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Tweak says, "You're a furry in denial."

Mike (ghost_writer) wrote in dunwichgame,
@ 2023-03-17 19:00:00

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I read back
I've read a lot of books
It's probably

You know. Sometimes it can just be hard to tell what's real versus what lie this room is trying to sell at any given moment. But I think in this instance I'm going to go ahead and call bullshit on this whole setting. No offense, you all seem like really nice made-up people, but fuck you all. I'm going to get back to my scheduled mission of burning a motherfucker down.

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dothework
2023-03-18 12:52 am UTC (link)

The sea scorpions are what everyone's calling lobsters. They're semi-related but not the same thing, sea scorpions are more dangerous. People hear lobsters and think dinner.

I feel like the whole thing is too complex a system to be completely artificially created. I've seen the computer games my nephews play, they basically all have glitches. No one's managed to clip through a wall or anything here.

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	maysilee 2023-03-18 01:01 am UTC (link)
	Oh, okay. I've never actually had lobster. I did try fish once, I think it was salmon? It wasn't bad. It would take a lot of power, you're right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dothework 2023-03-18 01:06 am UTC (link)
	Salmon's pretty good. My family's got a seafood business so I've eaten a lot of it. Anyone who could manage it would be incomprehensibly powerful compared to us, I think. I'm more inclined to think it's real, though some parts of it might be manipulated somehow. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maysilee 2023-03-18 01:08 am UTC (link)
	Really? My family ran a sweet shop. I feel safer here than I do back home, so I'm going to go with that it's real, even if I don't understand the reasoning for being here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dothework 2023-03-18 01:11 am UTC (link)
	Nice. Though I think I'd get sick of sugary things more easily than seafood. Having a family business in general is good though, you learn a lot from just being around it. Everyone deserves somewhere they feel safe. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maysilee 2023-03-18 01:16 am UTC (link)
	We didn't get to have a lot of it ourselves, but sometimes my dad would sneak a treat for my sister and I. I did learn a lot, most people in Twelve are minors, and that's our main resource. I agree. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dothework 2023-03-18 01:28 am UTC (link)
	Delacroix's a big fishing town. Well. Not big. Very, very small, actually. It was a little overwhelming going to Air Force basic training when I'd only ever left to do day trips to New Orleans. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maysilee 2023-03-18 01:45 am UTC (link)
	Does the air smell like the ocean? It sounds a lot like District Four, it's a major fishing industry. What's the Air Force? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dothework 2023-03-18 01:49 am UTC (link)
	It does. It's a branch of the military that deals with aerial operations. I was pararescue, the guys that jump out of planes to do search and rescue and medical work in the field. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maysilee 2023-03-18 01:54 am UTC (link)
	That must be nice, I've only been to Four a few times, but there was always something calming about how the air smelled. Oh, that sounds like you've done a lot of good for people. ~~I hope~~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dothework 2023-03-18 01:58 am UTC (link)
	I ended up with a houseboat here somehow and it's good having that same smell. I try to, at least. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maysilee 2023-03-18 02:01 am UTC (link)
	I bet! How did you get a houseboat here? Not that I don't mind living at the Pickman House, I'm really lucky that someone was kind enough to let me stay there. That's good, our military back home was less about helping people and more about keeping the Capitol in control. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dothework
2023-03-18 02:07 am UTC (link)

Same way people are getting jobs. Though it seems like I'm the only one it's happened to so far, as far as I know everyone else is still at the House.

Yeah, I can imagine that. Honestly our military doesn't exactly have the best record but at least being pararescue I didn't have to do anything too shitty myself. Unfortunately the military's also one of the best ways to get a better education if you don't have family money, I've been able to send a lot of money home over the years because of it.

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	maysilee 2023-03-18 02:19 am UTC (link)
	That's handy! Incredible, you had to spend money to get an education? Once we're old enough, most people start working, we're not a wealthy district and one part of 12 is in extreme poverty, so most of us have to work too keep food on the table. I lived in the merchant area, where the shops are located, we try and trade as much as we could. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dothework
2023-03-18 02:50 am UTC (link)

You have to spend a lot of money to get an education past high school. Before that public school is supposed to be free but there's usually fees for some things because funding is based on the property taxes of the area, so schools in poor areas have hardly any money.

That sounds familiar. We were never in extreme poverty, especially with the business, but we've always been cash-poor and the whole area's not very well off. Mostly we make it work by everyone looking out for each other.

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	maysilee 2023-03-18 03:19 pm UTC (link)
	I see! We attended school until we're 18, but there's nothing past that. We're not allowed to work in the mines until we're 18, though it's not uncommon to find other jobs so people can help support their families. That's a nice thought, people looking out for each other. I wish that was easier to do back home. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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