out of his ABC blocks, then knock them down.

[sanctus_dei]

[He is a little surprised to see Lucifer there suddenly, but he doesn't let it faze him. He gives him a little grin as he tosses the chair at just the right time to shatter the chair into pieces. A perfect shot.]

Ten points! It's a new fucking record.

[Be glad all the important stuff on the Peregrine is locked to inmates. The warden's lounge? SIRE? Just let him get his hands on the stuff the wardens actually care about.

Theo picks up the last of the chairs he stole and holds it up, waiting for the timing on the doors to come around again.]

Go away. You'll break my streak.

[dealwiththe]

For someone recently raging about being treated like a child, you certainly have no problem acting like one.

[ Since his point about the baby apparently went disregarded. His wings come out, allowing him to close the distance between them very quickly, grabbing Theo by the collar of his shirt and lifting him easily off his feet. ]

This means you're grounded.

[sanctus_dei]

Well if everyone's going to treat me like one, I figured I--

[Well that escalated quickly. Theo is, of course, caught completely off guard. And while for a moment he looks furious, it quickly starts to melt into panic because Lucifer is touching him and he hasn't let go.]

Hey! Stop-- Put me down, asshole!

[dealwiththe]

Oh, I'll put you down. I'm your warden for the next little while, how would you like to move to your own private room?

[ He suspects Theo won't like it at all, actually. ]

I didn't sign up to babysit, but if that's what you need, that's what I'll do.

[ He's absolutely dragging Theo out of the loading bay by his collar, making for not the inmate communal dorms. Nope. He's absolutely heading for the warden-adjacent rooms. ]

[sanctus_dei]

WHAT?!

[Theo hadn't checked the assignments. He didn't care - or he hadn't until this happened. He begins or struggle with a surpring amount of enthusiasm, but he still weighs about 100 pounds soaking wet, so it's not getting him anywhere. There's a moment where he goes to grab Lucifer's arm to try and pull it off, but that means more touching. No thanks. He'd be pretty upset if he tore the collar on the only nice shirt he had with him on the ship, but he'd willing to risk it in order to get away.]

I-I don't want a babysitter! I'm not staying in there so you can watch every move I make! Fuck that! Let me go!

[dealwiththe]

[ Lucifer is tall and well-built for his size - even if he was a normal human, Theo would be mightily outclassed. But he's not human, so even if the boy can manage to land a kick or a scratch, Lucifer will only shift his grip so he can't do that again. ]

We'll start with a strict curfew. Let's say, 9 pm to 7 am, confined to your room, every day.

[ The shirt is starting to rip, so he just grabs Theo's upper arm instead. His grip is basically as strong as a pair of handcuffs would be. ]

If you don't calm down, I will sling you over my shoulder and carry you. This is lesson one: your actions have consequences.

[sanctus_dei]

[Theo lets out a strangled noise when Lucifer takes him by the arm. His other hand shoots up, thumb and first two fingers raised. A reflex action - Theo just started a force spell, but of course nothing happens. No rush of energy, no spark inside of him.]

--Fuck! [It's an expletive that's full of despair.

He's hearing what Lucifer's telling him, but it's not fully registering because he can't get over the fact that the Devil is grabbing his arm. His next words are full of a starling amount of pleading desperation.]

Let me go already!

[dealwiththe]

Let you go, so you can run and hide again? Or destroy more ship property?

[ Lucifer scoffs, and continues on his way. He doesn’t stop, in fact, until he comes to the warden-adjacent inmate quarters. If Theo puts up more of a fight, he will be carried in like a sack of potatoes and dumped unceremoniously on what is apparently his new bed for the month. Otherwise, Lucifer will give him a gentle nudge into the room and release his arm, closing the door behind them. ]

There. I let you go.

[sanctus_dei]

[He struggles, but it loses steam as they get closer to the rooms. Once the door is closed with them in there, Theo has to muster everything in him to not look petrified. Fear isn't something he's felt in a long time, but it's all that's coursing through his veins lately, only making his anger explosions more volatile.

He immediately retreats backwards, back to the wall. He can afford to be furious at Lucifer from a distance.]

What the fuck do you people want from me! What do you want me doing?! Sitting around pleading for forgiveness? Prostrating myself in front of the Wardens and the Navarch? Give me a fuckin' break! This place is a joke!

[dealwiththe]

[ Lucifer once again leans casually against the door. He lets Theo yell for a bit - get it out of his system or whatever - unconcerned about himself. ]

If you’re finished, we can talk about the expectations. The first one is that you won’t be wantonly destroying things anymore. If you trash this room, for instance, you’ll get an immediate downgrade to solitary. No one will be able to hear your temper tantrums in there.

[sanctus_dei]

[Solitary would even be worse for him than this, and the twitch of fear that crosses his face gives that away.]

Whatever. As if it's any different than this. I'll sit in there and do nothing, instead of sit in here and do nothing. Or sit in the dorms and do nothing.

[dealwiththe]

Oh, things will definitely be different with me.

[ The bullshit stops here! His demeanor is deadly serious. ]

If you’re so bored that you’re destroying chairs, then we can find you some things to do that will be more productive. I’m thinking we start with cleaning toilets. Scrubbing the mess hall down after meals. Maybe laundry duty. I’ll have a chat with the Navarch about reconfiguring the cleaning bots so you’ve got more to do.

For Inmates

[lessandmorethanhuman]

[Alex had been attracted by the noise. Curious--and unsurprised by what he finds. Standing there watching for a bit, before moving fully in and leaning against a wall.]

Probably in the resource library. They don't seem to have any physical books here.

[sanctus_dei]

[Theo turns sharply, but relaxes once he sees it's not a warden. He makes a derisive noise.]

Yeah, heaven fucking forbid we get real paper in here. We might light the place up with it! We're dangerous criminals, after all.

[He straightens out a chair and takes a seat.]

Not that I'm looking for one. Those things just have a habit of turning up everywhere.

[lessandmorethanhuman]

Not sure how they'd expect us to light it up. Anything that'd produce a sufficient spark we could get to has more chance of shocking or electrocuting us as starting a fire.

[Alex lets his gaze take in all of the destruction, before turning back to Theo.]

Was there a purpose to this, or just throwing a tantrum?

[sanctus_dei]

[He shoots Alex a glare.]

Fuck off. This isn't a tantrum, I just don't see why I should care about their shit. I don't think anyone else's been in here so I wanted to make sure no one was hiding anything in here.

[lessandmorethanhuman]

Looks like a tantrum to me. Destruction for destruction's sake because you're unhappy and frustrated.

[Alex shrugged.]

's not an unjustified reaction--I'm not judging. What do you think they'd be hiding anyway?

[sanctus_dei]

None of this shit matters, who cares. [It's totally a tantrum.]

Hell if I know. That's why I'm looking. [When you're paranoid, this seems like the reasonable thing to do.] But we shouldn't trust one inch of this place. Better to pull up the proverbial floor boards than let something go overlooked.

[lessandmorethanhuman]

So you're looking for something you don't know what, and you're sure it's not just destruction for destruction's sake?

[Alex was paranoid too, but he at least had a different way of going about this.]

[sanctus_dei]

[Alex, please, stop introducing logic into this. Theo sputters for a moment, his temper now flaring.]

What does it fucking matter if it was or wasn't! Why, are you gonna go tattle on me or something?

[lessandmorethanhuman]

I don't need to tattle on you, and even if I did, there'd have to be something in it for me to do so.

[Alex figured he'd tackle that first.]

As for why it matters--because if you have a good enough purpose, I'll help you with the destruction if it seems worth it.

[sanctus_dei]

[He wrinkles his nose at that.]

I don't need help with that. If you wanna break stuff, go find something then. Go fuck up the stuff wardens get, if you can manage to get in. Their little clubhouse, the SIRE or whatever it is.

[lessandmorethanhuman]

[Alex smirks a bit.]

There are better things to do than fuck up their stuff if I could get into the Warden's area or the SIRE. Do you actually have any kind of plan?

[Yes, he is going to keep introducing logic into this.]

[sanctus_dei]

What is this, a fucking Inquisition?

[His agitation shows that no, he does not have a plan.]

I want them to be as miserable as us, that's my fucking plan.