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[goldtoxicity]

I think... we're all pretty content to pretend last month didn't happen, but, uh... Being there just made me think, that like, it's so weird to be in a world where people being nice is more common than people being shitty again...

[ a pause. he seems to be trying to find the right words here. ]

Do you think a world like that can change?

Like... if people hate you so much, or like, if they wanna use what makes you special as a weapon, can that ever get better? Or, like... at some point, does it really just make more sense to pick everybody up and move somewhere far away, and like, just... hope nobody comes after you?

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[helpdesk_hero]

Given our experience back home, the question seems foolish. But really, you're making the argument that no doubt was made for this Krakoa place.

[goldtoxicity]

Well...

[ a shrug. ]

Yeah. I guess I see the point of it now.

[helpdesk_hero]

Move to Hawaii?

[gloves]

Not to be a pessimist, but it seems to be what happens, one way or another, every time superpowers are involved.

[goldtoxicity]

[ if that ain't the truth. josh sighs. ]

It's... y'know, I get it. A little. Some days I feel like a bomb waiting to go off, it makes sense for people to be scared, but...

[ he bites his lip. ]

It's not our fault. We didn't ask for this.

[gloves]

People only like change when they’re part of the change. Otherwise they’re just threatened.

I know who I sound like.

[ Mostly, cnc left her feeling tired and fed up. And also like that sort of future is inevitable. ]

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[onthe_threshold]

They'll always come after you. People are scum no matter what universe.

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[goldtoxicity]

Yeah.

[ god. ]

It's just depressing, isn't it.

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[onthe_threshold]

I guess? I dunno, it's never really bothered me. If you accept that everybody is terrible then it's not like you're going to be let down.

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[mortalweapon]

[ These are all questions any mutant could debate to exhaustion. So, instead: ]

Are you alright, Joshua Foley?

[goldtoxicity]

[ there's probably something terribly ironic in a former killer robot asking him that. ]

Yeah, I'm good.

[ good-ish. ]

I was just wondering if our world could ever end up being like this one. Or, y'know... if it's always gonna be like that one.

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[solarcharged]

Yes. [ Apollo's fierce, blazing with certainty, and the facts are simple: ] A world like that can and will change.

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[goldtoxicity]

You really think so?

[timetravelandguns]

There is never a society, a world, or a timeline that should be abandoned. Never a time to give up. Things can and do change all the time. But it is not the big battles that change them. Its the little pieces, one step at a time, one breath at a time, that add up.

Worlds live and worlds die on a smile, a kind word, and a moment of peace.



and here is the thing, Josh.

There is no such thing as safe.

You cannot safeguard people against people. You can try, but you will inevitably fail.

The only way to make a difference, is to change how things are.

[goldtoxicity]

Right, but that way just leads to a lot of martyrs dying for pointless causes, doesn't it?

[ he frowns. ]

I don't agree with that. I - I mean, yeah, sure. You can't guard against every eventuality, but there's a difference between that and, you know, a bus full of kids dying and nobody giving a shit about it.

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[besainted]

With enough influence and support, I think you can probably change anything.

[goldtoxicity]

Right, yeah, but you need that influence and support first. What do you do if, y'know - it's almost entirely on the other side of the issue?

[actiii_scenei]

[Oh Alex has an opinion on this, especially after the things Erik had told him about their version of events and what little Charles had done to prevent things happening and people dying.]

Something always seems to happen.

[goldtoxicity]

Yeah... it really does.

[ he sighs. ]

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[bodilesswarrior]

I'm not pretending. [ Her voice is quiet but intent, gaze grimly concerned.

If Josh remembers who they were in the City, he knows exactly who she is, and maybe avoiding him would be more prudent. But she can't, any more than she did Adam. Not if she wants to be better than that. ]

I don't think it's beyond hope. But I don't know how much it will take to make a difference, either.

[ She discarded one moral after another, erased line after line, and it still wasn't enough. She wonders if that was the wrong way to go about it, except it sounds like the X-Men tried to take the high road and that didn't work either. ]

There were people, there, who managed to run away from it. But they were still hiding, and I don't... That's not a life anyone should be forced to live.

...Krakoa sounds a little more stable. Power in numbers, political leverage, that makes a difference. But people still have to choose between it and any kind of life they managed to make before.

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[goldtoxicity]

[ ah, yeah. he remembers. awkwardly dropping his gaze. ]

I think maybe falling back and regrouping is, um... maybe better than trying to stick it out in the world. Build ourselves up, and then, maybe try again when we're on more equal footing.

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[germhating_hypochondriac]

Josh! Are you okay?

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[goldtoxicity]

Oh, hey Eddie!

[ haha traumatizing children haha its basically a rite of passage ]

I'm good, man! All back to normal now. Thanks for your help.

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[bifroster]

It would take a lot of people working at it ... but yeah, worlds can change. They always do, one way or another.

[She doesn't see it getting better any time soon, it might even get worse, but change always happens.]

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[goldtoxicity]

Yeah, but sometimes that change is just plain for the worst.