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Two truths and a lie used to be big with my friends. You say three "facts" about you or things you've done or seen. People try to pick one out as a lie, and then it's their turn to do the same thing. For example:

1. I've been crocodile wrestling.
2. I once flunked a vocabulary test because I forgot to put my name on the top.
3. I crashed a dune buggy when I was twelve and despite totaling the dune buggy, the worst I ended up with was a badly scraped up elbow.

Anyone up and around for a game?

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They do seem to just throw us at stuff and hope us changing things fixes all their problems.

They say there's a bunch of math behind it, and there probably even is, but there's something that messes up almost every time. Or no, I guess it's something "unexpected" each time! They're not the greatest at planning for the unexpected.

Yeah, I don't see how they can plan everything out perfectly when it comes to time. I think every decision problem affects future decisions that keep branching out and so many things can change. I guess they must really be desperate if this is the only idea they think will work.

People do some interesting things when they feel like they're the underdogs fighting for a worthwhile cause.

What've you heard about the United Earth so far?

I heard they've been keeping the population drugged and docile. They're going to go to our worlds and strip our resources, and they keep dropping stuff on the Hold to try and kill us.

That's a pretty decent summary! They also practice heavy genetic manipulation, if that gets you curious.

Oh, right. Nathaniel said something about the weird animals out there. At the time, I wasn't sure if it was the United Earth or the Initiative who were doing the experimentation though.