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[titango]

[Robin has already been here long enough to know what's going on as far as the village mythos is concerned. There'd been alleged kidnappings from multiple dimensions, and all sorts of superpowered types are supposedly stuck here to act as an army for some omnipresent Big Brother figure. It would have been a transparent enough illusion if not for

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[alwaysserious]

Maybe they think it would be to rude to completely erase them from here.

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[titango]

It's also considered fairly rude to trap people in an artificial biodome and encourage them to train themselves into war machines.

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[alwaysserious]

Or maybe they just can't for some reason.

...What's an artificial biodome..? [He knows things, but that's not one of 'em.]

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[titango]

A biodome is a manmade environment, like the one we're trapped in.

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[whydidisaverick]

Trying to put logic behind the Malnosso's actions is similar to slamming your head into a wall. Most people tend to justify what they do with Shifts pretty well though

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[titango]

[Well if it isn't Bruce B-Smith. That journal entry of yours was interesting, if only because of how much wasn't said.]

It makes sense that the Malnosso would want to breed a sense of community among its captives. High morale is conducive to good work performance.

Do you have a theory about what happens to the departed when they leave the enclosure, then?

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[whydidisaverick]

[Yeeeah, he's kinda a secretive paranoid man like that. Comes with the territory when you're a criminal and all.]

Well, I have a few. [Which he'd rather not discuss on the journals since the Malnosso are probably watching. Not that they would likely care.] But I will say this though: with the kind of technology the Malnosso process; memory alteration, advanced holographic technology. Can it even be assumed some of us go back home at all?

There's probably hundreds-- thousands of different theories one can come up with based on this place. But only a few, if that, can be correct. Luceti is like-- it's like doing Prime Factorization backwards. Without knowing what number the person wants you to get to. And with giving them the option to change the number.

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[titango]

I would take it a step further and ask if you're entirely sure we've left home in the first place.

I agree that there isn't enough information. But that doesn't mean we should commit to any one particular theory without attempting to examine others.

[onebluebamf]

[He just wonders if that's Beast Boy's Robin here. Interesting.]

Have you seen the guy in charge? [Or used to be in charge.] He probably just forgot.

[titango]

[Well hello there, friend-of-Rogue-who-claims-to-have-known-Beast-Boy. You might have exactly the information he's actually trying to fish out. Also, Robin respected watching you cheat at billiards.]

Not in person, no. But anyone can put on a clueless act if they try hard enough. It's easy to underestimate someone posing as a forgetful old man.

[onebluebamf]

[Unlike Rogue, Kurt has had many conversations with BB over the journals. Doesn't hurt that he's the cooler, bluer version of fuzzy elfness.]

Yeah, I guess so. Maybe there's just no reason to erase it. It's not like the rest of us forget people.

[titango]

[WHAT REALLY I only found action threads when I checked the BB tag in Kurt's journal. This is what I get for playing a character who's smarter than me. :|]

It's also not likely that you'd know if you had been made to forget someone. There are a few days out of every year nobody seems to be able to account for.

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[cowledcrusader]

[...Robin. But it couldn't be.... could it? Dick at his age sounded different. But here it was, plain as day. But it could be a different Robin... only one way to find out.]

Robin?

[...That voice sound familiar to you, kid?]

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[titango]

[Figures. He'd known there was a Batman here thanks to Superman, but couldn't find a network trail leading to the man in question. He'd been assuming the VR design just didn't have enough Bat-information to make a convincing duplicate. This conversation would probably be the barometer through which Robin decides how valid the scenario is.]

I figured talking on the network might draw you out.

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[cowledcrusader]

[If he even knew that he was here to begin with. But for now he won't bring that up. Of course, Robin, if he was anything like him, would be hunting down just about anything he could find in the journals...

He makes a non-committal noise before he speaks.]

Looks like you've been busy already.

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[titango]

I'm using my time effectively. [And no he does not need your help, Batman. He knows you're quietly judging him and that he's not good enough because nothing is good enough for the Batman.

Not that he's full of resentment and hormones and teenage angst or anything.]

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[piggybabe]

That... [Pause. Wait for it.] ... is a very good question.

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[titango]

I thought it might be. If nothing else, it's raised some interesting discussions, Miss Ino.

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[piggybabe]

[Okay, that's creepy. Does she have a name tag on?]

Wait, how did you know my name?

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[titango]

It's on the network. [Why do people keep thinking this is weird?]