FEARbruary 😈

[parrygripp]

🔪THE FEAR MEME 🩸 There are two kinds of fears, rational and irrational. Being afraid of realtors is an irrational fear. — Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events HOW TO PLAY: Comment with your character. In the body of your top-level, your character is forced to admit their biggest, darkest fear. Maybe they assumed no one was listening, or perhaps this is the work of a magical truth serum. Either way, it's out in the open now. Other characters can offer comfort, judgement, or probing psychological questions to delve into the root of this. An especially evil character might look for ways to exploit this newfound information... but you wouldn't do that, would you? Anything involving images, especially spooky images, should be linked and tagged.

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[fn239]

I am.

Reps like me, we live out our usefulness. Either we fall off baseline or we're outdated. We don't die. We're "retired." I guess if they call it something nice they can feel better about it.

[yondu]

Yup, that'd do it.

Happens out in space too. Especially with the danged Kree. But they do it to their slaves when they ain't good enough to serve or fight no more.

Probably shouldn't make someone capable of cookin' up fear if you're plannin' on just gettin' rid of it. But if they do it, they deserve the anger what might happen. People who get afraid are more than capable of gettin' mad about it.

[fn239]

They're relying on most of us doing what we were made for. Hell, I'm doing the same thing. Falling in line because it's safer. Everyone's happier that way. Don't give them a reason to look twice and they won't.

The problem is they won't hesitate to get rid of us the way they would if we were actually human. We get out of line, they start shooting. They'll find out why from the corpse.

[yondu]

If someone gave ya the chance to get out, would ya take it? I know I took it.

I know it ain't the same situation, but I reckon it's close enough.

[fn239]

I don't know. And maybe that's the problem. I wouldn't last long if I did. Doing this job taught me that.

[yondu]

You know enough people to crew up with? 'Cause not to be sentimental, but ya cain't do it alone. It's a flat fact you need numbers, and a gal with a mechanical mind is probably real dang good at getting leverage.

[fn239]

No. And I wonder if that's on purpose.

You have no idea. I was made to be... persuasive. Attractive. If I wasn't with LAPD I'd be in the Snake Pit it one of a dozen clubs like it on a pole or on the street selling the only thing I have that's worth anything. I got lucky that they sent me to Rep Detect. I like what I do, but sometimes I'm not sure whether that's a good thing.

[yondu]

What's to like about bein' a cop? If anyone killed folks that thought differently, that'd be them.

The same cop skills are still things you can sell.

[fn239]

For starters, I don't have to keep looking over my shoulder for another Runner trying to send me back to Wallace.

Things like that draw attention. Get too good and people notice. Not good enough and no one pays. And LAPD has my serial. Can't fake that.