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[reapsthewind]

Okay, with that out of the way, thoughts on those jackasses on the forums? And heyyy how are you all holding up, everyone doing okay, nobody's turned into a giant monster yet?

[Private to Mordin Solus and also Aaron Strider]

Hey, you two, I was wondering if I could make an actual appointment at the clinic? I have cybernetic eyes I've had for a month and I want to know how the hell they're actually allowing me to see. Also, I've had this really annoying buzzing noise in my chest that gets worse when I have one of those flashbacks, or when I get body dysphoria. Worried that I've grown more robot bits, but I can't be sure. Either one of you free? [/private]

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[shiromadoushi]

Looks almost like sci fi hieroglyphics. Another flashback?

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[reapsthewind]

Yeah, I got it at the art gallery. Was staring at those statues for too long and there it was.

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[shiromadoushi]

I wonder what it is about those things. Kinda weird that something that you'd think would be tools of the other guys makes us react...

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[wordsgate]

From what I can tell so far, the value they place on human life isn't particularly high. Like it's unfortunate to have to kill, but sometimes needed. Like we're squirrels in an overpopulated neighborhood.

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[reapsthewind]

Yeah, I got that impression as well. And I really don't like it. I don't understand why they feel the need to kill us in the first place, and they won't tell us what they really want without us giving them information on us, which is all not exactly making me want to trust them. I can understand an ends-justify-the-means sort of attitude, but I understand that better when I know what the ends are.

[wordsgate]

Right. I can't imagine what they thought the reaction was going to be when they keep saying "We're prepared to kill every single living being on the planet but we don't WANT to!"

On the other hand, starting a war with them will definitely lead to some sort of casualties. But I'm not sure that NOT fighting with them will ensure no casualties, either.

[reapsthewind]

Yeah, exactly. And NOT fighting them is also like... we don't REALLY know what they want. What if they want to brainwash everyone and take them all as slaves? What if they want to turn them all into mutants like those dogmen and those birds? What if they want to drain the oceans? We have NO IDEA, and we're at an impasse because they won't tell us unless we tell them stuff.

Personally, I say we fight the bastards.

I also have to wonder... the guy told me that the Earth started it. Which makes no fucking sense, given that I think they're the invaders. But if we did, I'm inclined to trust us.

Also makes me wonder why we're reacting to their stuff like this. Some people are getting back superpowers. And it usually happens when we encounter their handiwork. So maybe we're meant to fight them? I don't like the idea of being someone else's pawn, but...

[wordsgate]

I hadn't thought of that. I guess it's possible, but does everyone getting 'Extras' really fit under that idea? How will a talking horse help us fight them? Hell, I don't think I have anything to offer if it actually comes down to a fight. Not unless you want me to diagnose them with the DSM. Or distract them with a kendama.

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[mightymegatron]

That does sound appropriate.

Fascinating. I feel like we should discuss this in person. As a not,e the language you're using - it's... similar, very similar. Similar enough for me to understand it, but there are a few differences.

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[reapsthewind]

Yeah, I went back and looked at your old post. It's sort of... a dialect difference, I think? More extreme than the differences between British English and American but understandable...

Anyway, I'm free tonight and tomorrow, I think. I have to do some paper grading in the morning though.

[mightymegatron]

You and your papers, Christobel. You could just start working for me, you know.

[reapsthewind]

Look, I told you, I'm going to start once the kids are out for the summer. I still have to work on my thesis, but I can work for you part time. Just give me a start date.

[mightymegatron]

Sometime in June? I need to iron out the details and get the paperwork in order.

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[icy_heavens]

[... Yeah, he's just going to ignore that whole first bit. Because what even.]

I don't suppose they had anything useful to say on that forum?

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[reapsthewind]

Not really. They're pretty good at proving themselves to be creepy space bastards though!

I suggest lurking, actually, some of the shit they're saying is hilarious. "Trust us! We're totally cool! But we're probably gonna murder everyone for their own good."

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[icy_heavens]

[Yeah, maybe it'd be funny if it weren't real. Unfortunately, Chris is talking to the kid who's shown no signs of a sense of humour.]

They can't seriously believe anyone would buy that.

[He'd have gone on there, but he doesn't know how much it takes to have something traceable on him. Didn't want to risk it.]

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[reapsthewind]

Go see for yourself! Unless like this is about that you don't wanna be traced on the forum? I can help you out with that if that's the deal.

But yeah some folk even seem to be semi-buying it. I'm like, really?

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[testsonseashells]

Certainly. Date and time?

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[reapsthewind]

Uhh, Monday around 3? I have some time between work and classes then.

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[testsonseashells]

Works for me. Will see you then.

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[reapsthewind]

Marvelous!

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[wastingtime]

Another new language?

[typed now]

[reapsthewind]

No, it's identical to the one Matt picked up. Well, not 100% identical? There's some weird dialect differences. It's sort of like I'm speaking Elizabethan english and he's speaking modern?

[wastingtime]

Or a matter of American English against Austrailian?

[reapsthewind]

It's a little stronger than that, but yeah.