video; backdated to the 1st

[dreamkid]

[ The boy who appears onscreen is perched in a tree somewhere on the grounds of the Meadows, sunshine peering through the leaves and dappling his face and hair. Every so often, a cow moos somewhere offscreen.

Matthew's got a question today. ]

Hey guys! So like, if the Porter keeps bringing you back close to your birthday, but it hasn't been a year since the last one...

[ Wait, this post was very impulsive and he has to figure out how to word himself. Just a second... Okay. ]

How do you know how old you really are? I mean, should you say you're older, even if it feels like cheating?

[ It didn't feel like cheating the first time, but twice in a row? He's not sure about this. ]

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[cadbane]

So, out of curiosity, how many of you have been to prison or had to serve probation here? Following the rules of a new world can't be easy for everybody. Mistakes happen...

Or maybe you were falsely apprehended like I was.

Either way, tell me your stories of the unjustly accused or the captured guilty.

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[autorejoin]

So!

[ On your screen is a slightly too-skinny teenager with bleached blond hair dangling loosely to his shoulders and a frown on his face. ]

Now— and I'm not saying this did happen, but.... Okay, so you know how you show up, blah blah blah, a bunch of guys in suits talk to you, hand you a folder, and tell you, "So we totally hooked you up with a job, you should totally go and get some quick cash that way." That thing?

[ Katou rubs the back of his neck. ]

Sssssoooo.... If you get fired on the first day, do they.... give you a new job? Or is this just a, "congratulations you're fucked!" sort of thing we're going with here?