① video. before the swear-in boat trip

[projectkr]

[Congrats Heropa, you have one uncertain looking teenager on the network. Both arms are crossed over his chest (which is missing the usual red S) and Conner practically glares at the phone that he's set up. Behind him is the turmoil of his room that the people currently in Residence 16 might have heard him tossing about. The bed has been upended and is sitting on its side against one of the walls along with the rest of the furniture - some may notice he's taken a couple of chairs from the common area. That doesn't leave a lot of open space in the rest of his room and that's the way he likes it.

He also may or may not have searched for bugs.

Curled up on one of those chairs is an excessively large white wolf, part of his body spills off the chair. Wolf has his resting on one the arms and doesn't seem to care about Conner or his public broadcast.]

So...it's the fourth of July. A day of independence and freedom. Feels kind of ironic to have shown up on this day. [He doesn't elaborate on that more but certain people know.]

Are we expected to keep the jobs they gave us or are we allowed to find a new one? [Conner does not look excited about the prospect of having to keep it.] I'll give it a try but I don't know how well it will go over for me working at a fitness place.

[Sure, he can benchpress a small car but that doesn't mean he can teach someone to benchpress a car.]

Comments

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[iampretty]

You can definitely find a new one. The government put me in a job I didn't like and I found a new one easily.

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[projectkr]

What job did they stick you with?

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[slingshots]

nope you're stuck for life, sorry
have fun

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[projectkr]

i'm pretty sure i could get myself fired if that were true

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[glassinine]

Mr. Kent,

This is a complete fiction; this young lady clearly is merely trying to play a practical joke on you. You are perfectly empowered to change professions as you see fit.

With regards,
M. Edgeworth

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[runningstart]

SUPEY!

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[runningstart]

Dude, I am so glad you're here. [wow wally just lay it out] And on the fourth! What the heck!

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[khajidont]

[First Shinjiro brings home a 3-meter snake, and now his neighbor has a monster of a wolf... are they in the suburbs or the jungle, here?]

Yeah, you can change your job whenever you want.

[A beat.]

You didn't waste any time doing some, uh, interior decorating, did you?

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[projectkr]

[Just so long as no one brings home a monkey. Conner likes his seemingly dangerous companions.]

Good because I don't know how good of a job I'll do.

[As a spotter, he'd be perfect.]

It's not really my style. Wolf seems to like it though.

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[viced]

I'm pretty sure you can leave your job, if you want. I'm sure there are plenty of places that wouldn't mind having someone who's willing to help.

Especially if you don't think that's the right fit for you.

[ He sounds dubious, though. ]

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[projectkr]

It's my first job ever so I don't know what would be the right fit for me. And I definitely don't like someone picking for me. [There's a definite frown in his voice.

Superboy would make an excellent trainer but damn, strangers telling him what to do.]

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[foreshadower]

Feeling a little morose about showing up, yes?

We all do, although having a great deal of you new ones showing up today is nearly cruel, isn't it?

Video (lay it on me!)

[projectkr]

I don't like being told what to do.

Pretty much. They celebrate freedom and kidnap handfuls of people to trap them here.

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[brokenteam]

[Mike's display name is 'Alex Baker' in this case]

You can find a new job. Registered or unregistered.

Why did you call it ironic?

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[projectkr]

[Why hello Mr. Baker.]

if youre unregistered does the government help you

todays the day i got my freedom

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[dragony]

Does this already seem to be a prison to you, then?

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[projectkr]

We can't leave if when we want to and that's the very definition of freedom.

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[real_archer]

Superboy? When did you get here?

[She's both surprised and pleased to see him, though once the initial shock of a familiar face has passed, she also takes in the state of his room]

... Are you okay? What happened to your room?

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[projectkr]

Not that long ago.

[He's less surprised because Robin is an information hoarder. Conner looks over his shoulder at the upturned furniture then back at her and smiles slightly. See? Nothing to worry about.]

I'm fine. Just decided to redecorate a little.

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[selfequipped]

You're not obligated to do anything, be it register, take their job, or anything else.

I think there might be school requirements, but I don't know how harsh they are about that.

[And Kate herself clearly looks as if she's too old to have been asked to go to school herself.]

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[projectkr]

Almost sounds too good to be true. [He'll constantly feel like the catch will happen at any minute.]

I don't really have an issue with going to school.

[It helps with his nearly lacking social skills. Though it will be strange without M'gann or the other people he's met there. Maybe Wally would go with him.]

[klutziness]

Yeah pretty sure you can find any job you want but more importantly--is that a wolf?!

[projectkr]

[He nods.]

It's a wolf. [Said Wolf lifts his head to peer at the communicator and the girl in it.]

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[clanky]

Astonishingly, they don't even seem to care if you don't show up.

[This may be because Aaron intentionally terrified everyone at his job so they'd leave him alone. And since they didn't challenge it, he will subsequently do nothing that leads them to believe his cooperation is forthcoming except on a whim.]

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[projectkr]

Won't that lead to getting fired? Pretty sure that's how it worked back in my world.

[Conner may not have a job of his own but that's how it goes for other people. Or most of them at least.]