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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!]
schrader: for glory (you trade your passion)

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[personal profile] schrader 2015-06-06 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
It'd find other ways to go bad. This was never gonna be a vacation, anyway. Not sure who'd honestly think that.

[ Maybe because free food? ]

But there are ways to make it work.

[ Even if she doesn't Register. Obviously. She's lasted this long, even if everything was harder. ]

Which is something I wanted to talk to you about, actually. When you aren't too busy beating off the crowd with your megaphone.
schrader: save me from the wrath of this mad man (please take him)

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[personal profile] schrader 2015-06-07 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Sure. Still know how to pack a burger away? It'll be my treat.
schrader: he is not wrong (he sees policemen in his soup)

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[personal profile] schrader 2015-06-08 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
The short but rich life, huh? [ Clearly Hank is the richest in that...respect. ] This consistent level of honesty is why you're a real peach at times.

Got a favorite place?
schrader: you'll be dealing on this load for two years. (if the rest is like this)

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[personal profile] schrader 2015-06-11 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
De Chima? That would make two of us... Time to play darts.

[ Not literally. Throwing a dart at Yelp might hurt the screen. He'll actually locate whatever is the second fanciest burger joint in town (reviewers don't let him down or he'll be vocal as hell about it). Someone is sucking up, or just misses the good life...back when he made real money. Consider the location texted to her a little later. ]