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009: Powerless in the Face of Turnabout - Video

Apr 22, 2011 18:00

[Phoenix is sitting at a desk looking a little better now that his liver is starting to recover. His eyes are brighter than they've been in weeks, and he's smiling.]

So... It's been a long week, and I was thinking last night that everyone's been going through a lot of changes recently. Somehow I've managed to avoid that, maybe because I didn't have ( Read more... )

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[video//heavily private] thelittlestbub April 22 2011, 16:16:15 UTC

[She's still got handcuffs on, but she's working on some hand sewing.]

In my world, we've had problems with this most definitely. I will never register my powers. Ever. I wouldn't even admit to having powers. That's a slippery slope.

[video//heavily private] lawyerific April 22 2011, 16:23:42 UTC

We're already distancing ourselves from the population as it is, without making it worse. Everyone has powers here, so surely there's nothing to be afraid of?

What happened in your world?

[video//heavily private] thelittlestbub April 22 2011, 16:29:08 UTC

In my world? [She puts down the sewing.]

Mutants, people with powers, are hated and feared. In some places, they're actually hunted. We don't have the same civil rights as normal humans, because the law doesn't consider us human. If crimes happen to mutants, no one cares until the flatscans are injured. If a crime happens and a mutant is anywhere near? They're immediately accused of the crime even if they were just trying to help.

We're still the marginalized people here. You think it's going to be any different here?

[video//heavily private] lawyerific April 22 2011, 17:09:47 UTC

It probably isn't... I guess I never thought of it that way. The thing is...without proper identities, we can't stop them abducting us, experimenting on us, selling us off as slaves with fake identities. We're in just as much danger.

What if powers were kept on record, but remain undisclosed?

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[ Voice ] deathknellgrell April 22 2011, 17:20:44 UTC

You want to make it ~easy~ for people to round us up, is that it?

[ Voice ] lawyerific April 22 2011, 17:26:16 UTC

That's not it at all. In fact it's the total opposite. If people wanted to round us up, they already have ways to do that, and right now they can make us disappear without anyone ever knowing it.

[ Voice ] deathknellgrell April 22 2011, 17:38:50 UTC

My friends would notice if I'd gone.

[ Grell is, admittedly, using the word "friend" rather loosely! ]

[ Voice ] lawyerific April 22 2011, 18:43:51 UTC

Not everyone here has friends, and people who have just arrived even less so.

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alwaysfindsyou April 22 2011, 18:02:50 UTC

[Oh god it's the start of the Mutant Civil War all over again.]

Names and ages I don't think is bad. But what would be the point of registering powers?

[He does noooot want to be thrown in jail again.]

lawyerific April 22 2011, 18:46:59 UTC

Well... I suppose there's not much point, really. Would you be interested so long as it didn't pry?

alwaysfindsyou April 22 2011, 18:57:30 UTC

Interested in registering what my powers are? And what does 'as long as it doesn't pry' mean exactly? [Does not sound very impressed.]

lawyerific April 22 2011, 19:34:26 UTC

Interested in registering your identity, more like. The same way everyone else on this island has an identity. Weren't you asked for it when you were employed?

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[voice] caveatwalls April 22 2011, 18:06:41 UTC

[voice] lawyerific April 22 2011, 18:43:00 UTC

Why do you think I'm asking about it. You know that a lot of professionals here are quizzed about their powers already, don't you?

caveatwalls April 22 2011, 18:47:55 UTC

By natives, which should be expected and avoided. Putting ourselves on a spit over a prepared fire seems a bit stupid, however.

lawyerific April 22 2011, 19:42:01 UTC

Avoided? Isn't that overly suspicious? Anyone's powers on this island could hurt people, newcomer or not.

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[Video] gamuzadeclares April 22 2011, 20:30:03 UTC

I think registering powers would be a terrible idea. The companies already have the power to meddle with the law. A list of everyone's powers would let them handpick whoever would be most useful to them.

[Video] lawyerific April 23 2011, 21:48:27 UTC

I certainly wasn't suggesting that any list of powers was e-mailed straight to them, and it was only a thought. It is risky, though, keeping that kind of information anywhere. Nothing is really safe.

[Video] gamuzadeclares April 23 2011, 22:07:21 UTC

E-mailed? What is that?

Better to stick to things like names. Perhaps a name with a photograph and the day the person arrived here?

[Video] lawyerific April 23 2011, 23:17:57 UTC

Uh...e-mail. Like sending documents through the NV, or a computer.

I'm not even sure the day we arrived here is important. It would set us apart from natives having that extra bit of information there, wouldn't it? A name, a photograph... Do we need more than that?

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