savetheearth | Entry #A-4: "Ante" [February 21, Text]

Though the police and the Blood Keys obviously represent a threat to many numbered individuals, I have a question about organized religion, and what pulses might mean when framed within certain philosophical contexts. No matter how natural it might feel, if there really is another being nudging its way into an existing consciousness, changing a person's aptitudes, physical attributes and even their personality... there have to be at least a few churches that would consider that demonic possession, right? Has anyone tried to reconcile what's happening with influential religious practices, and do we have any resources for assisting anyone who might wind up the subject of an attempted exorcism? Those still happen today, they can be extremely dangerous, and I'm concerned about the possibility of frightened numbered people seeking out such assistance, or being subjected to it by their families and communities. Thinking you're crazy is one thing, but sincerely believing that the devil is wielding you as an instrument is another entirely. Probably not something that the FAQ page can successfully assuage, for the most tenaciously convinced.

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I worked hard, and earned every compliment. I hardly think they were "a load of shit."

If you worked hard to earn compliments you sure as fuck were.

No one should be complimented for nothing. Don't you agree about that?

Depends what you call "nothing"

Most the shit people get complimented on has nothing to do with anything. Nice hair, nice eyes, bullshit like that. School's even worse. Being so good at being able to follow along like a cog in the machine and show that you're willing to put aside your own life for some other bullshit that doesn't even require you to think.

If you're born smart, why the hell should you get complimented for it? It's what you do with the smarts you have that matters.

Is that what you usually get complimented on? Your appearance?

Only by people I hate.

And my aunts.

If it makes you feel better, I think your hair is really stupid.

Fuck you too....

You're just impossible to please.

Says the man who doesn't understand anything about people.

I understand that you maintain a glorious mane of flowing locks and seem to be offended when people notice them at all.

I keep my hair long so it doesn't stick up worse than a video game character's.

No one ever talks about my hair.

Because the only thing that sticks out about it is how badly it sticks up...

Black hair that sticks up is no different from white hair that sticks up. If I live long enough, maybe I'll eventually have white hair that sticks up.

And there's your key phrase. If you live long enough.

When the hell was the last time you saw at 17 year old with white hair that wasn't me?

I have met albino children before. It's rare but not unheard of.

And you know how badly they stick out when you do see one of them?

Also? Not albino.

I don't think I said you were. Just that I'd met other people with white hair. Yours is from trauma, I'm well aware.

And I bet they stick out just as much, if not worse. Because it's not normal. So people notice. Which I don't like.

You could always shave or crop it and wear a wig.

[[.....]]

No.

Why? Do you have a good reason?

It would be annoying as fuck!

So... no, not really.

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