[Lesson 18 - Voice Post]

[lady_bounty]

Okay, NEWS FLASH. Yes, I'm upset about the mistletoe thing, as everyone should be, but it's not because of the kissing. I'm going to assume whoever did this is merely stupid and not actively malicious, because ha ha, harmless funny joke... anywhere but here.

Your cute little joke is DANGEROUS.

Thing one, it's FREAKING COLD here. Someone could very easily get caught outside unawares, maybe they left their PDA in their other coat pocket, and then they FREEZE TO DEATH before anyone finds them.

More importantly, thing two- we don't have cuffs anymore and NOT EVERYONE HERE IS NICE. As evidenced by the recent probable kidnappings I'm sure you all have noticed. I don't know about you, but I don't appreciate being held immobile waiting for one of two hundred strangers to find me, any one of which could be an AXE MURDERER.

...So thanks a lot pal, way to think things through. I hope you come to your senses before someone gets hurt.

Comments

[burningbrand.livejournal.com]

Exactly. And though it's.. not my idea of fun, I'll help you out, if you need it, Faye.

[black-seaweed.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to argue the dangerous people or anything like that, but...

...if you don't mind my asking, what would someone be doing outside this time of year without a coat, anyway? Your claim that people will freeze to death seems a little bit like blowing it out of proportion...

[dark-friendship.livejournal.com]

People are going to freeze to death in two hours? That's how long it holds you for if you don't get kissed, you know. I spent two hours in the shower yesterday morning because of that.

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

...Thanks. And, you know, same to you. I'm sure I don't need to tell you to be careful and watch where you're going, but... accidents happen.

[burningbrand.livejournal.com]

Where are you? No-one's helped ya yet?

I have my lightsaber activated wherever I go now to make sure I can cut them down before I get stuck.

[burningbrand.livejournal.com]

Faye. Look here. (http://magic-morgana.livejournal.com/5970.html)

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

...Everyone's a critic.

I dunno, some people are morons? It might be night time? The weather might turn sour? Even with a coat someone might freeze if they can't move for several hours?

...Whatever, Mr. Helpful has deigned to inform us there's a two-hour time limit, which makes the freezing to death scenario considerably more unlikely. Which leaves my MAIN point, the psycho killers.

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

Oh no, I got out. I assume you did, as well? I'm in my room.

Smart. Damned things are bulletproof, but I suppose if you cut around them....

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

HA! Well at least I smoked out the culprit. They're still completely missing the point, though. Freaking lunkheads in this place....

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

Well, hey, thanks for sharing with the class!

Still doesn't change the fact that some of the people in this place are dangerous.

[burningbrand.livejournal.com]

I'm in mine. I think I'll come over tomorrow. We have things to do, don't we?

[ allusion to the hole is allusion to the hole. ]

[burningbrand.livejournal.com]

Yeah. That was annoying. BUT I got a date out of it. So a girl can't complain too much.

[black-seaweed.livejournal.com]

I still think you're blowing your cold argument a bit out of proportion...

And I'm not arguing with your point about the psychos, as I said. But maybe someone should organize a group to, maybe, go out and help the people who are trapped, if it's such a huge concern? Last time I checked which was admittedly a few months ago but still, there was at least one superhero group around here somewhere - aren't they supposed to help people?

((ooc: strikes are thoughts))

[dark-friendship.livejournal.com]

They'll be dangerous with or without the mistletoe. If it works like it did last time, any kiss, even one on the cheek, is all you need.

You could, of course, find someone that you can stand kissing and stick together until this stuff goes away. Probably shouldn't take too long.

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, don't we always. ...You're gonna wanna come in the window, maybe, the mistletoe I got stuck under was just inside the entrance to the building.

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

Argh! Forget I said anything about the cold! I don't really care about the cold!

Yeah, maybe someone should. A superhero group would be great for that.

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but they're more dangerous if you can't run away. I'm not worried about the kissing, I'm worried about the fact that I know very few people here, I trust maybe three of them, and I'm not a mindreader so I can't tell if a stranger is going to try to kiss me, or try to rip my throat out with his teeth. Which has already happened to me in this place, so....

...Actually, though, traveling in pairs, that's not a bad idea. ...Hey! You get a gold star!

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

So I saw~. Good for you, hon~! Anyone I know?

[dark-friendship.livejournal.com]

My point was you could try asking someone for a quick kiss instead of standing there being terrified for two hours. You have to take chances sometimes. Sometimes that means trusting people. If you saw a furry creature with a horn walking by, would you ask him for help or just ignore him because you don't know him?

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

Oh please, don't lecture me. I wasn't planning on standing around for two minutes, much less two hours. I was gonna call a friend but a strange man found me first. And yeah, he turned out to be decent, so I didn't have to put a hole in his chest. But just because I got lucky this time doesn't make the danger any less real. And you're naive if you think trusting anyone will get you far in this place.

[dark-friendship.livejournal.com]

...

Right. I should be a paranoid jerk instead. No, thanks. I'll keep the family and friends I've made here instead.

You'd never survive the Digital World.

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

And you'd never survive mine.

[dark-friendship.livejournal.com]

Seven kids. The youngest of us was eight. The oldest was twelve. In a world where the majority of everything we saw wanted to kill us and/or eat us. We hardly could trust anyone, but we did.

And for the most part, we won. Because of that trust.

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

...Well then you got lucky.

Nothing good ever happened when I trusted others.

[dark-friendship.livejournal.com]

Everything good in my life has happened because I trusted someone else. I fell in love. Here, of all places. I found a family who accepts me as the person I am, while the one that I left in my world probably won't even recognize me when they see me again. I even found a son I never knew I had.