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[It's her first post on the network. It won't be her last. Karen slides her fingers through her hair, obviously looking for a place to start.]
Okay, does anyone feel like they've actually adjusted to all of this? I know I haven't been here for long, and even when you know for a fact that there are aliens, when you've seen them come down and make a mess out of New York City, you just never expect to be taken on board an actual spaceship. [There's a nervous little laugh at that before she takes a deep breath.] But this happened, so...
[Karen looks directly at the video and smiles.]
So I guess I'll start. Uhm...for those I haven't met, my name is Karen Page. I'm from Vermont, originally, but I moved to New York. Hell's Kitchen - I know, it sounds like a terrible place, and it can be. But there's also some really good people. I work at a law firm there. I'm not a lawyer, I'm...I make coffee and answer phones and I'm the deciding vote in things like whether or not we're having pizza or Thai food for lunch.
[And it's worth noting that the more she talks about her life, the more her face lights up.]
So, who wants to tell me more about themselves? Like where you're from and what you do there, or anything - just anything.
[Conversation always makes for the best distraction. She catches her breath.]
I promise I'll listen.
Okay, does anyone feel like they've actually adjusted to all of this? I know I haven't been here for long, and even when you know for a fact that there are aliens, when you've seen them come down and make a mess out of New York City, you just never expect to be taken on board an actual spaceship. [There's a nervous little laugh at that before she takes a deep breath.] But this happened, so...
[Karen looks directly at the video and smiles.]
So I guess I'll start. Uhm...for those I haven't met, my name is Karen Page. I'm from Vermont, originally, but I moved to New York. Hell's Kitchen - I know, it sounds like a terrible place, and it can be. But there's also some really good people. I work at a law firm there. I'm not a lawyer, I'm...I make coffee and answer phones and I'm the deciding vote in things like whether or not we're having pizza or Thai food for lunch.
[And it's worth noting that the more she talks about her life, the more her face lights up.]
So, who wants to tell me more about themselves? Like where you're from and what you do there, or anything - just anything.
[Conversation always makes for the best distraction. She catches her breath.]
I promise I'll listen.
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No aliens there. Just assholes and gangs and organized crime and shitty politicians.
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What did you do in Liberty City?
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And I did other stuff.
[He's mentioned some of that other stuff publicly but ahhhhh sometimes he still gets shy. Organized crime and assassinations you know, not exactly his first career choice. Just one he's very good at.]
So if it's sort of the same place. We have this big island called "Algonquin". One called "Dukes", where the airport is and most of the immigrants come in, and another called "Bohan". Then there's the "Statue of Happiness" on Happiness Island. With a grinning lady in a toga.
It is near another big city called "Alderney". What do you got that sounds like it might line up?
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[That last part is to herself more than anything. It's like talking to someone from an alternate dimension - no, that's exactly what it's like.]
It's so weird, everything's just a little bit different. Except for the gangs and the crime and dirty politicians. That sounds exactly the same.
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[Because it might be a help to know if anyone else has the Commission]
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Why do you ask?
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Wondering if you have anything like that.
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Only three of the original families remain. Two were removed before I left Liberty City.
["Removed."]
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[Yeah, she has a pretty good idea of what that means.]
By the third family?
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There are those three families still remaining, but the leader of one is on his deathbed. So my guess is? That is fucked too.