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[sassguard]

I don't know what I saw yesterday, but I don't think I'm the only one who saw it.

I need information about a brainwashing facility that might have existed twenty, maybe thirty years ago. Or anything dealing with imPorts, if there's a record of that. I've been looking into it, but I haven't had a lot of luck turning anything up.

I want to know if that was real.

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[bindsthedead]

I saw it to.

I can't find much about that time in general- a few references to the 'Peaceful Compliance Act' and protests against it in less mainstream sources, but that's all.

[sassguard]

[ He supposes he shouldn't be surprised -- if there's anything that's remained constant in history, it's governments quietly scrubbing out traces of things they don't want other people to know about. Still, if he was even considering registering for a moment, this has effectively soured him on the concept again. ]

At least I know I'm not going crazy, unless it was a mass hallucination.

What's the Peaceful Compliance Act?

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[prostheticbody]

This is the first I've heard of this. Do you have anything more specific? Uncovering information that the government might want to remain hidden is one of my specialties, but I need all the details you can give me.

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[sassguard]

[ It's a name he recognizes, from conversations with Kaidan, but they haven't interacted personally. Still, if what he's told him about her abilities is true, she might have a better shot at figuring some of this out more than anyone... ]

I haven't seen anyone else mention it, so I wasn't sure if I was the only one, though there were people I recognized.

I woke up in a room where imPorts were drugged and restrained, forced to watch some kind of propaganda video. It seemed like it was part of a bigger facility. It was big -- hard to get an accurate sense of its size, but big enough to lose your sense of direction in.

The videos seemed to be designed to ensure compliance and loyalty to the government. Based on the state of technology in use, I'd say it pre-dates what we've seen in Heropa, but I'm not an expert on that.

[ That seems good enough. Then, as a follow-up: ]

But I didn't actually go anywhere, not physically. I've been in my room the whole time.

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[abadidea]

What...? Brainwashing? 30 years ago? What are you talking about, Shepard?

[No. Really. This is super-huge important.]

[sassguard]

[ Put that way, it probably sounds pretty worrying. Maybe Shepard should have been more careful with his wording. ]

I got a vision of the past... I think. Or something that was supposed to be. I don't know how much of it was real.

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[flamels]

brainwashing? I don't know a lot on that. But. Could be worth looking into. I can check the library, there would have to be at least some records in imPorts back then, right? But some might be more restricted. I'm guessing you saw something different from me. For me it was some weird future, ten years from now.

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[sassguard]

You'd be surprised what people can hide. I'd appreciate anything you can find, but don't get in trouble.

[ That's rich, coming from him. ]

What did you see? Something like that happened earlier this week to me, too. Some kind of mass hallucination?

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[incendere]

[A brainwashing facility?]

Are you all right?

I can't say I've heard anything about that. Although it would certainly explain a few things.
Were you able to see anything else that might give some more information as to its location or what it might be called?

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[sassguard]

[ With Roy, someone he knows a little better, and trusts -- Shepard can relax, and get a little more personal with the details he reveals. ]

I'm fine -- just pissed off. I don't like my head being messed with.

The tech was outdated enough that it looked like it must have been in the past, though I know what that sounds like. Kaidan says I never left my room, but if it was a dream, it was a pretty convincing one. Getting tazed definitely felt real enough.

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[kanadian]

If you need help looking for something, you could always just ask.

[ If texts could be passive aggressive... ]

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[sassguard]

[ Luckily, he's oblivious, or pretending to be. ]

I know, but I think this is something a little bigger than you and me. I thought I'd try to see what I could find out first, but it isn't much.

Makes me wonder if any of it was real.

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[youbastard]

what happened?

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[sassguard]

That's what I'm trying to figure out, myself.

Yesterday I woke up and I thought I was somewhere else, but Kaidan says I've been in my room the whole time. It's not the first time this has happened, either.

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[rathercommon]

I'd say normally that that's the sort of thing that you very much WOULDN'T be able to find. But the current government sort of wants to turn its back on the regime that existed before, right? So maybe if you could ask Holiday, he might have something to say about it...Do you know where the facility would have been? Geographically?

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[sassguard]

It was hard to tell much of anything, honestly. All I could tell was that it was big, and it was hard to maintain any sense of direction.

I haven't spoken to Holiday myself, but I feel like he'd take the question better if it came from someone he already knew.

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[gabriel_gray]

A brainwashing facility? Now we're on course for the abuse of powers I know and love.
You traveled backward, not forward in time?

[sassguard]

You've experienced it before?

I don't think it counts as time travel if your body doesn't come with you. But I've seen both in one week.

[khajidont]

I remember it.

Was everything normal once you woke up?

[The ambiguous wording is a concession to privacy -- in case Shepard doesn't want his brainwashing to be public knowledge. Jaime sure wouldn't.]

[sassguard]

[ He's already mentioned some of it to others, but he appreciates the gesture, all the same -- and he's damn well not about to go into details in public, either. ]

As normal as being in another universe ever is.

[ Jaime had come in towards the end of things, he remembers that much. Though the details are blurry, he also has the uncomfortable memory of being little more than dead weight, and eventually checking out of the hallucination entirely, so he has no idea how that turned out. ]

Did you ever find a way out?

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[whathawksdo]

Why do I get the distinct feeling you had a little fun with time travel as well?

[ Fun meaning not really fun at all, but, you know. ]

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[sassguard]

If your idea of fun is being chewed up and spat out by a thresher maw, then I guess you could say that.

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[steeletto]

Real or not, it wasn't one of my better days. Sorry to meet you that way, Commander.

[sassguard]

Would you believe me if I said it's not the worst first meeting I've had?

You seem to be feeling better.

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[justimom]

It would not be unexpected in a place such as this. [ No offense to humans but this place certainly has oppressive government feel all over it. ] Have you been able to find any information?

[sassguard]

Nothing conclusive, at least not on this side.

All I know is that I wasn't the only one who experienced that. Other people saw more than I did -- there were protests. And something called the Peaceful Compliance Act.