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Well, it seems the lot of you got up to quite the party just before my arriVal.
Terrible timing, but I can't complain if this is hoW you conduct yourselVes on the regular.
As is obVious, I'm neW here. The name's Lanque Bombyx.
For those more experienced With this World and this organization, I'd appreciate WhateVer adVice you might haVe for someone in my position.
It isn't one I'm particularly used to, after all, but I'm adaptable and knoWn for being flexible—in many Ways.
Who knoWs, We might enjoy getting to knoW one another While We're at it.
NeVer hurts to make neW friends, right?
Terrible timing, but I can't complain if this is hoW you conduct yourselVes on the regular.
As is obVious, I'm neW here. The name's Lanque Bombyx.
For those more experienced With this World and this organization, I'd appreciate WhateVer adVice you might haVe for someone in my position.
It isn't one I'm particularly used to, after all, but I'm adaptable and knoWn for being flexible—in many Ways.
Who knoWs, We might enjoy getting to knoW one another While We're at it.
NeVer hurts to make neW friends, right?
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Do I CW this oh god
On the one hand, yes, there's a whole pile of laws against murder, on the other, the military exists, the police of various countries exist, and perhaps most importantly, money and bias also exist!
And boy do things get messy when those last two get involved.
Ultimately there's a lot of ways to get away with murder depsite all the rulings, sad to say...I was probably almost brushed off that way come to think, yikes.
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EVen those Who break the laW can get out of it eVen if they surViVe making it to their trial, if they put on a good enough shoW, anyWay.
The key is getting to the trial and not being culled outright instead.
Guess your World's as seedy as mine, but unWilling to admit it.
Guess I Wasn't really upfront about the Whole culling thing being legal, When it's more if you're from the right caste, then that decides the legality of it.
LoW bloods aren't alloWed to cull their superiors, but eVen attempting is suicide enough.
Also, are you implying you're dead?
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If you're saying the popular vote technically wins the day if you live long enough, then that's somehow actually more in favor of the wrongly accused than things are at home, and boy do I have no idea what to make of that!
Though I can't help but think of Chicago...
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But no that isn't exactly What I'm saying. Sometimes drones Will just be called on you, and then you better hope you can out run them or you're good as dead.
If you somehoW aren't culled on the spot and instead make it to trial, then you just haVe to make for a really entertaining shoW, because then you're Worth keeping around. It doesn't matter if you're guilty or not.
Look, the laW isn't really my area, I'm a Jade not a Teal, but I can tell you that there's Very rarely anyone Who surViVes being accused of anything, so I can't really back that this is at all in faVor of the accused.
I'm sorry, but I just can't get past this Whole "You're dead" thing. Are you like a shadoWdropper or something?
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Anyway, it's a bit of a mess. I ah, don't know what a Shadowdropper is, but sometimes the dead just get a second chance and show up here I guess...
And uh. If you already...got second, third, like in my case...
I may have made a bad last minute deal that went south.
Doesn't matter! Boy castes are a lot more rigid than I was guessing...not to say that class and money aren't a hurdle in making it (they definitely are), but at least if someone plays their cards right they can break the mold expectation careerwise...
Hoooh now I'm curious where investigative reporting would fit...actually I'm curious on if it even exists come to think...
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It's a tough job, or so I'd imagine.
So, you Were gonna be dead, or you DID die, but you Were able to make a shitty deal and you liVed?
If that made you some leVel of undead, then by Alternian standards you Would be a shadoWdropper, or a daystalker. See, not only is the sun dangerous for us, but that's When the undead roam, too.
I haVe to admit, that's pretty cool if that's What you are. We Jades haVe a lot of literature about a certain type of shadoWdropper called rainboW drinkers, but they're fictional compared to the actual undead We deal With.
As for castes, I don't knoW, they're rigid but it seems to do its job? Not that I exactly care for it, but it's Worked so far, and there's no changing it.
If that Was possible, it probably Would haVe been done a long time ago, but this hoW things haVe been for thousands of sWeeps.
You get used to it, or you don't. The key is figuring out hoW to play the system.
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Hoooo it'd definitely be massive so definitely agree on playing the system...
Teal huh...ah
Well, uh, I guess that's about it then? I mean I guess on paper it sounds cool but it was really a bad time over all...kinda glad I turned to dust given the apocalyptic alternative...
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There's theories, but it's not like We can just go up and ask them.
As far as the caste nonsense, it really is futile, because eVen if some reVolution Were to kick off With a good enough backing, the empress could just Wipe out almost all the resistence With her lusus' Whisper. So, it's all pretty pointless to eVen try.
That's Why loopholes are a Whole lot easier, but they're still far from easy.
Most just accept their lot.
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...mmmm...
You know what, I've said this much so I may as well go a little farther in. My case was..pretty unique? Very 'good-bad luck' in having connections Something wanted. Something part of a reaaaaal ancient war.
The problem is basically that the deal I made ended in playing puppet to that thing. I had moments of being me! Just ah. Not a lot. I was a bit too much in disagreement with their goals I guess.
Moral of the story, don't make choices like that when you're falling to your death full of glass!
Who knows how it would go for the things in your world though...
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I can't say I blame you for taking the deal, death can make a bitch pretty desperate. Push you to do things you might otherWise neVer do.
WhateVer fucked you oVer Was especially insidious, though.
In any case, you and others being here despite being dead raises a lot of questions about this place.
Right before I appeared here, the train I Was on got bloWn off the rails, but I'm not dead.
[Well, at least he's pretty confident he's not dead. He feels like he'd remember dying, or the moments leading to it...]
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Well, if you can't remember it all going dark and numb, you're probably right? At the very least either way it's far from the worst place to end up...I mean even the criminal organization we got recruited to is 'dumbed down'!
There's free healthcare and benefits here!!! Healthcare!
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But... Healthcare? I can, obViously, put the tWo Words together and figure out a reasonably accurate guess to What that means, but I can't say anything like that existed on Alternia.
Not that We don't haVe means to take care of our health, but this seems like something specific.
Is that something rare Where you're from, WhateVer it is?
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Hihhh, I guess I should have expected that...
Healthcare benefits basically mean that certain matters on our health get covered by the workplace with no trouble. An easy example, they'll fix up your teeth or get your glasses. A more complicated example would be that if you've say...broken an arm, or gotten sick, they'll cover whatever you need to get through it!
It's a bit of a sliding scale. Technically, where I lived, we had universal healthcare. But they wouldn't necessarily help you out with say...your teeth. Or, it wouldn't completely cover you for some things, so you'd have to find a way to cover the cost of what you needed for medication and such.
[A bit after she sends this, she sends Another message.]
Unrelated, but I just noticed my fiancé isn't trying to read over my shoulder anymore, and that's kinda concerning!
I...very. Very heavily apologize if she's somehow contacting you with something she's mad about. (She's probably mad about it. I'm trying to find where she's gone, normally I'd say near the space heater since she can't really handle the cold, but unfortunately fire type pokemon exst!)
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Yeah, maybe there's something like that for the military, maybe eVen the higher castes on the planet. I think I'Ve seen some machines that Were for similar purposes in Blue blood hiVes.
But, What's this about fixing up your teeth? Do they not just groW back on their oWn?
As for your moirail, she slid into my DMs throWing a tantrum and threatening me about you choosing to talk to me about your Whole death thing, acting like I Was the one forcing you to talk about it.
Guess she doesn't belieVe you're capable of handling yourself.
It's almost cute, honestly.
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Oh?
Hmm I feel like I've heard that word before... ...but I have a feeling 'Moirail' is culture specific here...if it sounds about right it's probably close to what we have going on though? I'd have to get a definition to really say.
Still that sounds like her... ...I guess I can't blame her, it really wasn't something I talked about that much...I've been getting better though you see!~
Especially since it's kinda gotten clear that uh...well. It's not the weirdest thing here. ...And...honestly, as tragic as it all was, I've got her now anyway~! So there's no need to cry over lost potential~
[AH YES....FORMER ROMANCES...]
Seriously though if she gets to be too much just say the word, I think I have something I can flush her out with.
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And don't Worry, she's nothing I can't handle.
But she should be glad you'Ve gotten oVer it enough to talk about it, instead of going for the throat of those Who are merely giVing you an auricular sponge clot.
As for Moirails, hm. It's a little hard to think of how to explain it When it's such a normal thing.
It's one of the four romantic quadrants...actually, before I begin, do humans haVe quadrants?
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Though to be fair, we do tend to bounce back from a lot of stuff. Durability might not be our thing, but endurance sure is!
I get the feeling she'd go for a few throats even without that, but maybe she's a bit stir crazy...well, we're going for a trip in a few days at least, so maybe that will help.
Mmmm. Quadrants...from the word and context, it sounds like you're saying there's four set types of 'romance' where you're from? If I think about it enough, there's definitely shades of romance and relationship in humans, but I'd be hardpressed to put any of that in boxes.
As it stands the answer's no, I've never even heard the term...
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You make her sound like a barkbeast, you knoW? But, WhateVer gets her sliding the fuck out of my DMs, I guess.
AnyWays, enough about her, at least in that context, but I also don't really Want to go deep into the details about quadrants, maybe some other time, but I Will giVe you the short and skinny of it.
There's red, pale, ashen, and black. The first tWo operate through pity, the other tWo through hate.
Moirails—pale—are pretty much partners Who balance each other out. They make up for What their partner lacks. For example, a Weaker but leVelheaded troll pairing up With a more chaotic and stronger one.
The leVel headed one helps keep the more chaotic troll in check through pacifying them in WhateVer Way Works for them, While the more dangerous troll sometimes takes on a more protectiVe role for the Weaker one.
Either Way, the tWo confide in and are emotionally responsible for each other.
NeVer been much interested in it myself, but does this sound right?
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Ahm, anyway. ...Hmmm. I mean I guess that's part of our relationship, but definitely not all of it? There's definitely a lot of, ahe, physical intimacy without getting into details...
But the emotional aspect does sound right... ...Quick question, but if Moirails are pale, what's the 'red'? You said 'Red and Pale' operate through pity, so I'll probably be finding the better answer knowing more on those two at least.
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AnyWay, red is the partner you pail on the regular, your matesprit.
If pailing means anything to you, I don't knoW hoW you humans fuck.
I guess they also help With some of your emotional needs, but not in the same Way a moirail does, matesprits haVe to stay in their lane, just like moirails do.
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And hmm! Well then.
Looks like you can toss those boxes goodbye because that definitely covers two big requirements of a healthy steady relationship. I mean there's definitely stuff you save for friends and not partners, and aaaabsolutely people who just want someone for the sex, but when it comes to a solid relationship most try for both yep...
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Moirails are not friends, they're a boyfriend or girlfriend, just like a matesprit, and most trolls Would argue matesprits aren't only a person you pail.
EVen I said that.
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First! Not what I was saying!! I was saying for some, the things you would tell one, would still never be told to your partner- girlfriend, boyfriend, spouse, whatever.
That wasn't meant to say friends are the same as those- of course they aren't! Humans just tend to trust the absolute closest friends with some details that...ehh, most would consider pretty simple. It was an offhand remark from the main point, frankly.
What WAS my point however is that most human beings? Don't have a partner for what you consider 'moirail' and a partner under 'matesprit'. Instead it's one, for Both.
My fiancee fills Both of those roles for me.
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Granted, I still haVe a lot to learn about humans, but it really sounds like your Version of matespritship asks a Whole hell of a lot of a person.
Also, just to be clear, moirails aren't just your secrets buddy, there's a lot more than that, but it doesn't matter.
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