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❪ test drive: #1 - the overflow ❫
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YOUR STORY BEGINS  The Storm came. You only remember darkness, but you don't remember much after that. All you know, perhaps, is that it was cold as you slept. You don't know for how long you slept, but the dreams were short, at least. You remember the expanse of stars and the universe that came in view. Every world and solar system ever known was displayed in your dreams in careful, pristine detail. You have also witnessed The Storm, which has devoured a fair portion of these galaxies. It was a dark, thick smog; ominous in appearance and ever foreboding. Your Earth and similar planets were immersed in The Storm. Somehow, you knew it would be the last you'd see of it. That was when she told you what happened, and how you can help. You knew that you'll be living somewhere new, even though you never asked for it. The details here weren't clear, but you knew you'd made a deal with Darma. Not long after, you'll wake at Thesa Station — Your body is still cold. It was all a dream, but somehow, you knew it wasn't — now, will you keep that promise you made to Darma? PROMPT: THE MESS HALL  It's fascinating to the Orbiters how such a dull room can be turned around so completely with people in it. All meals are served by Roman, and while all the food is delicious, some of it is a bit odd. Is that neon green soup? That’s hideous. If you happen to be in the mess hall at a particularly unlucky time, you and the food will suddenly begin to drift. Someone’s got jokes, and they’ve turned off the gravity control. Now it’s just you, your fellow refugees, and the floating sea of food. Wait, did that person just chuck a pie in your direction? PROMPT: TRAINING MODULES  While it’s all nice and well to familiarize oneself with Thesa Station, it is most advised that new arrivals venture out a bit. Not physically. No one is quite prepared for that yet. However, there will be several virtual reality training programs set for those who dare to be adventurous. For those who aren’t and don’t dare, well— good luck, all the same. Be advised, however, that participating in one of the training modules will start you off favorably with the Natha Orbiters’ in terms of REPUTATION. Once seated and appropriately strapped in, the system will automatically whir to life and the dense foliage and forestry of a section of El Nysa will open up. According to one’s map registry, it clear to see that it’s miles from the outer gates of Olympia, but not as far enough to venture into any other territories. So, in that sense, you’re safe.
PROMPT: STASIS UNIT  You have found the massive section of Thesa known as the Stasis Unit. There’s no special access required to access this part of Thesa Station, but refugees are warned that it may not be for the faint of heart. Here, in large pods that nearly cover every square inch of the space, are all of the people the Orbiters have managed to rescue. Your loved ones, your greatest enemy, your next door neighbor— you might find them here. These people are in a state of deep cryosleep. Due to the damaging effects of The Storm, their bodies are not yet ready to be awoken. PROMPT: HANGAR STATION  You find your way to the hangar station. Here rests are a factory worth of docked mobile suits. You recall how the Orbiters had previously spoken of a "space frontier," but only after seeing this you realize how real their words are. Most machinery have marks of wear and tear, assurance that they have indeed been used before, and an assembly of others are going through repairs and maintenance. No one seems to care that you've just strolled in. In fact, there seems to be a couple of the aircraft that beckon you to take a closer look. Maybe you’ll only look on the outside, maybe you'll be greeted by the hand of a mobile suit extending toward you and welcoming you to its cockpit. You go out and explore SPACE!!! Unfortunately, that mobile suit should have warned you it only had 20 minutes of flight time left in its system. Or, perhaps, you’re a particularly ambitious pilot and you’ve strayed past the designated perimeter. Either way, the HUD display is now blinking with errors, cropping up with a single message: DISTRESS SIGNAL. PROMPT: OMAGE
Upon receiving your mobile phone, you will be asked to set a username. Voila, you can now access the network! You can choose to send a message to the entire network, specific usernames, or you can try out the Orbiters’ service, Omage, which connects you to a random user. They thought this might be a good way for their new guests to make friends with each other...
Connecting to server... PROMPT: WILDCARD
You are welcome to write any scenarios in Thesa Station! Characters have been granted temporary access to the Observation Room, and are encouraged to study it carefully.
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[Not even his own. Well, not always.]
But it can be as much of a burden as a blessing, and it's rarely only the latter.
Someone once told me that ability users all have something twisted inside of them, and I don't think that's untrue. Even if it's only a result of our life as an ability user, a lot of us have been through too much to still be normal.
I don't consider that a bad thing, though! But it's definitely not only a good thing.
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Perhaps. But I find that kind of thinking comes at the expense of the user themselves. Why be blamed for something they have no control over?
Shouldn't the blame come from how they are used, not how they came to be? Or what form those powers are? I have no doubt it can be a burden. My abilities certainly can feel that way.
But to treat myself that way seems repressive.
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If people are afraid of abilities, that's understandable. Even treating ability users terribly can come from good intentions. It doesn't excuse the people who did it, but I don't think it automatically puts the blame on them, either.
[He's not phrasing himself very well, but it can't be helped. He has done a lot of thinking on this topic lately, due to his own past and revelations about it, but he still doesn't have any answers or explanations outside of "sometimes terrible things happen".]
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Then that is what most would call human nature. It has little to do with abilities or even the existence of them.
The problem is that abilities become a convenient excuse.
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And yes, I could see that happening. But what if it isn't an excuse?
What if that terrible treatment is what keeps people safe - even the ability user himself, in a round-about way?
I'm not saying it's right! There's never an excuse for that kind of behavior. But, at the same time... if it's what's kept you alive, can it really be wrong?
[The topic is still enough to give him a headache, old trauma resurfacing. But as long as he doesn't know what to feel about it all, he won't stop picking at old wounds - and unfortunately he'll probably never find that one correct way to feel that he's looking for.]
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It sounds like this is something you need to come to terms on your own. Something is clearly bothering you.
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Other people's experiences are very different, aren't they?
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[As he thought, it's his own fault, not being able to leave his past behind him. There was no excuse for that before, ever since he'd joined the Agency and changed his life; there's even less of an excuse now, far away from where everything happened.]
Thank you for talking to me about this. I'm sorry for taking up your time. It's just that I don't often get a chance to talk about abilities freely.
Either I'm at work, where ability users are normal, or I'm elsewhere, and it doesn't really get discussed.
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I enjoyed talking to you and I found your perspective refreshing.
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How would that work?
That's giving me too much credit! But thank you.
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Well, it depends on you. I can't say I've done a lot of it but my telepathy is very versatile.
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I think I want to continue trying to figure it out myself a little longer.
[Maybe there won't be any answers. There probably won't be. But it still feels important to try finding them, himself.]
But if that doesn't work...
maybe I'll contact you again. If that's all right.
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You're welcome to contact me if you simply wish to talk. Not everything has to be about powers.
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Take care of yourself.