meadowlark | @rey.solo

i made a mistake

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Riverstone is interested in cooperating with the Displaced to learn more about the people who brought us here. They figured out who I was when I put in the paperwork to change my name back. Apparently, I'm still on the UN's most wanted list, but someone prevented the UN from acting to bring me into custody.

I don't know who, and neither does Riverstone — in fact, they asked me about it.

But they know that I'm one of the Displaced, which actually explains a few things. I've been working for Riverstone for months. After I went to Everest, I was gone a bit longer than the rest of us, well beyond El's coverage. They gave me back my job anyway. I don't think this was news to them. If you ask me, that's a sign they're not out to get us, but I realize not everyone will agree there.

Now they want to talk to all of us, or as many of us as are interested. Riverstone is offering to pay travel expenses in New Beijing for one week for anyone who wants to undergo observation and testing of their power, and who's willing to answer some questions. I know that sounds scary. I know scary. The UNA had me in custody for some time, running "tests." But Riverstone claims that what they're offering is different, that we'll preview everything first.

Before you decide, I should mention ... they think they might know something about who's been dropping us off. In return for our cooperation, they're willing to exchange that information.

I'm not telling anyone what to do, and no one else should try to do that either. But if follow (this) link, you can register your information with the Riverstone employees in charge of this, and they'll reach out to you to arrange the trip.

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Sure
Not a bad backup plan
Why not

You can walk through walls and I can fucking remove them

Edited 2020-10-04 05:23 (UTC)

i really want our plan a to be not doing what they want at all

unfortunately it looks like that one's off the table, so we're onto making efforts to mitigate as many potentially negative outcomes as we can

yeah well
i've had about zero luck avoiding negative outcomes lately so i guess you get to be the optimist this time

I'm not optimistic at all, I just think doing something is better than doing nothing, just because there's a chance that something will fail. That's the same stance I took when advocating for Morningstar. I don't like the idea of completely dismissing an action with no drawbacks because it isn't 100% guaranteed to succeed, it doesn't make sense to me.

What's the point of ever doing anything, if that's the outlook we keep?

yeah, but morningstar proved themselves to us
are you going to sign up?
please don't sign up

Nah, like I mentioned earlier I'd rather chew my own foot off
but I still want to help the people that are

okay
okay okay
as long as this isn't going to end with you and lance letting them like
sequence your genome or whatever i'll help
i just don't want anything happening to you

my genomes are staying in my own garden
I just like to try and be an activist when I can

in college that used to come with way more parties

okay mr. berkeley
did you guys talk about the meaning of the universe or something?

kyna
I dropped acid in california
of COURSE we did

you're such a stereotype
did you talk shit about new york too?

pff
nobody cares about new york except new york
and new jersey, probably

whatever, asshole
your bridge is stupid

[And then, after a second of hesitation:]

sorry i got snippy
i'm just
i don't know
on edge

was that you being snippy just now or am I missing something earlier I should be offended by

what's up buttercup?

not that
the optimism thing
i was being snippy

you wanna talk about it?

not here

I'd say my door's always open but you can just walk through it either way

wow you know
that's like a permanent cockblock for you, huh?
the constant fear that i could just walk through your front door

Hey man walk in whenever you want, don't blame me when you see some shit that scars your eyes
do me a favor and give me a round of applause whenever it happens

i'm not giving you default applause
what are you, a millennial?

yeah, man
what are you, like an eon-ial? You're like sixteen generations down from me, you toddler

that just means i'm awesome and futuristic
and you're lame and obsessed with harry potter or whatever

if you guys still have Harry Potter in 2200 magic land universe it can't be that lame can it

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