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[Samantha opted, when setting up the feed, to go with voice only. She still looked like hell, and she didn't need anyone seeing or asking stupid questions. It wasn't their business. But, after speaking to Conan, she'd resolved that it was time to stop trying to hide from this place any further. When she spoke, her voice had a tired quality to it, but was still strong.]

So, Asgard.

I wanted to discuss something with those of you who will still speak with me right now. These powers that we have. Most of the people I see seem to think of them as a good thing, a blessing of sorts, or at least they partially make up for the tricks you had in your homeworlds. Right.

Here's the thing I wanted to talk about. Most I've spoken to seem to think of these powers as something that's being used to help other people around here, or to protect people that can't protect themselves. How do you people handle the fact that any of them can be abused, misused or mishandled? What do people around here do to prepare themselves to be protected if those powers get used for the wrong reasons? I've been thinking a lot lately about how people could protect themselves from some of these powers, and it worries me.

Not all of us are nice people, you know.

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(OOC: Ignore the last part. I was lazy. Moved too quick on that. She's sticking to Audio. sorry about that.)

God, you really are a stubborn one, aren't you? heh.

There's also a lot of people in Sigyn house, the last I'd checked. So, even if someone refuses, there might be someone else around who can help still. But yes, I understand what you mean about not being able to just let something continue that shouldn't be. There's a reason I'm asking about this.

[[OOC: Consider it retconned. =) ]]

No. Like I said, I'm usually kind of a pushover. But I can't really help the way I see this situation.

What is your reason? Are you worried someone is going to start misusing their power? I know some people here had amazing abilities back home and consider their new ones weaker or less interesting. There was a terrible incident where some people were given their old powers back and they exploded.

Start? Well, you mean aside from me misusing them myself already, I'm assuming. I'm pretty certain that there's people here who'll use them any way that they want.

...

Wait, what do you mean their heads exploded? Did they explain why?

[Yeah, that one caught her attention.]

I guess. I dunno. I suppose I just have faith that people will try to be fair about that kind of thing. Which is probably just really, really naive, but I can hope.

Some exploded in the head, with some it was the chest. This was a few days after arriving and I really freaked out. Not as bad as some people, but for the first hour or so I was convinced it was some kind of... CGI special effect, being I saw it happen over video feeds and not in person.

It was absolutely the worst day I've had here.

It's pretty naive, but it's sort of cute about you in a way. A little annoying at times, too.

I... think I might look up the old footage if I can find it somewhere. Maybe Castiel knows something about it. If they're blowing up in different places, it might have to do with what their powers were.

[From her tone, the idea of blood and guts had absolutely no effect on her, emotionally. She was going into research mode, as if trying to figure out the why of the whole thing. On the upside, Hisao'd given her something to do other than be sorry for herself. Admittedly, it was bringing out her macabre side a little.]

Haha - sorry! I don't mean to be annoying, honestly.

They are there, and you can look them up. I'd do it for you but the idea of seeing them again actually makes me feel pretty ill. But if you've got the stomach for it, you can find them. Search for a post by Rose Lalonde - that was the first one I saw.

I don't know anyone called Castiel, but there WAS a post not long after made by the Gods themselves. Well. One of them. Basically pointing out it was done to stop people whining about gaining their old abilities back. They aren't compatible with this world, so, if you retain them it lasts for a few minutes then the energy gets to be too much.

[He looks a little green around the gills as he recounts all this, but he's doing an admirable job keeping his tone even.]

Oh you're not that annoying. I'd have punched you by now if you were that annoying. And no, I can find them myself. Don't make yourself sick doing that. I'll track them down with a bit of work, but thanks for the hint.

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Let me guess. Baldr made that post? That sounds like the sort of thing that little dick would say. Him or Loki. They're both kind of jackasses. Along with kidnappers.

Glad to hear I'm not as yet Hittable. Do me a favor and aim for the head if I ever cross that particular line in the sand.

Yeah, Baldr. He combined it into a post about how we should be grateful for what technology we have, and how he could zap us all into the woods to live if he wanted to. I think he tried that and it didn't end particularly well for anyone, though I'm fuzzy on the details and could be wrong.

Really? Most people prefer the stomach. Will do either way.

Yeah, that explains a lot about the explanation. God only knows why they let Baldr do any of the PR work for the kidnapping campaign. The only emotion he gets most days is irritation and rage. I'd love to punch him senseless, myself.

I don't deal with blows to the torso well.

Yeah - And yet the supposedly nicer Gods like Sigyn are hardly seen at all. The one time I spoke with Odin I was pretty let down as well. They seem to bicker a lot, too.

Freyr... wasn't quite as bad when I talked to him. I'm not sure that I really trust him, but it kind of sounded like he was a prisoner too. Loki sure seemed to say as much as well.

I'm not sure if that really says anything for him, though.

I did speak briefly with Freyr too. Kind of dissapointed in him to be frank - the whole hugging event. He asked for our opinions on it and my friend Hanako gave hers and was blatantly ignored. I mean, why bother asking if you're just going to go ahead with whatever, you know?

[Just the slightest hint of anger in his voice and creased brows. He has a talent for euphimism. In this case 'dissapointed' means 'as close to royally pissed as I generally get'.]

I don't think any of them's going to please us one way or another. At best, they seem to ignore us for their own problems. At worst, they're a pack of pricks that kidnap us and expect us to listen to whatever idiocy they're going to shove down our throats. 'Not so bad' is pretty relative when they're doing what they do.

Yeah. It's pretty obvious they're set on their own agenda to the point of being oblivious to what's best for us. I don't want to sound completely ungrateful being we're fed, houses, not locked up in cages or something... but still.

Give it time... they might decide to change that.

Personally, though, I'm less foaming at the mouth than I was when I first got here, and there's things I haven't seen that I expected to see. So, I'm a little less murderous towards them than I started out as. Only a little, though. They've really pulled a number on us.

Heh. I really, really hope not.

They have, but it isn't all bad. I love the Library, I enjoy my job, I've met a lot of awesome people. Like I said, I can't complain too much. It's just when they mess with our free will that I get annoyed.

Wait. Do what now? Hold your horses and run that one by me again. what do you mean lose our free will? I thought we were talking stupid crap like that beard crap or some inane curse or something like getting turned into a guy for a bit. Don't tell me there's more to it than that. I was just starting to almost like one of them.

Well, for example, my friend who's intensely afraid of being touched. Put your hand on her shoulder, she'll freeze up. She wound up being compelled to hug a LOT of people. I don't even know how many. It wasn't even as if she could hide in the house or in her room. To say that she was upset about it is kinda putting it mildly, but there was no fighting it.

Then there was the singing thing - people had songs stuck in their head and had to sing them. Songs they didn't even know, some of them. I know a few people who wound up singing things that upset them for one reason or another.

So, not BIG things. But it's enough.

It's enough. Most of that sort of shit's probably not big, but it can be really infuriating. I think they like irritating us, really. Sorry about your friend though. I do understand how she feels. I'm not afraid of being touched or someone getting close, I just really don't like it. If it has to happen, it has to happen, though.

Still, that just makes the whole hugging thing worse.

Exactly. It's a kind of 'thin end of the wedge' thing. So, today they're making me hug strangers, tomorrow they'll do.. what? Make me jump off a building? Hurt someone? I'd like to give them the benefeit of the doubt and all but it is worrisome.

Freyr... put it this way, and whether or not you like him there's some truth to it that's undeniable. They're people. Whatever they are, they've got emotions, wants, goals, personalities and weaknesses. I'd call Baldr a childish bully, like some scared kid showing he's in charge by beating people up, just to avoid thinking about his problems. Every one of them is like a regular person, only with the powers of eternity at their fingertips.

That's always been one of the scary things about the old gods. They're basically people with lightning bolts in their hands, and people can do some horrible things. If my other half could laugh, walking someone off a building to see what they look like when they landed, who's to say that these gods are any different or better? Hell, they started with kidnapping. I'd assume they're worse.

That's similar to my take on it. I noticed that they bicker a lot amongst themselves, like some kind of family filled with different siblings. One wants it this way, another wants it that way, and they argue about it and we get caught in the middle.

I can almost forgive them for starting with kidnapping if only because how many of us would have come willingly? Despite anything I might think about being here now, if they had asked me then, I would have flat out refused. I had sort of picked my life up and had started putting things together that I wanted and wanted to do, so, yeah. I would have said No. Now that I'm here and understand the situation, I'd stay, given the option. I mean, we're here to save all of creation in thousands of universes - saving trillions of lives. I mean, don't get me wrong - Kidnapping is a terrible way to go about it but I can see the reasoning behind it.

I can 'get' that they're desperate. That's starting to be obvious, but I would have still liked to be asked. I might have let it slide and gone with them. There's not much back in my world that I'm all that keen on protecting, personally, but some of what I've seen's right for me to want to be here anyway.

Still, I think we're mostly on the same page again.

Well, even if you're not so keen on your own world, there are thousands of others we're helping by being here. To be completely honest, I'd stay just to save one. Any one. It wouldn't even have to be my own, though, that's a definite mark in the 'Pros' column for me.

It's just if I can do that without having to sign embarassing songs, hugging strangers, or exploding, I'll be much happier.

Agreed on the not exploding thing. Dying's a bitch, though that at least would be fast. Messy and freaky as hell, but fast. There's advantages to fast.

Personally, though, I'm not good at the whole hero thing. I can't sit idly by if someone's in trouble. That'd be monstrous, but at the same time I have trouble understanding helping a world I don't even know exists for sure. It's... too distant to understand properly, if that makes sense. Sounds great in theory, but I don't work in theory too much.

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