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kate bishop (hawkeye) ([personal profile] selfequipped) wrote in [community profile] maskormenace2015-05-26 04:17 pm

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!]
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[personal profile] whathawksdo 2015-05-29 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't even know there were imPort businesses and I've been here for months. Interesting.

And of course! A big city like that, who in their right mind only goes to ONE building for the entire evening? Visited that one park. The attempted mugging felt very welcoming, almost as if I were still back home.
whathawksdo: (i can live with that)

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[personal profile] whathawksdo 2015-05-30 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
While they got to have a True Apostate Mage one. I am sure they shan't forget it soon.
whathawksdo: (mage senses tingling)

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[personal profile] whathawksdo 2015-05-30 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
It was only a little fire. They should be fine.
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[personal profile] whathawksdo 2015-05-31 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
The ringleader was smart enough to stop, drop, and roll while screaming, at least. Whether that counts as a hero checking in on their city or not. Well. Sure. Let's go with that hope.
whathawksdo: (we do a lot of walking don't we?)

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[personal profile] whathawksdo 2015-06-04 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
If that's what they teach in schools here, then clearly my skills are better put to use as a teacher rather than the occasional heroics.

[ No, that would be terrible. The absolute worst. ]
whathawksdo: (i didn't order more.)

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[personal profile] whathawksdo 2015-06-06 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
What? They only teach the theory of being set on fire?
whathawksdo: (we do a lot of walking don't we?)

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[personal profile] whathawksdo 2015-06-09 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
That being on fire is bad, a very important fundamental to continued existence.