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[burger_king]

The year is 2018 and the Red Scare is alive and kicking. Worlds collide as we're brought here under mysterious circumstances, given gifts we couldn't dream to prepare for. Trapped without hope for escape we ask ourselves - will we ever see our homes again? Our loved ones? Will we embrace our new lives and is it a question of when - not if - that these powers turn on us? So many questions, and yet the biggest mystery is something else entirely.

Best burger joint. Give me your suggestions. Bonus points for cheap menus.

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[burger_king]

That makes sense.

Religion isn't that tangible where I'm from. It's more cultural. Holidays, going to church, obeying rules.

[fehus]

it's not tangible to you bc you're not a believer, sounds like. my best friend/valkyrie sam is pretty devout to an omnix3 god, even though she's like, shepherding teen deaths like me to a pagan afterlife.

but i think that's a part of why the imPorts aren't a gang, too. no cultural/religious glues that would make it easy to fall into. it has to be something more than colours or traditions that hold them together, if they're going to hold together at all.

[burger_king]

Maybe. Only believers I ever hear about are fanatics.

You're right. A gang doesn't come from nothing, it needs something to forge bonds in. Idk about your experiences, but joining the Serpents isn't easy. You have to fight for it.

If we want to stick together we need to do the work and idk if that's something everyone can do or wants.

[fehus]

it's not. it's like herding cats. which means a lot of shit falls through the cracks.

[burger_king]

You've tried? Or is this an assumption?

[fehus]

neither. i've seen what happens. the problem is port-outs. even if someone manages to create something good for the community, life is even more transient than usual here. like living on the street. sometimes people just disappear, along with whatever they were trying to build or do.

like i said, being an imPort heightens a lot. one of those things is how quickly and easily people can vanish.

[burger_king]

[ It feels like there should be ways around this, through organisation and structure, but it also feels entirely overwhelming to even try. Frustrating. He's tired just thinking about it. ]

So... what do we do? What do you do?

[fehus]

idk. kind of the same shit i've always done? i've been living that cool transient after/life for a while. so i do what i can handle. i help who i can help. and i try not to make things worse, for anybody. i talk to imPorts who are smarter than me about the problems i think are important, who can try to make something that lasts. i don't think any of it's enough, but it's better than nothing. or buying in. or feeling totally useless or overwhelmed by it.

on the selfish side, i try to take advantage of being here. even with all it's problems it's a lot easier.

[burger_king]

Sounds easy enough. [ Not really easy at all. ]

Thanks for talking this through with me. I have a lot to think about.

[fehus]

just take it one thing at a time. if your brain starts to leak out your ears like laffy taffy, hey, you know a healer now.

also a dude always willing to hit up a good burger place and shoot some non-heavy shit.

[burger_king]

Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

But burgers, always. Just say when and where.

[fehus]

let's hook up when you settle in a bit.

betty and archie already know this, but you're always welcome over at my place, too, if you wanna get away. i live outside de chima in the woods, it's a little more peaceful. easier to think.

[burger_king]

Between you and the other people I've talked to, I think I'm up to three places where I can crash.


I appreciate it.

[fehus]

yeah? that's why it's not all bad here.

no worries.