savetheearth | {3rd Flower; Video}

[With recent events, Solana's usual cheer isn't quite there. As much as she tries to keep it in place, it's not as evident. More forced at least initially. She can't help dwelling on it since she saw it on the news. Mentioned on the network.]

I'm glad things seem to have worked out with the police at least? But I'm not so sure I'm comfortable with hearing about that murder. I gather she was one of us? That's...that doesn't bode well. I guess so far I'm lucky I haven't really echoed back anything majorly obvious like all that blonde hair.....? but even so I can't help but be kind of....well, terrified about that.

I'm guessing I'm not the only one? I mean. Okay, I have...a frying pan. But that isn't enough to really defend myself with? I don't have any special powers or anything. I don't suppose there's much we can do though. At least, unless this gets even more serious and more of us are attacked. I'm not sure on the details if that even is why she was attacked and killed or it was just a coincidence she was one of us. If it was....some sort of warning to all of us?

I don't know. There's probably still a lot that went down that me being so new, I've not realized, but....I just hope everyone is careful. Take care of each other, okay?

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

It's not really a surprise if there was violence committed against us. It's only human nature. If there's another group seen as an 'other,' then people will come to hate that group. We may even be blamed for some of the things that happened.

It's part of why I've been keeping it under wraps in my personal life. I'm not in a position to really deal with that. Though I do also have the concern of when I might echo back something that's not so easy to hide.

I know. 'Us' versus 'Them' mentality and all. I just--I'd hate for all of this to be the reason. We don't have any control over these echoes or anything. It's not our fault, we didn't choose for this. That's why...if that is the reason she was attacked. It just doesn't seem fair.

[But very little is. Nobody cares about whether something is 'fair'. This isn't some fairytale happy ending.]

I doubt many of us are really in any sort of position to deal with all of this. But I can understand the concern over echoing back something more obvious.

That's usually how us vs them goes. Perhaps it's easier to maintain that much hate when it's something that can't be helped. then they can constantly hate them without needing to change.

Yes. Though did you echo back a frying pan?

Hm. Constantly hating someone just seems...exhausting to me though. I wish they could see how this could help instead. All these echoes and powers we could use to help them. It doesn't need to be like this. Fighting or killing people.....

[Pause. Oh.]

Er, yeah. I did. Kind of silly, really.

It really does. That's just constant stress.

It would be better if people could see the good. Some of these abilities or materials aren't even of this world, the type of scientific advancements we could do to figure out how they work here would be amazing.

Is it just a normal frying pan?

Exactly! You get it! So why can't they? We could help so much with these echoes. Or, with some of them at least. I guess coming to that point will take time though. Until they come to accept us and our powers.

Yeah. As far as I can tell. It's not as heavy as I initially figured, but it seems normal to me. Why?

People fear the unknown. It is human nature. It's flawed and horrible, but sadly understandable. Though the fact the echoes can hit young and old and there are people in power, it may be easier to overcome versus the centuries of other minority groups.

It just seems peculiar a frying pan was important enough tob e associated with your echoes.

That's true. It should help. Hopefully..... [Unless it;s worse from people being scared if and when they find those in power are numbered as well.]

I know, right? I mean. It's a frying pan....there's nothing that exciting or powerful or unique there.

[Or that. Really, it could go either way.] Hopefully. We'll just have to try our best to be good representatives if we're ever found out.

Maybe you were a famous chef?

I guess. Just have to wait and see what happens.

A chef? I doubt it. I mean. I'm a decent enough cook and baker but hardly chef level.

Sadly it's all we could do right now.

Even in the other life?

Basically. Unfortunately......

Yeah. I remember painting, but that's about it, really. At least, so far in terms of my hobbies or job.

Painting? What kind of paintings?

{3rd Flower; Video}

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject