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[ghoulking]

[ Video starts and there is one (1) Kaneki and one (1) Riptide looking back at you. Kaneki gently nods his head as a polite greeting and riptide raises a hand in a light wave.]

Hello everyone, we are making an official announcement that we are currently working to visit Death Island and build a memorial on site for the imPorts who have permanently died there. For those who aren’t familiar with the story, in 2008 a group of teenage imPorts went to the island in order to stop a man who built a Death Ray. I understand the naming is… [ IT’S SOMETHING. ] but the Ray killed seven imPorts permanently. It has been ten years since then, and I think it’s important to remember those who were lost.

--Right, yeah, [riptide leans a little closer to the camera. it’s time to pay attention to him now!!] it’s got a weird name and the history sucks. So, anyway, we already have quite a bit of backing from ambassador Baal, Baelish and senator Hundred. Er-- [he looks down. at his hand, where he’s written this information like a normal person.] --The Airforce, some other native institutions. They sure love their advertising. I’m sure you see where this is going.

The only people left to ask are… [he points dramatically at the camera.] you. Is you? Grammar. You. Give us money for this. Also, yourselves. Please.

[ oh god, no - Kaneki moves in, shoving Riptide away as he tries to salvage this ] He-- isn’t wrong. We need funding to build the memorial, but we also need signatures to show imPorts support this idea. We are also gathering them from natives, who have been very receptive to this idea. [slightly off camera, riptide can be heard mumbling that’s what i said!. Kaneki will ignore him because what else can you do? ]

We want to ask you for your support on this, any kind you can give us. [ he bows gently to the camera ] Thank you so much.

Yeah, thanks-- and if you’re gonna bitch about how this ain’t our problem, I don’t wanna hear it! Put that attitude back in the toilet you fished it out of, idiot! [ and before the feed is cut off you can still hear Kaneki going “Riptide, No-” ]

Comments

[knaval]

[flatly:] Yes, that's exactly it. You cracked the code, you sly dog, you.

[is that a dog??]

Uh huh, well, give it time. Your support is appreciated, at any rate.

[facilitainted]

Just stating facts.

You know, if your way of trying to get people to coordinate is to tell them it's only a matter of time before they cause an accident, you're not going to get a lot of people to go along.

[knaval]

If you want to help set up something for every other place that's had someone die in it, I'll be happy to help.

[he hums, rubbing his chin.]

...Yeah, you're right. I did mean everyone collectively [but also saying how all imports are volatile disasters is just as bad, so:] but that was kind of a stupid thing to say. Sorry, bud.

[facilitainted]

Me? No. I'm not a do-er.

Apology accepted. You're lucky I'm so forgiving!

[knaval]

[he's learnt a lesson very recently to keep most of his comments to himself, so he doesn't really say anything about that!!!]

I sure am. Did your Earth have a New Zealand?

[facilitainted]

Not that I know of.

[knaval]

Huh. Same name different place?

[he shrugs it off immediately after he asks-- he is interested, but not incredibly so.]

I wonder what the Earth in my universe looks like. If it has a New Zealand. All I know is it has humans!

[facilitainted]

There's already a lot of differences between this Earth and mine. For one: elves and fairies and magic. Totally nonexistent outside of ImPorts. Which means- not normal to this world. This kind of research is way above my paygrade.

[knaval]

Mine too. Interesting to know, though. Think this sort of thing would go down well in your world?

[facilitainted]

A memorial? Hah!

No.

Unless it was to someone royal.

[knaval]

Ughhhh, like rich people? That's gross.

[facilitainted]

Exactly like rich people, but imagine someone who's rich but also decides whether you live or die.

Wait. That's normal.

[knaval]

Ha!

[he laughs, even though the extreme facist society of cybertron had long since collapsed by the time he was born. which, like, he was born directly into a giant civil war that was killing the planet, so also not great.]

Well, I guess it wouldn't be in bad taste to deface those ones.

[facilitainted]

Which you know, means someone's going to eventually come to that same conclusion about this one. As ImPorts, we're all powerful. Some of us are even super rich. Doesn't that mean some native is going to at some point come to that same conclusion about our memorial and deface it?

[knaval]

Probably. I mean, I'd hope not, because it involved the death of some younger imPorts.

[age doesn't really mean much to cybertronians - especially not MTOs - but, like... it does to organics. so. he lives in hope. and also doesn't really care.]

I suppose as long as they don't outright destroy it, they're allowed their say. I'll mention that if there's talk of maintaining it. Perhaps another way for people who think it's a bad idea to express how they feel in a way that isn't illegal will do.

[facilitainted]

Young, old, does it matter if they feel they've been wronged?

Yeah, or you could just not build it at all, save everyone the effort. They can't destroy it if it's never there, right?

[knaval]

True.

But-- no. I'd rather try than do nothing at all. I think Kaneki is the same on that.

[facilitainted]

Then go on! I encourage it, really. Be the change, etcetera, etcetera.

[knaval]

Sure will. You're coming, right?

[facilitainted]

Not likely.

[knaval]

That's a shame. It's open if you ever change your mind.