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[rideofthefearlings]

[ Pitch's voice is smooth, and sounds practiced like he's familiar with oration for others; the tone is conversational, but still a touch sly. ]

I find it interesting that the term used to denote those who arrive here - imPorts - inherently implies that they are foreign things that are unequal to those who are born to this world.

Thus I am curious: would any here have chosen, if had been given the chance, to remain unknown to the populace and to live as if you'd always been here? A false life in a false home... and yet still, it seems as if that would be preferable for some who have arrived here.

Of particular consideration to any who've wondered about the place of imPorts in this world: where do you believe this world would be, if imPorts had not begun arriving when they did? Would this world be better off, or worse? Has the presence of imPorts calmed tensions, or inflamed them?

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[ OOC: Please take a peek at his permissions for whether your character might be able to hear Pitch speaking, or if this will seem like an "empty" feed and he'll switch to text, thank you! ]

Comments

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[bindsthedead]

Metaphysically, we don't belong here.

I cannot say if our presence has been for good or ill though. We've eased some problems and created new ones.

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[rideofthefearlings]

Metaphysicality often pales in contrast to practicality.

A truly neutral and noncommittal response if I ever heard one.

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[bindsthedead]

For most people. For me, the fact that dead imPorts don't pass on into this world's afterlife is relevant.

I don't think it's simple. Although I also don't think our good intentions count for as much as people believe.

[trouvaille]

A Lambhorgini is also an import. It isn't a negative connotation, it's a factual description.

I wouldn't have, personally.

[rideofthefearlings]

People import luxury items because they want them, not because they show up unannounced and uninvited. Your metaphor is somewhat lacking.

You've become accustomed to your place here, then?

[trouvaille]

Probably because it wasn't a metaphor. Your insinuation was clumsy.

( dryly. )

I don't see what the point of bullshitting about what the situation is. It doesn't change the situation, it's just a different kind of hassle. There's nothing this world offers me that I want, so why would I lie to them about how much I belong here? I don't see what I get out of that.

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[knaval]

I'm the size of a building, mate, being unknown was never an option.

[UGH!! ORGANICS!!!]

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[vanto]

If it helps, I haven't seen you yet.

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[knaval]

Gotta blow up more shit, then.

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[rideofthefearlings]

Let us pretend you'll answer the question as though you weren't the size of a building and it was an option.

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[knaval]

Then no, because I'm not even from this galaxy. You can say well what if you were, but if you're not from a planet and you've spent millions of years living another way, it's hard to imagine always having been a different way.

Also, for the record, Earth sucks and humans are boring.

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[whitefox]

Remaining completely unknown seems like an impractical and unrealistic aspiration.

[Take it from someone who has been there before. Someone always finds out. And life is better for that discovery, not worse. Maintaining a life of falsehoods is not as easy as it sounds. And then people ask more questions and you're required to tell more lies...

It is a vicious circle from which there is no escape, not without cutting yourself free.]

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[rideofthefearlings]

Isn't that the point of a hypothetical question, to examine possibilities that may or may not be rational?

[ People are putting entirely the wrong kind of thought into their answers, Pitch thinks. ]

permatext

[deadtective]

That shit doesn't work. If you're different people will always know, no matter what you try to do.

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[rideofthefearlings]

You sound like someone who tried and failed at it.

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[wizzardly]

What, remain unknown and blissfully left alone here? Absolutely. Yes. Is that somehow still an option? If you know if there's some form for that with a box I forgot to check when I got here, I can certainly fix that.

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[rideofthefearlings]

What a refreshingly different answer from everyone else's. Has fame, or infamy, not served you well here?

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[craftpunk]

Blending in? Pretending to be nothing, just because you're afraid of a little celebrity status?

[ The helmet on screen tipped. Curious. ]

Who wants to be a nobody?

As for where this world would be, if we weren't around? They'd be mucking around with their mediocrity to this day, I suspect.

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[rideofthefearlings]

Ah, someone enamored of their fame. Excellent, I was hoping for a spread of replies. Was fame what you sought where you're from as well?

[ He watches the helmeted figure on the feed, though Pitch's own remains voice only. ]

Then you don't believe they're 'mucking around' at present?

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[aberrant_type]

Foreign, perhaps, but I'll grant them this: I'm not sure they think we're unequal. Even if we are, I don't think they've articulated it. And since it seems that we in some cases, on a personal basis, might have greater powers than a citizen of this world... perhaps they'd be right to feel we're unequal to them. Even to fear us. It's sensible to fear something that could cause harm to you or your world.

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[rideofthefearlings]

[ You are now the most interesting person in this post, Hange. ]

Do you think the fear they have for some imPorts is the same as they have for powered individuals that were created here in this world?

[devoutish]

Something in the middle for me. I've got no interest in pretending I'm not from where I'm from, but I could do without the celebrity.

[rideofthefearlings]

Has celebrity in this world been rife with misfortune for you?

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[aberranthubris]

The native culture has welcomed us quite charitably, almost with worship.

But of course, in a perfect world, it would be nice to have the liberty to choose.

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[rideofthefearlings]

That perception doesn't seem to be shared by many of those here, at least from my perusal of past network communications. Or perhaps your experience has been different than that of others?

Ah, yes, choice. The understood pinnacle of the perfect society.