Voice; un: mai

[maipokerface]

Is it just me or are things starting to get a little unpleasant around here?

[She sighs out some. Not that she hadn't expected Olympia and Wyver to start not getting along again of course but it's still pretty annoying.]

I've been outright ignored in a few places in Olympia. Don't ask me exactly what I did to get that kind of treatment because I don't have a clue.

[Now to the meat of why she's drifted onto the network after having not touched it for this long. Her tone actually sounds pretty curious.]

Have any of the rest of you run into anything? Olympia, Wyver, wherever.

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[uglybug]

I have seen and heard some unpleasant things toward Olympian from those in Wyver. The festival did not seem to mend any fences.

[maipokerface]

Nope, not with those games and all that. It seemed more like another competition than anything.

[uglybug]

I was hoping that it would remain friendly competition. It seems that it did not.

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[atwo]

Ignore them in return in that case.

Don't offer them respect if they don't show you any. But, that said, it isn't odd for two nations to not get along with each other.

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[maipokerface]

That's good advice. It hasn't really bothered me but hey, I figured it would be good to see if it was happening to everyone.

It's not that unusual but... well, it would sort of be nice for once if they did. At least in my opinion.

[She's so used to nations not getting along. And then just when things were tentatively getting better at home, it sort of stopped existing altogether. If the Natha were to be believed.]

[atwo]

It will at least give them a taste of their own medicine because they might get joy out of treating you poorly.

[ that's just her guess though. ]

I'm sure that it would be. Maybe one day they will get along.

[izanyagi]

I've had a similar reaction going to Wyver...they didn't seem to want my help at all.

[maipokerface]

[Her brows raise some.]

I guess it goes the other way around then too. I figured as much but it's nice to get some confirmation. Wyver's been pretty nice to me but I haven't really done anything to deserve that either.

[The whole thing is a mystery to her. If she were a native of either town she'd get it but it's pretty well known by now, at least in those of the native populace who would recognize her, that she's a refugee.]

sorry for the late reply!

[izanyagi]

It's almost as if they are picking teams for us...or maybe some are bitter about my victory during the costume contest?

[Because he was hella pretty during it. Or maybe it's just Yu's way of joking...]

I don't like that they are making that choice for us...I never said I wanted to help one side more than the other.

[song_of_ice]

I have had a similar response in Wyver. The conflict is building between them, that truce was only temporary. Soon, they are going to find excuses to go to war.

[He's seen it enough times to know.]

[maipokerface]

I can't say it's really surprising. I'm mostly curious about how they decide which refugee supports who. I mean unless you're pretty overt with it, it seems like that would be a little difficult right now.

[song_of_ice]

I think it had to do with the ribbons at the gala. I don't know about those that didn't take part. If you have a reputation in Wyver, then I suppose they hear about that in Olympia.

[A beat.]

Is that where you have decided to stay?

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[learned_to_die]

I AM SADDENED TO HEAR THIS. I'VE ONLY JUST ARRIVED RECENTLY, THOUGH MANY HAVE INFORMED ME OF THE RIFTS THAT SEPARATE OLYMPIA AND WYVER.

WERE YOU IGNORED IN PLACES IN BUSINESS? OR BY THOSE WHO INHABIT IT?

[maipokerface]

Around places of business mostly. The natives didn't seem that thrilled to see me either, at least when I spoke to any of them.

[learned_to_die]

WE DO SEEM TO FORGET THAT WHICH BINDS US, INSTEAD FOCUSING ON THAT WHICH DIVIDES.

[voice]

[personalwar]

[ It isn't often that 76 does anything other than lurk on the network, but this is a subject that catches his interest. Since the original poster (Mai, apparently) kept to voice, he does the same. Less questions that way, maybe. ]

Have you decided to settle in Wyver? Or shown your dedication to them in any way? That might be enough to ruffle some feathers.

[ 76 had known that playing nice could only last so long, and so it only figures that some of the refugees would begin to feel that judgment from the natives. He hasn't been back to Olympia himself, but he knows for a fact he wouldn't receive a warm welcome. ]

[voice]

[maipokerface]

[Had she shown her dedication to them? She thinks the question over.]

Well... during the gala they were putting pins on people and throwing us into teams. I ended up in Wyver so I guess that may have done it.

[At that the woman gives an exhausted sigh.]

What a pain.

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[circulets]

Not yet, but there's no telling what may be out there. What exactly did you see?

[maipokerface]

It's more what I experienced than saw. I tried to do some food shopping before I traveled out of town again and several of the vendors in the marketplace just outright ignored me.

[She huffs a breath.]

It's more annoying than it is depressing or anything like that.

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[seagoing]

I've noticed that too actually. People were nice enough in Wyver but all I get over in Olympia is the cold shoulder and rude gestures. I haven't even done anything yet to earn even half the glares I've gotten.

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[maipokerface]

That's exactly what I'm running into too. They're sure observant in their prejudices if that's the case. Other than travel back and forth, I haven't done anything either.

text - un: maxwell

[braidedwonder]

Did you wear a Wyver button at their little pomp and circumstance a bit back?

Probably why.

Guess they don't get that's how you convert people to continue supporting the 'enemy'?

[maipokerface]

... Seriously? That's what this is about?

[Well that's just stupid.]

text | un: yusei

[planetary_bonds]

people that had no trouble with accepting my repair services last week have become hostile to me now. not openly, mind you, but the way they act...

It's off-putting. Reminds me too much of...home.

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[maipokerface]

You must live in a rough place then.

[Honestly she's never experienced this sort of hate. Who dared do that to the Fire Nation? And it wasn't like she went visiting any of the other groups after the war had ended either. She's chiefly stayed enclosed within Fire Nation cities since after her release from jail all those years ago, a decision she's beginning to now wonder if it was or wasn't a good decision.]