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[usedreturn]

This isn't right. Not that background music for one's everyday life is a typical occurrence, mind you. But this, this music is Not Right. That's with capital letters, by the way, to underscore the not right-ness of the situation.

Now I don't think whatever's playing this background music would just suddenly switch to rather threatening tones without reason. So I have to think that perhaps something is coming.

Maybe several somethings. Maybe a flock, or a fleet, or a similarly alliterative name for a group of Somethings. That's with another capital, because I don't think this is just a something, this is a Something.

Which leaves the question, just what is this Something and how do we stop it? Questions. Plural.

Well, aren't we all lucky.

There's a Doctor in the house.

Comments

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[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

What is he?

[video]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

Called an Abra, so I'm told. Little floating brown thing, sleeps a lot.

[video]

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

... Oh, Otacon was tripping all over the place trying to get one of those.

[video]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

...Does everyone you know have one-word names?

[video]

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

Hn. It's a nickname.

[video]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

Like 'Snake', I'm guessing?

[video]

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

Nno, that's a codename.

[video]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

Codename?

...You're a soldier of some kind, then? Secret agent? That sort of thing?

[video]

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

I was. I've been in retirement, but I always get pulled back.

[video]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

...hm. Never much of a fan of soldiers, myself. Well, mainly the guns.

[video]

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

[ i love guns ] You don't look like a guy that'd know how to use them.

[video]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

[you enjoy all the killing] Of course I know. I know everything.

I just don't do it.

[video]

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

[NOOOOOO- okay maybe a little]

You know everything.

[video]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. I travel a lot--you learn quite a bit, doing that for as long as I have.

[video]

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

Bet you don't know a thing about me. About where I'm from.

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[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

Earth, I'm guessing. Know quite a lot of Earth, myself.

[video]

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

What are your thoughts on the War Economy? Children getting thrown into the militia after playing a bunch of video games? People controlled by a System of machines, nanomachines regulating everything, will power a thing of the past.

[video]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

...you humans and your constant warfare. Well wait, no, that's not entirely fair. All sorts of species start wars, but humans put such effort into it. Such beautiful potential and intellect...just wasted while you all build bigger and better things to kill each other over trifling conflicts.

[video]

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

Yeah. We're really something.



I'm sick of know-it-alls.

[video]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

And I'm tired of seeing people dying.

I'd call it pretty even.

[video]

[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well.


You can't save everybody... [bitter grumble sigh.]

[video]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

. . .

Doesn't mean you have to lose everyone.

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[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

Hn.

If all war disappeared in one night, in my world, civilization would fall apart... That's how important the War Economy is right now. That's how screwed up Earth is.

[video]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

...that can't be right. What year is that?

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[imthe-shit.livejournal.com]

2014.