PSA From your Friendly UN: GarbageMan

[firacrux]

I knew people were gonna throw weird shit away. That's just what happens. The mannequins were pretty funny.

But an entire fucking bag of teeth?

Where in the hell did a bag of teeth come from?

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[firacrux]

Maybe you're not.

[firacrux]

Never said that. You're putting words in my mouth.

Er. Text.

[firacrux]

Hank's your cop friend right? Yeah, he probably does.

Can't really give you an address, mutating city and all. In a weird alley on one of my pickup routes, if we go by it sometime I'll point it out to you.

[firacrux]

Good for you. Not everyone else is that fortunate.

[Maybe with junctions. Alas, no GF, no junctions. He has to have a healthy respect for extreme doses of electricity.]

[hellofishies]

You have to be the hero since you started it all! So you have to be the hero of the story

I bet you're a hero for real

[firacrux]

Is that how that works?

Hah. If only.

[Quite the contrary unfortunately.]

[hellofishies]

of course!

well if you're not the hero then you can be the hero now!

[firacrux]

That's.


Surprisingly optimistic.

[He's not used to that kind of optimism.]

[hellofishies]

i like to think people can change or just be better.

if i didn't it would be very depressing and everything is depressing enough

[firacrux]

You're right. Old at least implies tough. Especially for something like that.

A machine just decided to make them. On its own. How the hell?

...Then again there's this whole Head thing here so I guess maybe that ain't that crazy.

[firacrux]

You really do look on the bright side don't you?

There are plenty of others to be depressing for you. But you're right, probably don't need much more of it.

[hellofishies]

someone has to right? everyone else i knew always thought about the dark side. and there were a lot of dark sides after what we did. but i like to hope people can be better and things can be better.

[ or she just likes to fake it. ]

[firacrux]

Someone has to. What you did? Who's "we"?

Do you really think people can be better?

[He wishes she was right.]

[hellofishies]

we is me and my friends. and we punched a hole through something we shouldn't have

yes! sometimes they need a little help though

[firacrux]

It's an easy mistake to make.

Hm. Is it worth it? Why not just leave them to their consequences?

[hellofishies]

it flooded all of Britain.

because everyone deserves a chance to try to improve, don't they?

[firacrux]

I dunno what a Britain is but that does sound pretty bad.

A nice sentiment. Dunno how practical. Still


a nice sentiment.

[hellofishies]

a big place where a lot of people lived

its practical for people like me. do you not think people should be given second chances?

[firacrux]

Ah. Yeah that'd be pretty bad.

I don't know. Can't say there's been opportunity for it where I'm from. Fuck up enough you're done.

[hellofishies]

That just seems stupid

if someone keeps fucking up then you should try to help

[firacrux]

We probably could've used someone like you back at Garden.

[hellofishies]

i like gardens! what could you have used me for?

[firacrux]

I don't think you'd like this one so much.

A sense of compassion.

[hellofishies]

why wouldn't i like it?

compassion is important and so are second chances. people forget that too fast

[be_notorious]

Old Drifter's got a good long bedtime story about how the alien technological being came to visit Earth bringing wonders and a new Eden for man to enjoy, only to be followed by hell. Short version of that story is a lot of other people wanted that damn thing even if it chose us. To fight back and defend itself? It grabbed a bunch of dead humans, gave them 'ghosts' that would never let them die, and filled them full of special powers.

Some of the aliens are pretty creeped out by the undead superpeople it up and made. Honestly? I don't blame them. I'm pretty creeped out by them, too.

Anyway, I hate it and wish it never showed up because now more people are dead because of it than it ever helped. We would have been better off without it. Every gift horse you get given you look that damn thing in the mouth, you hear me? Because even free stuff has a price.