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maskormenace2015-05-26 04:17 pm
selfequipped) wrote in maskormenace2015-05-26 04:17 pm
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- † 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!]
OFF NETWORK - phone call
You don't think anybody'll really go after us, right?
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[The lack of instigation for this change might keep him from acting. She still doesn't understand that decision.]
There is another man, Osborn. He worked for the act back home while making himself more important. That's just two people. I can't account for the people from other worlds, and as much as I'd like to say we all stand together and hold hands, we really, really don't. We just do well with destruction and saving lives, but there are people who aren't there at those things. People who aren't just sitting at home and watching sitcoms.
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What he might not know is that you're doing vigilante work, or that you're not registered, or anything in there. Play it cool. Right now, it seems like he's not endorsing how they've chosen to go about it, so he might not be the first to drag you in. But that doesn't mean that he won't involve himself and ask for a change. Or see if he can help them do it the right way.
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Should I Register? Will they arrest me if I do it now? I don't want to but I can't lose this job, I really can't-
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[She pauses.]
He might keep you on just to keep me from yelling into his voicemail. Don't worry about Stark until he does something. He upset a lot of people last time, and a lot of those people are here. And we're from his future, so ... [She breathes out.]
I wouldn't worry about him. If he knew all of that before, nothing changes now. There is no way of knowing that he could get in trouble for conspiracy of helping a vigilante or anything. He can feign not knowing if he doesn't talk to you, so don't talk to him.
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...that might be hard to do.
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I just mean like- I mean I'm kind of doing a special project for him and I have to report to him on progress once in a while so like, I kind of have to talk to him...
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his cover is as good as blown]
Right. Just act natural. Not like my boss hates metas, right?
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So, no, he doesn't.
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Okay so he'll probably just- I mean if he finds out about anything else, then he'll probably just fire me instead of turning me over to the cops. Good...good to know.
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Call me if you run into any trouble.
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