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Tweak says, "Alright! Cuba."

Sir Jacob Frye (derailedatrain) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2020-05-04 23:08:00

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edward kenway, jacob frye, katherine lokadóttir, ~marian of knighton (oe)

It has been suggested that if one types words into this box everyone else with a device may have the ability to read and reply. Is this correct? Please forgive me if this is a blatantly obvious question, all of this wonderful future technology is very new to me.

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	daddyissues_ 2020-05-06 02:41 am UTC (link)
	Or is it luckily? If you have to live in it, it makes your life a lot easier if you get used to it. What was your life like in London? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	derailedatrain 2020-05-06 02:54 am UTC (link)
	I would have agreed with that before I had the opportunity to visit India for several weeks. Upon returning home I was suddenly hit with everything I had grown used to before I left. Some could say it was exciting. I was the leader of a gang. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2020-05-06 03:03 am UTC (link)
	Unpleasant to the say the least. I can assure you unless you stumble through the wrong portal you have left the realm of bad hygiene. A gang! Now you have to tell me more about that. Am I to think boyband with special secret moves or secret organisation stealing from the rich and terrible? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	derailedatrain 2020-05-06 03:17 am UTC (link)
	A boyband? That sounds vaguely cheeky. Not as much stealing as stopping them from doing harm in whatever way we could. At times through violence or intimidation, I was always particularly fond of freeing their child workforce and thus shutting down their factories. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2020-05-06 03:25 am UTC (link)
	Be prepared and only click on the highlighted text if you feel ready to have your world turned upside down: Warning! Danger! You are welcome. Do you feel inspired? Do need therapy? It's one or the other really. But I see your call is far more noble... I can see the appeal of freeing children from the clutches of evil. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	derailedatrain 2020-05-06 03:33 am UTC (link)
	Madam, there are not words enough to express how I feel in this moment after having witnessed that. You have knocked me off my stride and I have no idea how to recover. And your estimation may be kind but perhaps misguided as I have greatly downplayed the murder aspect of our work. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2020-05-06 03:44 am UTC (link)
	I apologise. I should not have exposed a mind new to this age and time to some of its most shocking developments. While I cannot claim to be able to put you back on your path, maybe good old Bob can help: Not that much danger. And yet, you speak of it with a stranger. Is your work recognised and legal where you are? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	derailedatrain 2020-05-06 04:01 am UTC (link)
	I will say, modern music, and apparently fashion, is rather varied. Though I may have to hold off on judgment until I've heard more. I have a terrible memory. Telling the truth means I don't have to remember my lies. And it most certainly is not legal or socially acceptable. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2020-05-06 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	Varied is a kind way to describe it. I have to say for me this is rather old music. I'm from the 25th century. Lies certainly require you to keep on your toes. But tell me, do you not fear that we will act on such revelations? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

derailedatrain
2020-05-06 11:37 pm UTC (link)

I can't say that I do. If this girl who brought us here knows my name and enough about me to pull me from my flat all the way back in 1874, she ought to be aware of the line of work I was in. If it was distasteful to her and everyone else I imagine I would have been put into a cell as soon as I arrived.

I certainly don't intend to do any sort of violence while I'm here, if that is any kind of comfort.

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	daddyissues_ 2020-05-07 06:29 am UTC (link)
	I cannot fault your logic. We certainly have struck a peace among ourselves and follow a code which allows sins of the past to be forgotten. If someone were, however, to hurt one other of our inhabitants, it will not be so easily forgotten. I'm glad to hear it. We certainly do not utilise child labour either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	derailedatrain 2020-05-07 06:55 am UTC (link)
	As someone who has just become one of said inhabitants, I am delighted to hear it. Is there a sheriff of some description? There doesn't seem to be much in the way of the very low-pay labour I'm accustomed to here, it is nice to see. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2020-05-07 06:58 am UTC (link)
	Surprisingly we do not have one yet. If you feel there is one needed, maybe you should campaign for the position. Technology does most of it. We live a comfortable and thus sometimes boring life. Pressures in this world come from different angles. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	derailedatrain 2020-05-07 07:08 am UTC (link)
	I couldn't imagine a more terrible idea, but it did make me laugh, so thank you. No one starves here or dies because they are too poor to afford treatment, I will gladly take comfortable and boring for the people around me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2020-05-07 07:13 am UTC (link)
	Oh, I can imagine a couple ideas which would prove more terrible. But I do doubt anyone would accept you for the position or the position itself. No. It does not make us safe though. People here vanish without a trace and we encounter terrible dangers. While it can be boring most of the time, when it isn't, it punches you in the face. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	derailedatrain 2020-05-07 07:23 am UTC (link)
	Myself included. Safe? No such thing. And I do not mean to diminish the pain and suffering everyone has experienced here, but I do truly appreciate the improved quality of life as compared to where I came from. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2020-05-07 07:31 am UTC (link)
	Then what method of policing would you like to see? If you were to be murdered, which way should justice be achieved for you? I know of our comforts and I am glad you find your life improved... you have yet to experience the full weirdness of this place. You can reevaluate this place afterwards. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	derailedatrain 2020-05-07 07:37 am UTC (link)
	No need to change things on my account, I am happy to go without. And if I'm murdered you may have to ask Mr. Kenway to deal with it, he will know the why and what to do about it. I trust him to do right by me and I would do the same for him. That is certainly fair. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2020-05-07 07:57 am UTC (link)
	Tell me, are you a member of the human race? I will hope your evaluation will not change. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	derailedatrain 2020-05-07 08:06 am UTC (link)
	Yes, I am. The fact that you have to ask presents new possibilities and concerns I hadn't thought of. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

daddyissues_
2020-05-07 08:15 am UTC (link)

It is certainly a challenge. I was raised by a prominent figure of the security system in my time. He was capable but in the end of the day he was human without magical capabilities. It is one of the reasons he was worried about security. Even if you are one of the most capable in your world, you might find yourself quickly reaching your limit with some of the figures around here. My aim is not to worry you, merely to shed light on a difficult question.

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	derailedatrain 2020-05-07 08:43 am UTC (link)
	I am not so much concerned about facing something I cannot handle. Though I am surprised that no one mentioned to me that there were other species and beings here that were not human. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2020-05-07 08:47 am UTC (link)
	What did you think the gods, angels and demons are that Marian and Brenna have mentioned? While they might look human, they hardly are. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	derailedatrain 2020-05-07 08:52 am UTC (link)
	Not that I am prone to that sort of belief, but I had pictured something more ethereal than corporeal. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2020-05-07 09:00 am UTC (link)
	The ones still left are least sometimes corporeal and some cannot leave that form. If you wish to try and drink Thor under the table, you can certainly challenge him. Though I will tell you that you will lose. But divine beings are not everything we've got and even some of the humans can do more than others. Are you aware of any magic in your world? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)