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[lifetothefullest]

I hope everyone's doing as well as can be expected, at the very least, after everything that happened. Please remember that although rebuilding is important and many of you may be involved in those efforts, it's just as important to give yourselves enough time to recover physically and mentally, so make sure you're getting some rest.

Now that things have calmed down a little, and with the election coming up, I've been trying to get a sense of who the main groups and important individuals are here. A lot of information seems kind of obscure or contradictory, so I'm interested in hearing more first-hand opinions and experiences from anyone who's willing to share. Specifically, I'd like to know more about the past actions of those like Morningstar, the corporations, politicians or other important individuals, that sort of thing, as well as any noteworthy interactions we may have had with any of the as a group; basically anything that will help me get a sense of who the major actors are and what their motivations might be both in general and in regard to us.

[And, because whenever he posed questions like this in Hadriel someone would ask, he decides to add a little context.]

If anyone is wondering what I plan to do with the information, at home I'm a criminal profiler with the FBI, for those of you that means anything to. For those it doesn't, basically my job is to investigate major crimes--murder, usually--and use whatever evidence exists to determine a criminal's behavior, and therefore predict what they might do in the future or potentially outright identify them. The same principles can be applied on a larger scale, so I'm hoping to get a better idea of the situation and where people and organizations stand.

[As a last side note, because this also came up a lot--]

Also, to be clear, just because I'm FBI doesn't mean I care about minor crimes at all. You don't have to be careful about letting it slip that you're engaged in some sort of nefarious activity as long as it isn't murder or something, and another dimension is a little far outside of my jurisdiction anyway.

Comments

[plainsimple]

Really.

[withmeinparadise]

really

[plainsimple]

This may be rather useful to know. Are you a relation of his?

[withmeinparadise]

you can think of me as the fashionable drake

[ no, you can't ]

[plainsimple]

While I'll admit that I'm not always aware of all the nuances of human terms, but I'm fairly certain 'fashionable' is not on the family tree. We will have to meet for me to determine if it is otherwise accurate.

[withmeinparadise]

guess it'll be a test for you too.

where you're from, is it rude to ask questions about species? because i got some questions about species.

[plainsimple]

Asking questions is in itself not rude. The questions in particular could be. I do, however, charge a price for answers and that is an answer to my own inquiry.

[withmeinparadise]

let's see how good your answer is, and then we'll talk about inquiries.

so, if you're not human...

[plainsimple]

Oh no. That isn't how this will go. I asked first. Tell me if you're related to Nathan Drake, and I will tell you what my people are. Tell me your specific relation and I'll go into more detail about my people.

[withmeinparadise]

jeez, you don't screw around with this informant thing. He's my baby brother--five years younger, if you wanna know. now, what about your people?

[plainsimple]

I know too many humans who would refuse to answer after.

My people are Cardassians. We have an empire that borders the one the humans (and their allies) have built, though perhaps it is a little smaller considering we're one people and they have quite a few species involved. We have superior literature, but unfortunately none of it came with me.

[withmeinparadise]

so we're talking alien. space alien.

[plainsimple]

We are talking other worlds, but you are the alien to me. Perhaps that's a word that shouldn't be casually thrown around.

[withmeinparadise]

hey, you might've been a talking dolphin. just gotta check.

[plainsimple]

And what would have been the issue if I was?

[withmeinparadise]

if you were a talking dolphin? be pretty novel. i don't know about your planet, but on mine, they just make squeaky noises.

[plainsimple]

Ah, so they're the ones who get the cheese for squeaking?

[withmeinparadise]

you're thinking of mice. dolphins are the rubbery gray ones.

[plainsimple]

Do they bounce?

[withmeinparadise]

most things do if you drop them from high enough

[plainsimple]

That is a rather unique approach to the question, but it isn't inaccurate. I feel like I've learned a lot about you.

[withmeinparadise]

eh, call me creative.

sounds like it's your turn to expound a little. so what makes you such a fashion expert? i mean, you're right about nathan's shirts, but i'm assuming you got eyes, so.

[plainsimple]

I am a tailor and clothier. Fashion is what I do.

Though here I'll have to do it with a great deal less. A shame. Human lace has nothing on Turellian lace, and Risan silks are the loveliest things.