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[He still doesn't trust people, not here. Not anywhere, really. But he has to know. In a place this weird, he has to know.]

I'm just wondering... who here is not human? You don't need to tell me who you are if you don't want to, but I just want to get a sense for how many people who are not human are here.

I can't be the only one.

And a second question: is it safe for those who are not human here? I mean, I am definitely not like one of those beast things and I have no plans of attacking people. But human-dominated places tend to be somewhat unsafe for us.

And if you are some kind of mad scientist type reading this? Fuck off. We don't need people like you on our asses.

[Is that enough of a difference from his usual typing? He'll have to be careful about capitalization and punctuation so it sounds different from him, but...]

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... But these 'wastes' don't hurt people, do they?

Repress squid, return to fuzzy. Got it.

I do prefer going around not in my natural form so at least I shouldn't be bugged. Don't get me wrong, it's tiring... but humans have thumbs. Not so much when I'm not using my abilities.

The "Wastes" are some of the least violent people in all of the community. Most are very passive and avoid conflict. They struggled with threats and dangers and misunderstandings not unlike ones you described for years. One of their number can be more protective than the others, but she's in charge and she never causes trouble. She's just their defender. She'll probably like you if you speak to her.

Yep, more or les. It should be easy. People get 'squidy' if they try to, not if they forget to stop it. I had to work a lot to get those traits back myself, which is another story.

Thumbs are very useful. I absolutely understand. You'll be fine, though. I'm quite certain of it.

Gotcha. Just wanted to make sure. You can't really tell in a place like this...

... Maybe I'll try some short ventures out... I don't know. I've been hiding for over 150 years, so.

One step at a time. Don't force it. We'll be here one way or another, so there's no reason that you have to speed it up.

I will say, however, that some threats in this world are more troublesome if you are alone. So just know that we are here to help each other.

I don't really do 'together' very well. But with so many nonhumans here... I can definitely try.

At least there's no government here to try to catch me and -

... Well I guess the zealots sort of experimented on people. Ew.

No government at all. All efforts have failed in that regard. It's closer to a communal living arrangment between organizations that work together to survive.

As for the Zealots, they're a separate and serious problem.

I don't mind that so much. Despite me setting up a power structure in my world... power structures are a scam. I've seen it collapse.

Yeah I get that. I kept my distance from them.

You won't hear arguments. I'm quite the libertine and freedom lover myself. We need some level of banding together, but too much makes me nervous.

Good call. They're the living embodiment of blood corruption at its worst and most final.

Agreed. I don't like people telling me what I can or can't do. I've been on the road too much to have loyalty to one place or form of government.

Ew. And I'm kind of useless in a fight, so there'd be no chance I could get away.

I absolutely hate it when people do that. I prefer for everyone to have as much freedom as possible, so that they may live as they choose.

What sort of blood power have you gained, if I may ask?

Exactly. I don't give a damn what you do with your life as long as you don't hurt people.

At least not hurt in ways that like... actually matter.

I don't... actually know? I can rule out coldblood, vileblood, and darkblood based on what I've read... so either warmblood or paleblood.

Good attitude.

Ok, so it can be hard to tell with paleblood. If you see a drop of it under the moonlight, it glows softly. That can be very telling. But normally it does not show up as different from warmblood.

All of the blood types are fine, but I find sometimes people don't know what power they may have granted. Mine is a bit obvious unfortunately, as is the case with many Vilebloods.

I guess I'll have to wait for the moon to tell for sure.

I've got my own abilities... I'm not sure how I'd even begin to learn new magical abilities.

Straining, practice, trial and error usually. With palebloods, it might be a mental power so it's a question of figuring out if there's something that gives visions, or if you ever hear things from others you didn't expect to. Those might be thoughts.

Well I'm not hearing things and I'm not seeing weird things so either I'm a late bloomer or a dud. :|

I wouldn't call a warmblood a 'dud.' Sometimes being free of the strange powers is helpful for avoiding corruption. At least in my experience. But time will tell.

I didn't mean it like that, I meant it like 'got nothing at all' but I guess that fits.

Corruption's a real bad thing around here, huh?

It's such an every day problem that there's treatments and methods of responding to it right from the start. It's every day, and everywhere, so it's good to be aware of it.

Though it isn't always massively impactful. That's cyclic and unpredictable.

What kinds of methods? I'd like to not turn into whatever kind of monster this place can think of, thanks.

Social contact and sleep, the latter with the help of the incense you can get in Cassandra district, should help. It's one reason we stay close to each other. A matter of health and well being.

In more extreme situations, water from the salt lake outside of town can be used, but only on the new moon. You can also speak with the Blood Ministers, and they can treat serious cases, though their methods are a little disturbing so finding other ways first is wise.

I like sleep and I like social contact, so I should be okay. I've been mostly hanging out at bars, so I'm probably going to be all right.

I don't really go there to get drunk and all.

It's not a bad start at the very least. I hope you manage to make some friends. I know the feeling of going to a bar without much intent to drink. Though I usually don't go much anymore.

I hope so, too. People have been nice so far but I've had some trust issues in the past, heh. But hopefully that's not as much of an issue here.

Those trust issues won't just disappear. Something we all have to learn and relearn is the fact that our private issues from our own world don't just evaporate.

But I am hopeful that you'll be well treated.

Yeah I don't know if I can get over it so fast. But I'll try.

Old habits die hard, and all.

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