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maskormenace2015-05-26 04:17 pm
selfequipped) wrote in maskormenace2015-05-26 04:17 pm
Entry tags:
- conner kent | superboy,
- † athos | n/a,
- † billy kaplan | wiccan,
- † death the kid | n/a,
- † dorian gray | n/a,
- † glitch | n/a,
- † grey | n/a,
- † hank schrader | n/a,
- † jesse pinkman | diesel,
- † kate bishop | hawkeye,
- † loki laufeyson | n/a,
- † marian hawke | andraste's mabari,
- † matt murdock | daredevil,
- † peter petrelli | n/a,
- † robbie baldwin | speedball,
- † rose lalonde | seer of light,
- † roxy lalonde | rogue of void,
- † sabriel | abhorsen,
- † sai | n/a,
- † teddy altman | hulkling,
- † wally west | kid flash
video.
[Kate actually knows she shouldn't do this. She knows she shouldn't, but she goes ahead and does it anyway.]
A year ago, I made a post on here. I talked about a different world, and I talked about a different registration act. In my world, good people who refused to register were assaulted, brought down, and meant to be delivered to a dangerous and terrible prison until they submitted. My friends and I were among the first to refuse to register, and we were lucky enough to be rescued. I never registered, and it turned out that everything associated with the act was ... bad.
For that reason, among others, I've refused to register here. We don't belong in this world, and our hands are being forced on the matter. The government has used us without divulging information openly, and they've even put us into psychological games. Just last April, everyone was asked to play a game. Did you feel like a rat in a cage? And last June, people were asked to play a war game without being told of the very real consequences: that with every shot, we'd feel what it was like to have a real bullet tearing into us. And at the end of the game, you either won or you experienced true death before you woke up.
[Her voice here intensifies in its anger.]
And now ... now, a year later, we're in another game. We're in the reality of that paintball game. See, it was imPort versus imPort, and here we are again. We're having our hands forced because even if we've been helping one another, and helping the citizens of the world, we should be brought in. None of the vigilantes I know kill. We all help, doing what we can, and it's the government who defines our behavior, and who decides that we should adhere to their laws. And why? Is there any reason that we should? We didn't consent to these tattoos. We've been going along with what they've wanted for ages.
So, this is what I'm asking the government to do. You have the list of vigilantes. Why don't you bring us in yourself? Why use other imPorts? You can capture us, right?
Because honestly, that's what I'd like to know. Obviously, you want something for this, so everyone, let's guess! Because it looks like they want a Civil War among us. I guess they really didn't think it through, even with cautionary tales already ready in their midst.
[When she cuts the feed, it switches to text, providing a link to her previous words on the matter. Cautionary tales are even sourced!]
A year ago, I made a post on here. I talked about a different world, and I talked about a different registration act. In my world, good people who refused to register were assaulted, brought down, and meant to be delivered to a dangerous and terrible prison until they submitted. My friends and I were among the first to refuse to register, and we were lucky enough to be rescued. I never registered, and it turned out that everything associated with the act was ... bad.
For that reason, among others, I've refused to register here. We don't belong in this world, and our hands are being forced on the matter. The government has used us without divulging information openly, and they've even put us into psychological games. Just last April, everyone was asked to play a game. Did you feel like a rat in a cage? And last June, people were asked to play a war game without being told of the very real consequences: that with every shot, we'd feel what it was like to have a real bullet tearing into us. And at the end of the game, you either won or you experienced true death before you woke up.
[Her voice here intensifies in its anger.]
And now ... now, a year later, we're in another game. We're in the reality of that paintball game. See, it was imPort versus imPort, and here we are again. We're having our hands forced because even if we've been helping one another, and helping the citizens of the world, we should be brought in. None of the vigilantes I know kill. We all help, doing what we can, and it's the government who defines our behavior, and who decides that we should adhere to their laws. And why? Is there any reason that we should? We didn't consent to these tattoos. We've been going along with what they've wanted for ages.
So, this is what I'm asking the government to do. You have the list of vigilantes. Why don't you bring us in yourself? Why use other imPorts? You can capture us, right?
Because honestly, that's what I'd like to know. Obviously, you want something for this, so everyone, let's guess! Because it looks like they want a Civil War among us. I guess they really didn't think it through, even with cautionary tales already ready in their midst.
[When she cuts the feed, it switches to text, providing a link to her previous words on the matter. Cautionary tales are even sourced!]
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[Because researching and investigating is pretty much nothing, in his eyes.]
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Very, very tempted. But she can't play that hand, not so soon after she messed up in Walt's presence.]
Well, for one, I'm going to work with my boss to create a case about the human rights violations that have been happening left and right.
For another, if this does get violent, I will fight.
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[So then, why do they deserve human rights?]
But I hope it works.
[Sincerely. He knows he's at a tactical advantage as a criminal, but this isn't what he wants as an imPort. He has no intention of using the government to do his dirty work, when it comes to getting vigilantes off his tail.]
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[Kate unfortunately knows the answer to that, but it'd be particularly difficult to argue, considering. But it might go that way. It might.]
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[Which is where this is inevitably leading, in Jesse's mind. That's always been the reality of their function.]
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Not to say that these things are great, but it's only a matter of time before they move against us.
Of course, you can also say that there might be people in the government who would have reason to dislike the imPorts. The previous batch caused such a complete and total political upheaval that even native officials were attacked for their involvement with the imPorts. Who's saying that won't happen again, or that we aren't heading there?
There are a lot of bad possibilities.
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I can.
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[Kate taking a solitary stand against the U.S. government, in the process making herself a loud target, armed with the plan to... nicely ask the feds if they would please follow the rule of law. What an asshole he is for expressing some doubt and concern about how that might play out.]
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