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[orions_shadow]

Hmnn.


[He appears to be in in front of one of the housing complexes in Heropa, #39. He appears to be somewhat exasperated, his eyes half-lidded due to the humidity.]

So who am I talking to here? Since they want us all swearing our loyalty to the great and powerful American armed forces I imagine yer all just the canon fodder.

Where's the re-education camps for those who refuse? Cos' I seen all this before. Either survival of the fittest in the isles or they sponge your brain clean. Sounds great don't it? Lovely rehab sessions.

So am I the only one who sees it for what it is? Government check for a roof over our heads if we sign over our soul, yeah? What's the going rate for souls these days?

[A pause]

Hmff. Least this place came with a dog...

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[glitchinthesystem]

....
[ just this, that's all that plays over audio. It's a good thing he finally saw the Lion King. ]

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[orions_shadow]

That was... loud.

Thanks for that random piece of whatever.

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[glitchinthesystem]

It's a song from a movie.

About lions.

Which you apparently are.

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[driftsintobuffetline]

What...exactly are you? A talking lion?

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[orions_shadow]

Bing bing, give the man a prize.

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[driftsintobuffetline]

I don't suppose you'd let someone examine you, would you? For science?

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[boobwindow]

[ Her eyes widen a touch. He looks like he walked straight out of Satana's army of animals. ]

No re-education camps. Just little to no benefits.

[orions_shadow]

[Yeah he's not gonna know that name.]

Figured that, but you never know what a government hides in their basement.

[boobwindow]

[ A slight pause. She thinks about recent events and the supposed "future" of this world.

One of them anyway. ]

You're more likely to get propaganda thrown in your face. Commies, duck and cover, etc.

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[cartesianspidertank]

[ It's a CGI girl!! ]

There's no soul bartering involved!! More like like a pledge of loyalty and service.

Pretty sure any violation would just result in being set back to unsettled as opposed to being banished to any theoretical eternal afterlife of suffering!!

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[orions_shadow]

Proverbial soul, not the literal one.

[cartesianspidertank]

Proverbial souls are inflexible concepts that have no real bearing in realty, and refuse to compromise in the face of practicality!!

What philosophies or entities are you betraying by making a convenient deal with the local government for housing in exchange for loyalty??

[ Tachikoma didn't really want to be the face of the US government, but she kept seeing all these imPorts being so IRRATIONAL about their aversion to authority. ]

What do you have to even base your distrust of the US on?

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[whathawksdo]

[ What in the void is this guy supposed to be? A giant cat? A giant bear? A talking cat bear?

Okay, she'll have to ask later, but more importantly... ]

Your place came with a dog? No one told me the government was handing out dogs.

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[orions_shadow]

Yeah, a little runt of a thing. Still a puppy though.

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[whathawksdo]

You should post pictures. Everyone loves pictures of dogs.

[ Especially puppies. That said! ]

And, no,by the way. You aren't the only one. There are others who choose to remain unregistered and we do fine. [ There's a short pause here, then she adds: ] Well, mostly fine.

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[hands4healing]

My apartment didn't come with a dog.

[She says, even though there's a dog barking excitedly in the background.]

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[orions_shadow]

I mighta been wrong to think that. There's a lot of evidence of people living here but they must be out.

It smells man-cavey.

[Audio]

[hands4healing]

[Man-cavey?]

Oh, there are a lot of people with dogs. What does the puppy look like?

[Better yet.]

What house are you in?

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[worldeater]

[Alduin was, honestly, only pinged by the mention of souls -- even though the remark was likely said as a jest.]

The worth of a soul depends upon the soul itself. Do you consider yours of value?

[And no comment along the lines of "you're a lion?", because for Alduin that's really nothing unusual.]

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[orions_shadow]

How's that work? I figured all souls'd be interchangeable.


[Aaaand he's going to dodge the question because technically? His soul could be worth something on the black market of evil if he went into detail.]

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[worldeater]

Perhaps for the mundane. Does the soul of one, common and banal, outweigh the same of its class? One is weak, and so is the other, and therefore hardly worth notice.

But the strong-willed and powerful, the unflinching and resilient? Their souls are bright.

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[foreshadower]

No reeducation, no forcing, none of that nonsense. [ Says the ONE GUY who's been reeducated. ]

I think you'll find that other than the very first words, they care very little for us, as long as we follow the rules.

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[orions_shadow]

No reeducation yet

This isn't Praetoria, but that don't mean they won't throw a surprise at us and screw us all over.

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[keybearing]

You're a lion too?

[Or. Well. Perhaps 'too' isn't quite accurate. But Sora does have transforming into a lion cub as one of his three powers at least.

Yes that is about all he really got, not really taking in much if any of what was actually said. Sorry, Shadow.]

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[orions_shadow]

...

What's your definition of lion, bro?

[Hey close enough. It was better than being serenaded by the theme song to a lion movie he's never heard of before.]