The Broken Mind Remedy

[Hedeon]

Hedeon lets out an annoyed sigh, after setting Ezra down on the rack.

"Oh I get it. This would be so much better if your sister were still alive, right?" Hedeon straps the shackles around his wrists and ankles. "You'll die with the satisfaction that the one who murdered your sister dwells within me." Hedeon replies with a sadistic smirk.

No... I didn't...

"There he is right now!" Hedeon says, chipperly, now finally learning how to control Sasha without being controlled by him.

Hedeon calmly walks over to the various instruments of torture, and wonders which one he should use first.

[Ezra Weil]

Ezra again says nothing. He expresses no anger or sadness. He wishes to die. He feels he has nothing to live for. His only real friend is Raz Nili Ze'ev, but he is far to weak, and only a burden for her. His work for the Mossad is generally a lonely existance of collecting information.

[Antero Black]

Antero gets out of his seat and goes to the refriderator. He pours himself a tall glass of orange juice and walks over to Sakari. He knows that there is a psychologist staying with them now and he wants to avoid this man. He got a bad vibe from him and doesn't trust him.

"Let's go somewhere." He says to Sakari.

[Lolita]

"I'll leave you alone then." I leave Cephrien and Riku alone and go off to find something else to do.

[Korbinian Kautsky]

Kautksy waits for his crow to report back on the meeting. He hopes that it is going well and that by the end of the meetings the democratic socialist international can draft a constitution of their party line. He would do this himself, but he would rather let the the newcomers decide the party line. If something is entirely out of line, he will make recomendations of what they can change in the constitution to maintain the spirit of democratic socialism.

[Sakari Lehtinen]

Sakari looks up at Antero, and folds up the laptop.

"Certainly. Do you like poker?" I ask hopefully.

[Pierre Proudhon]

Pierre spends the day baking with his grandmother. When he has done his chores and his grandmother goes to her room to take her nap, he leaves and walks back over to the anarchist house. He wants to talk to everyone there and learn more about anarchy.

"This is great that you all have your own home. You should start a few anarchist houses to educate people that anarchy is not disorder. How are things run here?"

[Antero Black]

"No, I have never gambled and I don't play cards. But I...can try." Antero has done many things in his life, but for some reason he was never interested in gambling. He never had the attention span to sit still for an entire game of something.

[Cephrien]

Ceph smiled as Lolita walked away. It was good to know that other Operatives were willing to help him if he was in danger. He turned to Riku and nodded. "....Since you're friends with Hikari...I'll let you go... but please.. if you cause trouble.. i might have to kill you.." He said before turning and walking away.

[Sakari Lehtinen]

Sakari smiles, and claps his hands together.

"Ohh, I have a pupil! Okay, I'll teach you the rules as we go, you might like it." I say jubilantly. We begin to head out of the house when I see another unfamiliar face talking about anarchy.

"Why hello there. Wyrm can acquaint you to how things are run here."

Sakari and Antero leave to where Sakari heard rumors of an underground poker ring.

"So, here are the rules... You have 2 cards in your hand, and 5 cards face up on the table..."

[Rasputin]

Rasputin approaches the base of the Green Party. Aoife is dead and Toivo and Swan escaped. Now, anyone who remains will surely suffer. He closes his eyes and has a dark vision of the sacred tree house of the Green Party burning to the ground once and for all. He starts to laugh.

[TheWyrm]

"See you Sakari!" I say, thinking that it's strange that someone so new could warm up to all of us so quickly and easily. Especially Antero. I turn my attention to Pierre.

"That's a good idea, we should do classes! I've always thought that we don't do enough. We should do classes," I repeat "and we could even do online classes, that way we wouldn't need to worry about Red Infinity poking in as much." I say, confident about my ability to fish out operatives.

"People just come and go, so you can stop by any time you like. I have soda and chips and bagels...."

[Antero Black]

Antero listens to the rules and nods. Really wasn't paying very close attention. He just goes along with Sakari anyway and figures maybe he can watch or just hang out.
"I don't like things with too many rules. Maybe I wouldn't be so against the government if I didn't feel that rules that are unnatural should not exist."
The walk through the city and see a car with a parking ticket on it.
"That is an unnatural law. In an ideal world, you could park wherever there is room and whereever it does not block traffic or is a burden to others."

[Pierre Proudhon]

"I agree. Everyone in the world is so poorly eductated. The mass of people have internalized their oppression to the degree that I do not feel that mere revolution will liberate them. We must work to liberate their minds before we can hope for any lasting political liberation. We should plan what classes we will teach!" Pierre says with cheer. He is happy to have met the anarchists. His pet salamander pokes its head out of his shirt pocket and coos at Wyrm. Most salamanders are quiet, but Snowflake is a special salamander.

[Sakari Lehtinen]

Sakari smiles and nods, considering that maybe going to the poker game isn't the best place for Antero.

"Rules are so very oppressive..." I reply somewhat vacantly, my mind too preoccupied with poker to think about politics.

Sakari starts to worry about alienating Antero, and decides that it's probably best if they don't play poker.

"Would you like to explore the town, Antero? I have never been to Nice before."