The Second Turn [anonymous text/video]

[chikapolilla]

[anonymous text] Hollow Comfort

a question
by now many of you have realized your situation
and where we are and what this place is
so to those that have embraced this world:
what do you find worthy of your time?
how do you find meaning in this nothingness?
how can you say that helping someone is worth anything?
when they might not be here next week
right now i don't see the point in anything
and would like a different perspective

[video] When the Piper Seeks his Fee...

[Vaggie looks up on the camera as she sits on a bench in Everglade looking morose as usual. Beside her are a set of boxes and bags, and she seems to be peering soberly at the camera.]

Well, it finally happened. Those little red bills they gave me are finally down to the last few. And as charming as it is to sleep out in a back alley or under a newspaper in the park, I don't really find that all that appealing.

So, uh...

...yeah, I'm asking for a job. Not asking for much, but it does have to pay. I've done some bookkeeping stuff in the past, and maybe a few odd jobs here and there. Its not exactly like I have references. But if you have something or have heard of someone that is hiring, help a girl out? Thanks.

Oh, and if that job is Torchwood -- I'm not interested.

Comments

[chikapolilla]

heh. you almost had me

i don't know if the people here are really worth giving a chance

a lot of folks i've met are freaking nuts

which is made worse by the fact that they also think they're doing good when they're really just acting on whatever impulse catches them that day

i suspect its something in the water

but what say you, oh all-knowing fountain of wisdom?

[Thinking about her friends and the fact that she may end up going back home to see them was almost enough to bring her around. Charlie would definitely want her to live and not to brood. But the people, WOW, the people she had met...]

[hotheadwarmheart]

You mean you actually thought I was an expert? Heh... Not sure whether I should be flattered or concerned.

But yeah, of course a lot of the people here are a little nuts. That's what keeps things interesting. I mean, I've got a friend here who's a walking, talking skeleton who plays guitar, another who lives in what looks like a blue phone booth but is actually a huge building on the inside and is also alive somehow, another one who's literally an angel, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. This place might be a lot of things, but boring isn't one of them.

As to the bit about acting on impulse though... yeah, afraid I'm guilty of that myself. My friend Isa was always the planner out of the two of us, but he's never been here, far as I know. When I see something I think I can help with or I think I have a way to cheer someone up, I go for it. Maybe it'll work out and maybe it won't, but I figure it's better than not trying. After all, if I don't try, then I've already failed by default.

[maskgunraid]

Yeah, I agree how surreal that we're somehow kidnapped into another world. But so far, nothing interesting has happened in Genessia. Which is a bummer on my end.

Anon

[justicereigns]

[Well he is pretty tsundere... Emphasis on the first part.]

Motorcycles, drinking, reading.

There's not enough criminals to beat senseless, and the bounties are a joke.

[chikapolilla]

--why? What the hell do you want to have done to you?

[Are you an M?]

[chikapolilla]

oh a vigilante type

one that's really into their work

great

[Paaause...]

can't knock those hobbies though

[chikapolilla]

you think this is nuts

where i'm from there eyes would fall from the sky, there was a western section, a modern section, and an ancient european section

there are dragon people, dog people, deer people, spider people, cyclopes, ogres, and other ancient things that don't even have names anymore

every day there is a violent crime of some kind

nothing makes sense and everything is chaotic

just take this place and factor it by 100

[youfool]

I'm afraid only God and his ensouled, albeit imperfect, creations, will last long enough to be worth attending. You might like the former.

---

Haha, certainly. I'm not so vain that only the personal interests.

[chikapolilla]

you might not think the same way if you're one of the damned
or would you be one of those weirdos that would go 'i deserve this?'

-~-*V*-~-*V*-~-*V*-~-*V*-~-*V*-~-

Well, get interested in something that's not me, asshole.

That's creepy as fuck.

[youfool]

If one's damned, I don't see how that's God's fault.

---

Way ahead of you. You really think so? Is having public broadcasts known really so unnerving?

[That could be a useful technique...]

[chikapolilla]

way to go blaming the victim
the next thing you'll say is that everybody who is condemned deserves it
get bent

-~-*V*-~-*V*-~-*V*-~-*V*-~-*V*-~-

Know that you're conversations are being monitored by an asshole that is voyeuristically looking in, not saying anything, and making note of everything that's being said? That's how people get paranoia, dude.

[youfool]

Desert is the sole reason condemnation happens, yes. Well, if not the Omnipotence, you'll have to make do with those underneath him. There's naught else.

---

Oh, I don't see them as they go then and there, of course. Still, that's good to know, thank you. Well, good luck in finding a vocation. I think you'll find it's the easiest thing in the world to find, here.

[justicereigns]

Fuck no.

I used to be law enforcement. It's arguably an addiction.

And since that outs me to anyone who's been here long...

Baseball, other worlds' history and forms of government and justice, and I was given a few dogs, and a wolf pup, so I'm going to add working in a butcher shop to the occasional hours at the forge for compensating workaholicism since "beating the shit out of people here makes you the criminal, not justice."

[chikapolilla]

huh

those wouldn't be for me, but maybe i can think of something that would

thanks

dogs, huh?

[justicereigns]

Marines in my world are always called dogs of the world government. In particular I was called the Loose Hound and Wild Dog. It's embarrassing.

[chikapolilla]

stick with your own kind, huh

[justicereigns]

Yeah yeah. The other marines are gone now though, and I'm too masochistic not to be drawn to people who challenge my point of view.

Even the wolf is a fault of a fucking pirate.

So dogs aside, that's not universal.

[chikapolilla]

are you a guardian?
and if not, why?

[justicereigns]

No.

Because I'm an anti-social fuck-bastard who cares more about criminals than otherworldly natural disasters, and the girl who won is like my second in command back home so good with people but soft-hearted. Guardianship isn't a meritocracy based on fighting or strength of justice ideals but popularity. I don't think that's bad, I'm actually rather relieved, and I've seen how much worse physical prowess as a means of deciding authority is.

[chikapolilla]

i don't think popularity is the best way to determine who would be best for doing a task

but i guess its better than might but only just so

[justicereigns]

Same.

But it's a little impossible to do it on merits alone. You can't test which ideas are better until they're put in place. At least it also beats bloodlines and "God told me so."

Even if you could run leadership simulations first, unpredictable events no one could account for, would still occur, so being able to adapt is also an important skill.

There's something to be said for popularity in that people work for bosses they like better and are happier. That doesn't make it more efficient, and it's still too much like pirates for me, but it's something.

[trollkeru]

I have someone like that. Though I don't think I'd do the whole public they are gone thing if they were ever to leave.

I find those are a personal moment if they were extremely close. Only exception is if someone else knew them well enough.

But one can never know if they find that person without trying anyway.

[Video]

[fashionably_strong]

I'm hiring. I have a public relations and marketing firm in Nova City, and the other branch is a photography studio and print shop in the Attleton mall. How are you with technology?

video;

[brbgettingwrench]

Well if those are things you like, the library sounds like a good thing to check about. Though not sure if that will help you stay away from idiots though.

video;

[devilishkaoru]

It depends on what you want to do. You can style someone, which is basically they tell you what they want and you design an outfit based about there preferences. You can also make or let me make the outfit.

It's quite fun seeing what kind of thing people want.

But I am considering just the stylist option for clothing that is already available and you get to in a sense play dress up with the person.