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[salvagedsoul]

Hello, everyone.

I have been in United Earth territory since June. I was released last week. Although I have been inspected and declared safe by the Initiative, I feel that it is my obligation to notify you all of what happened.

I am very eager to see some of you again. I am staying in my assigned housing at 502 while I continue to recover. Please come by at your convenience.


((feel free to use this post for both network conversations and action!))

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[salvagedsoul]

Then, speak.

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[cesar]

No, I will visit your residence.

[ He doesn't trust this technology, and face-to-face still seems to be the safest way to go. ]

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[salvagedsoul]

Forgive me. I am still very tired.

[he's not in a state of mind to talk face-to-face about what happened with strangers.]

I am happy to answer questions over the network.

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[cesar]

[ He would much rather keep his questions and the knowledge he's gathere private. There is benefit in knowing while keeping others in the dark about knowing. ]

How did you convince them to release you?

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[salvagedsoul]

I have no recollection of how I was released.

Even so, I am certain I did no convincing at all. Hardly anyone said a word to me the entire time I was there.

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[cesar]

They have reason then to release you, one in particular that most of us would fear.

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[salvagedsoul]

And what one reason is that?

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[cesar]

That you have been made to subscribe to their cause.

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[salvagedsoul]

Ah.

I suppose there is no way for me to prove it, but that is not what occurred.

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[cesar]

From the start then, what occurred?

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[salvagedsoul]

I traveled to the UE to cause damage to their electronic and computerized infrastructure. Almost immediately, I was detected and detained. For six weeks they held me captive in a way I thought impossible. I believe they were studying me through experimentation.

Without warning, I was returned to Exsilium. They must have knocked me out, because I don't remember how I got back.

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[cesar]

Did you manage to learn anything of their... infrastructure?

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[salvagedsoul]

It is highly advanced, but similar to societies in my home world, in that it is dependent on electricity and technology. I'm afraid I didn't wander freely long enough to learn more than that.

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[cesar]

[ Electricity. There's a word he needs to learn. ]

I see. Welcome back.

[salvagedsoul]

Thank you.

[cesar]

Might I ask for your name? For any need to contact you in the future.

[salvagedsoul]

Kaworu Nagisa. And yours?

[cesar]

Cesare [ And since it seems polite after all that the man has offered to him in return ] Borgia.