Oliver: Anyways, we'd been trying to negotiate with the IMC for a couple years before the Martyr Colonies took on their new names, but we'd only get so far before they just stonewalled us. Eminent domain. They put us here, ergo, they held the rights to the land. How long we were abandoned didn't matter, we were legally tenants.
When news of the Martyr Colonies broke out, well... a lot of people got really angry. Combine that sort of human... uh, sapients right abuse, I suppose it'd be better to say, with the fact that negotations were going nowhere, and... well, we started learning to speak their language.
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."Oliver: Oh, no! The shame is personal.
Morally? I am kinda sure the Militia is in the right here, even if we had to be the ones to start shooting first.
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"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."Oliver: Probably.
Also, apparently I have amnesia, because I keep finding... what are effectively magic balls containing memories that I don't recall experiencing.
So I'm kind of occupying myself trying to figure out what the heck happened to me in the past.
Largely because when I woke up here, I looked like this, when I looked a lot like you minus the pointy ears the previous day.
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"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."Leandros: Some of my people argue that memories cloud the soul. That we are at our most pure when we are disconnected. You could have been sucked through that hole a few days ago. Others would have hesitated. but you did not think of yourself then. You looked after the party first. In my book, that means a lot.
Oliver: I'd argue that your experiences make you who you are. You've got a pretty good point, but honestly? I've found it distressingly easy to take another life in anger. Let alone to see another living being - somebody who undoubtedly has a family, is doing this to support their own people - as little more than a target.
A few months back I legitimately don't think I could have pulled the trigger on somebody aiming at me. Now? That's my day job.
So that's part of the reason I'm trying to find the doohickies. Figure out why I'm like this. Figure out what changed me.
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"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."Oliver: Ouch.
Pretty much the same for me. Only instead of being a noble, I had joined up to try and contribute in a way that didn't involve killing others. Volunteered to work on a hospital ship. Under the expectation I would contribute to defensive actions if we were boarded, but... I guess I was too idealistic. Thought the IMC wouldn't attack a hospital ship, even if it was because it wasn't armed.
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."Oliver: Yeah.
I am very, very aware of how dangerous an assumption that was to make.
I think it was just to try and ease myself. The rest of my friends signed on, and I was in a pretty small colony, so... if I didn't...
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."Oliver: So, really, it was a series of unfortunate events.
So far as I'm aware, long story short, I got shifted to a combat division and started getting good at murderizing people.
It feels really weird to talk about that in the past-tense, but then again, a lot of the time watching those play out I just feel so detached from everything...
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."Leandros: Let the past sleep for now. By no means give up your quest, but try to enjoy what you are at the moment. What happened will still be there when you are prepared, but don't let it master you like a puppet on strings. Instead, forge a new path. There will be mistakes along the way, aye, but learning is what this life is about.
Oliver: Yeah. I guess that's what I've been doing, even if I haven't been noticing it.
Not that it doesn't help to have somebody keep steering me the right way every now and again, huh?
"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."

Leandros: I shall keep that in mind.