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[sightsset]

[The username reads as 'Bismarck.' The picture is of a nondescript piece of purple-painted metal. Is there a pattern here with the previous post? Huh, he didn't notice.]

Tell me a little about your world?

[The request is simple, and harmless enough. No one is obligated to answer, no one is obligated to answer with details if they do.

[It's just a little bit of recon, that's all.]

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[inconsequence]

Unless you would prefer "Bismarck"?

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[sightsset]

Depends on what you pick, I guess.

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[inconsequence]

That's a shame. You would be much better suited asking someone who excels at that manner of naming.

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[sightsset]

C'mon now, you got my hopes up on a new name and you're letting me down.

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[inconsequence]

How does "Moron" sound?

It is, after all, less than six characters. :)

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[sightsset]

Think I'll stick to 'Bismarck' until I know what's going on a little better.

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[inconsequence]

If you insist.

What of your world then, Bismarck?

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[sightsset]

Earth, but with space travel and alien fighting.

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[inconsequence]

You assume I have a metric for understanding what you mean by "Earth."

[They do. They absolutely do. But they're getting him to check his Earth privilege here. Clearly an important endeavor.]

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[sightsset]

Sorry, there're a lot of people from different Earths here. Thought since you knew humans, you might know it.

Generally, it's a planet populated by humans, but I think I'm finding some variables in that as I figure things out.

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[inconsequence]

Of course I know of humans. I simply wish I didn't.

Humans count as alien in certain parts of certain worlds as well, you should know. In what way do you define "alien," sir Bismarck?

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[sightsset]

Non-human, which I admit is a habit I'm trying to break. We all unlearn that kind of behavior over time when we put our minds to it.

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[inconsequence]

I wouldn't hold your breath. You'll find such prejudices do not easily fade here.

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[sightsset]

Oh, come on, now. If I gave up that easy, I'd be dead by now.

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[inconsequence]

You'll find that, too, has its own complications here. Regrettably.

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[sightsset]

Death has "complications"?

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[inconsequence]

Very much so.

It's so dreadfully impermanent, death.

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[sightsset]

What happens when you die here, then?

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[inconsequence]

Evidently you return soon after. Rather defeats the purpose of death, does it not?

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[sightsset]

A luxury people don't get used to, I'd hope. If they ever succeed in sending us home it'd be a shock to the system.

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[inconsequence]

Or perhaps a restoration of the natural order of things. It all depends on your point of view.

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[sightsset]

Yours doesn't appear to be particularly optimistic for the survival of humanity.

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[inconsequence]

Why should it be, when they are all better off dead?

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[sightsset]

What did they do to you?

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[inconsequence]

They exist.

Is that not enough?