Kurt Wallander (
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Who| Kurt Wallander and OPEN
What| Penny has made Wallander's life hell after her latest tirade, so he's gently trying to pick up the pieces. Anyone want to talk to a peacekeeper?
Where| At his office in Peacekeeper Headquarters or around the Tribute tower
When| After Penny's network post
Warnings/Notes| None yet!
Kurt didn't sleep that night. He had too much work to do - vetting every sadistic young peacekeeper that might have an inclination towards torture. It was not a job that he relished, and a small rebellious part of him wished he could sign up someone who had absolutely no imagination and would be horrible at it, just to give some salve to his conscience. In the end, however, he had four dossiers of very accomplished young men (and one woman) who he knew would be all too good at their job and keep Penny off his back for at least a few weeks. It made him sick to his stomach to think about, and more than once he found himself daydreaming that she actually managed to force him into the job, and he was forced to torture some poor soul and then that person's face would turn into his daughter's--
He threw up. Once. In the bathroom. Where he knew no one would catch him.
And then he sent the dossiers to Penny, knowing just what he was endorsing, and knowing that he had to.
The rest of the day he spent doing some paperwork in his office, before heading to the tribute tower. Many of them were angry. He knew that. He'd watched Penny kill that mouse just as they had, watched her relishing in the pointless cruelty. If he had any ability to, he would see her fired - she made his job insanely difficult. How was he supposed to keep the tributes from rebelling when she simply fueled the flames? But the fact was, he had no power over her. And he had no means of voicing descent, not without putting his daughter in the firing line instead. So he kept his grumblings and misgivings to himself, and went to see if he could calm some of the tributes down.
He wandered around the common room, mostly, making himself available - careful to show his badge pinned prominently to his belt, though he didn't wear the uniform that the regular peacekeepers did. Just the same rumpled suit that he had the day before.
What| Penny has made Wallander's life hell after her latest tirade, so he's gently trying to pick up the pieces. Anyone want to talk to a peacekeeper?
Where| At his office in Peacekeeper Headquarters or around the Tribute tower
When| After Penny's network post
Warnings/Notes| None yet!
Kurt didn't sleep that night. He had too much work to do - vetting every sadistic young peacekeeper that might have an inclination towards torture. It was not a job that he relished, and a small rebellious part of him wished he could sign up someone who had absolutely no imagination and would be horrible at it, just to give some salve to his conscience. In the end, however, he had four dossiers of very accomplished young men (and one woman) who he knew would be all too good at their job and keep Penny off his back for at least a few weeks. It made him sick to his stomach to think about, and more than once he found himself daydreaming that she actually managed to force him into the job, and he was forced to torture some poor soul and then that person's face would turn into his daughter's--
He threw up. Once. In the bathroom. Where he knew no one would catch him.
And then he sent the dossiers to Penny, knowing just what he was endorsing, and knowing that he had to.
The rest of the day he spent doing some paperwork in his office, before heading to the tribute tower. Many of them were angry. He knew that. He'd watched Penny kill that mouse just as they had, watched her relishing in the pointless cruelty. If he had any ability to, he would see her fired - she made his job insanely difficult. How was he supposed to keep the tributes from rebelling when she simply fueled the flames? But the fact was, he had no power over her. And he had no means of voicing descent, not without putting his daughter in the firing line instead. So he kept his grumblings and misgivings to himself, and went to see if he could calm some of the tributes down.
He wandered around the common room, mostly, making himself available - careful to show his badge pinned prominently to his belt, though he didn't wear the uniform that the regular peacekeepers did. Just the same rumpled suit that he had the day before.
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"I'm just - ah - here to be here, really." He didn't want to outright say that he was here because of Penny's massive freak out, but it was obvious enough. "In case anyone wants to... talk. You know. That sort of thing. If anyone had any concerns..."