04 > VIDEO - I Want To Know More About You

[databoner]

[Oh look, a new post on the imPort communicator! Although this time, there seems to be no ID attached to the post, it's entirely anonymous. It's pretty late at night on the 25th, surely some people will be up.]

Heroes.

How safe do you really think you are?

Do you think your secrets are really your own?

The truth will always be found out.

You don't belong here, and you know it.

The people here deserve better than what you, and the Government can give them. They deserve the truth about their saviors...

[As this text appears on the screen, the screen automatically refreshes to next show a series of "profiles" of various imPorts.]



NAME: Barnaby Brooks Jr.
POWERS/ABILITIES: Hundred Power
HISTORY:
• Suffers from trauma-induced mental health issues, including PTSD, depression, and panic disorder.
• On his home world, worked for a television show that intentionally staged crimes for publicity.


NAME: Eridan Ampora
ALIAS: Prince of Hope
POWERS/ABILITIES: Troll body, Hope Powers, Psychic resistance
HISTORY:
• Openly admits to multiple murders, openly threatens to kill or maim others.
• Has attempted genocide on his own planet multiple times.
• Likely has multiple personality disorders, and several mental health conditions.


NAME: Flame Princess
POWERS/ABILITIES: Fire elemental, pyrokinesis, fire giant shifting
HISTORY:
• A known Arsonist.
• Actively threatens to burn people alive.
• Has burned down multiple cities in her home world.


NAME: Kanaya Maryam
ALIAS: Sylph of Space, Hobgoblin
POWERS/ABILITIES: Troll Vampire Transformation, Chainsaw, and Portal Creation
HISTORY:
• Has been known for her temper, tendency towards violent crimes, and multiple murders.
• Has admit to and been jailed for the crimes commit by the Hobgoblin, which included kidnapping of several people, and then biological experimentation and surgical torture on the victims.
• Despite this, she has spent only a month in jail, and is already released on probation to another imPort.


NAME: Marceline Abadeer
ALIAS: The Vampire Queen
POWERS/ABILITIES: Vampire-demon, self-amplifying bass guitar
HISTORY:
• Openly admits vampirism.
• Has killed multiple people in her home world.
• Has been put in charge of a girl scout troop, despite the above.


NAME: Melkor
POWERS/ABILITIES: Pyrokinesis, Ainur characteristics, Destruction
HISTORY:
• Imprisoned for three thousand years on his home world for causing chaos.
• Feigned repentance to escape prison.


NAME: Rose Lalonde
ALIAS: Seer of Light, formerly The Green Goblin
POWERS/ABILITIES: Godtier, Quills of Echidna, Luck Influence
HISTORY:
• Responsible for Green Goblin-based activity in Heropa dating back to January 2014.
• Known for underage drinking and has a history of alcohol abuse
• Her significant other has been arrested and jailed for crimes commit against civilians.


NAME: Ruka
POWERS/ABILITIES: Communication with monsters; ability to see ghosts; touch-based psychometric empathy; psychic shields.
HISTORY:
• Has had multiple violent altercations with other Imports.
• Has orchestrated the death of another Import, and compelled the suicide of another.
• Has a history of associating with and abetting violent criminals.


NAME: Hope Summers
POWERS/ABILITIES: Mutant power mimic
HISTORY:
• Has the potential to Host a destructive force known as the Phoenix, which has been known to destroy planets.


NAME: Kay Faraday
ALIAS: Great Thief Yatagarasu
POWERS/ABILITIES: Crow manipulation
HISTORY:
• Part of a vigilante group in her own world known for "stealing the truth."
• Accused of the murder of an embassy secretary.
• Accused of robbing a courthouse in Heropa on June 3rd.


NAME: Moses Sandor
POWERS/ABILITIES: Eres, Locator
HISTORY: 
• Has a history of theft and kidnapping on his home world.
• Second degree assault on innocents by attacking them with dogs.


NAME: Ken Kaneki
ALIAS: One Eyed Ghoul
POWERS/ABILITIES: Half-ghoul
HISTORY:
• Exclusively a cannibal, supported by the government.
• Easily susceptible to mental instability.


NAME: Annie Leonhart
ALIAS: N/A
POWERS/ABILITIES: Titan shifting, Psychic shielding, Mental shielding
HISTORY:
• Self confessed spy, traitor, and murderer.
• Apparent mission objective of obliterating humanity.


NAME: Maedhros
POWERS/ABILITIES: Magic, minor telepathy/empathy, minor foresight
CHARACTER HISTORY:
• Has commit numerous war crimes in his own world.
• Murder of innocents among them.



Within the next 12 hours, this information and more will be shared with the public. For a group of "heroes," there is quite a lot of blood spilled under your name, isn't there?

Do you know how much damage you've done?

The actual toll you've taken on this world?

Half a billion is taken out of the pocket of the civilians you've "saved" to cover damages, freebies, and those Swear-In ceremonies. Money that could be put towards so many other things; poverty, food shortages, housing for those people who really need it. Like parasites, you take from the host and give nothing back.

And all for what? So that the Government can hope to convince you to be their personal weapons of warfare. After all, you're the only kind of weapon they have that they can simply bring back to life should you die. Those nanites in every single imPort body ensure that.

So Heroes.

Do you think you can really make this world a better place, with all of the baggage you have tying you down? Maybe there is a chance you can do some good… But you need to first remove the threads that hold you to the deception being administered.

[OOC: Aaaand Inumuta is currently infected with the Hornet's Mind Clone of Miguel Rodriguez right now! So he's not exactly himself at the moment. Right now, Inumuta's doing the whole anonymous schtick, but if any hackers/people capable of tracking him down do any digging whatsoever, they'll find him. He's intentionally not covering his tracks as well as he could have because as a Hornet, he isn't shying away from any jabs he can get at Imports.

So, action is possible, but please try to coordinate with other players in this! Feel free to threadjack, whatever!

Side note: Please forgive my typos, and I'm sorry for the poor choice in pictures for some characters, if I used a picture you don't like and want a new one, send me a link. Also also, I will update this post with a few more characters once I hear back from a few people to get their final approval from my plotting post.]

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[databoner]

You would doubt this information just because there's one man who you happen to think of a nice guy is listed? Are you that stupid?

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[standardization]

I read a theory on the internet that hover technology was caused by a resource from imPort worlds. I found out quickly that not everything that people write makes it true. [She still doesn't know what the missing element is, but she knows at least that much isn't possible.]

[databoner]

Then you've proven yourself a fool twice, not my problem.

[standardization]

Aren't you a fool, too? You're treating us like we want to be here. [Which is weird. Is this someone accessing the network from the outside. What is technically going on here? She'll have to see what others have to say.] I have a war to fight back home. [One that she's already succeeded in, according to Korra's statements, but she hasn't actually lived it yet.]

The only thing we know is that throughout all of this ... we have each other. [She gives a helpless shrug.] So when we trust each other more, isn't that what matters? Is that so ... unreasonable?

[Then again, she still doubts what she knows. Has she trusted the wrong person? Has Korra?

Again, they have before. And once, even Kuvira had been kind, but she changed when she found herself in a position of power.]

[databoner]

[A pause. A large, large pause. This is text though, so perhaps this is normal. On the other side of the computer, though, is Inumuta rubbing at his forehead. He feels this way, so strongly, but something about what he's saying feels wrong.]

I would rather be on my own than trust any of you.

[No. He has friends. He has family. People he trusts...]

And so I am.

[standardization]

Can't you do that without causing us harm? Many of us are taken from our homes. Our lives. We have to struggle to start anew here. I know it's not perfect. [The imPorts, above all, are not perfect.]

I can understand why you wouldn't trust us. [If the words about Melkor are true, she can't help but feel like she has to check her own instincts again. Just the other day, she had been speaking to Karen about how she doesn't trust herself with others. Can she truly do that now?

All signs are once again pointing to "no." And Asami doesn't come from a place where she naturally distrusts people, but she understands the urge and the discomfort that comes along with such an urge.] With some of the things up there, and some of the things that I've heard that've happened, but is this really the right answer?

[databoner]

It's the only answer I have. I have to get this information out. It needs to be said.

[It's what he's telling himself now, to make sense of his actions. Why he's done this. ]

imPorts are dangerous. Threats.

... But the Hornets are dangerous as well.

[HRRRRMMMMM...]

[standardization]

[Threats. They're both threats? That's ... confusing for her. But she feels like she's getting somewhere.

Some part of her understands the single-minded approach. While she doesn't approve of some (most ... all, really) of the approaches taken by extremists back home, she's also seen the change their actions have brought forth.]

If you're really certain. [The others have covered any arguments she might have against that better. She knows that now.]

But it sounds like you're ... not sure. How are the imPorts threats? How are the Hornets threats? [She'd ask how she's a threat, but she can imagine the creative turn someone might have on her life, especially with her father's involvement with the Equalists, as well as her mistakes with Varrick.]

[databoner]

imPorts are threats because of their powers. Don't you see what I'm trying to do? There's a population of over three hundred imPorts here, all with abilities that could be used to kill and destroy to degrees that go beyond human scope. They can't be allowed to just do whatever they want.

...

The Hornets are dangerous as well. They're...

[He can't bring himself to type the words. It's obvious he wants to say more, though.]

[standardization]

[Those words remind her of the Equalists. They also believed that benders only did whatever they wanted to believe. What if the powers were more varied? What if it was more frightening? She's not surprised at all to hear that kind of thinking here.

It's unsettling just the same. She's already been mentally drawing parallels between the two, and now it's completely unavoidable.]

Not all imPorts have threatening powers. [It's a statement to keep the conversation going.] For example, I'm really good at finding things on a map, and fire doesn't harm me. [And her glove ... well, it's a glove that was used in a revolution like this person's own. She doubts it would be seen as a "power" or a "threat." While it's powerful, it could be easily manufactured here with the right tools.]

In fact, I'd imagine that the Hornets are ... far more capable of causing trouble than me, don't you?

[databoner]

...

That's all you can do?

[standardization]

That's all.

I'm grateful for it, honestly. I've had extensive hand-to-hand training, and I don't really need much else.

[databoner]

Very few imPorts are blessed with such little power. You must understand, there are imPorts here who could kill millions with about the same effort it takes to tie one's shoes.

[standardization]

They could. That's the important part.

Most of them aren't. I can understand why you're afraid of what they're capable of, but many of the imPorts I've met are very responsible with what they've been granted.

[databoner]

...It doesn't always take many to cause a tragedy.

If any imPort with a dangerous ability allowed their powers to be nullified, that might be enough.

[standardization]

But it doesn't take powers to cause a tragedy, either.

I helped with the fires in Heropa the other day. I heard about the bridge, and what happened at the prison.

The people who caused these things didn't have powers at all.

whoops im late

[databoner]

Which only demonstrates how much damage an imPort with destructive powers could do. It took at least a dozen people to coordinate the prison bombing- with the wrong imPort, it would be a simple task to do the same without much work at all.

[standardization]

But that's the thing. It wasn't one imPort who caused all of that misery. It was twelve people who decided to coordinate a prison bombing.

Should we start putting everyone under lockdown because they might be able to coordinate attacks like that?