For now, huh? Should I be worried or should I take that as a compliment? [But okay.] Guess this is as good a time as any to ask what your threshold for crazy really is. It'd be a good basis for what they might pull next.
Let me let you in on a secret. [Brett, maybe it's not a good idea to listen to the too-calm man who's wandering further and further into the dark tunnels.] Even with the amount of data we've got we're not sure what counts either. When did you start seeing all of this stuff? Recently?
Harsh intro. [No, seriously. He doesn't envy anybody who wound up with the app this time around.] A lot of us first got hit back in February during Founder's Day. It wasn't even weird then, it was just an annoying app. Now there's all of this and the city seems to be taking it. Can we even get data on something that shouldn't be possible?
Yeah, well, after three months of it makes you wonder how they're this good at faking it. And don't even joke about that. Your younger sister's always kind of creeped me out a little...[He's spoken to Rose once or twice, okay, that was Enough. He's about to say "no, it's fine" but.]
...I can walk back just fine, but what the fuck is this? Please tell me this isn't something you remember from your past life or whatever.
If I had to guess that'd be the exact reason, yeah. If Jim's right and they're really watching us, they're gonna want to make this harder to track down answers which just reads as even shadier than before. [Hm.] Guess one way we could find out is somebody we know getting a job at the post office, but how would you even apply for something like that? I mean...I don't know about you, but I'm not sure how I feel about driving around a truck and handing out packages with dangerous bullshit in them and then disappearing to leave everybody else to figure it out without context. And that's what that would be.
...but you're right, I don't think I've seen anybody physically deliver stuff. Maybe they're in disguise, too.
What do you think might happen if someone tried opening a Retrospec package that wasn't meant for them? Like if you get the job, and you see that your sister got one, so you try to see what's in it?
[ besides the fact that you're breaking a federal law but that's besides the point. ]
Although maybe there will be some magical bullshit that happens and mysteriously enough you never end up with Retrospec packages when it's your shift.
...that's not a bad question. And it's probably one we can answer ourselves without having to get a job. We know enough people who're getting packages and stuff, right? We could run another experiment and see if anything goes wrong.
[Because honestly, at this point, he just assumes it will go very wrong.] I'm also betting that's the case since the mail carriers we have now obviously aren't on the network or they'd question this a little more. [A short grin.] You could probably use a new job anyway, Vantas. I have no idea how you're not exhausted all the time.
Don't be ridiculous. I'm just fucking great at acting like I'm not at this point, but just know that I'm only the shadow of what once was a human being. The taint of a man, if you will.
[ he has considered quitting and finding a new job, but doing that when he's in the middle of end of the school year bullshit for a graduating senior seems to be like too much extra work.
he considers the idea though. ]
What do you think the credentials for getting a post office job is?
[Even if Karkat's just being an overdramatic sarcastic tool about it, he's still giving him a fairly pointed look.]
You're too young to be burnt out, so don't give me that shit. I'm just saying...graduation's in a month, isn't it? Think about it. I think there're probably night shifts at a post office since they have to sort everything that comes in after hours? The credentials can't be that hard since it's pretty much knowing how to match addresses to neighborhoods and packages to those neighborhoods and driving one of those stupid trucks.
How bad is it if we just accept that it's maybe how things are going? [He shrugs, sheathing the sword finally and just leaning back against a container housing packets of sugar on the counter, arms folding over his chest.]
Spider-Luke's got a nice ring to it, but that doesn't explain enough. We're definitely going from zero to sixty in 3.5. The girls are getting stuff back, too, and...I mean I don't know how to explain it away anymore. There has to be a way to suppress the powers at least, right? Don't they do that shit in movies all the time?
[HE GUESSES. Really though, when there's not much else he can do but fret, he just tends to try to aggressively shrug things off instead. He never said he was good at coping...]
If there's a real way to do something like that, I haven't heard of anyone talking about it, at least. You could always ask on the network but my guess is since we're all kinda diving into this fresh-faced and new, no one even knows how it works. Forget about trying to stop it. ...For now, at least.
It wouldn't hurt to ask. People seem to be getting used to everything going on and life moves on, but isn't that how social media goes anyway? The world could be in chaos and somebody's gonna upload another cat picture, and everybody's gonna like it. [A shrug.] Makes you wonder if Retrospec's just interested in a new world order or what since they keep upping the ante.
I'm no good when it comes to thinking about confusing stuff like this...
[It's said with a little note of discomfort, because as much as he admires Luke for being so proactive with trying to untangle this whole complex mess, he's always felt strangely aimless without directions to follow. Being unable to contribute feels bad man... Maybe he can sew matching capes for The Resistance.]
They're aiming pretty small-scale if they want a whole new world order, though. Like, what, are they going a "one city at a time" route?
You're helping more than you think. You're making the rest of us think of good questions. [Kashuu don't be that way. He actually does appreciate that Kashuu lets him ramble without a real direction.]
That might be a start. What's most likely going to draw attention, the destruction of one city or a whole world war? If they want to make a chance that's irreversible it's easier to start from the inside and work out.
If it helps--[Said as he climbs.]--pretty sure my initiation was with the chocobos back during Founder's Day. They seem to lean toward the absurd more often than not. [He's near the top at least.] Can't be any worse than Vantas's cat. How's your dog taking all of this weirdness?
...The chocobos-horse thing would be kinda jarring. Still unless they start attacking you like that one video game series... still slightly less dangerous than this. [She's sporting a bit of a strained smile there.
Gosh, she can't imagine owning a cat in this state. They probably look far more appetizing then mice.] Their cat? Miki's doing okay. It like he's acing like it's... normal for him? He still wants to lick me and expects me to brush him and everything, but at least he doesn't mind when I use his harness to direct him.
[Please don't ask her how she got the harness on him. It was a struggle you couldn't imagine.]
They peck if that's what you're asking. Trust me, I don't trust them any more than I trust the rest of what's happening around here. [But he gets it. Actually, he seems vaguely interested in what she's saying.]
His cat dropped him off earlier, long story. That's what I'm not understanding though. Dogs are supposed to be fairly smart, you know? You'd think they'd react to something like this but maybe...I don't know, it's stupid. An optical illusion of some kind? Maybe our perception's just way off.
Honestly, that makes them sound about as dangerous as geese. [There's a bit of a laugh in her voice, but it doesn't last long.] No. If this company and app brought them here, they shouldn't be trusted.
[But then if they get memories because of the app, should they trust those as well?]
Well our perception just got a hell of a lot lower. But I don't know. Dogs and cats are smart and so are people, but there are so many that act like this is so... normal. And it does feel really... real.
[She sighs and hangs her head, but keeps her grip on the straw.]
I don't know what to believe, but I don't think this is fake.
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For now, huh? Should I be worried or should I take that as a compliment? [But okay.] Guess this is as good a time as any to ask what your threshold for crazy really is. It'd be a good basis for what they might pull next.
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I'm also not particularly good at guessing what lunatic trolls will do next.
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Around when I heard crickets chirping everywhere and someone screamed and dragged me down a street because someone's dog turned into a giant bug.
So yes, recently.
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Yeah, well, after three months of it makes you wonder how they're this good at faking it. And don't even joke about that. Your younger sister's always kind of creeped me out a little...[He's spoken to Rose once or twice, okay, that was Enough. He's about to say "no, it's fine" but.]
...I can walk back just fine, but what the fuck is this? Please tell me this isn't something you remember from your past life or whatever.
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[He loves his creepy sister who terrorizes people. She's hilarious and brilliant and terrifying and he adores her. Dirk Strider loves his siblings.]
It's a battle bot. From this life. [It's possibly evil.]
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[There's a pause and a thought though.] You're good with machines, aren't you?
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[For. Spiders? Let's hope so.
That looks like a dude with an idea.]
Decently. What's up?
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What do you know about drones and spy cameras? Just out of curiosity.
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makes shit uppppp
I know this pain, I am sorry Farrah
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If I had to guess that'd be the exact reason, yeah. If Jim's right and they're really watching us, they're gonna want to make this harder to track down answers which just reads as even shadier than before. [Hm.] Guess one way we could find out is somebody we know getting a job at the post office, but how would you even apply for something like that? I mean...I don't know about you, but I'm not sure how I feel about driving around a truck and handing out packages with dangerous bullshit in them and then disappearing to leave everybody else to figure it out without context. And that's what that would be.
...but you're right, I don't think I've seen anybody physically deliver stuff. Maybe they're in disguise, too.
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[ besides the fact that you're breaking a federal law but that's besides the point. ]
Although maybe there will be some magical bullshit that happens and mysteriously enough you never end up with Retrospec packages when it's your shift.
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[Because honestly, at this point, he just assumes it will go very wrong.] I'm also betting that's the case since the mail carriers we have now obviously aren't on the network or they'd question this a little more. [A short grin.] You could probably use a new job anyway, Vantas. I have no idea how you're not exhausted all the time.
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[ he has considered quitting and finding a new job, but doing that when he's in the middle of end of the school year bullshit for a graduating senior seems to be like too much extra work.
he considers the idea though. ]
What do you think the credentials for getting a post office job is?
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You're too young to be burnt out, so don't give me that shit. I'm just saying...graduation's in a month, isn't it? Think about it. I think there're probably night shifts at a post office since they have to sort everything that comes in after hours? The credentials can't be that hard since it's pretty much knowing how to match addresses to neighborhoods and packages to those neighborhoods and driving one of those stupid trucks.
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this comment reminded me to fill in the regain form
I helped :3
you did <33
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How bad is it if we just accept that it's maybe how things are going? [He shrugs, sheathing the sword finally and just leaning back against a container housing packets of sugar on the counter, arms folding over his chest.]
Spider-Luke's got a nice ring to it, but that doesn't explain enough. We're definitely going from zero to sixty in 3.5. The girls are getting stuff back, too, and...I mean I don't know how to explain it away anymore. There has to be a way to suppress the powers at least, right? Don't they do that shit in movies all the time?
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[HE GUESSES. Really though, when there's not much else he can do but fret, he just tends to try to aggressively shrug things off instead. He never said he was good at coping...]
If there's a real way to do something like that, I haven't heard of anyone talking about it, at least. You could always ask on the network but my guess is since we're all kinda diving into this fresh-faced and new, no one even knows how it works. Forget about trying to stop it. ...For now, at least.
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Ideas, Kashuu. I could do with ideas.
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[It's said with a little note of discomfort, because as much as he admires Luke for being so proactive with trying to untangle this whole complex mess, he's always felt strangely aimless without directions to follow. Being unable to contribute feels bad man... Maybe he can sew matching capes for The Resistance.]
They're aiming pretty small-scale if they want a whole new world order, though. Like, what, are they going a "one city at a time" route?
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That might be a start. What's most likely going to draw attention, the destruction of one city or a whole world war? If they want to make a chance that's irreversible it's easier to start from the inside and work out.
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AQUA;
If it helps--[Said as he climbs.]--pretty sure my initiation was with the chocobos back during Founder's Day. They seem to lean toward the absurd more often than not. [He's near the top at least.] Can't be any worse than Vantas's cat. How's your dog taking all of this weirdness?
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Gosh, she can't imagine owning a cat in this state. They probably look far more appetizing then mice.] Their cat? Miki's doing okay. It like he's acing like it's... normal for him? He still wants to lick me and expects me to brush him and everything, but at least he doesn't mind when I use his harness to direct him.
[Please don't ask her how she got the harness on him. It was a struggle you couldn't imagine.]
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His cat dropped him off earlier, long story. That's what I'm not understanding though. Dogs are supposed to be fairly smart, you know? You'd think they'd react to something like this but maybe...I don't know, it's stupid. An optical illusion of some kind? Maybe our perception's just way off.
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[But then if they get memories because of the app, should they trust those as well?]
Well our perception just got a hell of a lot lower. But I don't know. Dogs and cats are smart and so are people, but there are so many that act like this is so... normal. And it does feel really... real.
[She sighs and hangs her head, but keeps her grip on the straw.]
I don't know what to believe, but I don't think this is fake.
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