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when i got unplugged, before the scram crew got me out of there, i saw someone i knew. they weren't unplugged yet. there were still stuck in there with no idea what's even going on

who do i have to talk to to go get him? it's important. i'll do all the dangerous parts myself if that's what it takes

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i'm not sure you want to go down this road.

it's important. [ but she already said that. and babydoll helped her once before... ] why not

i'm not going to stop you, but it's more complicated than wanting someone to be unplugged. they need to want it. it has to be their own conscious decision.

it's hard to want something you don't even know exists. he'd make that choice if he knew it was there to make

but you would be giving him the idea. it might take him longer to believe you unless he came to the conclusion himself.

i wouldn't lie to him

[ he knows that. but she doesn't want to sit here and argue about this... especially with a new question on her mind now. ]

wonder what they think happened to me

[ she's aware that there has to be some kind of protocol in place to account for all these ~disappearing~ people in all these different matrix worlds, but octavia's stubborn at best and was thoroughly butthurt that the world she was finally coming to fit into wasn't real after all when her rehab team covered all of the technicalities of this shit, so a lot of it slipped right past her. ]

i don't know.

[she's thought about it, she really has, but she also knows that no one else really cared about her besides the girls.

and most of them were dead. god knows what happened to sweet pea.]

are you sure you want to dwell on a thought like that now? if you keep sticking to questions like that, you might not see what's ahead of you.

Edited 2015-04-15 03:25 (UTC)

The Council wants people to make that choice for themselves. You're not going to find any of them who'll agree to do it.

Edited 2015-03-24 06:32 (UTC)

if he knew, he'd make that choice for himself in a heartbeat. he just doesn't know there's a choice to make. none of them do

I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm just letting you know bureaucracy isn't on your side.

Edited 2015-03-25 22:14 (UTC)

story of my life

not everyone here is bureaucracy though. this has to be possible somehow

How much money do you have?

are you saying this kind of shit is for sale?

Sure.

who's selling? you are?

I think you usually offer the money before you start asking questions. Isn't that how this works? Because you're the one looking.

Not me.

not sure what kind of stupid fuck offers money before they know what they're even buying

And I'm not sure what stupid fuck would offer their services just based on your good word alone. You have to show a little to get a little. If you're not willing to do that, have fun never finding your little boyfriend.

i can find money. whatever it takes.

Now you just sound desperate.

Why do you care so much?

You already know it isn't that simple.

[ oh hey, deuc. long time no... horrible ill-advised network posts. ]

maybe, but i don't know how un-simple it is so it's as good a kickoff point as i'm going to get.

it doesn't matter if it's not simple. it can be the hardest thing in the world and i'd do it because he'd do it for me

You don't need a kickoff point. You're already on the right path. It's just going to take a little more patience than hasty offers to "do all of the dangerous parts yourself".

[ a long pause, then: ]

patience is the part i've always been worst at

Much like other skills, it can be learnt. It's a close relation to endurance, after all.

at least with endurance you're actually doing something.

do you ever get restless?

No, you're bearing something. Much like you now are bearing the need for time and effort before you can achieve what you want.

Yes. More often than you'd think.

how do you deal with it?

I walk, or take a run. I find work to do with my hands. Have you seen much of the city yet?

not so much. it's huge, i don't really know what to do with most of it

You can walk it. Learn it. Meet the people. I could take you, if you'd like.

need a ship
1 pilot
1 operative
1 operator

like my own ship? or can i talk somebody else's ship into it

you said you wanted to do the dangerous parts

i was just asking

i can do that. [ ...she thinks. ]

I had this conversation with someone
one of the people who extracted me
they talked about how it wasn't fair on the people who don't have anyone that loves them awake
what it could do to our world if that was how we chose
what it would mean for the people asleep

I don't know if I agree but it's what someone said to me when I asked something like that

[ o thinks about it a long second, and she genuinely wants to get on board with that logic - because it makes sense, it does. it's just, she doesn't care. she just wants her people. just one or two of them, is all.

after a pause: ]

why did it have to be us?

I don't know
but you wouldn't go back

Edited 2015-04-07 10:05 (UTC)

how do you know?

It seems the 'easier said than done' lecture has already beem imparted in various colorful and frustrating flavors, so I'll spare you that.

However, that covered, should you find a means to show up the nay-sayers, I'll lend a hand in whatever I can. I believe most of us have things we love still left behind.

it looks like i have to get a ship.

[ speaking of 'easier said than done'. ]

any chance you're a pilot, operative, or operator?

Is there a reason it's more urgent for him than anyone else?

because i said so
and because i'm willing to work for it
and fight for it

and because nobody who's got any room to tell me it isn't has showed up to tell me it isn't.

If you can explain how he's in particular danger or would be especially useful here I think you'll be more likely to find people willing to help.

'I want him out because I don't want to be alone here' stops sounding like a compelling reason the five thousandth time you hear it.

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