MINGLE #2

[footkind]

Use this post to mingle and meet with each other! For the coding to make your tags MSPA-style use the box below:

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There is no set time line for these interactions but the game has not been launched yet and no one but the Beta(s) should know they are prepared to hack the game. For human/troll interactions try to keep I AM AN ALIENNNN to a minimum, or at least be realistic--would YOU believe someone was an alien if the IM'd you and told you they were?

This iteration of the mingle post will include sections for each team to help everyone figure out what do! You don't need to reply to these but I think it might be helpful c: You may create your own sections for your characters as well!

Comments

[celestialcavalier]

well then.
i'm a smart enough guy. not some sort of super genius, but i'm hardly dumb.
clever enough to get by, really.
and i'm not insane or i wouldn't be where i am.
they don't like crazy.
and i'm about as alien as anyone else.
so i think you're misinformed.

[austereastronomer]

Don't worry; I'm not one to believe everything I hear.
...In fact, hearing it from them, I take it with a grain of salt.
But would you mind telling me a bit about where you come from, though? From what I gather it is quite different from the place where I and my acquaintances live.

[celestialcavalier]

Only because you're being so incredibly formal.
Honestly, this feels almost like an interrogation, but I'll bite...
On the condition that for everything I tell you, you tell me something in exchange.

My name is Donovan.
I live in a city, particularly in a military academy.

[austereastronomer]

That sounds more than reasonable.
I'm merely curious about societies unlike my own.
A military academy? Is it required of you, or did you go voluntarily?
In any case, as is only fair:
My name is Hirune, and I live in a heavily forested area alone with my lusus.

[celestialcavalier]

Nice to meet you, Hirune.
Me being here is a little of both, actually.
After being a problem child, I got sent off to the academy.
So I didn't come here of my own accord.
But, everything that I do here is my own choice.
I'm practically in charge of the place.

Are you near anyone else?
Or is it just endless trees and wildlife?

[austereastronomer]

That's impressive. How did you come to be in charge if it was meant as punishment?
I, too will join our military next sweep. Here, service is compulsory.
However, I intend to "abscond from this frozen treat vendor," as I believe the saying goes, before I come of age.

In the area local to me, it's just trees and wildlife, yes, along with me and my guardian.
It's deliberate on my part. I don't get along with most of the people I've met.
Generally I find most of society intolerable.

[celestialcavalier]

I got on the good side of someone in charge, and then I worked my way up from there.
I've been here for a long time, and it's to the point where I can do almost whatever I want.
If you're planning on getting the hell out of dodge, do you have any plans? If it's compulsory, then there's some way to force people to do it.

You're pretty remote, though, and that's good.
The less people that know you exist, the easier it is to stay that way, right?
I feel you about society. What do YOU hate about it?

[austereastronomer]

Well, it's possible that next sweep might never come anyway.
I'm hearing a lot of talk about the end of the world.
Otherwise my plan is to hide out from the drones until I can find some form of transportation away from here.
I'm not going to fight for a cause I don't believe in.

We're stagnating as a culture since everyone is focused on their own survival and expanding the Empire.
Of course, it makes perfect sense from the Condescence's point of view, since it keeps anyone from beng able to challenge her.
Most of us can't even imagine another way to live, and continue to pointlessly fight each other and live only for the next immediate moment.

[celestialcavalier]

Heh. I've been hearing about the end of the world for a few years now.
It still hasn't come. Those conspiracy theorists are full of hot air.
What sort of transport do you need? It seems like boats or planes would be monitored.

That's... kind of disgusting.
I'm all for being on top due to my own power, but...
It all seems so stupid! There's no ambition or optimism or... anything!
How the hell haven't you all died off?

[austereastronomer]

Breeding programs.

[celestialcavalier]

Ew.
Sounds like arranged, selective breeding.
I can see why you hate society, yours seems absolutely terrible.

[austereastronomer]

Yes, it's pretty gross and I hate it.
Although I hate more the ones that buy into it completely, and there are far too many of those.
I don't suppose I can move to wherever you live?

[celestialcavalier]

You could.
I mean, you'd have to jump through some hoops to get in.
But I'm sure if you could make your way out here, you'd be happier.
Where are you at?

[austereastronomer]

I'm sort of in the middle of the northern part of the mainland continent, I guess.