rathercommon: (facing things head-on)
Kitty Jones ([personal profile] rathercommon) wrote in [community profile] maskormenace2016-01-21 08:51 am

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[ Kitty's voice is a little strained. ]

Right, so...Hullo, Kitty here. And we've already had a bit of input on glorious-war and glorious-war-but-do-be-careful-about-it-because-the-Russians-are-a-bit-scary, and at this point everyone's probably like shut it won't you. But for anyone who's still out there and still listening, just...

This is hard for us. We've lost our friends. That's scary. But remember that no real harm has been done yet. They've been kidnapped, but no one's been killed. The situation right now is not that bad. But it has the potential to get so much worse if we let loose our anger. Remember, the weapons in the Russians' possession - and in the Americans' - can scorch the earth. Kill everyone. Everyone. It won't just be us who go if we escalate this war: it'll also be the little kids in the school down the street from you, and the girl who always remembers your order at the malt shop, and the bloody...puppies in the animal shelter.

So those of you who are thinking that it's time to go burn down Russian cities, or join up with the army as they march to destroy our enemies - close your eyes and think of the entire baskets of puppies and kittens that'll get scorched into nothing but atoms when this war gets stepped up and the bombing starts. Okay? So instead, maybe let's give thought to negotiation. Forgiveness. Stepping down the violence. Some of the kidnapped have gotten word out - I bet you anything they'll agree.
mantlepieces: (what are "friends?!")

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[personal profile] mantlepieces 2016-01-24 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
If the people they got already can't do anything, how are you supposed to help? That's probably what they want people to do, I know a trap when I hear one!
huntergames: (encounters a slightly difficult problem)

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[personal profile] huntergames 2016-01-24 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
We can't leave them for long! The longer they have them, the more likely it is they'll do something awful to them.

[ She could not live with herself if someone she cared about got hurt or worse because she chose to do nothing. ]

I've been part of successful search and rescue missions before. You know I'm a soldier!
mantlepieces: (dude it's fake you can see the zipper)

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[personal profile] mantlepieces 2016-01-24 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
So what? If the army can't find 'em-- it's not even half of us there, that's not so bad. They'll totally bomb us if we do anything, Kitty's right-on about that.

[ Well, at least that's his interpretation. ]

Soldiers can't do shit against nukes!
huntergames: ('tis the translator's fault maybe)

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[personal profile] huntergames 2016-01-24 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ Well, that hurts even if from what she understands about nukes is that you can't stop them -- at least by ordinary means. ]

How can you say that? Those are our friends they captured. They've already declared war. Doesn't that mean they'll come for us eventually?
mantlepieces: (the eternal black eye)

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[personal profile] mantlepieces 2016-01-24 11:04 am (UTC)(link)
Not mine.

And no -- it means the army here's gonna bomb them first. Russia didn't win the real Cold War, either.
huntergames: (haven't y'all seen horror movies)

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[personal profile] huntergames 2016-01-24 11:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's a long pause on her end. She stares at him in disbelief. ]

Real? This is real? I don't expect a city boy to understand if you've never had to fight in a war before.

[ She's trying to be patient, but between Kitty and Reggie's nonsense, she's about done. ]

I don't... I don't want to lose any more friends and family. So I'm going to try and do something.

[ There's a pause, like she might say something more, but she disconnects instead rather than argue further. ]
mantlepieces: than on just one of them (better to walk in on both your parents)

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[personal profile] mantlepieces 2016-01-24 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
This isn't real! And at least I ain't some hick who doesn't know what a bomb d--

[ Or she can hang up. ]

Wh--?! [ Oh no she didn't. ] God!
huntergames: why you always lyin' (why the fuck you lyin')

[personal profile] huntergames 2016-01-24 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh yes she did. ]