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[applebough]

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[applebough]

It was from any abnormality...

[ She turns to look at Shu looking at her like. What??? ]

... Is something wrong?

[roseoftexas]

Cannibals.

[ he'll... go back to the abnormality thing in a second. ]

[applebough]

... Yes? There was a backstreet district full of them.

1/2

[roseoftexas]

[ huh ]

[roseoftexas]

And that's just... normal. In your City?

[applebough]

... Yes. They're known to have restaurants full of delicacies, but it's heavily implied that they're made from human meat. It's normal to an extent. I don't eat human flesh...

[roseoftexas]

[ ........... ]

I hate that I can't say that doesn't happen where I'm from-- but not to the point that someone would open restaurants with an open enough rumour that the meat was human. It'd be a locked down secret if there was.

[applebough]

There are particular chefs that were trying to discover new flavors and such... and thus, human meat cuisine.

[ That's how she knew of it, anyway. ]

... Rodya pointed this out, but we don't have a law that prosecutes people for murder.

[roseoftexas]

...

That sounds like someone taking a passion a bit too far.

[ oh. ]

You don't?

[applebough]

[ Yuri has a small, wry smile. ]

People will do anything for their passion, as long as they can make it come true. There are notable ambitious people.

And we really don't. I thought the Eudora crew were being merciful when they sent Blade to the brig.

[roseoftexas]

There's always people that take a goal or passion too far. [ still. somehow eating people makes him go ?! the most. ]

You thought they'd just off him, like-- [ he snaps his fingers. ]? Seems like they follow the kinda of rules we have back home. Killing someone's against the law. It doesn't stop people, but there are consequences for it.

[applebough]

[ Yuri nods. ]

There really aren't any consequences for it back in The City apart from assessing your threat level...

[ The City sucks!!! ]

[roseoftexas]

Threat level.

[ the city sucks!!! ]

You kill someone and they go "oh well now you're 20% more of a threat than before" and that's that?

[applebough]

Only if they're a well-known figure or if the person they kill is in an authoritative position.

[ Otherwise, go wild? Kill all the people you want. ]

[roseoftexas]

...



[ ...... ]

No wonder you were eager to stick around for another tour.

[applebough]

Mm... there were janitors for that purpose specifically as well.

[ 📣 THE CITY SUCKS ]

I would say that it's a part of it, yes.

[roseoftexas]

[ thinks about the warp train with a far away traumatised gaze. ]

... You still feel that way?

[applebough]

... Scien offered to hire me as a research assistant. He told me to go to his home world where there would be another Scien there. After providing certain proof, I would be able to work there with lodging.

[ ... ]

I still have seven weeks to consider it, I suppose... but I will definitely not return to The City.

[roseoftexas]

[ he blinks at the "and there would be another Scien" like how many of this man are there. ]

Seven weeks is plenty of time to decide what you want to do. You already know you're not going back, so that's the biggest part out the way.

Then it's just considering if you want to do research, or try something else.

[applebough]

I'm sure seven weeks is long enough for me to think about it... I considered staying on Eudora at first.

[ Look at all that money... ]

[roseoftexas]

And then this weekend happened.

[applebough]

[ Yuri quietly sighs. ]

... Yes. I'll keep looking for any other paths I can take, but for now, staying on Eudora or trying to go to Scien's home world are my current options.

[ take her home or something?? ]

[roseoftexas]

[ she’s in a box that says “adopt me” ]

You could go wherever you wanted to. There’s a number of alternate versions of Earth half of us seem to come from, and if they’re similar enough they’ll have those laws against killing there too.

[applebough]

[ basically ]

I'm aware of how hard it is to build anything up from scratch... and if they're that different, I would like a guide, if possible. If not, then... I'll think of something.

[ Laws against killing... imagine that. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ being better than the city… the bar is in hell. ]

Then you need a guide and someone who can get you documents. Either someone with a high position, or someone able to fake them for you. Both would work if you found somewhere you liked enough.

Pretty sure Scarecrow’s faked documents a few times, so if you were on any version of Earth he coould put something together that could be used on any of them. [ scarecrow is not here to say no to this ]

So… take your time. There’s no rush.