Among the many scandals plaguing Devil’s Island, perhaps one of the biggest one known to a quarter of the prison population until now, is the infamous “numbers game,” run by Groggleman.A select few including yours truly, are well aware of the numbers game. The numbers game works like this: a pool of prisoners bet on each other to how long one will outlast the other via varying torture methods. Groggleman has been running this numbers game for nearly a year & a half, almost exactly the time he was awarded the prestigious & truly coveted award, “Prison Boss Of The Year.” Then, Groggleman instructs Josie Peppermint to work the numbers among her group of prisoners she supervises. It’s just that simple!
Last week, after the sudden & unpredictable execution of Va-Va-Voom, who some claim was executed in order to keep quiet about the numbers game, a rather harried Josie Peppermint suddenly came up to a group of us & told us to meet with her in her office in two minutes flat.
So those of us who were picked reported to her office. The doors that were connected to her office were all shut, locked & barred, while the windows were all shuttered. Josie Peppermint looked pale & stoic. Almost zombie-like with an edge of strange calmness to her appearance. Those of us who had gathered inside knew right away something was terribly wrong.
“Due to circumstances beyond my control, I have decided to take you four out of our group on a temporary basis. We expect you as numbers runners to be pulling your weight around here and you four simply aren’t doing that,” said the anal retentive Josie Peppermint firmly.
Little Mama, Twitchy, Flood-Pants Fred & I were dumb-founded. We all knew something was going down & beyond what Josie Peppermint was ordered to tell us. Where did Josie Peppermint get off telling all of us that we were no longer good enough for her, Groggleman & the stupid numbers game?
As it turns out, Josie Peppermint’s top soldier is none other than Johnny Vegas, the golden boy for Groggleman’s numbers manipulation game. I say manipulation because that’s exactly what Johnny Vegas does, is give Groggleman truly false numbers & figures; day after day, week after eek, month after month & perhaps year after year if it comes to that. And Groggleman accepts it at face value without checking his totals. It’s as if he’s signed a secret “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell No Questions Asked” pact with Johnny Vegas.
And as for the campaign between those of us who have been given bigger amounts of names to work with, as opposed to smaller amounts to work with; well of course! Those with fewer names will pull in higher percentages!
Do we all look that stupid to you Josie Peppermint? Are we all some kind of patsy for you, Groggleman? Is that why Miz Lou was moved to another section of the prison for pointing out flaws in the numbers game? Is that also why Atom-Bomb Amy was executed nearly three weeks ago because she was about to blow the whistle on your secret & illegal numbers game to the upper prison brass, Groggleman???
I’m sure that the rest of the prisoners inside the system would really like to know more about this numbers game that you play with our group, Groggleman & Josie Peppermint; it’s the least you can do!
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