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maskormenace2014-05-12 12:23 am
glowsferatu) wrote in maskormenace2014-05-12 12:23 am
Entry tags:
- kang | n/a,
- ruka | n/a,
- † bucky barnes | winter soldier,
- † curt connors | the lizard,
- † eiko magami | n/a,
- † ellie langford | n/a,
- † elsa | the snow queen,
- † frederick chilton | chief of staff!!,
- † greed | n/a,
- † houka inumuta | n/a,
- † isaac clarke | n/a,
- † jacob taylor | the protector,
- † jean kirstein | n/a,
- † jenny quantum | eclipse,
- † kanaya maryam-lalonde | psychopomp,
- † kate bishop | hawkeye,
- † kotetsu t. kaburagi | wild tiger,
- † loki laufeyson | n/a,
- † lust | n/a,
- † madison montgomery | n/a,
- † miles edgeworth | n/a,
- † reiner braun | n/a,
- † rose lalonde | seer of light,
- † shinjiro aragaki | n/a,
- † yako katsuragi | miss detective
003 ♍ video ♍ backdated to sunday afternoon
[ kanaya is out on the beach, but she certainly doesn't look like she's enjoying it. instead of a bathing suit, she's wearing work gloves and boots with her sleeveless blouse and shorts, a roll of garbage bags on her belt and a rake propped up nearby. most of the larger debris has already been cleared, but when you tear apart robot sharks, they tend to leave a lot of smaller pieces, and someone has to clean those up.
of course, she's not about to address the network while in the middle of working. so this is her break, her long legs crossed and a bottle of deep red liquid in her lap, a lit cigarette in her hand. the comm is propped up some feet away to keep her hands free. she looks, to put it simply, very cross. but at least she has something to take her mind off of what day it is. ]
Mechanized aquatic carnivores. Of all the things to send, this was their choice. [ she takes a drag and rolls her eyes before continuing, looking very pointedly at the camera. ]
I think it's time we had a talk, the lot of us, because this isn't the first time something like this has happened. Just on the heels of the monorail collapse, yes, but there was also the incident in February. A certainly random giant avian attack is followed by the spread of a virus that is very specifically import-targeted. Yes, an antidote was found, but had we ever traced its source?
This was an inevitability, I think, that despite the friendly posturing, there are those on this world with a much less hospitable reaction to our presence. I think that's worth examining. Investigating. If we have enemies, we need to know who they are, and how to protect ourselves against them. [ she glances to the side, offscreen, as if checking if something's still there. ] I get the feeling we won't be the only ones doing so, and I do hate being behind on these matters.
[ she ashes her cigarette and lets out a sigh, propping her forehead on the back of her hand. four months of relative peace had been nice. she knew it had to end eventually, but seeing it on the horizon leaves her no less weary. ]
Those of us who are refugees from the City may find the Vulcanus Foundation suspicious already, and with their transdimensional capabilities and Eden East's proximity to one of these events, perhaps that is justified. And perhaps it's simply an unfortunate choice of name. Those loyal to this nation may be more likely to suspect the Russians, but I think attributing everything to them would be largely scapegoating.
I don't know. I don't have answers, I simply think the questions need to be asked. Collectively.
[ and with that, she leans forward to cut the feed. ]
of course, she's not about to address the network while in the middle of working. so this is her break, her long legs crossed and a bottle of deep red liquid in her lap, a lit cigarette in her hand. the comm is propped up some feet away to keep her hands free. she looks, to put it simply, very cross. but at least she has something to take her mind off of what day it is. ]
Mechanized aquatic carnivores. Of all the things to send, this was their choice. [ she takes a drag and rolls her eyes before continuing, looking very pointedly at the camera. ]
I think it's time we had a talk, the lot of us, because this isn't the first time something like this has happened. Just on the heels of the monorail collapse, yes, but there was also the incident in February. A certainly random giant avian attack is followed by the spread of a virus that is very specifically import-targeted. Yes, an antidote was found, but had we ever traced its source?
This was an inevitability, I think, that despite the friendly posturing, there are those on this world with a much less hospitable reaction to our presence. I think that's worth examining. Investigating. If we have enemies, we need to know who they are, and how to protect ourselves against them. [ she glances to the side, offscreen, as if checking if something's still there. ] I get the feeling we won't be the only ones doing so, and I do hate being behind on these matters.
[ she ashes her cigarette and lets out a sigh, propping her forehead on the back of her hand. four months of relative peace had been nice. she knew it had to end eventually, but seeing it on the horizon leaves her no less weary. ]
Those of us who are refugees from the City may find the Vulcanus Foundation suspicious already, and with their transdimensional capabilities and Eden East's proximity to one of these events, perhaps that is justified. And perhaps it's simply an unfortunate choice of name. Those loyal to this nation may be more likely to suspect the Russians, but I think attributing everything to them would be largely scapegoating.
I don't know. I don't have answers, I simply think the questions need to be asked. Collectively.
[ and with that, she leans forward to cut the feed. ]
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[don't ruin her red dawn fantasies you bitch]
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All of it? Well, your expert opinion is deeply appreciated.
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Why would refugees from the City find the Vulcanus Foundation suspicious?
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It's also worth mentioning that they had called down the destruction that ultimately ended that world.
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[ She frowns, though. Racing away from gigantic metal sharks aside, something else about this particular incident and previous others feels troubling. ]
We can ask, but I've noticed the military doesn't seem to be particularly interested in finding answer.
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That's precisely what militaries are for. I doubt they aren't looking, but neither do I expect that they'll volunteer any conclusions they do reach.
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...Do I look like I'm not alright?
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Of course we would have enemies.
[Humans. There will always be some that can't accept what's different.]
I hadn't heard a group calling itself Vulcanus was here, as well, but I was only dragged from home again recently. Has anyone looked into them yet?
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They're meant to be a charity. Their founder even hosted our second swearing-n ceremony. Still, their choice of name does raise an eyebrow.
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[This message is coming from further down the same beach, and a guy in a shirt and slacks, no costumed hero. Though maybe that wasn't the case during the attack.]
Me, I'm taking just as long a look at the people trying to make things seem hospitable.
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Ingratiating themselves to lower our guards? I wouldn't rule it out. There has been another shoe everyone's waiting to drop for quite some time now. That said, I don't think I would consider our handlers primary suspects in these matters. It would be too...inefficient.
[ she looks down, unscrewing the top off her bottle as she screws up her lips. ] Unless they mean to test us.
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Or, maybe the monorail collapse and the shark attack happening so close to each other is an intensified reaction?
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[ and that's an even worse thing to think about. ]
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Like you said, no way that's coincidence.
So my questions gotta be: who finds us a threat?
Not like I got answers either though
Pretty new here, and i dunno shit about a city of volcanus or whatever.
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We Are In A Tense Political Climate After All And They May Be Jealous Of The Americans Having What They Perceive As A Small Superhuman Army
Its The Very Reason International Travel Is Limited Without Clearance
But There Are Deeper Histories Of These Things
I Wouldnt Be Comfortable Ruling Them Out
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whoops, back in the country now /o/
hope you enjoyed your trip!
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I was beginning to think this was all part of the scheme of things.
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If it's a scheme, I'd like to know whose it is.
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I heard about what happened in Miami. Sounded like some real bad shit. I hate that- random people on a beach somewhere, getting caught in the middle of politics. And I saw firsthand what happened to that train.
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I already know about the Cold War, but I haven't heard about this Foundation. What can you tell me?
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[ it's a flippant thing to say, certainly, but is done with more bitterness than that. she'll hate the players and the game. ]
Vulcanus was an organization on the world of the City. Their ultimate goal was to expel and undermine imports, be it through annihilation, torture, or more Promethean delusions.
The Vulcanus Foundation here is an educational charity. But no one can really help how suspicious we find the name.
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Just because I think everyone else's criticisms of it are stupid doesn't mean I think it's a system without its faults. [ she does another furtive glance to the side. yep, still there. ]
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You remember Eden East, she hosted the swearing-in when you first arrived. That's her, the charity she runs, the Vulcanus Foundation.
Vulcanus, on the other hand, had learned how to harness and utilize Porter technology. It's entirely possible that they are here, but the likelihood is... [ why she feels just talking about any of this is a bit paranoid. ] I don't know.
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[Cause yeah....she's not really big on all this intrigue, politics and stuff.]
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Because those who are being helped and any who wish us harm are different people. The native populace isn't a singular collective, they have various factions and divisions within them. Not unlike any other place in existence, the import community included.
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[He listened to what she had to say a few times before asking his questions. He doesn't think his questions are particularly on point, but they feel like a decent place to begin.]
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I couldn't speak to anything from older than four months ago, though my impression is there wasn't a great deal of activity to speak about since whenever their last batch left.
Everything since? Yes, at least in some way. Either by our publicized presence during the attack, or as the exclusive target. The nuclear strike warning might be general enough not to count.
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The yacht was attacked by a massive bird that night. I don't think I've even seen anything of that size since, but for all we know it may have been the vector of infection for the virus that went around after.
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All of those things have happened at big, government-sponsored events--the Swear-ins, the seminar, there was even that power outage during the space center thing. If it was just us whoever it is doing this is trying to get, they could just attack the government housing or something, but it wouldn't get the same kinda attention.
[And he's from a world where crimefighting gets televised, so. He has some experience with this sort of thing.]
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Government sponsorship in each of these events is due to governmental ubiquity with our affairs. But the same can't be said for the inverse. They were centered around imports, that can't very well be ignored.
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But Kanaya seems to be offering a lot of information. She listens a little to the other conversations in the post, trying to catch up, before responding herself.]
I'm too new to know who our enemy might be, but I'm not surprised if we have many. People are afraid of things they don't understand.
[Said as though she knows from experience.]
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Mm. And fear like that can drive them to extreme behavior. Creative lapses notwithstanding. [ robot sharks. she is shaking her head. ]
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Do you think it's all the same person, then? ... Or group of people?
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It certainly isn't just one person. But how many groups of how many people, whether they're working together or separately, I could't say. Not without more information.
Still, that this comes so quickly after the monorail can't be ignored.
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[ Ruka hadn't gone on this trip, and is glad for that—but being so far away from disaster means being so far from possible answers. There's so many pieces, and so few of them seem to make sense. ]
... That bird. Did you see it, yourself?
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I was a bit more preoccupied with those falling overboard to fight it, but yes, I'd caught a glimpse or two while it was alive. Why do you ask?
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[Is she eyeing that cigarette, u bet she is. ]
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I think that's why I'm a little wary of saying for certain whether we shouldn't suspect them, there's going to be no objectivity on our end. Anyone who took that name would receive a bounty of wariness from us.
But I don't suppose it has to be Vulcanus either. Just the thought that it could be is bad enough.
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The patience you have to explain the situation to everyone that asks is astounding. To quickly summarize, the Vulcanus Foundation is a relic of the other universe, and they pay for scholarships for imports? That's... unfortunate.
[Considering he's... using one of their scholarships right now, if that's the case.]
Is "Eden East" also from the other universe, or a new name to put to their organization?
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The Foundation isn't itself a relic, and not Eden East...that I know of. But Vulcanus is. I told you about them already. It could be a coincidental choice in name, but. "Vulcanus" hardly seems like an appropriate name for a charity.
[ she sighs and takes a swig from her bottle, eyeing the ground now more than the camera. ] But I think it's best everyone gets the information straight at the outset, to prevent misunderstandings in the future. Otherwise, we might still have assumptions that the government controls the Porter.
[ she might have made it her personal job to tell newcomers when they had that wrong for the first few months. obviously she was perfectly polite about it. obviously. ]
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All we've been doing is asking questions. We all know something more than "the Russians" is up, but...they haven't exactly been answering.
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