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[fintastic]

[ Like most people, Feferi is a little worn out by recent events and it show, but she gives the network her usual smile. ]

Sooo, not too long ago there was an announcement about a new group here in Exsilium that is working with transports and the Initiative, and I am helping them! So now seems like as good a time as any to ask a few questions, while a lot of people are thinking about stuff anyway. Your answers are totally secret, unless you want to add something.

[ OOC NOTE: Results on the DW poll are visible for kicks, but are NOT ICly visible! ]

Poll #13493

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 25

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What is the status of your homeworld?

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safe
6 (24.0%)

unsafe
5 (20.0%)

nonexistent
2 (8.0%)

unsure/it's complicated
12 (48.0%)

Which of the below is most important to you? (pick the one you value above everything else! For an idea of what is most in demand!)

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Having better food and shelter
0 (0.0%)

Getting paid well
3 (12.0%)

Having more/better weapons
1 (4.0%)

Feeling like you're making a difference
13 (52.0%)

Having options on helping/not helping
1 (4.0%)

Being able to strike out on your own
3 (12.0%)

More involvement in Initiative activities
4 (16.0%)

Would you be interested in face-to-face Q&A with DITR and the Initiative personnel?

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yes
17 (68.0%)

no
6 (24.0%)

maybe (explain!)
2 (8.0%)

Would you be interested in alternative ways to submit feedback to the Initiative? (besides through the DITR office)

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yes
20 (80.0%)

no
5 (20.0%)

[ She looks like she might go to turn the feed off, but then continues. ]

And also I want to say... just as me now, I know that some of you are very mad! You or someone you care about got hurt, or worse, or you could have been, and that is scary! And some of you are mad that the Initiative forced you here, even if you would have been okay with coming to save your world.

But the way I see it, they only just now got the ability to come to other people's worlds, and even then that is because of all the help we have been, with missions! So it is not like they could have asked if they wanted to, and now you have the chance to do something about the UE, that you would not even have known about until it is too late.

So try to look at the positive side of things! You are here, and you might not like it, but now you know what is at stake and you have a chance to make it right!

Comments

[biwinning]

huh.
ii diidn't thiink you would do thii2 well wiith poll2.

[fintastic]

I worked on it for a really long time.
I would )(ave asked but I R-E-ELY wanted to do it myself!

[biwinning]

ii can tell you worked on iit.
your experiience wiith poll2 and 2kiill iin u2iing them two your advantage ha2 defiiniitely iincrea2ed.

[fintastic]

Does t)(at mean I get a +2 level up?? 38D

[biwinning]

you're liike level 38 riight now.
level 38 poll maniipulator.
ma2ter of the poll2.
you have full command of them.

[fintastic]

Woa)( really??
I gained t)(at many levels?
Maybe I s)(ould use polls more often...

[biwinning]

...ye2.
you 2hould u2e them more often.
but
only wiith me ok?

[whomheloved]

I didn't know you were helping them out, Feferi.

[fintastic]

Yep! I have been since before there was even a name for it, but now it just has a name. If I'm going to be here for a long time, I want to work hard to make it nice here!

[whomheloved]

That's good of you. Sometimes I'm really not sure what to do myself to lend a hand with things.

[fintastic]

Well, what kind of things are you good at in general?

[whomheloved]

I was always best at hunting?

[fintastic]

Like hunting animals?

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[obliterating]

The second question's choices are a bit narrow. I picked which is the closest, but in honesty, the most important thing is protecting those around me. Be it from the United Earth or from the Initiative itself.

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[fintastic]

They were supposed to be, or else the list would go on forever. I picked some things I thought could have an immediate result if they were popular enough. I mean we could probably do them all eventually, and then even more! But not all at once.

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[painfeels]

Figures you'd be optimistic about all this.

video;

[fintastic]

I'm not sure I really know how not to be! Being pessimistic just seems like it doesn't do you any good, so why waste time on it?

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[painfeels]

You don't know how to not be optimistic? That really doesn't sound normal, you know.

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[fintastic]

I don't know, I don't think I do! I can be mad or sad or frustrated, but I don't think I can be not optimistic.

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[painfeels]

Wish I could pull that off.

video;

[fintastic]

You should try it sometime!

[Video]

[mach_n_roll]

Couldn't of put it better myself! [In reference to the last thing Feferi said.]

I know our track record ain't so hot right now, but we've still got a chance to make this world a better place in the end! That's what really matters here. A lotta people seem to be giving up on it though.

[Video]

[fintastic]

And let's face it, our track record could be a lot worse. We have a lot of successes, but nobody wants to think about them when things go sour!

[mach_n_roll]

Yeah!

[Wow, Feferi. You're as good at picking up a guy's mood as he is.]

Besides, it pays to stay positive... lot more than the alternative, anyway.

[fintastic]

[ It's a talent... ]

Well yeah! I mean, has anyone ever accomplished anything by being negative? I don't think so! Other than making themselves sad.