audio; un: okami

[whatshimadayou]

I have few doubts in the work we have been doing for ALASTAIR. Rarely simple as it has been, but it has been eye-opening work nonetheless.

Yet, still.

...

How long do you foresee yourself in Audentes?

How much is enough before returning to where you belong?

I wonder.

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audio■ un: virtuoso

[fourscores]

You make it sound like it is simple to leave.

[whatshimadayou]

Perhaps that is hardly so right now.

But they have said they would allow us to go back home after six months of service.

[fourscores]

Perhaps.

Can't say I've asked, but has anyone seen if they keep their word?

audio; un: OHNO

[nextlineis]

That's probably different for everybody, don't you think?

[whatshimadayou]

Yes, I figured.

But it would be nice to have the input. Hence the question.

[nextlineis]

Mm, well, for me, I don't really know. I got other problems back home I gotta deal with. [Understatement. A big, big, big understatement.] But if this stuff with ALASTAIR isn't resolved, kinda makes going home a little moot.

audio; un: white_lotus

[pummelling]

Well--

[an uncomfortable beat of silence.]

I'm more for living in the moment. Why think about the end when it isn't even over yet?

[whatshimadayou]

A bit more of a dour take on my question.

[pummelling]

Didn't you know? I'm all about delivering the sunshine and cheer.

But really, I don't mind ALASTAIR. It's close to what I'd be doing at home anyway.

un: sieglindesullivan | video

[grunehexe]

We all might be better served considering our time here indefinite. The math doesn't present hopeful odds for returning to our homes, no matter what we have been told.

[whatshimadayou]

Do you think they were lying, then?

[grunehexe]

I cannot overlook the abundance of team transfers. If we take them at their word, these people's skills are "better suited elsewhere".

But it seems to me very convenient that we are then left unknowing just how many truly are "sent home". There is no way to confirm even that.

audio; un: ratchet

[neveroutwrenched]

You make this all sound like volunteer work.

So far i've been thrown into a fight that wasn't mine, tried to steal from a planet because some organization said it would set time right and thrown in to jail for something I only kind of did. And now...well, whatever this is.

Which....sounds like I'm complaining, but...honestly I just wish it felt like there was a point to any of this.

[whatshimadayou]

It is more like a temporary draft.

[Whatever Hanzo's feelings on it further, he does not share them with Ratchet.]

This is perhaps not the best impression ALASTAIR could have made. My first one was caring for infant aliens and making sure they reached a home where they could survive. That felt... worthy.

[neveroutwrenched]

See that sounds less....polarizing. Why doesn't ALASTAIR just focus more on that kind of helping?

text; un: shitpost king

[hedonistic]

when i die, probably
i mean u don't honestly believe we're ever going home do u
the whole ~~our timeline machine will decide if ur important enough to spare the energy to send home thing is fishy tbh

[whatshimadayou]

Oh. It's you.

[Hanzo doesn't really answer anything specific for you. It's super helpful.]

text; loki.2

[mistruths]

"How much is enough" is a question I don't believe ever has an answer that the asker hopes to hear.

[whatshimadayou]

[SIGHS.] Then speak to me, theoretically. If given the option, would you go home anytime soon?

audio; un: ASCIIanything

[catphishing]

I don't know. It doesn't seem like it's that easy to figure out.

[whatshimadayou]

No, it is not. What would be the determining factors?

audio; un:hound

[ofobedience]

I've been labouring under the impression that we have no choice in the matter. Even those who are supposedly sent home are only given that opportunity if they're considered important to the timeline of their world. Or so I was lead to believe.

[The briefest pause, and then--]

Which means, that some of us are never likely to leave here.

[He's quite certain he could never matter enough for that.]

[whatshimadayou]

[sweet left tiddy, all of you]

Then perhaps speak theoretically. If given the option, would you return to where you came from?

audio | un: hero

[shapethefuture]

I don't buy it, personally. In the end, even when your service time is up, they'll do something like "one more mission" and keep stringing you along.

[Of course Nyx gives a little humorless laugh.]

I've got nowhere to go to so six months? A year? A handful of years? Bring it on, I say.

[whatshimadayou]

There is a choice. Even if it seems too late.

Well. At least someone benefits, then. Quite the arrogant username, to match.