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[rekt]

Well, this is just freaking appropriate.

[ John Murphy's not so cheerful introduction to the rest of the imPort community, spoken in a dry, bored drawl, expression withered. Honestly, there's some cosmic entity somewhere that's laughing their ass off at him right now. ]

If anyone wants to know how this nuclear arms race thing goes, feel free to stop by... wherever the hell I am right now. [ A glance up and around - he's somewhere in a museum in Heropa, for anyone who may recognize it, trying to brush up on history and where he is on a timeline. If this timeline is even close to what he'd been taught about Earth, before it was nuked into the dark ages. But, he's pretty sure magic powers were never part of it... ] In case you haven't already used those advanced, superhero minds of yours to guess, I'll give you a quick teaser.

A century or so of radioactive wasteland, most of the last of humanity stuck in rusty tin can in space going batshit on each other to conserve air and water, the few that survive on the ground turning into war mongering, torture happy nutjobs, and gigantic, nightmare sea worms. [ he's stopping at a plaque, reading over something, as he wryly lists off the last part, sounding more upset about that bit than the others. then, as an afterthought: ]

Also, horses with two heads. So that's kinda badass.

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[ghoulking]

Your world isn't this world's future.

Though, that is one of the possibilities many people consider. Not the sea worms, though. [ mostly the radioactive wasteland ]

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[rekt]

Did I say that? [ he sort of almost did. he didn't mean it that way, but murphy isn't the best with congeniality either. ]

I meant if nukes start flying, that's the kind of picture you're headed for. [ a beat. ] Do they even have space stations here yet?

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[ghoulking]

Many already have have that idea in their minds. I don't really disagree, either, it's a big possibility. [ unless, you know, zombies attack first. Which has happened in some worlds, so people from there will argue that a zombie-virus will take the spot as the "end of the world" cause ]

They do have space stations, but habitability is very questionable and they are rather small. They only hold about 10 people for a short period of time. [ that would not save humanity in any way ]

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[nightmarist]

[Ronan scrolls past 99% of the shit that gets posted on the network, but John Murphy is unfortunately relevant. Let him break the tension:]

That's rough, bro. No wonder you turned out so ugly.

[But seriously, Ronan really hopes he didn't dream Murphy. That's such a shitty origin story.]

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[rekt]

[ oh, you still exist. so maybe he wasn't some shape shifting douche playing a prank. or maybe someone's really pathetically committed. murphy hates this place already. ]

Jacked up face is the new pretty for Grounders, so turns out I blend in better with the natives. Win some, lose some.

[nightmarist]

[Proud Papa:]

Adaptive! That's what I like to hear. Right at home with the nightmare sea worms.

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[admemoriam]

[Noah watches the feed for about five seconds, silent and appraising, before he turns and shouts something over his shoulder, clearly meant for someone unseen.]

Ronan, what did you do?

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[rekt]

[ okay no, we're not doing this. his name is not ronan lynch, he's had this talk, everyone can literally bite him. ]

Go float yourself.

[ that's all, that's his contribution to this conversation. ]

[admemoriam]

[His eyes flash back to the screen, looking somewhere between "annoyed puppy" and "malevolent spirit". He isn't unused to being on the receiving end of such abuses from this face, but there's something different about this guy.]

... Who are you?

[It's curiosity, not accusation.]

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[nightmarist]

[Just... muffled in the background from some other room:]

It was an accident!

[admemoriam]

[An individually packaged snack cake gets thrown in his direction.]

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[huntergames]

[ A girl of nineteen, sitting in the comfort of her bedroom, suddenly appears on the device's screen. Her thick brows pull toward the center of her forehead, Murphy's story striking a chord in her. ]

How much of humanity is left on your earth?

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[rekt]

No idea. [ but either way, murphy pauses to think on it, head tilted and eyes on the ceiling as he's trying for a vague estimate with what he knows. ]

There's maybe... 200 to 400 that made it down from the Ark alive, last I heard? Impossible to tell with the Grounders. Out of the 12 local clans, maybe 1000?

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[huntergames]

The Ark?

[ If he's saying they "made it down", that must be the "tin can" he was referring to earlier.

She looks on, empathetic. ]

I am sorry, that sounds horrible.

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[aboveand]

That sounds... horrible.

[While Terry also comes from "the future", his is thankfully a lot less bleak.]

All the more reason to make sure that doesn't happen here.

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[rekt]

[ look, he showed up in the middle of the cold war after coming from nuclear fallout, he couldn't go without commenting one it. ]

Horrible, pathetic, depressing as hell, and something I'm not interest in seeing again, so if we could get all the fingers off all the big red buttons, that'd be great.

[aboveand]

You're getting no complaints from me. I'd like to live to see things turn out more like my version of "the future."

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[pillz]

what happenz when teh two heads want 2 walk in diffrent directions

[nightmarist]

[Intercepts!!!!!]

i know this is asking a lot from you but don't be an ass

cw harm to animals

[pillz]

i want 2 know what haopens when the 2 heads want to walk in different dirextions
come on u heard about the two headed snakes splittin down the middle right
shit is sick

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[rekt]

idk im not a 2 heded horse

[ he sees you talking to ronan and he's already decided you can fuck right off. ]

cw animal cruelty

[pillz]

i could get us 1
if u wanna see
u could get some steaks out fo it
have u ever had apocalypse horse steak

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[dejerate]

horses with two heads? I know I'm not from 100 years after they first used nukes but it wasn't that bad.

[And well. He'd know, right? Being from Japan and all. Not that his history exactly lines up with things going on here and now, but still.]

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[rekt]

100 yrs aftr nuclear apocalypse is what i mean
not jst a couple

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[dejerate]

Guessing you mean different to the apocalypse back home then. Ours was more a virus than the radiation.