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[hallaifyouherd]

I greet you, my fellow Legionnaires.

[ The image accompanying said greeting is that of a young woman with pointed ears and tattoos across the upper part of her face, peering inquisitively into the camera. She thinks she's got this broadcast option thing down. ]

In case we haven't met? My name is Marjara.

[ Her lips quirk upwards, before her expression grows a little more somber. ]

I've been thinking something through. And I think I know what I want to do. But a little experience from other people who might have gone through similar circumstances would help. I think.

[ She's not going to ask them to choose for her. Gods knew she'd never let someone make her mind up for her before now, and she wasn't about to start...but learning about the shift? The consequences? The little things that came along with it that you might not initially think about? Might be worth the time to ask. ]

Have any of you lost a part of you, a limb or...something else of similar importance, and chose to have it replaced? Would you be willing to speak of what it was like for you?

If not, I still thank you for your time.

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[goddamngrenades]

Eh, it's all medical science, biology and that shit. I'm software and coding. Languages, patterns, maths. That kinda shit.

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[hallaifyouherd]

Soft-wear? Do you knit?

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[goddamngrenades]

Yes- but that's not what I mean. Different kinda software.

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[hallaifyouherd]

How do you mean, then?

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[goddamngrenades]

Encryption, programming, computer stuff.

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[hallaifyouherd]

You weren't by any chance a spy, were you?

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[goddamngrenades]

Maaaaaaaybe a little. Ish. Kinda? Military spy type things were done.

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[hallaifyouherd]

Mmm, yes. Definitely roguish, then.

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[goddamngrenades]

What can I say- I like looking the part.

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[hallaifyouherd]

You could use more birds, I think.

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[goddamngrenades]

...Birds are a spy thing? What am I saying of course they're a spy thing.

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[hallaifyouherd]

They were for my spymaster. Though we have this to communicate with as well.

There's always the aesthetic.

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[goddamngrenades]

I dunno, I've never tried on feathery stuff. You think I could pull it off?

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[hallaifyouherd]

You mean on your clothes?

I don't know. Feathers as actually clothing accessories reads more 'apostate rebel' than anything else.

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[goddamngrenades]

Aposwhat rebel? What's an Apostate?

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[hallaifyouherd]

Any mage that doesn't adhere to the rules and teachings of the Chantry, technically. Though when most people hear the word, they think of some wood-dwelling fanatic communing with spirits and making blood sacrifices.

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[goddamngrenades]

Making someone that is supposed to be either dangerous or the enemy seem mad or less than you and yours is the easiest way to justify A) oppressing them or B) hunting them down to be killed. That's like- social science 101. Still pretty fucked up though, damn.

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[hallaifyouherd]

It's worse when mages themselves buy into it. They become those monsters because, well, everyone thinks that of them anyway, so why not at least benefit from some part of it?

Of course, then they serve as the example of how very right the Chantry is. And it all starts over again.

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[goddamngrenades]

And that right there is why it's fucked up. No one wins.

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[hallaifyouherd]

I don't have an answers for it. I thought I did, but honestly I don't know if any of it will make a difference.

I trust the new Divine, however. If anyone can make sense of the steaming pile of halla dung that is the current Chantry, it's her.

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[goddamngrenades]

Sometimes all you need is the right person in a position of power. Or, you know. a good coup.

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[hallaifyouherd]

Some days I honestly wish burning the entire thing to the ground was an option.

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[goddamngrenades]

Ah, the old 'nuke it from orbit' option. Yeaaaaah that doesn't always play out well depending on- too may variables to list here comfortably since I know zip about your world.

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[hallaifyouherd]

It's suitably complicated enough that it remains a wistful fantasy on my part.

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[goddamngrenades]

You ever wanna live the dream we can fire up one of the sim rooms and have a go at it.