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maskormenace2017-05-08 08:14 pm
nastygram) wrote in maskormenace2017-05-08 08:14 pm
Entry tags:
- john constantine | con man,
- † andrew pulaski | apollo,
- † brendan frye | n/a,
- † daisy johnson | quake,
- † darlene | n/a,
- † frederick chilton | chief of staff!!,
- † gwen wynne-york | n/a,
- † jacob taylor | the protector,
- † kara zor-el | supergirl,
- † rincewind | n/a,
- † sam merlotte | n/a,
- † will graham | wolf trap,
- † yusuke kitagawa | fox
video | anonymous
[The video, when it begins, is on a loop: three minute segments of anonymous space, with a steady stream of white noise.
The white noise continues until, eventually, it is broken by a voice thick with electronic distortion.]
Hello, imPorts.
The natives here are more than happy to believe that their government is looking out for their best interest. The same cannot be said for us, the imPorts: we who were dragged here from our homes, assigned houses, powers, jobs. Categorized, classified, tracked, yes, and monitored, paid off within a meager system of incentivization and reward, motivated by our own complacency to both sit down and shut up. From the dawn of imPort history it has been left up to us, the imPorts, to figure out this whole new life beneath these new and foreign stars. And does the government care? No. Not as long as you follow their rules. Do they care about our best interests? No. They only care that we abide by their rules.
We are the Constellation, and we are here to tell you that we do not believe in these rules. We have been hard at work figuring out our new lives, for you. And we have found that while we were busy not trusting the government--they have been just as busy not trusting us.
We, the imPorts, are not favored children. We, the imPorts, are not cherished heroes. We are the ones who are watched, always, by the most fixed and sleepless and critical of eyes.
We have a list, imPorts, a list that we are leaking to you now, live, for your perusal and your understanding.
Fuu Hououji. Commander Shepherd. Lucifer. Jacob Taylor. L'Arachel. Daisy Johnson. Count Dooku. The Doctor.
This, fellow imPorts, is a watch list. A list of your brothers and sisters who the government deemed watchworthy. People of interest. Some of them are still with us. Some of them are gone. And whether or not any of these people are worthily deemed dangerous, we want you, the people, to know: this is what happens when you go against the grain. Labeled as agents opposed. Granted their freedom under secret scrutiny. Catch, and tag, and release.
To those who will, inevitably, dismiss this list as inconsequential: stay tuned. This is not the only list.
And this will not be our one and only release to you, our public.
Remember: the only power that we have, imPorts, is the power that we give to ourselves. The only limits to that power are the limits that we allow. Do not forget this. Consider yourselves warned.
[The video of space continues for another minute after the voice ends. The volume of the white noise increases until it is, abruptly, cut off with a burst of static.]
[as per last year's watch list.]
The white noise continues until, eventually, it is broken by a voice thick with electronic distortion.]
Hello, imPorts.
The natives here are more than happy to believe that their government is looking out for their best interest. The same cannot be said for us, the imPorts: we who were dragged here from our homes, assigned houses, powers, jobs. Categorized, classified, tracked, yes, and monitored, paid off within a meager system of incentivization and reward, motivated by our own complacency to both sit down and shut up. From the dawn of imPort history it has been left up to us, the imPorts, to figure out this whole new life beneath these new and foreign stars. And does the government care? No. Not as long as you follow their rules. Do they care about our best interests? No. They only care that we abide by their rules.
We are the Constellation, and we are here to tell you that we do not believe in these rules. We have been hard at work figuring out our new lives, for you. And we have found that while we were busy not trusting the government--they have been just as busy not trusting us.
We, the imPorts, are not favored children. We, the imPorts, are not cherished heroes. We are the ones who are watched, always, by the most fixed and sleepless and critical of eyes.
We have a list, imPorts, a list that we are leaking to you now, live, for your perusal and your understanding.
Fuu Hououji. Commander Shepherd. Lucifer. Jacob Taylor. L'Arachel. Daisy Johnson. Count Dooku. The Doctor.
This, fellow imPorts, is a watch list. A list of your brothers and sisters who the government deemed watchworthy. People of interest. Some of them are still with us. Some of them are gone. And whether or not any of these people are worthily deemed dangerous, we want you, the people, to know: this is what happens when you go against the grain. Labeled as agents opposed. Granted their freedom under secret scrutiny. Catch, and tag, and release.
To those who will, inevitably, dismiss this list as inconsequential: stay tuned. This is not the only list.
And this will not be our one and only release to you, our public.
Remember: the only power that we have, imPorts, is the power that we give to ourselves. The only limits to that power are the limits that we allow. Do not forget this. Consider yourselves warned.
[The video of space continues for another minute after the voice ends. The volume of the white noise increases until it is, abruptly, cut off with a burst of static.]
[as per last year's watch list.]
no subject
I may not have asked to come here but that does not mean I will be molded into anyone's plaything. I can make my own choices, and I expect the rest of us can as well.
What is debrecen?
no subject
do not be mistaken: while we reside in this country our greatest uses are those of the figurehead, the asset, the weapon, the spokesperson, all exploitable and usable
what does a registered imPort stand for?
what power does an imPort wield when nullified?
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON DEBRECEN SEE:
majority report03202016
majority report03102016
FOR COLLOQUIAL OPINION ON DEBRECEN: it was a shitshow
no subject
[ A few more hours until he responds again. ]
I looked into Debrecen. Despicable.
All those lives...
[ Later again. ]
What are you trying to do?
Convince people not to register?
no subject
your nanites are a means of control. tracking. monitoring.
your powers can be nullified. muzzled. stripped.
do not be lulled into thinking that you have found some peace. you are a commodity. you are a weapon. registered or unregistered, settled or unsettled, hero or criminal: we can all be used.
no subject
Can they really be taken away?
If what you want is my attention, you have it.
no subject
POWER NULLIFIERS are employed, by the government, against imPorts who have attained CRIMINAL status
if we doubt the motivations of the government, we must doubt their intentions to use these nullifiers only on the criminal set.
if we doubt the governmental definition of CRIMINAL, we must doubt that we will never be subjected to these nullifiers
if we look to Debrecen, we will learn: nullifiers were employed.
for those of us unlucky in powers at home: how did we come by these powers?
how easily can they be denied to us?
the slope becomes slippery
this all can unravel
no subject
They vilified us because we fixed things they refused to
I understand the damage that label can do
But I do not know enough about this government to know how I feel yet
My power is, quite literally, a part of me
It cannot be stolen
They would have to take my heart
no subject
find out how they will limit you
perhaps they will kill you instead
no subject
I will if need be.
But not simply to test the waters.
no subject
a moment of their choosing
not your own
this is a gamble.
no subject
no subject
we can act.
no subject
no subject
if you intend to blindly live in a world where your power
which you have categorized as deeply intrinsic
and yet might be turned against you in ways cruel and brutal
ways that you do not know, cannot guess
if you intend to assume that you are untouchable by the punishment of limitation that is able to be imposed on anyone by nullifiers
if you intend to assume that you cannot be nullified
then you are choosing a hand that you think is safe
it is not safe.
that is the point of all of this.
if we are betting, then we choose to bet on an outcome that we can create
and, if not create: an outcome that we can predict based on what we know
we suggest you begin by learning.
no subject
no subject
in brief.
nullification has been used against imPorts in many instances
ask around
there are those who will share what they know
ask specifically members of the law enforcement of which there are some imPorts among their number
ask specifically anyone who has been subjected to nullification
ask specifically anyone who might have nullification as their own power
no subject
I will ask around.
Thank you for the information.
no subject
we will have more to tell.