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this is a touchy subject but are there any support networks in place for people to go to when someone they care about gets ported out? temporarily or permanently, or if they get ported out and come back with no memories i'm not asking because i'm in this situation currently personally but i'm seeing a lot of people who have their entire lives they built here ruined because someone has been pulled out by the porter not just romantic partners either. i'm sure we've all lost friends and family too. this is a unique problem to imports and i think maybe only other imports can really and truly understand what it's like. not sure. please advise.

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Back then, everyone was so concerned with 'getting home', of this being temporary, that the idea of a long-term support network would have been laughable. Now, clearly, it's a common enough occurrence as to be, frankly, a necessity. The irony in this, of course, is that I'm sure there have been imPort-created support networks of this nature in the past, but everyone running them probably got Ported out.

everyone still is to some degree and it's still temporary to some degree i had considered that that was the case guess they didn't have a contingency plan

"imPorts" and "planning" don't go hand in hand so well, do they? It's hard to think of this place as permanent for many people, but they may as well treat it that way. They've got nothing to lose, since they won't remember once they leave. And that means forming the necessary networks for losing those foundations, too. There's a reason life insurance exists (beyond fraud payouts, I mean).

not always but yes everyone is super edgy and impressive with how callous they are and how they don't care about no-one but themselves and every attempt at anything even marginally good is total shit rolls my eyes so hard they pop out my skull honestly you say that but you don't know how many people i've seen fall apart when someone they care deeply about is ported out. even if it's temporary. i'm not just willing to accept "shut up and suffer" as an option

Long as we're on the same page. That's my point, pal. Too many think they can handle it, or put off the possibility of it happening, but it comes to everyone, in time. (Except Tony Stark) If nothing's in place, which it doesn't seem like there is, I wouldn't mind helping out. Someone to talk to. I'm not exactly the organizational type, though- seems like something worth bringing up to the current ambassadors, at the very least.

yeah. poor guy. this is just an idea i'm floating now. i'll figure out the logistics when i know who wants in. i honestly thought no-one would reply... and you're welcome to help as long as you leave your fatalistic shit at the doorstep

[Um, yeah. 'Poor'.]

Nah, people eat this sort of thing up because everyone's been affected or knows someone who has. Empathy's a powerful thing, thankfully. Hey, you're gonna hurt my feelings with accusations like that.

"eat it up" honestly, you sound less and less like you're interested and more like you just want to be around for anything going wrong and good.

Sheesh. If you're looking for someone to lash out at, that's a form of therapy too, I guess. But I'd feel better to know that's what you need, rather than have baseless accusations flung in my face. Thanks in advance.

come now, shin, i know you're not that easily offended

I don't kid around when it comes to helping people. Really, you need a talk or something?

no i guess i'm just over defensive because i expected people to wave this off sorry

I guess that makes us partners in fatalism. Shoot me a message if this gets off the ground.

you got it, shin i'm sure the religious imports would appreciate your involvement

Hah. People forget too often what the point of charity or counsel from the cloth is. Jesus wasn't in it for the Big Man, and neither am I. I'm not a fan of blowing wind like that anyway.

just a bunch of words and phrases i understand if it works it works, right? i might ask pucci if he can provide religious assistance to those who follow it as well

What I mean is that this profession and the rituals attached to it are about helping people, not getting coolkid points for the afterlife you believe in. A good philosophy to have. [Sheesh, sure, and maybe he won't rip out everyone's memories or murder anyone.]

i'll take your word

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