Case #50: Video [Warden Filter]

[19centconstable]

[George is in his room, in front of the large chalkboard he wheels out from time to time. Today he has scribbled what appear to be word problems on it. One reads: if 1(W) + 1(I) = helpful, then ?(W) = extra helpful?. Scribbled near that is: Ad = ?(I) 5?. There are also some pictures of some ghosts. Some of the ghosts are also pirates, because that seems appropriate. There is also a doodle of a dog preparing a roast ham. It's very life-like, but you can tell it isn't real because the dog hasn't eaten the roast. George begins:]

Fellow wardens: it has lately come to my attention that many of us are currently without inmates; that there are, in fact, more of us than there are of them. ...Although I don't like to think of things in terms of "us" and "them". At any rate: while one can view this as quite positive, and proof of the good works we're doing here, it does leave many of us sitting idle, which I don't believe is the Admiral's intention.

[George raises a finger.]

This has given me an idea. Now, I'm sure you all noticed our Admiral's recent apology, wherein he reported having been so overwhelmed that he did himself an injury. I think this is simply unacceptable. All of us are here to help others, and here, right in front of us, is a man clearly in need of help. Therefore, I propose that those of us who are unassigned turn our efforts towards the Admiral himself!

Now: who has got experience in driving large vessels?

Comments

[strangehistorian]

Caves, generally. Sometimes roosts.

[19centconstable]

Do you make the caves, or do a large number of suitable caves simply exist?

This is terribly interesting to me.

[strangehistorian]

It really all comes down to personal preference. My flight makes its home in what was once a natural chamber, though it has been modified heavily and made transcendent to the ordinary dimensions of the stone over the years. The Black flight will usually create caves when needed by diverting nearby volcanos or some such. It's very disruptive.

[19centconstable]

Transcendent to ordinary...I see.

[Nope.]

How does one even divert a volcano? They seem quite unflappable.

[strangehistorian]

Their flight is very gifted with the manipulation of the elements - earth and fire, water, wind. The first two especially.

[19centconstable]

That is very gifted indeed.

[strangehistorian]

Yes. The gifts of the other flights are just as powerful. In theory, they all keep each other in check. In practice...