[032. And you want three wishes.]

[lydiascreams]

[Today, a basket of candy showed up in everyone's cabin.

The candy will be personalized to match people's tastes. If for some reason someone's world doesn't have candy, it'll be a collection of the best candy from Lydia's Earth.

There'll be a note on the basket that says:

Be Sweeter!
♥ Lydia

Those who eat the candy will be feeling a lot more mellow, calm, and will be overall less likely to get involved in fights or anything violent.

The more candy consumed, the stronger the effect will be. The time it lasts will depend on everyone's biology and metabolism. The only side effect is that-- it might make people hungrier than usual.

She's fully expecting people to ask her about the candy, and she'll be glad to answer questions anyone might have. Even if she is pretty worn out from getting all of that done.]



[Video - Wardens]
[She's also exhausted from the other thing she did. After Arthas was released, she wasted no time before taking care of him.

When she starts the video, she has a tired, but satisfied smile on her lips.]

I have taken care of Arthas for the time being. He won't be hurting anyone.

[She turns the camera to show a bunny in a pen, and he's showing her his teeth. So she turns the camera back to herself.]

He's pretty vicious for now. I encourage anyone who knows him to come see him and talk to him. He's still himself and he'll remain this way until he starts to listen to us.

For his safety, I won't let him out of my sight, but his communicator is with him in case you want to leave him a message.



[Private - Pounce]
[She's still more than a little shaken up. She doesn't know what she was thinking, she doesn't understand how she couldn't see it before, but she does now. And she wants to fix it. So she follows Letty's suggestion and doesn't hesitate before asking for more help.]

I need your help with Arthas. It's urgent.



[Spam - Stiles]
[It's not until after she took care of everything with Arthas. Until after she spoke with Letty, took a shower and she managed to calm down that she makes her way over to his cabin with Prada in her arms.

She finds it strange that he hasn't checked in on her yet, but as she uses her key and quietly steps into his room only to find him passed out on his desk, it suddenly makes sense why.

So she closes the door quietly, sets Prada down, then silently makes her way over to her boyfriend.

If he was in bed, she wouldn't wake him. But as it is, he just looks uncomfortable.]

Stiles. [She whispers quietly, then places a hand on his arm.]

Comments

[ Warden Filter ]

[leavetreadmarks]

[Wow, that's uh...]

Holy shit, Lydia! You can't just turn people into something else because you can!

[ Warden Filter ]

[lydiascreams]

[Can't she? Because she feels like she can do whatever she wants right now.]

What else would you wanna try? Besides, I already told him that it's up to him to become human again.

[warden filter]

[tucky]

[woahhhh she can actually see this now woahhhhhhh]

He's never gonna listen, I think.

[warden filter]

[lydiascreams]

[She does a double take, but shrugs it off.]

Well, he has the rest of the month to learn, and then he gets to go back to human if that's what his next warden wants.

[Private, text]

[americasdirtiest]

whats all the chocolate 4?

[Not that he's really complaining. This is the best he's felt while sober in weeks.]

[Private, text]

[lydiascreams]

I figured it'd help everyone relax some. And I'm sure a lot of us are homesick.

[She particularly misses Reese's Cups.]

warden filter

[chaotica]

Oh, you bloody child.

warden filter

[lydiascreams]

Excuse you.

[omar]

[Omar, on the other hand, is less than delighted when he starts to realize that there's something soporific in his Skittles.]

Y'all drugging the food, now? Didn't know things had got that bad.

[lydiascreams]

There are no drugs on the food, Inmate.

[Yeah, this is payback.]

[termofendearment]

Candy with a note. Seems pretty Alice in Wonderland.

[No, it hasn't stopped him from eating the candy, he's just helpfully pointing it out.]

[lydiascreams]

I've always been more of a Little Mermaid fan, myself.

[And she's glad to see some people appreciate her hard work.]

[whatthewrackspurt]

That's a curious thing for a rabbit to be doing. What's his name?

[lydiascreams]

He's not a real rabbit, Luna.

That's Arthas. It's like-- transmogrification.

[fridgetothefire]

Do you think this will make him kinder?

[lydiascreams]

Do you have any other suggestions that haven't already been tried in the years that he's been here?

[versusnurture]

That was an evil thing to do.

[lydiascreams]

Evil is just sitting back and watching him kill and hurt people over and over again.

[warden filter]

[routemistress]

I did summat like this to Vic once, but the difference was I warned 'im. I told 'im exactly what'd 'appen if 'e crossed a particular line. Vic made the choice to cross it anyway.

There's a part of me that's really satisfied to see Arthas like that, but I'm not sure it's the part any of us should be wardening with.

[warden filter]

[lydiascreams]

I think he's had plenty of warnings at this point, Iris. He killed the Admiral for all we know.

We don't have a lot of choices left.

[mistconduct]

[In a sing-song voice]

Have I told you lately that I love you?

[lydiascreams]

[Chris agreeing with her is a little concerning, though.]

Thanks, Chris.

video

[thelastbullet]

...Are you Lydia?

[Because he feels like he should either thank the person who left him a basket filled with Saltwater Taffy, Abba-Zabba's, chocolate and other things from home he hadn't expected to see here- or that he should ask them what the fuck is up with that.]

video

[lydiascreams]

Yes, I am. You're-- Jimmy, right?

[She's seen him around.]

[demolitions]

You're one of those [annoying] people that perkily goes around tellin' people to smile, ain't you?

audio

[walkthedarkpath]

That is exactly the type of person Lydia is.

[ His voice was very dry.]

Private;

[absentconstellation]

This was very foolish.

[ He doesn't sound angry, really. Just patronizing, like a parent scolding someone else's child. ]

Private;

[lydiascreams]

[Normally, she'd fight someone talking to her like that. But right now, she knows he's right.]

I know. Which is why I'm asking you for your help.

I wanna change him back, but I don't want him to hurt anyone else.

Warden Filter

[formerself]

What the fuck is wrong with you.

Warden Filter

[lydiascreams]

And how long have you been here to have an opinion on the matter? Two days?

[ Private : Voice ]

[warisart]

[It takes several hours for Ben to contact Lydia; in that timeframe he has, at the behest of Abigail, sampled some of the candy along with her. It is the combination of his own metabolism processing even that small sample - if it were a toxin his system would filter it out; instead he feels the effects keenly - and observing the change in Abigail that motivates him to remove the candy from his inmate's possession, cautioning her not to eat any more.

That, and to open a private feed to Lydia; his voice is tense and even. Neutral, but not because he himself is neutral.]

Lydia, what is the purpose of the candy?

[ Private : Voice ]

[lydiascreams]

I wanted to do something nice for everyone.

[And that is one hundred percent the truth. But since this is Ben, and she trusts him, she's willing to elaborate on that answer.]

Do you remember the Christmas sweaters and how it made people more cheerful?

Spam

[voluntaryapnea]

[He's been exhausted. He doesn't know what he's doing. He doesn't know how to help Dean, he doesn't know how to help Scott. He feels like he's spiraling out of control. Not like when he'd been possessed, but it's still not a feeling he enjoys.

He starts a little when she lays a hand on his arm, and he pulls his head up and off the desk, blinking owlishly.]

Lydia? What's going on?

Spam

[lydiascreams]

[She gives him a small smile, then brushes her hand over his hair when he looks up at her.]

You fell asleep.

[And then she pulls her hand away just to take off the coat she was wearing on top of her pajamas so no one would see her in them on the way to his cabin. Once the coat is on the back of his chair, she turns her attention back on him and holds out her hand.]

You need to go to bed.

[She doesn't know if she'll be able to sleep at all, she's still so upset, so disappointed in herself. But if he's able to sleep, she'll just let him. Because she knows how hard sleep is on him.]