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Kitty Jones ([personal profile] rathercommon) wrote in [community profile] maskormenace2015-08-04 09:49 am

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Hullo, everyone. It's Kitty. I've not been around for a little while, but - I'm back now. In Heropa. And, erm - just for anyone who cares - both Mandrake and Bartimaeus have gone home. So I'm the only one left from my world now.

[ Her expression following that announcement is a mixture of disgust (because that sounded dreary and pathetic, didn't it) and sadness. Then, with a little shake of her head (you can practically hear her telling herself to stiffen her upper lip) she continues on: ]

Right. So - all right. I recently made a rumblr - that's an account on the website rumblr-dot-com - and I've actually managed to get quite a few followers. It turns out people are completely mad for having imPorts friended on social media. Anyway, it's actually really great - there are lots of really worthy causes out there, and when I pick them up they get spread around pretty nicely. It keeps this celebrity thing from being overbearingly stupid. I generally ask my followers to bring causes to my attention. This week I'm trying to help raise funds for maintaining latrines in areas where people practice open defecation. A lack of proper sanitation is linked incredibly closely to higher rates of infant mortality and shorter lifespans, but a billion people in the world live without access to it. And it doesn't take all that much money to make a change. So I'm trying to raise funds for that this week. Next week, we're going to be taking a look at raising money to help with mass deworming.

My rumblr is called 'therealkittyjones,' if anyone wants to follow me.

I'm also looking for people to help out with some fundraising for these causes. I've been in touch with a radio station, and I'm thinking we ought to do a celebrity version of two truths and a lie - in honor of all that rubbish at the last swear-in, you know. What happens is you come onto the program and you give me two true statements and one lie. Listeners go online and they wager five dollars on which one's the lie. If they get it right, they get an autographed picture of you, and if they get it wrong then their money just goes to charity. You'll also put up some of your own money, and if I manage to guess on-air which one's the lie you have to donate too. I've gotten asks for some of the imPorts in particular - [ She leans forward and clicks to another window on her communicator, her eyes moving as she reads. ] So, Superman, Mr Stark, Mr Hundred, Mr Wayne, Mr Gamagori, Mr Taylor, Mr Xanatos, Mr Callaghan, consider yourselves called out - you know, reading off all those men, I just realized how sexist my followers are, eurgh. There are a few women on this list too, but not nearly enough. Olivier, Sabriel, Power Girl...Actually, you know, pretty much everybody's interesting to the locals. I think all of you are on here, the list is like five pages long. We've just got far too many men here, haven't we?

[ And she sits back, her eyes focusing as she comes back to the window of her webcam. ]

Anyway, it'll only take about an hour of your time, and it's for a good cause. A series of good causes. Plus you'll get to talk about yourself, and I've never met anyone who wasn't at least a little bit obsessed with themselves. So...let me know if you're interested and I'll set up all the details.

Right. Anyway, thanks for listening.
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[personal profile] countdone 2015-08-06 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Just stealing and picking fights with our city's designated superhero protector, really--the predecessor and mentor of the guy I'd eventually become best friends with.

I was part of a team, for awhile. Now I'm the traitor, of course.
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[personal profile] countdone 2015-08-13 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
Because I left the group. To hang out with their arch enemy and help him fight them.

Turns out your former friends don't like it when you try to put them in jail.
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[personal profile] countdone 2015-08-16 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think turning your life around is ever easy.

But it was worth it.

[While it lasted, at least. Everyone thinking you murdered someone you cared about kind of ruins things.]
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[personal profile] countdone 2015-08-25 09:30 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, exactly. I'm much happier volunteering at the soup kitchen than I ever was as a crook, anyway.

So I guess you can keep that in mind when you're looking for people to pay attention to all of your causes.
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[personal profile] countdone 2015-08-31 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, that definitely sounds like something with a story behind it, but he's not sure if it'd be rude to ask, so...he'll let her tell him or not.]

I'm glad. As you can imagine it's always nice to find people that do.
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[personal profile] countdone 2015-09-01 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, definitely. Always up for it.