URGENT BULLETIN.

[mmnpcs]

[ The following is secured to the network at 9 PM, via an ID that has not been present on it yet, a simple non-interactive bulletin. It will not be responded to, although imPorts are free to engage in discussion amongst themselves. ]

ATTENTION IMPORTS!

It is come to our attention that Unsettled imPorts have been allowed to skirt our regulations regarding what benefits are and aren't received up to this month, which is a dire oversight on the part of your liaisons and supervisors. Upon discovering that the budget for imPort benefits received far exceeded the amount needed for the current amount of Registered imPorts we have on file, further investigation showed that many similar oversights have been provided for non-Registered imPorts off the books that have not been sanctioned by those of us outside of Cape Canaveral.

We are getting to the bottom of this and are making cuts in the budget where they should have been already: Non-Registered imPorts were never meant to be receiving these benefits for as long as they have been. Furthermore, upon questioning your current imPort Affairs Liaison, Captain Parc Holiday, he could not account for every inconsistency we've since discovered and showed some alarming signs of blunted affect and apparent memory gaps; those inconsistencies he claimed he could recall he admitted to committing.

Make no mistake, we in the Federal Government sympathize with the imPort plight, but we cannot afford to let free resources be given out illegally; Captain Holiday does not have the authority to make such decisions. Effective immediately he has been removed from his position as ImPort/Government Affairs Liaison and has been moved into a maximum security psychiatric facility to further study his symptoms. Until we can locate a suitable replacement or Captain Holiday proves himself truly fit to resume his duties, we are promoting Lieutenant Ananke to Captain so she can operate in his stead and will be keeping an eye on the situation as well as her performance to determine what other changes may prove necessary.

- L. Chases
Secretary of Defense

Comments

video.

[heralding]

Well, that's a nice name. Maybe some people will stop having doubts now.

[Despite her response, she is worried about the Captain.]

voice;

[waiting]

Well, shit. Do they really think locking him up is the way to help him?

voice;

[databoner]

Do you really think locking him up was to help him?

voice;

[lyingheart]

In a Maximum Security facility?

[ said dryly. ]

Either you're worried about him getting out, or someone getting in to him.

voice

[performance]

[ comm reads robin. ]

And maximum security, at that.

voice;

[isaytheeneigh]

Nah, they just think that something else is the problem, and this is the excuse they're giving.

Not that I doubt the memory loss, but that's not how you handle it, right?

Re: voice;

[andaway]

They obviously do not really mean to help him. Even I can tell that much already.

But it worries me that they are so... open about it. They aren't even trying to hide it.

video

[setright]

[Behold, the eyeroll.]

Gotta love America.

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[proteus]

I'm from 2004 and even their shit didn't stink this rank.

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[lyingheart]

I do wonder what kind of funding they're receiving for the several hundred of us, when they're this concerned over the misspending claimed to be going on.

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[selfequipped]

Am I supposed to have a check or ten that I never got? That's a lot of wine I've missed out on.

voice.

[isaytheeneigh]

[While he has no investment in the life of Captain Parc Holiday, he still feels for him. More than that, his predicament is all too familiar. Jean doesn't like it.]

Hey—[he assumes someone will pay attention, with all the potential discussion of this bulletin.]—Is selective memory loss a common thing in this world?

I missed that one.

voice.

[waiting]

[ Although they're already touching on the subject up top, this is a more direct question, so he opts to answer-- ]

Not as far as I know. What I've seen is that some of the people who've been here before disappear, then come back without remembering any of it. Like they're a different version of themselves, or something.

This'd be the first time I heard about it happening to a a native, though.

voice;

[shuckit]

A maximum security nut house just for memory loss? You can't be serious with this klunk.

[ there's an uncertainty in his tone, because this seriously freaks him out. they can do this sort of thing here to a government official. what does that mean for what they can do to them? ]

voice;

[heralding]

We spoke about Lachesis.

[And her activity ... or lack thereof.]

It's suspicious that the two are tied, don't you think?

[Video]

[bullysandwicher]

[ eating cake as she speaks. noi never gave a damn about all of this, but lately things have been just way too obvious that even her has to comment ]

You guys sure are really funny. Okay, so you do have a bunch of imPorts who are idiots and follow along with you, but I don't think anyone will be that much of an idiot to believe a Maximum Security mental house is just for the guy's well being.

C'mon. You are the Federal Government of United States of America [ spoken with all the sarcasm ], do a better job at convincing us.

[earnedmystripes]

[You know, he didn't even like Holiday that much at all, but this is like 9000 kinds of fishy.]

You've gotta be kidding me.

[observationalhazard]

I don't think they are.

[Smart-ass.]

video;

[diociopath]

The amount needed.

[Repeated rather flatly, before he just laughs.]

Considering the state of some ImPorts, I'd hardly be surprised if there wasn't any consideration behind what constitutes as necessary.

video;

[brushoff]

Precisely. Far exceeded? Even what we barely get as a stipend isn't enough.

[acclimatized]

Well, this doesn't sound shifty at all.

[parallels]

Couldn't be further from it.

AUDIO.

[selfimage]

[ he'd say something about convenience but-- ]

Dun dun dun, who's bringing the popcorn and who's bringing the revolution?

video;

[selfequipped]

You're not allowed to eat popcorn through this, Loki.

video;

[parallels]

So.

You bring us here, against our will, and then when some of us refuse, you decide you're not going to help them even though you're the reason they're here in the first place. Going a bit far to cover your arse, don't you think?

video;

[brushoff]

Only a bit, [ said in a joking tone ]

Because God forbid the government acknowledge that they make mistakes.

video;

[brushoff]

Captain Fate? Well, this will go swimmingly. [ his voice is DRIPPING in sarcasm. ]

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[proteus]

Do you want Les Miserables? Because this is how you get Les Miserables.

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[selfimage]

Everyone pick a solo.

[hadtoperishtwice]

So. I don't suppose the money that's going to be saved by putting the non-registered out on the street is going to go toward finding a way to get us home, is it?

[selfequipped]

Hey there! You might be a little behind. The porter itself isn't currently controlled by the government, but instead another being called Lachesis. If the name doesn't ring a bell, you might notice a very similar name right here.

But the big thing is: no one from the government wants us here! At least, us unwilling folk, which is actually a great deal of us.

[video]

[acrobrat]

[Anita puts a finger on her cheek, sticks out her tongue and blows a loud, rude raspberry.

Then she makes a rude gesture before the camera. Yes, THAT rude gesture.]

Maybe you should've left your hero-ing to your locals. Idiots.

voice.

[glowsferatu]

Oh my god, they even said it! I didn't give it any thought, but the Hornets said something just like this.