[Text] [Anonymous]

[hachitaro]

[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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[hachitaro]

... Ah. I've seen what happens when places get hit by atomic bombs. Don't like the idea of it being global.

I guess that makes sense. I'm from a place that has a lot of food, though only if you've got the cash for it. So I make do with the skills I have.

[androidvictoriam]

You'd like the reality even less.

But that is disappointing. The idea of people going hungry even in worlds with no scarcity. Your wording implies that you don't exactly pay for your meals upfront, but I'm less inclined to judge theft when it comes from necessity rather than greed.

[hachitaro]

I pay for my meals, most of the time. What I sell to pay for them... yeah, anonymously I'll admit that I take things. I try not to take things from people who actually need them, though. I'm a thief, not a total dick.

[androidvictoriam]

And there wasn't any gainful employment you could have found without running afoul of human scientists?

Whatever the case may have been there, it doesn't apply here--but you're still committed to making your living with subterfuge and crime?

[hachitaro]

I mean not really. You need stuff like documentation in order to have a job.

Did I say I was? I didn't have a choice where I was from. I have a choice here.

[androidvictoriam]

You very explicitly did use present tense when describing yourself as a thief, yes.

But that's good. I hope you make use of that choice. I'll admit, I'm new enough here that I don't really know what the options are.

[hachitaro]

I guess. But I've only been here a month so it's hard to get used to calling myself something else.

Someone I know is opening up a place and needs workers, so I'm probably going to work there.

[androidvictoriam]

[Anything Danse could say about that is either illustrated or undercut by the fact that he's still using his Brotherhood registration number as a username, so he just...refrains from comment.]

What's the place called? I'd rather serve in the city guard myself, but I might like to patronize it.

[hachitaro]

The Dove. It's not open yet, but opening night is New Year's Eve.