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[larker]

[Ho hum, just another day in Heropa. Gabriel is outside for a change, loitering in the street and looking bored for the most part.]

Okay guys, I don't get it. They drag people here to register with the military and then...? Question mark? What exactly do you registered guys even do? I mean there's nothing stopping me from taking a jog to say uh, Thailand and staying there. That kinda makes this whole thing one giant moot point, cause from what I'm hearing there's more unregistered than registered.

Keep on fighting that good fight. Or each other. Whichever makes you more comfortable. Considering the human to other ratio here, I'm surprised it hasn't kicked off already.

[Pauses, he's watching something happening across the street, taking a moment to wince and hunch his shoulders. Oh, whatever that was had to hurt.]

Anyway. I've heard the name Atropos being batted around this place. Someone tell me what the deal is with that nerd being namedropped here?

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[heralding]

Job security.

[To the first question. That's all she has to say about it.]

And apparently Atropos caused some problems before. But that's not surprising.

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[larker]

So you go to work. [That's not even a question.] Wow.

It should be surprising, trust me on that. What did she do?

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[axemeaquestion]

I'm registered and I have no idea either. I guess we're super heroes.

[This is coming from a woman who got Ported in exhausted and half-dead a few weeks ago though.]

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[larker]

And then what? Nothing, that's what. Not even a super hero school.

[Poor thing, Gabriel knows how that goes.]

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[axemeaquestion]

Shhh. You're gonna give somebody ideas.

[it's k, she's got her sense of humor back]

Seriously though, what do you mean? I'm kind of... new to, like, any of this Superman shit being real.

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[nitidus]

Do you want to go to Thailand?

Atropos is a long story.

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[larker]

Why not?

Some of us have time, so you should spit the Atropos story out already.

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[nitidus]

Ah, but do I have the time?

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[5thchild]

Most people I have talked to only registered in order to keep their housing. [ and the other perks they offer ]

But even so, could they force anyone to fight for them? It is true they bring us here in hope we will aid them, but in the end, there isn't much else they can do but to request it of us. [ but not really demand. Can they really force someone to fight for them? ]

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[larker]

Yes, because fighting someone's war just so they can get their rent paid is a fantastic idea.

[He really shouldn't be corrupting this one, but at the end of the day he asked a question....Best to tell the truth.] Doesn't look like they can force anyone. They can't even force people to register. Looks like the good old free will prevails.

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[5thchild]

If that's what they believe. [ then be it. Kaworu is not one to judge other people, even if he does ask a lot of questions about their intentions. ]

I know. That's why, even if they'd like for everyone to help, there isn't much they can do. They can still hope someone will, though, and some do; even if it's one, I think they believe it's worth it.

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[hostage]

I get free shit for doing nothing. Great system, you ask me. Best kidnapping ever.

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[larker]

Atta boy. If they're going to throw free crap at you then by all means take it. That's their loss. You know, until they decide you all need to go marching into battle or whatever it is. If that even happens, personally I plan to stay on the couch and finish whatever season I'm watching at the time.

[hostage]

Something tells me if they ever really needed us to go marching into battle, they wouldn't give a shit who's registered or not. Ain't like they went around getting permission to bring us here in the first place.

[alofts]

Best thing to happen to a lot of us.

[ 'ASK ME ABOUT TITANS' was going up on a zazzle and he was going to wear that shirt for thirty dollars plus shipping and handling sooner or later. ]

Several of us were already military or retired. Shows at least they aren't completely indiscriminate.

[larker]

For some of you.

[Gabriel was dead when he turned up here, and he knows it. He's still not sure about 'best thing'.]

For everyone one military, looks like they got two kids and an elephant. Not the best kind of target practice, boy I wouldn't trust those guys with a potato gun.

[alofts]

Did you ask all of them?

[ Sure, he didn't, but every word out of this guy's mouth just had that know-it-all undertone. ]

They might not wear a uniform, but no one I've spoken to completely lacked experience they're out here flapping in the breeze.

[ And what in gods name is an elephant. ]

[selfimage]

Get any super secret infos?

[larker]

Totally numquam. Nada.

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[databoner]

What if I did know something about Atropos? What would it get me in return?

[Lies. He knows nothing... Yet. He's full of it, as of when he first comments at least. He wants to know the value of the information before he goes digging shit up for it.]

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[larker]

Are we really going to do this? I dunno, some bullcrap about feeling like you contributed to something? What do you want?

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[symbionic]

Well, I teach high school gym. Not really want I expected, but not terrible either.

[He's gonna keep up that whole "Flash Thompson not-really-a-superhero-no-useful-powers-just-a-regular-guy shtick" as long as he can.]

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[larker]

High school gym? That's not too bad, you get to sit there and order all the teenagers around, making them live their own personal Hells for an hour or so. Or go behind the gym and catch them all smoking. That'll be a riot.

[Gabriel has no reason to suspect otherwise.]

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[ironbuttmonkey]

All I've heard is she had something to do with a universe getting destroyed.

I don't know much though, not been here all that long.

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[larker]

Yeah that part's a bit odd. I mean for a moirai, destroying an entire universe is a bit much even for her.