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sᴛᴏʀᴍʙᴏʀɴ. ([personal profile] jalan) wrote in [community profile] maskormenace2017-02-09 12:18 pm

001. video.

[ The girl that appears now on the network is not incredibly competent with this technology, but nor would she publicly broadcast without having had a bit of practice beforehand. That flicker of uncertainty in her expression is stifled, and her smile is subtle but warm. ]

Hello, [ is said, with a twinge of a raised eyebrow. ] My name is Daenerys Stormborn, of the House Targaryen, and this next moon will mark the six months I've been here. I am not the first of my land to arrive -- many of you are already familiar with Ambassador Baelish.

And over the past few months, more and more of my people have come through the Porter. We represent different lands, different values, different politics, but in this world, we find ourselves with more similarities than we'd ever imagine sharing. If any of you of Westeros or Essos are viewing this [ because gods know it took her a while ] and we've yet to meet, I'd very much like to rectify that.

There are more than just us, too, who have likewise entered this land and felt like strangers to its technology, its ways. If you feel more at home in a world of horses and candles and swords, I'd like to know you too, whether you're new or have been here for sometime. We face a conflict between wishing to recall always the worlds from which we hail, and represent them proudly, while achieving a level of integration that ensures we have a voice. Perhaps there is a solution to find, between all of us.

Likewise, [ she adds, ] if you are entirely at home here but perhaps would be willing to act as a guide, then please do step forward with your name and your skills. You would want also to be a patient sort of person, but I assure you, we learn quickly.
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[personal profile] raw 2017-02-10 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
I've always liked computers. And hearing about other worlds is cool.
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[personal profile] raw 2017-02-13 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I get that. Weird that the Porter can jump you miles in in an instant but they can't put us back where they found us. How did you get around in your world?
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[personal profile] raw 2017-02-16 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
Globalization is a bitch. Once technology allows us contact over spaces bigger than we can conceptualize you end up with this bubble. All these people buying clothes and tech and food and never seeing the hands that made it.
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[personal profile] raw 2017-02-25 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
A man in my world once wrote "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Even our so-called superpowers here are probably just a product of the nanites that give us the tattoos. So you're not alone in thinking like that.

Anyway, people were enslaving other people for profit way before computers were invented.