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[amoray]

So what are you gonna do when they outlaw all that superheroin' nonsense you all lowe so damn much?

[to his credit, he's trying to sound grave. (it isn't working.)]

We take this - and we're goin' to, since we got such big pushers for mustard-bellied diplomacy in charge around here - they ain't gonna be satisfied 'til they got us all on leashes. And at the first signs a dissent, they're gonna hang us by 'em. I sure hope you lot can handle the usage a our powers bein' a criminal offense, since that's the next thing to go. A Wulcanus gun in ewery Natiwe hand and a trackin' chip in ewery filthy imPort, right?

[a theatrical pause. contrary to his usual habit of getting worked up in his tirades, eridan's been very calm (albeit smug in his "my unreasonable paranoia was entirely justified" kind of way) but no less intense throughout.]

We start goin quietly into that good fuckin' nocturnal phase and we aint newer gonna stop.

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[enigmaestro]

If we're all on leashes, can you at least be muzzled?

[HERE'S SOME OF THAT DIPLOMACY.]

[amoray]

That's more your kinda thing than mine.

[PSHHHHH. and then, brusquely:]

What the fuck do you want?

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[dragony]

They wouldn't hang us.

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[amoray]

It was more a foray into the metaphorical, Ru.

Though I don't doubt some manner a shock collars ain't gone through somebody's mind when it comes to us. Maybe workin' on the same principle as this imPort-detectin' bullshit, if in fact they do work, but with powers instead.

[beat.]

Not meanin' to giwe nobody no ideas.

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[hellionated]

[ Ugh, Eridan. He looks annoyed. ]

I really fucking hate when you say shit I agree with.

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[amoray]

Can't help seein' shit the way it is, Jul.

Though it's good to know somebody else does too, for the record.

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[hiddles]

But that is the way of the world, is it not? Life is a series of cages to escape, or to grow fond of.

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[amoray]

The problem bein' that people a the former wiewpoint are sewerely fuckin' outnumbered by the latter.

It's kinda sickenin', reely.

[voice]

[wild_roar]

W-what? They're not going to outlaw heroing! I mean...they can't!

[voice]

[amoray]

What's to stop 'em?

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[neptunia]

[ sighs and bubbles emerge from her lips in the process ]

You're suggesting we revolt.

[amoray]

You and me, we're royalty. We don't gotta take this.

Nobody else either, I guess, but us in particular.

[viced]

Who would've thought you had such a low opinion on diplomacy?

[amoray]

Diplomacy works. Sometimes.

What I ain't too keen on is cowardice. I don't like rollin' ower and showin' my belly so somebody can slit it open, if you get my current here.

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[nitidus]

[oh those sure were some words. ]

Will you arm us yourself, Mr. Ampora?

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[amoray]

Tried that a while back, actually. Not against the humans, but some other manner a fuckin' mind-destroyin' horrorterror type threat.

Nobody fuckin' listened. So I'm not gonna bother this time.

[beat.]

I just want somethin' to point to when I'm tellin' ewerybody I told you so in a sweep or somesuch.

[acrossyourpath]

I don't know if it's on the books as "legal" in the first place.

[amoray]

Probably not. Don't know for sure; I don't pretend to giwe a shit about the human legal system unless I got to.

The legisl - the cops don't seem to mind it too much though.

[bumbumbum]

It's simple. Teekl mauls them and I set them on fire. That will show those Vulcanus people who they are trying to handle.

[amoray]

I know who I'm sidin' with when shit goes sour.

Teekl - he a big cat? Like a stripebeast or somethin'?

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[superspeeds]

Agreed. Though you'll be hard-pressed convincing many others until it's too late. Humans are all too forgiving of each other's prejudices, i find.

[voice]

[amoray]

A course they are. You don't ewen gotta say you're sorry, really; humans just write it off as a difference a opinions and fuck back off on their own particular agendas.

Then again, humans do a whole lot of shit that don't make much sense.

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[agentofshield]

If this world is as close to mine as it looks, vigilantism probably isn't legal, son.

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[amoray]

wwell probably not TECHNICALLY but youd be hard fuckin pressed to find any members a the laww enforcement around here wwhod be wwillin to fight the psychos that come outta our lot much less arrest any a us
i mean look at us wwere a fuckin terrifyin force to be reckoned wwith here

wwell some of us anywway

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[trollverine]

Excellent speech. Now no one can say you sat idly by and did nothing.

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[amoray]

that wwas the wwhole point really theyre all too fuckin lackin in heft wwhen it comes dowwn to shame globes to do anythin about it
im not expectin a miracle or nothin i just like bein able to say i told you so

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[seeksherownsalvation]

Huh...you sound like you're worried, almost.

Don't you got something you can cut that leash off with? And something you can use to break any hand trying to stick some chip in you?

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[amoray]

The Prince a Hope and Hopelessness doesn't get worried. I'm just lookin' ahead when ewerybody else has their head down is all.

[PSHHHHHH.]

And a course I do, I'm a walkin' fuckin' weapon a mass misery. But you set me up against a endless wall a fuckin' praetorians and there's only so much I can do.

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[doubleoohbaby]

What are your plans?

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[amoray]

Well, considerin' my record and the fact that Ed'll toss my ass back in prison for basically any fuckin' thing he can get his paws on, I can't exactly start any shit myself.

[his tone of voice suggests he's not telling the entire truth!!]

[whocouldwinarabbit]

BEING DIFFERENT IS A DEATH SENTENCE. OLD NEWS.

NOW IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHO SHOOTS FIRST.

[amoray]

My money's on us. Us hawin' a whole lot a folk with authority issues out the keel and such.

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[weightoftheworld]

They won't do that stuff! They can't! There's no way.

[ but Alex sounds the tiniest bit unsure beneath his anger. ]

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[amoray]

What's honestly goin' to stop them? Folk up in Washinton or what the fuck ewer place you humans keep your diplomats, they ain't goin' to care about the comfort a some freaks who wreck ewerythin' and murder a whole fuckin' lot a people all routine-like.

[MAKING CHILDREN SAD ISN'T QUITE AS SATISFYING AS ORPHANING THEM

BUT IT'S PRETTY CLOSE]

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[crab]

[ okay. okay karkat. here's your chance. civil. be civil. even though all you want to do is start screaming and never stop. man, fuck cahoots. fuck edward nygma.

the awkwardness in his voice is off the charts. ]

Hey. Uh. [ clears his throat. STALLING. how did he used to talk to eridan before everything was terrible... ] Yeah, it's really fucked up, man. I. hear you. Bro. [ last word is ground out through his teeth.]

[ long pause. ] ... Yeah.

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[amoray]

[there's a long pause on eridan's end.]

...What?

[man that wasn't even capslock rage this is unnerving.]

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[cuckoos]

[ eyebrows ] Not sure all of us love the hero business, but. None of this is exactly new. Prejudice. [ shrugs ] It happens.

[amoray]

Not to all a us.

[he rolls his shoulders in a suspiciously not giving a shit about the matter kind of shrug.]

We got some folk who get real distressed at the idea, though. Kinda makes you nerwous regardin' what would happen if they did ban that kinda shit.

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[insufferablysmug]

People like this don't generally rest at the small things.

[amoray]

Whale, I didn't want to jump right into the possibility a bein' separated and quarantined or some crackpot undoubtedly terrifyin' as fuck work at depowerin' us. Lobotomies, that kinda thing.

Might make somebody out there kinda antsy.

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[futureleader]

Eridan!

I totally agree with you, man. Sorry I missed this earlier. Looks like I was ported out for a while.

ditto!!

[amoray]

I was wonderin' where you were - didn't want to set out a call 'til I was real certain you weren't just doin' somethin' guileful-like, though.

And a course you do, anybody half fuckin' reasonable would. It's obwious that they're goin' to keep pushin' 'til we start pushin' back.