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[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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The multiverse can go fuck itself sometimes. [ said with a scrunched up 'ew' face. because it is the right thing to say right now and he is being supportive (but also kinda wants to see what mirrorverse Kate Bishop is like because Dorian isn't known for making the best decisions) ]

I actually agree with that one. [Though, yes, she assumes Dorian would like to meet evil her. Kate figures most people would be curious about it.]

And once again, our conversations end up delving into the weirdest possible topics, [ said with an idle shrug. but hey, between guinea pigs and the multiverse, they're never starved for conversation. ]

Edited 2015-06-05 23:27 (UTC)

Surprisingly, I talk about the multiverse almost every single day. It helps to have experience in the matter.

I guess that this is another example where your kind of weird and my kind of weird diverge.

Yeah. Though it helps to always break the ice. People are always keen to hear about the weirdest crap.

In that case, I'll start with hello, my name's Dorian Gray, can I tell you about the time I stopped a golem in New York City?

And how did you stop this golem? What kind of mass destruction was it about to pull?

It was about to rampage through New York after killing a Nazi sympathizer. And I stopped the golem by wiping the aleph from it's head, of course. Changing the inscription from 'truth' to 'death.'

Don't tell me Kate Bishop doesn't know about golems? [ he's straight up teasing with that comment.</small. ]

I think that might be Doctor Strange's area of expertise. [She pauses and shrugs her shoulders.]

So, no, I actually don't. How do you change the inscription on a rampaging golem?

Well, at least in my world, golems have "emet", the Hebrew word for truth inscribed on their forehead. You just smudge out one of the letters to turn it to "met", dead. Smudging it out is the hard part as they're very tall, very strong, and-at least in our case-very angry.

You realize stopping it like that would almost make you a superhero in my world, right?

And that's where our worlds differ. In your world, it'd make front page. In my world, the police explained it away as a gas leak causing mass hallucinations.

Maybe you should wear spandex and a cape next time. Hard to explain away that.

Spandex, at least in my world, is exclusively reserved for clubbing. And no capes. Whoever thought superheroes should wear capes must have been mental.

Not that I use one, but I think they have their charm. They can look very regal blowing in the wind.

It hides your ass and gets stepped on. No thanks.

I didn't realize you were so clumsy. [She doesn't have an argument for the other point. That is a pretty decent point.]

Only because I don't wear capes that often.

For what it's worth, butt coverage and all, I think you could pull it off.

Maybe next Halloween.

Which is actually very soon. Sort of.

It's at least four months from now. Are you one of those people who busts out the pumpkins as soon as the first leaves changes color?

Hardly, but I am very excited about the thought of you in a cape, what can I say?

Down, girl! [ said with a grin and in a massively teasing tone. ]

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