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Mary Wesson (muliebrities) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2017-04-24 14:41:00

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:day post, :jaden, :mary wesson, duo maxwell, felicity smoak, ianto jones, jack harkness, keith, kitty pryde (evolution), nico di angelo, ray palmer, rebecca crane, ton phanan

DAY 425 — Morning Greeting
[ Those who've been here longer may expect a snarky, uninterested AI right now but the voice coming through is probably only familiar to a few of you. It's accompanied by a video of a woman only those same few may recognise - the curtain has been drawn back. Say hello to the Wizard. ]

Good morning... prisoners.

My name is Mary. Some of you already know me. Some of you I've already talked to quite a bit, though you probably didn't know it was me at the time. We have a lot to discuss. I value your patience.

Yesterday, an event happened that has been a long time in preparation. Years, longer than any of you have been here but for all those preparations, it was only partially a success. You know me as your captor, perhaps as one responsible for programming the Wardens that keep you here and while that is true, that isn't the whole truth. You see, I've been trying to liberate you. I've worked undercover with the Dome Project for a long time in order to accomplish this and yesterday the moment of action came.

Unfortunately, I failed. I was able to steal the simulation that makes up your world, this world but I was not able to bring your physical forms with me. Don't worry - they're quite safe where they are but while you are no longer in prison, you are still imprisoned. At the moment, there's little I can do to change that without drawing the attention of the very people who wants to keep you in this dome for the rest of your lives. I don't ask for forgiveness, but perhaps patience. I do care about you deeply, dearhearts.

I'm sure this is confusing. I will do my best to answer any questions you may have, but one thing I can say right now - this is not a prison. There will be no rules, no requirements. If you need something, tell me or my colleague and it will be provided to you in due time. You are perhaps not free, but you are free to govern yourself as you see fit. I wouldn't dream of knowing how to do it better.

Thank you for your time.

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muliebrities
2017-05-06 06:08 pm UTC (link)

[ She pauses, draws a deep breath, released slowly. ] That's perhaps a bigger and more complicated question than you realise.

It is, to some degree, about morality and I suppose some level of empathy- [ Some. She can't claim to feel empathy for you because that would be like feeling empathy for a fava bean. ] -but we're doing it just as much for ecological and temporal preservation. There are a lot of factors.

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readystopwatch
2017-05-07 01:01 pm UTC (link)

[His Torchwood trained mind skips right over the empathy part and focuses in on that last bit because that sounds very important. It's the sort of language Tosh or Jack would have used to describe some alien species on the verge of extinction.]

When you say ecological and temperal preservation would I be correct in assuming that applies to everyone here? Our cultures and species, that sort of thing?

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	muliebrities 2017-05-07 03:29 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, that would be correct. You don't belong here, Ianto. They had no right to take you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2017-05-07 03:31 pm UTC (link)
	I would have died if I had stayed in my timeline. Do you plan on sending me back to that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	muliebrities 2017-05-07 03:33 pm UTC (link)
	It's... a bit early to tell whether we'll be able to send you home in the first place. I'd rather not promise anything I can't keep. [ And someone else already called her an evil mastermind for not wanting to answer that question plainly. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

readystopwatch
2017-05-07 03:40 pm UTC (link)

[He's got a better opinion of her than that which is part of the problem here. She's always come off as very professional, something who takes what she does very seriously. That sounds to him like the sort of person who would feel it was best to put all her little toy lab mice back where she found them when she's done.]

If I have any say in it at all I'd rather stay wherever we are when we wake up. It's not just that I want to live, but I've grown to love people I would never have known at home. But, as you say, I know better than to expect you to promise any of that.

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	muliebrities 2017-05-07 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	We'll see what can be done. [ She does so want to take care of her little lambs. ] Until then, is there anything I can do for you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	readystopwatch 2017-05-07 05:41 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sure I'll have quite the list of questions for you next time we meet and I've had time to think of them but for now I suppose not. Thank you for helping us. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	muliebrities 2017-05-07 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	You're quite welcome... and thank you for being so understanding. [ The only one to take this well, so far. ] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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