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thecapitol2014-08-02 10:49 pm
etcircenses) wrote in thecapitol2014-08-02 10:49 pm
Suspects' Holding Cell
The vans drive for what seems like an hour before they come to a stop, and Peacekeepers blindfold and forcefully drag even the most cooperative suspects into a building.
The suspects are all held in one cell, a large, metal room with a thick door and a single ledge that serves as a bench. Bright fluorescent lights beam from overhead. There are no windows and no clocks, no sign of where they might be.
The Peacekeepers take off the blindfolds, though without much care for whether they come off all the way or chafe or stay slung around the suspects' necks. The suspects' hands are left cuffed behind their backs, and even the most ingenious of them won't be able to pick the lock on their restraints, but they're otherwise left to roam freely through the space.
Suspects are removed, one at a time, at unpredictable intervals, by Peacekeepers armed with tasers. Some take three hours to return, while others are back within only a minute. Each of them comes back having been clearly roughed up and pressed for information that they may or may not hold; some are bleeding or sporting the beginnings of black eyes.
They'll be sleeping here tonight.
The suspects are all held in one cell, a large, metal room with a thick door and a single ledge that serves as a bench. Bright fluorescent lights beam from overhead. There are no windows and no clocks, no sign of where they might be.
The Peacekeepers take off the blindfolds, though without much care for whether they come off all the way or chafe or stay slung around the suspects' necks. The suspects' hands are left cuffed behind their backs, and even the most ingenious of them won't be able to pick the lock on their restraints, but they're otherwise left to roam freely through the space.
Suspects are removed, one at a time, at unpredictable intervals, by Peacekeepers armed with tasers. Some take three hours to return, while others are back within only a minute. Each of them comes back having been clearly roughed up and pressed for information that they may or may not hold; some are bleeding or sporting the beginnings of black eyes.
They'll be sleeping here tonight.
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"The arena starts in two and a half weeks. That's fifteen days -- three hundred and sixty hours, give or take twelve since arenas usually start in the morning and we were taken at night. But there's sixteen of us, and they take us out of the cell one at a time, so that leaves us with about twenty-two hours each of interrogation, spread over the time between now and the arena. That's less than a full day of actual torture, with an average of fifteen hours in between sessions. That's not so bad, right?"
It sounds a little hollow, even to him, so Carlos shrugs.
"I don't know if that helps, but running figures has always made me feel better. Especially when the situation whose details I'm calculating is completely beyond my control."
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"I'm sure you can," Carlos says. It's a vote of confidence. "But if you like, I'll let you rest."
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