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[spiderforhire]

This is recording, right?

[ Just because she's used slimey tech before doesn't mean she likes it. ]

Whatever. Hi, I guess?

[ You know what sucks the most about being in a new place? No one knew what her fucking name was. Do you know how goddamn hard it is to build a reputation as an interstellar badass? Now she's stuck in a hick town and the obvious smart thing to do is get to know the rest of your fellow kidnappees but wow this is such a raw deal. There's not even anyone in charge she can shoot to express her displeasure. Urge to maim, rising. ]

So I got most of the basics down or whatever. Magical bullshit. Recovering from occupation by big bad evil demon, blah blah. [ Don't care. ] I guess we're on a turtle? That's a thing.

[ She's seen planet-sized reptiles so state-sized ones are no big deal. ]

I'm The Stalk, your newest fellow prisoner. Who else is on here? I reserve the right to block you if you're too boring. There's a block button on this somewhere, right? Someone tell me where the block button is.

Comments

[hallowedhorcrux]

Greetings. (He feels your pain in part! All of his work is for naught in this world.) I would not call it..."Magical bullshit".

(It is rather complex, in fact, and powerful. So powerful.)

I encourage you not to "block" anyone. Each new presence can tell you much about the populace on the Turtle.

[spiderforhire]

Let me guess, spell slinger? [ Dead giveaway for people who objected to 'magical bullshit' ]

Look, I don't need pointers on how to get a let up around here. I've done it before, excuse me if I'm not exactly enthusiastic about starting from scratch.

[hallowedhorcrux]

I am a Wizard. (Spell slinger. That sounds dangerous!) No one is happy to start from scratch. It is infuriating, I know.

[spiderforhire]

Wizard, fine, whatever. [ Pardon her while she immediately forgets that. She doesn't have time to memorize the names of every alien species she comes across. ]

So you were hot shit back home too? Dish.

[hallowedhorcrux]

(She will remember him for some reason. Likely a negative one.)

I had amassed an army of fellow Magic users. I started a war in order to transform the Magical World into what it was meant to be; not what it became after so many years of bad leadership and neglect.

[spiderforhire]

Goody-two-shoes idealist, huh?

[ lawl ]

You'd have been better off just moving somewhere else.

[hallowedhorcrux]

Many would not agree with your assessment.

(But he doesn't care.)

Where else would I go when the entire world was so backwards? Besides, I would not be driven from my home.

[spiderforhire]

That's your first mistake, having a 'home.'

Don't get attached to things and you don't have to worry about losing it.

[hallowedhorcrux]

What use is there in fighting for anything if nothing matters?

[spiderforhire]

There isn't any.

Fighting is just a good way to get yourself killed. The only thing worse is to die fighting for idealistic crap.

This has been a workshop on taking care of #1. Donations can be sent courtesy of The Stalk.