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[cons]

[ Wichita's been here, roughly, five days. and all she's done is wander around looking for her sister and decidedly not wasting her time talking to anybody else that happens to look her way. maybe it would be easier to literally ask around if anybody's seen Little Rock, but to be honest, she's kind of freaked out that there are people to ask at all. just- people. she's never been scared of crowds ( let's be real, they're a pickpocket's goldmine ) and she's never been shy, she just hasn't actually dealt with this many healthy human beings in almost three months. it's like culture shock, only a little worse, considering she was apparently brought here by a bunch of norse gods. what the hell, right? at least they had showers here. she never appreciated hot water so much in her life.

so she's been cruising around the city on foot, hands stuffed in the pockets of her leather jacket, gun tucked into the back of her jeans, as always. like everything might flip over at any minute and reveal that yeah, it's just a dream, and yeah, she has to wake up and fight for her life. something like that. who knows.

two days into her stay, she started watching the network. war talk, boring talk, weird talk, power talk. it was all so, so surreal. but it backs up what that little intro video said, that they were all brought here to fight a war of the worlds or something, so she's kept her eyes and ears open, and her mouth shut.

until now.

five days and still no sign of her sister? yeah. it's time to speak up.

not about that, of course, not about her. but speaking up in general. she's kind of on edge at this point, not hysterical or anything, but clearly annoyed. it's for the best people can't see her, because she's got a scowl to end all scowls on her face. a n n o y e d. ]

So. What happens if you've been brought here and your whole world is already torn to shit? We're supposed to be fighting for our world's survival, but I'm already doing that back home, and to be honest, it makes this place look like a playground. So what's my motivation here, what's my angle? No, seriously. All ears. Please.

Also, I'll be needing directions to the cheapest bar in town, as soon as possible.

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[mulletrock]

I wish I could give you the rundown on why you should participate but I've been here months and I'm still looking for the same answers.

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[cons]

All of this pretty much entirely reeks of bullshit, if you ask me.

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[bloodypocket]

You may not find the answer no matter how long you are here. [Take it from someone who has been here for far longer than he would have liked.]

Or you could tie yourself to this world by bonding with others here.

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[cons]

Yeah, I'm not really much of a bonder.

[ she sounds more skeptical than bitchy, at least. ]

So I don't think I'm gonna be much help when it comes to that whole- bringing color back thing.

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[genreswitch]

[These bracelets confuse him, but he's mostly figured them out by now. At least he knows how to hide his face if he wants to.]

If what they say is true, then to lose this war means you fought for nothing back home.

Everything you ever loved will be undone.

[He sounds pretty young, but very serious. She's not the only one who's been fighting tooth and nail for her own crappy world.]

...And what is a bar? [He doesn't like appearing ignorant, but he hasn't the slightest what a bar is. Or what 'cheap' is, either, but he can't help but be reticent about asking too many questions of a stranger.]

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[cons]

S'a bit dramatic, don't you think?

[ it's because he sounds young that she isn't being more of an asshole about it, woops ]

Bar's a place where you pay someone to serve you alcohol, and as long as you're not a drunken idiot about it, they can't refuse to serve you as long as you keep paying for it.

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[tonsofpun]

[Oh, man. Ellie remembers feeling very similar when she first arrived. She's in on that war talk now, but back then, it felt like some giant comic book she'd landed in, like some kind of ongoing shared dream.]

That sure sounds familiar.

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[cons]

[ and wow, she looks- unnervingly like Little Rock. her chest actually kind of lurched at first, an oh thank god. but. no. just a swift kick to the heart-junk, that's all ]

Does it?

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[littlesurvivor]

Well, if we help, they say we get to go home. I'm not sure what they will do for those who don't want to go back though. Why was home so bad for you? Were there walkers there too?

[Also.]

You shouldn't say swears. There are kids here.

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[cons]

It's kind of a long, gross story. [ nnnooooOOOO another young girl, judging by her voice. what the hell. what are they doing here in this city. why. why do this, universe. ] Walkers. [ repeating it, like saying it out loud will help her remember ] Nnnot sure what that is, sorry. What's a walker?

-- Sorry for swearing, too.

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[daddyissues]

[ He doesn't have motivation for her, no angle, no nothing. But he does have directions! ]

Loki district, three blocks south of the welcome hall. There's a whole block of dive bars.

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[mulletrock]

Normally I'd be patting you on the back for giving advice like that. I think we all needed a drink when we first showed up. But right now I can't decide whether or not I give a crap that you're a little young to be bar crawling.

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[cons]

Yeah? No shit. How'd I miss that.

[ rhetorical questions from the Loki house resident ]

Thanks.

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[madeforwalking]

Don't you know, there are different worlds. Maybe you'll be quick enough to make it to one of those?

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[cons]

You mean abandon Z-Land for another, happier place? Not sure that's in the cards for me.

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[comeonthensexy]

People are dying. Is that motivation enough, or are you one of those who don't care?

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[cons]

[ caring gets you killed. ehh, let's hold off on that. ]

My world is already, literally, dead. I can count on one hand the number of healthy people I've seen in the last month before I showed up here. I'm saying I would rather be there fighting for them, than here fighting for- who? People who didn't get that shit end of the stick, looks like.

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[kage_senbon]

Finally! I've been waiting for someone to say it. The sheep just follow around with their cheap would be heroic nonsense and expect us all to tow the line.

[She officially liked this one a very small shred more than anyone she'd yet to see in this place.]

[cons]

um. yeah, exactly. sure. finding it hard to believe nobody's asked this question before me, but maybe it's been a while. did they really manage to round up mostly people who actually like putting their lives on the line for strangers?

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[renewedwill]

I'm kind of new here myself, and my world is pretty worse off than this one is, but. There's a war going on. And as much as I want to go back home and fight in my own war, I'm not about to let these people die on my watch. [a pause.] Sometimes you've got to find the answer yourself.

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[cons]

Yeah, see. I'm not exactly a hero-type. I'm not even an anti-hero type. I just do what it takes to survive, that's it. The fact that they expect me to actively fight for their survival is kind of out of my paygrade.

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[ofthursday]

The gods claim the destruction of this world will herald the destruction of others, due to their dependance on this one.

[It's said flatly but there's no mistaking that Castiel thinks that's complete nonsense.]

However, many here choose to fight simply to protect themselves and those they care for. In many of the conflicts was have been acting defensively, rather than offensively.

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[cons]

The only person I care about isn't here, so, that's kinda why I'd rather be home. [ and that's as far into that as she's getting ]

What are we talking about, armies of gods or something? Monsters? I just can't wrap my head around why a bunch of norse gods would need help from mortals, even if they give us a power or whatever. [ she still doesn't believe she's telepathic now, but that's because she hasn't tried to use it. no thanks, not yet. ] It doesn't add up.

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[tigers]

Well, that's just hard cheese for you then, ain't it?

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[cons]

Not that hard, if I just decide to sit back and watch everybody else do all the fighting.

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[unkneaded]

They say if this world falls, the others fall with it. So in a way you're still fighting for your world's survival. Just on a different battleground.

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[cons]

Yeah, but, I mean- We're supposed to just believe that?