elnysa | Video -|- un: nunya

[The video starts with a shot of the invitation that she'd received, the writing bold and clear before she tosses the invite down and directs the camera up to her face, which looks entirely unimpressed.]

Tell me I'm not the only one that feels like this is some lame attempt to gather certain people into a specific area for an unknown reason, aka, a fucking trap?

[Someone was feeling especially incapable of trusting anyone from this world or any of the Orbiters. She held up the ring she'd gotten, not wearing it, but showing it.]

And as far as some kind of... compensation for the shit some people went through, this feels pretty weak to me. An invite to a trap-party, a gold coin, and a pretty little bauble, because clearly I'm that easily distracted and easy to appease. They realize that people died during this, don't they? And we're all supposed to just slap a smile on, pull out a dress, and go along with this like this isn't a giant fucking joke?

[There was a look on her face like she was really, really hoping someone would be as salty as she was over this.]

Maybe it's just in my nature to think everyone's out to screw me over, but when I've already been screwed over, and not in the fun way, I'm not exactly feeling inclined to bend over for round two. There have to be other people that think this is shady shit...

[Please tell her there were other people out there that thought this was shady shit.]

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You're not.

Were you part of the shit show, or just a witness?

No, but I don't think it's a trap. I wouldn't trust them, but they wouldn't be so obvious about it.

Uh huh. Like they've been so upfront about everything they've done here. Lulling people they want to off into a false sense of security wouldn't exactly be a stretch of the imagination.

I'm fairly certain they don't know any refugees died. That would raise a few too many questions as to how they're suddenly not dead.

[Not mentioning the people who were responsible who died, because who cares about them?

Zev holds a hand up in appeasement. The whole thing makes his ears metaphorically itch.]

Of course, I don't intend to belittle you. I certainly wouldn't go unarmed, if it were me.

They had to know some of them died. It was obvious. There were bodies.

[She still hadn't entirely worked out how someone of Reinhardt's size had just been a crispy corpse, then disappeared before coming back as he was, but there was a lot about this place she didn't get.

Like magic. Fuck magic.]

Which doesn't matter anyway. This is their fault, their bullshit, and we're smack dab in the middle of some political war bullshit and the stupid space lords telling us to play nice 'or else'. I don't like ultimatums. I also don't like people trying to throw parties as some kind of 'sorry you had bad shit happen that wasn't your fault, how about we pretend it never happened' maneuver.

It ain't a trap. This is a government show for recognizing their new heroes to make themselves feel better about the shit show that happened. They can say they did their part this way. And when has any government cared if anyone died unless it was one of their own ranks? This is a way to appeal to the public, to stoke the fires of emotion to get people involved. Happens all the time.

You willing to bet your ass that they work the same way the ones you're familiar with do?

[Mai waves a hand dismissively.]

I'll take the bauble but I'm definitely not taking anything else. Forget that, the last time I went to one of their parties I had to deal with everyone being angry at me for daring to exist in Olympia's territory.

I'm willing to bet they are using this to push an agenda.

The Christmas thing, right? Or whatever holiday winter shit they have here instead. It was less hostile then, but it was still there. Then there was the surprise magic shit. All in all, I cant' say I'm exactly feeling the love. Or any sort of security.

What agenda's that? The bullshit innocent monarchy agenda? Because I'm not buying it.

I don't know; I'm not a government employee. I just know there will be one because all governments no matter their heads of state will be pushing something.

They might not realize any refugees actually "died". Our "friends" up on the Station seemed to have made sure of that.

[ a laugh. ]

There is such a thing as being too suspicious, you know.

[ truthfully, he's a little suspicious too. but at least this time, he's prepared. ]

The last social gathering preceded this outright hostility. What's to say this won't be salt in the wound?

They had to have known some did. They just might not know they're back. If all of them came back.

[She'd only known of Reinhardt in her group dying. And he'd returned, surprising the shit out of her. Who knows if any of the other groups had any casualties, or if they'd all been brought back.]

Sure there is. When you see me running around with a tinfoil hat, I've reached that point. This? This is just healthy.

Because people dying tends to increase security for events celebrating new heroes.

You get a pretty shiny too? I feel insulted they think a ring is going to make it better.

I got a flower! First time for everything, it seems. We can trade, though you seem more like a ring over a flower kind of gal.

I'm a neither kind of girl. Of course you know I'm going to tease you about your pretty pretty flower.

With the amount of power the Orbiters have, you don't think they couldn't change a few people's memories here and there? It's not even unheard of here on the planet, either.

[ probably not helping with the whole paranoia. but, at least the rulers on the ground were human. the Orbiters? well... they're in a class all of their own.

he laughs again. ]

After that whole episode with the extremists, I'm not so sure their planning is all that impressive. [ he pauses for a moment, smile still on his face. ] Unless, the rulers planned the attacks in the first place, of course.

And I'm the suspicious one? Seems there's potential conspiracy plots all over the damn place.

[And she didn't look entirely thrilled at the notion, either.]

You're a low quality bottle of booze kind of gal as far as I've seen. I hope that you do. Maybe for you, I'll even wear it.

And yet I get a fucking ring instead. Go figure. In your hair? Please wear it in your hair. I'll even go buy glitter just to dump on your head.

Only if you're looking for them.

[ and, as a Soviet and someone deeply involved in government conspiracies back in his own world, he has... experience with this. ]

If the worst happens, I'm sure you'll be able to defend yourself. Me? I'm just going to enjoy the free food.

[ well... not really, but... ]

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