Prison Pancake

Who: Justin Pancake
Where: Prison
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He felt his heart beating fast. "Why is this happening? Why hasn't things gone the way they should? You promised. YOU PROMISED I'D BE CAPTAIN YOU SMEGGING TIMETRAVELLING SHITBAG!"
He stopped and waited for Potential to appear. But he didn't.
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It was two weeks before Potential showed himself. Justin sat quietly in the prison for most of the time, but occasionally would have fits of rage and lash out at inanimate objects like the wall and his bed. Soon enough he'd bruised his knuckles enough from punching things that it hurt too much.
He only heard titbits of information from the guards that gave him his food. He wasn't sure how long he was going to be in there for. Every time he asked for Rosette to come and see him to explain his sentence, but Rosette never came.
So Justin started a hunger strike. He stopped eating.
Really the only person he was hurting was himself. But if the guards let him die, there would be an investigation into why they let a prisoner die and someone would lose their job. Maybe even Rosette, as she'd be the most senior person responsible.
The guards first tried force feeding him the food. Then they actually started being nice and giving him more tasty food, a full roast dinner rather than the usual prison gruel. That was tempting, but Pancake stood firm and didn't eat a thing.
He was starting to feel feint, he looked at his arms which were getting skinny. It was working, he could tell the guards were shitting themselves.
They even brought him a pancake. "Here, your favourite!" They said.
"It's my name, not my favourite smeghead!" He shouted back.
"Oh yeah, sorry." Said the guard.
After two weeks he was starting to feel delirious. He had weird dreams and hallucinations during the day.
It was at this time that Potential decided to visit. "How can I be sure you're not a hallucination?" Justin asked.
Potential raised one of his bushy eyebrows. "I suppose you can't."
Justin pushed himself onto his feet. "I've been waiting a long time for this!" He said, and took a step closer to punch Potential across the face. But he was too weak and he collapsed on the floor.
"I hate you." He whispered. "I tried so hard to get everything I wanted. Everything you promised."
Potential took a deep breath. "There are many different paths you can take in life. If you try hard you can get onto the really good path. If not... then..." His voice trailed off.
Justin shook his head. "But I did try hard."
Potential raised a large sceptical eyebrow.
"I wish you'd never told me what I could have had." Justin said. "Then I wouldn't miss it."
"Ignorance is bliss!" Said Potential. "But then there's just so much wasted Potential in the world."
"I don't want you to tell me anything else about my future." Justin ordered him. "And I don't want to see you again."
Potential nodded.
"When do I get out of here?" Justin asked.
"But you just told me not to tell you your future!" Said Potential. And vanished.
<Tag does anyone want to visit Justin or see him on community service? Rosette you might have to force Justin to eat or he might die on your watch!>