doctor_j_crane | [23]

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My new warden is a detective. The irony is not lost on me, Admiral. [Sigh.] It does make one wonder. Does anyone actually like their warden?

[Private - Hayley]

Is your warden likely to search your room?

[Private - Rose (Wicker Man)]

I need a favor. It's nothing serious, just minding a few of my things.

[Private - Riddler]

I need to talk to you regarding my sample of the fear toxin. [Assuming Crane has it after he made it, but he wants to give it to Eddie for safekeeping.]

[Private - Irene]

I need to know what you took when you went into my room. It's nothing personal, I'm just keeping track of things.

[Closet - Eighth Floor.]

[Mysteriously has some plants appear on the very top shelf, pushed far back and hidden behind an old box. Also a bucket of potting soil placed on the very bottom shelf on the opposite side.]

[Crane, being smarter than your average scarecrow, realizes that Pookie's likely to search his room. He's trying to split up the naughty things that he does have, so if parts of it get lots there'll still be some left. He's also leaving some things in his room to be found, hoping that Pookie will assume that he's found all of Crane's secret stash.

That said, for Pookie's sake, here's a list of what's still in his room: a small amount of 'hidden' plant samples in the back of his desk, the very bottom part of the radio antenna that Crane actually missed on the floor behind the desk and numerous notes on 'fear toxin' (some in the desk, some folded up and placed into the books on his shelf). There's also a sheet of information labelled 'antidote - fear toxin (personal use)' which is very much not an antidote to fear toxin There's also a plastic tank with a spider hanging out in it.

The objects that Crane's hoping to give out/hiding include, for me own records: bucket of potting soil (bucket [Loki], soil [Adam]), fold out radio antenna in pieces [Mikhail], plant samples (numerous - from the garden), one sample of actual fear toxin [Riddler], instructions for one version of a truth serum [Crane] and numerous notes regarding potential fear toxins that have been copied out into the pages of very boring books [Crane/Crane's room].]

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Don't underestimate him. The idiots are the ones who do you the most harm.

Absolutely. The determined idoits can be impossibly troublesome. I've run into far too many in my time.

At least he has no magical powers.

That I know of. I'm not yet convinced. There are stranger things than magical police officers.

The way you say it makes it sound quite...fantastic.

Fantastic in the strange way or fantastic in the enjoyable way?

Don't be paranoid. Which do you think?

The strange way, I'd assume.

Correct.

When can I expect you, then?

Now, if you're not doing anything in particular. I need to move these things as fast as possible.

I'm not particularly busy, no. Do you need help?

I think I'll be able to manage. I'll see you momentarily.

[And so she waited, opening the door slightly so that he wouldn't have to wait in the hallway if he didn't want to. Sipping at her cider, she sat on her floor, sewing a ripped seam in one of her blouses. She was humming softly as she did so.]

[Crane walked down the corridor, a pile of books under one arm and one of his extra coats drapped across the other. The pockets were full of dubious substances. He reached the room reasonably quickly, a didn't hesitate to open it and slip into the room.] Good evening.

[Rose looked up from her sewing and smiled at him.]

Hello Jonathan. [Her words were a bit muddled by the needle between her lips, but she pulled it out after a moment.]

That didn't take long.

It didn't. [Crane seemed slightly out of breath.] I've got a lot of things to sort out.

[He shrugged slightly.] I'm not overreacing, before you say I am. He all but implied that he wanted to search my room.

[She looked down to her work.] You said you were overreacting. I didn't say a word about it. Sort out what you want. Put them wherever you need to.

[Crane looked at her, and nodded. He walked over to the bookshelf and placed his pile of books on it. He spread them, making sure that none were too close to each other and they looked like they reasonably could be mistaken as belonging there.]

Thank you for this. New wardens are always somewhat threatening. [Crane sighed, heading over to the wardrobe.]

[She pricked her finger on a stitch and pulled away quickly with a small gasp of both pain and annoyance.]

They can be...[Her thoughts were flighty for a moment before looking over to him.] until they settle in and get distracted by the things that occur here everyday.

[Crane looked over when Rose pricked her finger, but didn't make any comment. He couldn't see any blood from his angle.]

I'm eagerly awaiting the daily instructions. He actually wanted to meet me on his first day. [Crane hung his jacket in the wardrobe.]

[She continued on in her work. Pricking her finger on a needle was hardly a reason to stop. When she finished, she cut the thread and shook her head.]

Did he? Well, at least he's proactive.

He doesn't sound so awful, Jonathan.

I think proactive sounds fairly awful. [Crane sighed, shutting the wardrobe.] And frankly, now is not a good time for a new warden. Which may be why the Admiral decided to do it.

Why? What do you have planned? [She stood up and reached out, trying to stop the door from shutting completely. She folded the blouse and took out a long jacket of her own to slip on over her clothes.]

It's with Hayley. It's a way to... [He pauses slightly, but continues anway.] ...help the Joker. [Hopefully, Rose would be less concerned about what happened to the Joker than Judas.]

[She flinched when he spoke of the Joker and shook her head, hoping that he wasn't trying to use what happened against her.]

And you swear to me that there is nothing dangerous you are keeping here?

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