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A PERSON YOU BELIEVE▼
A PERSON YOU BELIEVE
2024-12-19 12:01:32
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Posted by ID #21
Last edit: 2025-09-19 14:40:26

[You have accidentally wandered into the base of the notails. While notails gawk at you, they do not ask why you are here. Tents and temporary shelters litter the area but one building, sleek and smooth, catches your attention. You approach it without thinking.]

Q-11
The large Q-class, axe in hand stares you down. Her armor is littered in symbols and notes. You don't realize her leaning over towards you as you inspect the notes, trying to decipher their meanings.
Q-11
"You know........" The notail takes off her helmet.
[Somewhere In The Woods (Long Hike)]
Q-11
"Aliens look a lot like capture creatures! Bp"
"Aliens look a lot like capture creatures! Bp"
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Ha ha! Yeah kind of!

[You laugh and say that you suppose aliens do look a bit like capture creatures. You make a joke about how notails look like those animals that go digging around trashcans.]

Q-11
"Oh no, those are tailmics sir, ma'am, err, alien."
Q-11
"Sorry alien pronouns confuse me but I'm sure you know notails don't click with those. Bp"
Q-11
"Hey, alien, tell me something about your culture! Bp"
"Hey, alien, tell me something about your culture! Bp"
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Talk about holidays.

[You tell her about some of the holidays you have on your home planet. You especially mention one where you give out gifts to all your friends and family to thank them for being in your life.]

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"It's so cool that aliens theme their days off! That's very cute!"
Q-11
"Our days off are just....nothing really unless it's our class birthday."
Q-11
"I wonder if I could convince the others to have an alien day with me."
Q-11
"They think aliens are cute too, like capture creatures who talk! But we usually don't talk to the aliens we meet. Bp"
"They think aliens are cute too, like capture creatures who talk! But we usually don't talk to the aliens we meet. Bp"
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It's your turn. Tell me about notail masks.

[You ask the notail if she could share something about her culture and ask her about her mask. She immediately puts her helmet back on.]

Q-11
"Sorry! But you can't see that! That's personal. B"
Q-11
"Oh...wait did you mean "face?" The, typically white or black, plate you see is our face, what's under that is our mask."
Q-11
"Sorry I know you didn't mean it but I've heard about aliens removing notail faces for "fun" and got a bit worried. I think it's best we don't see what's under my face. B"
Q-11
She removes her helmet, feeling safe in that you wouldn't betray her at this moment. "Notail faces are all about accomplishments or the things you love! Our faces represent our conquering over nature, who is evil and harmful to the universe!"
Q-11
"Or just a capture creature you really like and want to remember. Bp"
You've got a question...
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What does your face represent?

[You ask her what her face represents.]

Q-11
"Oh it......"
Q-11
"Doesn't mean anything, that's why its so plain..... Bp" She states in a tone that comes off as if she figured this was obvious.
So...
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About notails with the faces of aliens. What does that mean?

[You ask about notails with the faces of aliens.]

Q-11
"Oh well. I guess they could love an alien, but more than not it means they uh...." She seems to be trying to selecting her words carefully, but gives up.
Q-11
"Beat up some alien group, possibly even killed a few. You see it more often on Q, Y, and X-classes."
Q-11
She drops her voice to a whisper. "If you meet a notail with an alien face. I'd stay far away from them for your safety."
Q-11
"Sadly for the betterment of everyone we march forth to defeat the evil that plagues the universe and head towards our goal of peace for all! Bp"
"Sadly for the betterment of everyone we march forth to defeat the evil that plagues the universe and head towards our goal of peace for all! Bp"
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Did you say "Sadly"? What do you mean by "Sadly"?

[You ask her what she means by "Sadly."]

Q-11
"Oh cause you know. Notails have to play by the rules of the Neo."
Q-11
"The universe is unfair. If you are born with a malformed limb, the Neo declares you useless."
Q-11
"And worse of all, because of the Neo, Nature, deciding the rules. She's right! If you're an animal, you'll die before you can grow up and live a full life. Sure, intelligent creatures can get around this, but 99.9% of the universe can't."
Q-11
"In our attempts to kill the Neo, we must play by HER rules. Most people don't understand."
Q-11
"But once the Neo is killed, no one will be different from the other, and no one will ever have to suffer! Bp"
Um...
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There feels like there's something wrong with this but I'm not sure what.

[You try to put into words what you think might be wrong with this approach, but cannot. You inform her that it feels that there's something wrong with this line of though, but you can't put your finger on it.]

Q-11
"Hmmm.....I guess something isn't quite right. I wish we didn't need so many resources."
Q-11
"But nature needs us to claim resources to live. It sucks......"
Q-11
"A lot of aliens, I see them talk positively about nature......"
Q-11
"B-But, how can aliens love nature when all she has done is cause suffering!"
Q-11
"Sorry, you don't have to answer that. I just...don't get it. Bp"
Why do you love nature?
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We can appreciate beauty in life even if there's death. Sometimes you've gotta enjoy what you have, and not focus on making it last forever.
2024-12-19 12:24:50
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Posted by ID #21
Last edit: 2025-09-19 14:43:59

[You say "We can appreciate beauty in life even if there's death. Sometimes you've gotta enjoy what you have, and not focus on making it last forever."]

Q-11
"That's what I always hear!"
Q-11
"But....whenever I stop zoning out during clockwork cleanups, I never meet those aliens."
Q-11
"They're always saying "Please I don't want to die" or "Please let me live.""
Q-11
"It's hard to focus on the beauty of life when nature is killing you."
Q-11
"Of course. When something intelligent is killing you. It's never "nature" anymore. It's unnatural, that's what people tell me."
Q-11
"But....I think if a pack of dogs tried to eat them, they'd say life is unfair even then....."
Q-11
"I'm just saying. Nature seems really cool until she decides it's your time...but......"
Q-11
"I think it's cool we think differently!"
Q-11
"Nature is just an abusive M-class to me. She shouldn't be respected, and should be fired from her position!"
Q-11
"But I understand if you think differently. Especially as we're all forced to play by nature's rules, we kind of have to cope, you know?"
Q-11
"You think dying is inevitable and an ok outcome, and I zone out during clean ups! It's just nature, baby! Bp"
"You think dying is inevitable and an ok outcome, and I zone out during clean ups! It's just nature, baby! Bp"
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That's life!

[You laugh and say that's life.]

Q-11
"Horrible, horrible life! May her death be long and violent like the death she gives us all. Bp" Q-11 strikes a quick notail salute.
Q-11
"Speaking of messing with life, this building I'm guarding is where we're mutating capture creatures. If you want to use some of our mutagens, you can!"
Q-11
"Don't worry! It's free! We don't want your money. You need that to live! I heard if an alien runs out of money it has to sleep outside in the sun, is that true? Bp"
Is it true?
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Not only that, but an evil monster known as the tax man hunts you down in the middle of the night to steal your shirt.
2024-12-19 12:32:31
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Posted by ID #21
Last edit: 2025-09-19 14:46:20

[You inform her of the evil monster known as the tax man, who follows those who run out of money in the middle of the night and steals the very shirts off the backs of people, disallowing them from getting interviews and thus out of poverty. You do correct her though, and mention that homeless people do not exist, because sleeping in the sewers is free. All homeless people are homeless by choice.]

Q-11
She seems horrified.
Q-11
"I can't even imagine being homeless much less.......living in the sewers."
Q-11
"Maybe being born a notail isn't so bad. I might have had to deal with the woods but I don't have to deal with the sewers.....or tax monsters." She whispers to herself.
Q-11
"Anyway, thanks for talking to me alien! Feel free to use the mutagens all you like."
Q-11
"But, just because you look like a capture creature, doesn't mean you should use them on yourself, haha! Bp"
"But, just because you look like a capture creature, doesn't mean you should use them on yourself, haha! Bp"
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Oh, hey quick thing, I wouldn't call an alien a capture creature.

[You quickly inform her that it's a tad impolite to call an alien a capture creature.]

Q-11
"Really? I think both capture creatures and aliens are cute and friendly........they're too innocent. Mmmmmm I guess it'd be weird if you called me a capture creature........"
Q-11
"Sorry about that. I think I understand! I won't compare the two anymore."
Q-11
"After all, you're not pumped full of mind altering viruses."
Q-11
"I hope. Bp"
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