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[anti_altruisms]

"Bring peace to Chantes, and restore the sun."

I've seen and heard a lot of talk over how we're meant to accomplish this task.

To those of you who are new and those who have been here from the start, I'm curious- ideally, how would you like to see such a goal accomplished?

Comments

[ricksybusiness]

[excuse u, he likes to think of it as pragmatism.]

Humans seem to be the oppressors in this situation, so knee-jerk choice is them. But it's just the ruling class who are the assholes here, so then you get into the whole messy situation of deciding who gets to be king, if there should be a democracy, blah blah. I'd rather not be responsible for some interdimensional Middle East situation.

Better solution: kill all of them.

[anti_altruisms]

[ Pragmatism, huh? ]

Being here makes us responsible.

Would you eliminate them yourself?

[ricksybusiness]

Yo dawg, I didn't sign up for this shit. If you want to hold someone accountable, it's ALASTAIR.

That said, I'm pretty sure everyone else would pussy out, so yeah, I'd pull the hypothetical trigger. Everyone else can feel good about themselves if they want, I don't give a fuck if I gotta be the bad guy.

[anti_altruisms]

There aren't very many who would admit to that.

[ It's almost refreshing. ]

What sort of business were you in before you arrived here?

[ricksybusiness]

That's because there aren't many people like me, duh.

I was and AM a scientist. No timeline-jumping bureaucratic bullshit will change that.

[anti_altruisms]

What is your field, then, if you don't mind my asking?

[ricksybusiness]

Anything that'll turn a profit.

[anti_altruisms]

You may be in luck.

ALASTAIR appears to have a system for rewarding its recruits.

[ricksybusiness]

No kidding. How's that work?

[anti_altruisms]

Randomly.

You may want to do something that warrants their attention.

[ricksybusiness]

Squeaky wheel, huh? Not the most democratic, but whatever.

[anti_altruisms]

I'm sure you'll manage.

[ricksybusiness]

Well, I'm not about to go begging for rewards like a trained animal.

[anti_altruisms]

Dogs don't always have to beg.

They just need to perform.

[ricksybusiness]

Wow, big difference.

[anti_altruisms]

Good luck.