To: Everyone

[freightcars]

Quick survey:
1 - What do you do for work here?
2 - What did you do back home?
3 - What's your skillset?

( note: personally, I'm cool with threadjacking in my posts as long as the other person is too, go to town. )

Comments

[itookashot]

I've been practicing with them! They are quite useful. I can also do it with arrows, which I'm also practicing with.

[freightcars]

Like bow and arrow, or like crossbow?

[itookashot]

Bow and arrow, crossbow is also expensive.

[freightcars]

Fair enough, save the money for a gun
If you ever want a little friendly no-magic competition and you're in the free cities, look for the guy with the metal arm

[itookashot]

I'm nearly there. It'll never be my pistols, but it's something.

I'm in Free Cities! Sounds fun. I'm living at Mag's Inn for now. That's interesting about the arm. What kind of metal?

[freightcars]

Me too, go figure. Seems like that's where half of us congregate.

Vibranium.

[itookashot]

I blame Sam. He was there when I was fresh off the wagon. Made it easy.

Never heard of it! If you're looking for ideas for work, let me know if you find one. I was talked out of becoming a hunter since I have no good weapon yet, but it seems like a lucrative business. If you survive.

[freightcars]

Yeah, no, that's a good call. You should make that a habit. You can blame pretty much anything on him.

I'll give you a heads-up if I find something. I've seen a couple guys doing the monster hunting thing too, but something about spending three days in the desert getting sunburned and fighting dragons doesn't really feel appealing

Go figure

Might give it a shot one day, see what all the fuss is about

[itookashot]

Ha! You must be a friend.

Yeah I was mostly only interested for the money but was talked out of it. I used to be a mercenary of sorts, but there doesn't seem to be work for that unless you want to join the army.

[freightcars]

Yep. Don't tell him I said that.
We're from the same place.
Last thing I remember before I got here was sleeping on his couch.

I looked into something like that, too.
I've done the army thing already. Once was enough. Wouldn't recommend it.

[itookashot]

He can probably see this, mate. If this messaging thing works the same way for everyone. Sometimes I don't see everything, sometimes it's constant.

It's good to have someone from home, I've got my best friend here.

No, I'll never willingly join an army. Back home they take kids like me and raise them in the army, always seemed creepy to me.

[freightcars]

Damn. Cat's out of the bag, I guess.

Jesus, are you serious?
I can't say that doesn't happen where I'm from in some of the worse parts of the world, but all the major governments don't take anyone under 18.

[itookashot]

Too bad, guess your friend knows you care now, what a nightmare.

Yeah. They test kids wherever they can in the country and then take them. My country was one of the few places they didn't do that, but if they could find a way to get them, they would. Then there's the other country that just outright murders all of them if they find them, kids or not. Or experiments on them. It's not really safe anywhere. This is the first place I've ever been open about what I can do, too dangerous at home. Everyone wants you for one reason or another.

[freightcars]

You have no idea. Truly painful.

Sounds like the kind of thing that would make you think about staying here instead of catching a train back home.

[itookashot]

Eh, it's dangerous but I had my friends and a boyfriend back home. My best friend is here with me, but otherwise, I'd still rather be there than here. Not enough to poke at the Singularity mind you.

[freightcars]

If you could bring them here, would you stay?

Just a hypothetical.

[itookashot]

Good question. My guess is no, because I don't think they'd want to stay, and I go where they go (when it's my choice). But if they were to appear tomorrow and we were to start over here and be doing well, who am I to argue with such a beneficial turn of events.

[freightcars]

Fair enough

[itookashot]

Do you want to stay here?

[freightcars]

Hell no
Don't get me wrong, it's nice not to get noticed anymore, but I miss fast food and TV too much to stick around permanently.

[itookashot]

Oh you were famous back home? Rich famous or other famous?

[freightcars]

The not good kind of famous

[itookashot]

[ Jesper wonders what the not good kind of famous is, but to be fair, he and his friends are intentionally not famous. You can't do their work and be famous. ]

But this 'tv' is worth it?

[freightcars]

It's more about what the TV represents
The TV is a metaphor

here but not commenting.

[falcony]

[ oh he can absolutely see all of this. 100%

rip bucky now sam has receipts. ]