My Unhinged Bullshit

Mentally ill and chronically online transfem cat girl and ancom I’m way too invested in Weimar history (history in general too) and I’m honestly just fucking stupid I’m an HDG RPer too, please send me asks about it or RP with me I love that shit Also highkey a freak to be honest

[thenumber1meower]

Have we considered a bohemian reading of bohemian rhapsody

[thenumber1meower]

I’m

So full of slop

I’m

Too elevated

[thenumber1meower]

me when they ask me for whom the bell tolls

[thenumber1meower]

Sooo I heard your gonna have plants on your ass soon so on a scale of 1 to fuckkkk how over is it for you?

Probably at least a “I should blow my jump drive” out of 10

HOCH DIE ANARCHIE

[sappy-red-algae]

I've already hacked into the jump drive's systems, locked the reactor and raised its emergency shielding preventing you from breaking into the essential pieces, and forbade you from activating self destruct systems. Dearie, no Matter how hurt you feel in order to actualy decide to do this, we're coming to save you. The Zealand will be near you soon

[the voice on the other side of the com. Link was... Audibly dissonating... In an almost pathetic way. It sounded like treebranches snapping away. Whoever did this was one exhausted affini]

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick up the mic and snap back* "Save me!? That's what you're calling this shit!? A fucking RESCUE!?" *I laugh bitterly before continuing* "YOU IMPERIALIST SACKS OF SHIT ARE NO BETTER THAN THE ACCORD! You keep people as property. And then have the gall to say it's actually a GOOD thing! Like... the Accord had slavery too but they never ONCE pretended it was some kind of desirable life! You owning people but drugging them up to the gills to like it isn't any fucking better!" *I sigh deeply before finishing my rant* "I've fought tooth and nail against the Accord for too long to bend the knee to some hopped up plants who think they're saving the universe. If you wanna come for me, then LETS FUCKING GO!" *I slam the mic back into it's holder before slumping back down in my chair*

@sappy-red-algae

[sappy-red-algae]

Wow you clearly have no idea on what domestication actualy is

First and foremost it's not slavery. Slaves are commodities, florets are treasured beings, pets that must have their best life ensured no matter what

Florets are Not exploited. They do not do any unwanted work, they are not disposable, they are not threatened with death. "The mines" are propaganda, just in case you believe in Those.

Florets are not necessarily drugged constantly. Some are, some Aren't, it depends on both Floret and owner, specialy because many florets enjoy quite complex Hobbies, I know a blacksmith floret, and there's quite a lot who are programmers

Florets live in far better conditions than any of you strays living in the wild. Independents, sophonts who live in the compact while (sadly) not yet having an owner enjoy Free healthcare, free food, free housing, complete and total social freedoms, freedom of speech, freedom to do as you Please with your body, a vote, the list goes on. Florets enjoy these (albeit somewhat differently than independents in some ways) and then even more. Florets can take any shape or Form, can live any scenario, can direct their life in any way so long as it's agreed between them and their owner

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick the mic back up, the previous fire in my voice starting to return* "Ohoho! You fucks may not work your property to death with backbreaking labor, but admit it... You all get immense pleasure from owning and breaking us don't you?" "That's a commodity ain't it?" *I pause for a second before continuing* "And anyhow... how can you justify this to yourselves? Because you're just better? Inherently better? You're always right? Stop me if I'm wrong but that's pretty fucking Fascist of you all." "You just expect me to believe that by prostrating myself at the leafy foot of a tinpot Fascist my life will be better? Sorry to burst your bubble bitch, but people have been telling me that I'd be "Better Off" under their authority for a looooooong time. "And I've never bought it for a god damn second. Because it's impossible. No matter how advanced or 'Superior' you claim to be you can't strip someone of their hard won liberty and expect it to go well. That kind of authority is too easy to abuse."

"So I say to you, you fucking FASCIST!" "Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus!" "LET JUSTICE BE DONE, THOUGH THE WHOLE WORLD PERISH!"

[sappy-red-algae]

Little one, you're once again misunderstanding the concept of domestication or sophonts

No floret owner gets pleasure from abusing of florets. In fact, it's against the Compact's great mission to do so. What floret owners do get insane pleasure from is from giving their florets their best lives. Wouldn't you Feel very happy from knowing your cat is living happy, healthy and fulfilled? This time, you're the cats. Just like cats are precious and not commodities, florets Aren't commodities either.

You act like any of this is moraly wrong, to provide sophonts with abundance, love and care, which Doesn't require justification. Now, if you insist that you still consider this Bad and would've wanted to remain separated from the compact, historicaly, terrans have never been able to form a working society, capitalism has almost allways been present. Exploitation has allways Happened. Millions and millions have Been suffering and dying, simply because you're too young to know what's best for you. Affini Aren't perfect, or allways right. But we have millions of years of experience you don't, and we have a goal to provide abundance to all.

I expect you to resist, because historicaly, Terran authority has only been looking after themselves. Meanwhile, the Compact is built to provide to all. You will not be an exception

you're Far more free and have far more liberty with us than out there. And considering the 16 Galaxies worth of happy and fulfilled Xenosophont species, what you name as wrong and as "never working out" has worked out wonderfuly. You will be loved, you will be cared for.

[thenumber1meower]

*I sound even more frustrated* "SEE! There you fucking go again! You try and leverage your experience and superiority over us and justify it by saying that we're essentially backwards savages! Just admit that you're a fucking imperialist already!" "WE were building that world without capitalist exploitation you claim we can't achieve. WE were putting an end to the cycle of suffering and dying and YOU had to come and fuck it all up! You kidnapped my fucking comrades! WE WERE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT! WE AREN'T FUCKING CHILDREN THAT NEED TO BE LED BY OUR MOMMY GOD DAMN IT!" *I pause for a good to calm down some before continuing* "Your compact is a Faustian bargain. If I bend the knee to you, I trade my hard won freedom for total and utter servitude. Even if the future you promise is filled with bliss. Even if the future you can give is of endless plenty. If I take your deal I surrender everything I fought for. Everything I saw people die for. Everything I KILLED for on the altar of authority." "And I would rather fucking space myself then let that happen."

[sappy-red-algae]

Petal I can tell you're stressing out a lot, you may need to take a break before discussing further. Nonetheless I leave my point down bellow.

no, I'm not using the Compact's millions of years of experiences and our overall inherent inequality and superiority to call you savages. I'm using it to point out just how lost, hurt, and scared you are. You are a wounded thing in a world that hates you, of course you bite at the hand that feeds, it's only natural. But that won't disuade us from loving you

Well, you weren't making a Change. That's how the accord works. And in Fact, trying to do anything openly hurt and killed billions, because that's what terran societies do. The Solstice got bombarded. Freedom fighters got slaughtered by TCN and OCNI. Hacktivists got their entire lives documented and put in debts that starved them to death. Not only Couldn't you overthrow the horrible, disturbing terran accord on your own, you also wouldn't bw able to now. Nobody can do anything alone. That's why the compact exists. That's what the great work is about. To stop senseless cruelty and murder, to cherish and protect all sophonts, and celebrate their uniqueness. To love and care for all, and to endlessly provide wellness.

and, in the scope of affini, you ARE children, socially, and biologicaly. I alone am older than the abrahamic religions. I think the compact is... 3 times that old? Maybe more. Memory is a bit fickle these days. The point is, you need a guiding Hand, as a young race prone to self-exploitation, and as individual sophonts who haven't learnt who they are and what they Want, or that the only way forwards is co-dependency

this last point requires more elavoration. The compact provides freedom from___, and freedom to___, which freedom would you be robbed from?

the only thing you're not free to do is to hurt yourself

[airlock control no longer is available to you]

[thenumber1meower]

"First off, I wasn't alone. I had comrades. At least before you lot took them away." "Secondly, if it was all impossible than why does anything I tried to do matter? If we were fighting a battle we could never win that what was the fucking point!?" *I sound like I'm about to cry*

"Why do all the friends I saw die at the hands of the Accord matter? What do my years spent fighting tooth and nail mean? What was the blood even spilt for? If fighting them and fighting you was an exercise in futility then WHY DOES ANY OF IT FUCKING MATTER ANYMORE!?!?" *I can be heard sobbing for a short while before letting the receiver drop to the floor, a bit later a guttural crying scream is heard as I rise up out of my chair* "GGRAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" *I draw my pistol from it's holster and empty it into the comms unit. It belches sparks and black smoke before going dead.* *After steeling myself for a short while, I grab my gas mask and don it as well as grab my rifle and reload my pistol before saying* "If none of this matters, let the bitch come. I'll be fucking waiting."

[sappy-red-algae]

[The emergency loudspeakers crackled to life]

But Terrans, as a species, were alone. It was you and your comrades, alone against an industrialized, hateful system that undoubtedly squashed you and your comrades. It makes my core ache from grief just from thinking about their fate... This is exactly Why the compact exists. To prevent these tragedies

the Point... Hope for a better universe perhaps. The Same point the great work seeks to archieve, truly. Hope for a better universe, so that each and every single one of you cuties can live happy, healthy and fulfilled. Every life is an entire universe in of itself. Everyone is Important and unique.

They mattered too. All of you matter. And I'm so sorry they died. What I would've done if I could've just to arrive earlier, so they wouldn't die. The loss must be... Terrible...

[thenumber1meower]

*I roar back* "I KNOW DAMN WELL WHAT WE WERE UP AGAINST!" "AND I KNOW WE DID WHAT HAD TO BE DONE!" *You can hear me start to break up again for a while before I reply* "But even if what you say about the compact is true... even if they would genuinely be better... I can't be a part of that. I've fought for too long. Seen too much and...

*I can audibly be heard crying now* "I-I can't stop f-fighting now. I c-can't put down t-the banner... I've come t-t...too far. L-L...Lost too much. Fought s-so hard, to stop now..." "I..." "I..." "I-If I c-can't keep fighting... I-I... h-have nothing..." *My crying has turned into full on sobbing, my rifle and gas mask slip from my hands and clatter to the floor as the tears fall.* *After a few minutes of this I slowly draw my pistol from it's holster, flick the safety off, and kneel down staring at it in my hands* "I-I have nothing..."

[sappy-red-algae]

You have friends and comrades. You have Hobbies, perhaps, that you Didn't have the time to get into, yes? A whole life for you to explore lies in front of you

[the affini sounded almost empathic, as if it dared to know that kind of pain]

[thenumber1meower]

*I remain silent for a good long while before saying*

“I…I had those things… I…”

“I c-couldn’t enjoy them now…”

*I break down into more sobs*

“I-I’m too f-far gone…”

“T-Too broken…”

*I unconsciously rub my thumb back and forth on the trigger guard*

[sappy-red-algae]

I promise dear, you're not too broken. Nobody is too broken.

[thenumber1meower]

*I sit mulling in silence for a while, staring at the locked out jump drive before a single desperate idea flings into my head*

*I grab my tablet and boot into an encrypted file, using the search function to look for… something*

*Eventually, I find it and shout out in success*

“OH FUCK YES! DEAR GOD THANK YOU PAST ME!”

*I rush over and grab a box of tools before flinging the maintenance hatch on the drive open carefully make a single cut into the emergency shielding… seemingly intentional not to cause a drive explosion*

[sappy-red-algae]

[and this Affini knew exactly what was going on]

@salt-thetech-duck !!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING

[thenumber1meower]

*I then proceed to carefully pull out the wires connecting the drive to the relay using some pliers. Once I’m sure they’re all disconnected I unscrew a panel nearby that reveals the computerized control system for the jump drive.*

“Found you…”

*I then use pliers to carefully disconnect the wires connecting the unit to the main drive interface. Once I’m sure I got all the wires I grab a scalpel and strip both the drive wires and the cockpit control connectors. Finally, I grab my soldering iron and start connecting the inputs to the circuit for my main cockpit controls. Once the last connection is made and cools I check to see that at last, my drive is connected directly to my main cockpit control system.*

“AGHHH FUCK YEAH!! I’m so fucking awesome.”

[sappy-red-algae]

@cuscutatenko they replaced the entire guidance computer for a new one. It's airgapped. Frost frost frost frost this is not going to go well

[among one of the Basic feralist tech support Tools, the hyperspace distorsion detector started to beep softly. Loud beeps meant rudimentary hyperspace drives, usualy terran. Quiet ones meant affini-technology jump drives. This means, a ship is fast aproaching and jumping is immediately necesary]

[thenumber1meower]

“Oh fuck oh shit oh fuckkk fuck fuck”

*I immediately start spooling my drive for an emergency jump*

“CYA NEVER YOU GREEN ASSHOLE!!! LONG LIVE THE INSURGENT ARMY! FREEDOM OR DEATH!”

*I start spamming the button to jump frantically while the drive finishes spooling so I can jump as soon as it’s done*

“C’MON YOU PEICE OF SHIT FUCKING SPOOL FASTER!!!!”

*And with a violent kick my ship blips out of existence as it finally jumps*

[sappy-red-algae]

[after the violent jump, the ship halted in space, as if there was no inertia. However, seconds later, a few hundred meters a way, a flower-shaped ship emerged from hyperspace, much more gently than the terran's. The reactor was still cooling down, and it's full of radioactive waste now. Would it be too risky to do a jump right Afterwards?]

[thenumber1meower]

*I see the flower shaped ship and groan loudly*

“OH YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME!”

“HOW?!?!”

*I rub my face with my hands*

“This… I… I JUST JUMPED!”

“WHY ARE YOU HERE!?”

“Ya know what. Fuck it. We ball.”

*I quickly start scrambling to turn my railgun around and aim it at the plant based ship nearby. As I do so I try to I also start my complier working on something special…*

“If I’m gonna go down I’m gonna at least get a shot off! Fuck you!”

*In the background, I’m preparing for… something*

[thenumber1meower]

Sooo I heard your gonna have plants on your ass soon so on a scale of 1 to fuckkkk how over is it for you?

Probably at least a “I should blow my jump drive” out of 10

HOCH DIE ANARCHIE

[sappy-red-algae]

I've already hacked into the jump drive's systems, locked the reactor and raised its emergency shielding preventing you from breaking into the essential pieces, and forbade you from activating self destruct systems. Dearie, no Matter how hurt you feel in order to actualy decide to do this, we're coming to save you. The Zealand will be near you soon

[the voice on the other side of the com. Link was... Audibly dissonating... In an almost pathetic way. It sounded like treebranches snapping away. Whoever did this was one exhausted affini]

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick up the mic and snap back* "Save me!? That's what you're calling this shit!? A fucking RESCUE!?" *I laugh bitterly before continuing* "YOU IMPERIALIST SACKS OF SHIT ARE NO BETTER THAN THE ACCORD! You keep people as property. And then have the gall to say it's actually a GOOD thing! Like... the Accord had slavery too but they never ONCE pretended it was some kind of desirable life! You owning people but drugging them up to the gills to like it isn't any fucking better!" *I sigh deeply before finishing my rant* "I've fought tooth and nail against the Accord for too long to bend the knee to some hopped up plants who think they're saving the universe. If you wanna come for me, then LETS FUCKING GO!" *I slam the mic back into it's holder before slumping back down in my chair*

@sappy-red-algae

[sappy-red-algae]

Wow you clearly have no idea on what domestication actualy is

First and foremost it's not slavery. Slaves are commodities, florets are treasured beings, pets that must have their best life ensured no matter what

Florets are Not exploited. They do not do any unwanted work, they are not disposable, they are not threatened with death. "The mines" are propaganda, just in case you believe in Those.

Florets are not necessarily drugged constantly. Some are, some Aren't, it depends on both Floret and owner, specialy because many florets enjoy quite complex Hobbies, I know a blacksmith floret, and there's quite a lot who are programmers

Florets live in far better conditions than any of you strays living in the wild. Independents, sophonts who live in the compact while (sadly) not yet having an owner enjoy Free healthcare, free food, free housing, complete and total social freedoms, freedom of speech, freedom to do as you Please with your body, a vote, the list goes on. Florets enjoy these (albeit somewhat differently than independents in some ways) and then even more. Florets can take any shape or Form, can live any scenario, can direct their life in any way so long as it's agreed between them and their owner

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick the mic back up, the previous fire in my voice starting to return* "Ohoho! You fucks may not work your property to death with backbreaking labor, but admit it... You all get immense pleasure from owning and breaking us don't you?" "That's a commodity ain't it?" *I pause for a second before continuing* "And anyhow... how can you justify this to yourselves? Because you're just better? Inherently better? You're always right? Stop me if I'm wrong but that's pretty fucking Fascist of you all." "You just expect me to believe that by prostrating myself at the leafy foot of a tinpot Fascist my life will be better? Sorry to burst your bubble bitch, but people have been telling me that I'd be "Better Off" under their authority for a looooooong time. "And I've never bought it for a god damn second. Because it's impossible. No matter how advanced or 'Superior' you claim to be you can't strip someone of their hard won liberty and expect it to go well. That kind of authority is too easy to abuse."

"So I say to you, you fucking FASCIST!" "Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus!" "LET JUSTICE BE DONE, THOUGH THE WHOLE WORLD PERISH!"

[sappy-red-algae]

Little one, you're once again misunderstanding the concept of domestication or sophonts

No floret owner gets pleasure from abusing of florets. In fact, it's against the Compact's great mission to do so. What floret owners do get insane pleasure from is from giving their florets their best lives. Wouldn't you Feel very happy from knowing your cat is living happy, healthy and fulfilled? This time, you're the cats. Just like cats are precious and not commodities, florets Aren't commodities either.

You act like any of this is moraly wrong, to provide sophonts with abundance, love and care, which Doesn't require justification. Now, if you insist that you still consider this Bad and would've wanted to remain separated from the compact, historicaly, terrans have never been able to form a working society, capitalism has almost allways been present. Exploitation has allways Happened. Millions and millions have Been suffering and dying, simply because you're too young to know what's best for you. Affini Aren't perfect, or allways right. But we have millions of years of experience you don't, and we have a goal to provide abundance to all.

I expect you to resist, because historicaly, Terran authority has only been looking after themselves. Meanwhile, the Compact is built to provide to all. You will not be an exception

you're Far more free and have far more liberty with us than out there. And considering the 16 Galaxies worth of happy and fulfilled Xenosophont species, what you name as wrong and as "never working out" has worked out wonderfuly. You will be loved, you will be cared for.

[thenumber1meower]

*I sound even more frustrated* "SEE! There you fucking go again! You try and leverage your experience and superiority over us and justify it by saying that we're essentially backwards savages! Just admit that you're a fucking imperialist already!" "WE were building that world without capitalist exploitation you claim we can't achieve. WE were putting an end to the cycle of suffering and dying and YOU had to come and fuck it all up! You kidnapped my fucking comrades! WE WERE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT! WE AREN'T FUCKING CHILDREN THAT NEED TO BE LED BY OUR MOMMY GOD DAMN IT!" *I pause for a good to calm down some before continuing* "Your compact is a Faustian bargain. If I bend the knee to you, I trade my hard won freedom for total and utter servitude. Even if the future you promise is filled with bliss. Even if the future you can give is of endless plenty. If I take your deal I surrender everything I fought for. Everything I saw people die for. Everything I KILLED for on the altar of authority." "And I would rather fucking space myself then let that happen."

[sappy-red-algae]

Petal I can tell you're stressing out a lot, you may need to take a break before discussing further. Nonetheless I leave my point down bellow.

no, I'm not using the Compact's millions of years of experiences and our overall inherent inequality and superiority to call you savages. I'm using it to point out just how lost, hurt, and scared you are. You are a wounded thing in a world that hates you, of course you bite at the hand that feeds, it's only natural. But that won't disuade us from loving you

Well, you weren't making a Change. That's how the accord works. And in Fact, trying to do anything openly hurt and killed billions, because that's what terran societies do. The Solstice got bombarded. Freedom fighters got slaughtered by TCN and OCNI. Hacktivists got their entire lives documented and put in debts that starved them to death. Not only Couldn't you overthrow the horrible, disturbing terran accord on your own, you also wouldn't bw able to now. Nobody can do anything alone. That's why the compact exists. That's what the great work is about. To stop senseless cruelty and murder, to cherish and protect all sophonts, and celebrate their uniqueness. To love and care for all, and to endlessly provide wellness.

and, in the scope of affini, you ARE children, socially, and biologicaly. I alone am older than the abrahamic religions. I think the compact is... 3 times that old? Maybe more. Memory is a bit fickle these days. The point is, you need a guiding Hand, as a young race prone to self-exploitation, and as individual sophonts who haven't learnt who they are and what they Want, or that the only way forwards is co-dependency

this last point requires more elavoration. The compact provides freedom from___, and freedom to___, which freedom would you be robbed from?

the only thing you're not free to do is to hurt yourself

[airlock control no longer is available to you]

[thenumber1meower]

"First off, I wasn't alone. I had comrades. At least before you lot took them away." "Secondly, if it was all impossible than why does anything I tried to do matter? If we were fighting a battle we could never win that what was the fucking point!?" *I sound like I'm about to cry*

"Why do all the friends I saw die at the hands of the Accord matter? What do my years spent fighting tooth and nail mean? What was the blood even spilt for? If fighting them and fighting you was an exercise in futility then WHY DOES ANY OF IT FUCKING MATTER ANYMORE!?!?" *I can be heard sobbing for a short while before letting the receiver drop to the floor, a bit later a guttural crying scream is heard as I rise up out of my chair* "GGRAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" *I draw my pistol from it's holster and empty it into the comms unit. It belches sparks and black smoke before going dead.* *After steeling myself for a short while, I grab my gas mask and don it as well as grab my rifle and reload my pistol before saying* "If none of this matters, let the bitch come. I'll be fucking waiting."

[sappy-red-algae]

[The emergency loudspeakers crackled to life]

But Terrans, as a species, were alone. It was you and your comrades, alone against an industrialized, hateful system that undoubtedly squashed you and your comrades. It makes my core ache from grief just from thinking about their fate... This is exactly Why the compact exists. To prevent these tragedies

the Point... Hope for a better universe perhaps. The Same point the great work seeks to archieve, truly. Hope for a better universe, so that each and every single one of you cuties can live happy, healthy and fulfilled. Every life is an entire universe in of itself. Everyone is Important and unique.

They mattered too. All of you matter. And I'm so sorry they died. What I would've done if I could've just to arrive earlier, so they wouldn't die. The loss must be... Terrible...

[thenumber1meower]

*I roar back* "I KNOW DAMN WELL WHAT WE WERE UP AGAINST!" "AND I KNOW WE DID WHAT HAD TO BE DONE!" *You can hear me start to break up again for a while before I reply* "But even if what you say about the compact is true... even if they would genuinely be better... I can't be a part of that. I've fought for too long. Seen too much and...

*I can audibly be heard crying now* "I-I can't stop f-fighting now. I c-can't put down t-the banner... I've come t-t...too far. L-L...Lost too much. Fought s-so hard, to stop now..." "I..." "I..." "I-If I c-can't keep fighting... I-I... h-have nothing..." *My crying has turned into full on sobbing, my rifle and gas mask slip from my hands and clatter to the floor as the tears fall.* *After a few minutes of this I slowly draw my pistol from it's holster, flick the safety off, and kneel down staring at it in my hands* "I-I have nothing..."

[sappy-red-algae]

You have friends and comrades. You have Hobbies, perhaps, that you Didn't have the time to get into, yes? A whole life for you to explore lies in front of you

[the affini sounded almost empathic, as if it dared to know that kind of pain]

[thenumber1meower]

*I remain silent for a good long while before saying*

“I…I had those things… I…”

“I c-couldn’t enjoy them now…”

*I break down into more sobs*

“I-I’m too f-far gone…”

“T-Too broken…”

*I unconsciously rub my thumb back and forth on the trigger guard*

[sappy-red-algae]

I promise dear, you're not too broken. Nobody is too broken.

[thenumber1meower]

*I sit mulling in silence for a while, staring at the locked out jump drive before a single desperate idea flings into my head*

*I grab my tablet and boot into an encrypted file, using the search function to look for… something*

*Eventually, I find it and shout out in success*

“OH FUCK YES! DEAR GOD THANK YOU PAST ME!”

*I rush over and grab a box of tools before flinging the maintenance hatch on the drive open carefully make a single cut into the emergency shielding… seemingly intentional not to cause a drive explosion*

[sappy-red-algae]

[and this Affini knew exactly what was going on]

@salt-thetech-duck !!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING

[thenumber1meower]

*I then proceed to carefully pull out the wires connecting the drive to the relay using some pliers. Once I’m sure they’re all disconnected I unscrew a panel nearby that reveals the computerized control system for the jump drive.*

“Found you…”

*I then use pliers to carefully disconnect the wires connecting the unit to the main drive interface. Once I’m sure I got all the wires I grab a scalpel and strip both the drive wires and the cockpit control connectors. Finally, I grab my soldering iron and start connecting the inputs to the circuit for my main cockpit controls. Once the last connection is made and cools I check to see that at last, my drive is connected directly to my main cockpit control system.*

“AGHHH FUCK YEAH!! I’m so fucking awesome.”

[sappy-red-algae]

@cuscutatenko they replaced the entire guidance computer for a new one. It's airgapped. Frost frost frost frost this is not going to go well

[among one of the Basic feralist tech support Tools, the hyperspace distorsion detector started to beep softly. Loud beeps meant rudimentary hyperspace drives, usualy terran. Quiet ones meant affini-technology jump drives. This means, a ship is fast aproaching and jumping is immediately necesary]

[thenumber1meower]

“Oh fuck oh shit oh fuckkk fuck fuck”

*I immediately start spooling my drive for an emergency jump*

“CYA NEVER YOU GREEN ASSHOLE!!! LONG LIVE THE INSURGENT ARMY! FREEDOM OR DEATH!”

*I start spamming the button to jump frantically while the drive finishes spooling so I can jump as soon as it’s done*

“C’MON YOU PEICE OF SHIT FUCKING SPOOL FASTER!!!!”

*And with a violent kick my ship blips out of existence as it finally jumps*

[thenumber1meower]

Sooo I heard your gonna have plants on your ass soon so on a scale of 1 to fuckkkk how over is it for you?

Probably at least a “I should blow my jump drive” out of 10

HOCH DIE ANARCHIE

[sappy-red-algae]

I've already hacked into the jump drive's systems, locked the reactor and raised its emergency shielding preventing you from breaking into the essential pieces, and forbade you from activating self destruct systems. Dearie, no Matter how hurt you feel in order to actualy decide to do this, we're coming to save you. The Zealand will be near you soon

[the voice on the other side of the com. Link was... Audibly dissonating... In an almost pathetic way. It sounded like treebranches snapping away. Whoever did this was one exhausted affini]

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick up the mic and snap back* "Save me!? That's what you're calling this shit!? A fucking RESCUE!?" *I laugh bitterly before continuing* "YOU IMPERIALIST SACKS OF SHIT ARE NO BETTER THAN THE ACCORD! You keep people as property. And then have the gall to say it's actually a GOOD thing! Like... the Accord had slavery too but they never ONCE pretended it was some kind of desirable life! You owning people but drugging them up to the gills to like it isn't any fucking better!" *I sigh deeply before finishing my rant* "I've fought tooth and nail against the Accord for too long to bend the knee to some hopped up plants who think they're saving the universe. If you wanna come for me, then LETS FUCKING GO!" *I slam the mic back into it's holder before slumping back down in my chair*

@sappy-red-algae

[sappy-red-algae]

Wow you clearly have no idea on what domestication actualy is

First and foremost it's not slavery. Slaves are commodities, florets are treasured beings, pets that must have their best life ensured no matter what

Florets are Not exploited. They do not do any unwanted work, they are not disposable, they are not threatened with death. "The mines" are propaganda, just in case you believe in Those.

Florets are not necessarily drugged constantly. Some are, some Aren't, it depends on both Floret and owner, specialy because many florets enjoy quite complex Hobbies, I know a blacksmith floret, and there's quite a lot who are programmers

Florets live in far better conditions than any of you strays living in the wild. Independents, sophonts who live in the compact while (sadly) not yet having an owner enjoy Free healthcare, free food, free housing, complete and total social freedoms, freedom of speech, freedom to do as you Please with your body, a vote, the list goes on. Florets enjoy these (albeit somewhat differently than independents in some ways) and then even more. Florets can take any shape or Form, can live any scenario, can direct their life in any way so long as it's agreed between them and their owner

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick the mic back up, the previous fire in my voice starting to return* "Ohoho! You fucks may not work your property to death with backbreaking labor, but admit it... You all get immense pleasure from owning and breaking us don't you?" "That's a commodity ain't it?" *I pause for a second before continuing* "And anyhow... how can you justify this to yourselves? Because you're just better? Inherently better? You're always right? Stop me if I'm wrong but that's pretty fucking Fascist of you all." "You just expect me to believe that by prostrating myself at the leafy foot of a tinpot Fascist my life will be better? Sorry to burst your bubble bitch, but people have been telling me that I'd be "Better Off" under their authority for a looooooong time. "And I've never bought it for a god damn second. Because it's impossible. No matter how advanced or 'Superior' you claim to be you can't strip someone of their hard won liberty and expect it to go well. That kind of authority is too easy to abuse."

"So I say to you, you fucking FASCIST!" "Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus!" "LET JUSTICE BE DONE, THOUGH THE WHOLE WORLD PERISH!"

[sappy-red-algae]

Little one, you're once again misunderstanding the concept of domestication or sophonts

No floret owner gets pleasure from abusing of florets. In fact, it's against the Compact's great mission to do so. What floret owners do get insane pleasure from is from giving their florets their best lives. Wouldn't you Feel very happy from knowing your cat is living happy, healthy and fulfilled? This time, you're the cats. Just like cats are precious and not commodities, florets Aren't commodities either.

You act like any of this is moraly wrong, to provide sophonts with abundance, love and care, which Doesn't require justification. Now, if you insist that you still consider this Bad and would've wanted to remain separated from the compact, historicaly, terrans have never been able to form a working society, capitalism has almost allways been present. Exploitation has allways Happened. Millions and millions have Been suffering and dying, simply because you're too young to know what's best for you. Affini Aren't perfect, or allways right. But we have millions of years of experience you don't, and we have a goal to provide abundance to all.

I expect you to resist, because historicaly, Terran authority has only been looking after themselves. Meanwhile, the Compact is built to provide to all. You will not be an exception

you're Far more free and have far more liberty with us than out there. And considering the 16 Galaxies worth of happy and fulfilled Xenosophont species, what you name as wrong and as "never working out" has worked out wonderfuly. You will be loved, you will be cared for.

[thenumber1meower]

*I sound even more frustrated* "SEE! There you fucking go again! You try and leverage your experience and superiority over us and justify it by saying that we're essentially backwards savages! Just admit that you're a fucking imperialist already!" "WE were building that world without capitalist exploitation you claim we can't achieve. WE were putting an end to the cycle of suffering and dying and YOU had to come and fuck it all up! You kidnapped my fucking comrades! WE WERE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT! WE AREN'T FUCKING CHILDREN THAT NEED TO BE LED BY OUR MOMMY GOD DAMN IT!" *I pause for a good to calm down some before continuing* "Your compact is a Faustian bargain. If I bend the knee to you, I trade my hard won freedom for total and utter servitude. Even if the future you promise is filled with bliss. Even if the future you can give is of endless plenty. If I take your deal I surrender everything I fought for. Everything I saw people die for. Everything I KILLED for on the altar of authority." "And I would rather fucking space myself then let that happen."

[sappy-red-algae]

Petal I can tell you're stressing out a lot, you may need to take a break before discussing further. Nonetheless I leave my point down bellow.

no, I'm not using the Compact's millions of years of experiences and our overall inherent inequality and superiority to call you savages. I'm using it to point out just how lost, hurt, and scared you are. You are a wounded thing in a world that hates you, of course you bite at the hand that feeds, it's only natural. But that won't disuade us from loving you

Well, you weren't making a Change. That's how the accord works. And in Fact, trying to do anything openly hurt and killed billions, because that's what terran societies do. The Solstice got bombarded. Freedom fighters got slaughtered by TCN and OCNI. Hacktivists got their entire lives documented and put in debts that starved them to death. Not only Couldn't you overthrow the horrible, disturbing terran accord on your own, you also wouldn't bw able to now. Nobody can do anything alone. That's why the compact exists. That's what the great work is about. To stop senseless cruelty and murder, to cherish and protect all sophonts, and celebrate their uniqueness. To love and care for all, and to endlessly provide wellness.

and, in the scope of affini, you ARE children, socially, and biologicaly. I alone am older than the abrahamic religions. I think the compact is... 3 times that old? Maybe more. Memory is a bit fickle these days. The point is, you need a guiding Hand, as a young race prone to self-exploitation, and as individual sophonts who haven't learnt who they are and what they Want, or that the only way forwards is co-dependency

this last point requires more elavoration. The compact provides freedom from___, and freedom to___, which freedom would you be robbed from?

the only thing you're not free to do is to hurt yourself

[airlock control no longer is available to you]

[thenumber1meower]

"First off, I wasn't alone. I had comrades. At least before you lot took them away." "Secondly, if it was all impossible than why does anything I tried to do matter? If we were fighting a battle we could never win that what was the fucking point!?" *I sound like I'm about to cry*

"Why do all the friends I saw die at the hands of the Accord matter? What do my years spent fighting tooth and nail mean? What was the blood even spilt for? If fighting them and fighting you was an exercise in futility then WHY DOES ANY OF IT FUCKING MATTER ANYMORE!?!?" *I can be heard sobbing for a short while before letting the receiver drop to the floor, a bit later a guttural crying scream is heard as I rise up out of my chair* "GGRAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" *I draw my pistol from it's holster and empty it into the comms unit. It belches sparks and black smoke before going dead.* *After steeling myself for a short while, I grab my gas mask and don it as well as grab my rifle and reload my pistol before saying* "If none of this matters, let the bitch come. I'll be fucking waiting."

[sappy-red-algae]

[The emergency loudspeakers crackled to life]

But Terrans, as a species, were alone. It was you and your comrades, alone against an industrialized, hateful system that undoubtedly squashed you and your comrades. It makes my core ache from grief just from thinking about their fate... This is exactly Why the compact exists. To prevent these tragedies

the Point... Hope for a better universe perhaps. The Same point the great work seeks to archieve, truly. Hope for a better universe, so that each and every single one of you cuties can live happy, healthy and fulfilled. Every life is an entire universe in of itself. Everyone is Important and unique.

They mattered too. All of you matter. And I'm so sorry they died. What I would've done if I could've just to arrive earlier, so they wouldn't die. The loss must be... Terrible...

[thenumber1meower]

*I roar back* "I KNOW DAMN WELL WHAT WE WERE UP AGAINST!" "AND I KNOW WE DID WHAT HAD TO BE DONE!" *You can hear me start to break up again for a while before I reply* "But even if what you say about the compact is true... even if they would genuinely be better... I can't be a part of that. I've fought for too long. Seen too much and...

*I can audibly be heard crying now* "I-I can't stop f-fighting now. I c-can't put down t-the banner... I've come t-t...too far. L-L...Lost too much. Fought s-so hard, to stop now..." "I..." "I..." "I-If I c-can't keep fighting... I-I... h-have nothing..." *My crying has turned into full on sobbing, my rifle and gas mask slip from my hands and clatter to the floor as the tears fall.* *After a few minutes of this I slowly draw my pistol from it's holster, flick the safety off, and kneel down staring at it in my hands* "I-I have nothing..."

[sappy-red-algae]

You have friends and comrades. You have Hobbies, perhaps, that you Didn't have the time to get into, yes? A whole life for you to explore lies in front of you

[the affini sounded almost empathic, as if it dared to know that kind of pain]

[thenumber1meower]

*I remain silent for a good long while before saying*

“I…I had those things… I…”

“I c-couldn’t enjoy them now…”

*I break down into more sobs*

“I-I’m too f-far gone…”

“T-Too broken…”

*I unconsciously rub my thumb back and forth on the trigger guard*

[sappy-red-algae]

I promise dear, you're not too broken. Nobody is too broken.

[thenumber1meower]

*I sit mulling in silence for a while, staring at the locked out jump drive before a single desperate idea flings into my head*

*I grab my tablet and boot into an encrypted file, using the search function to look for… something*

*Eventually, I find it and shout out in success*

“OH FUCK YES! DEAR GOD THANK YOU PAST ME!”

*I rush over and grab a box of tools before flinging the maintenance hatch on the drive open carefully make a single cut into the emergency shielding… seemingly intentional not to cause a drive explosion*

[sappy-red-algae]

[and this Affini knew exactly what was going on]

@salt-thetech-duck !!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING

[thenumber1meower]

*I then proceed to carefully pull out the wires connecting the drive to the relay using some pliers. Once I’m sure they’re all disconnected I unscrew a panel nearby that reveals the computerized control system for the jump drive.*

“Found you…”

*I then use pliers to carefully disconnect the wires connecting the unit to the main drive interface. Once I’m sure I got all the wires I grab a scalpel and strip both the drive wires and the cockpit control connectors. Finally, I grab my soldering iron and start connecting the inputs to the circuit for my main cockpit controls. Once the last connection is made and cools I check to see that at last, my drive is connected directly to my main cockpit control system.*

“AGHHH FUCK YEAH!! I’m so fucking awesome.”

[thenumber1meower]

Sooo I heard your gonna have plants on your ass soon so on a scale of 1 to fuckkkk how over is it for you?

Probably at least a “I should blow my jump drive” out of 10

HOCH DIE ANARCHIE

[sappy-red-algae]

I've already hacked into the jump drive's systems, locked the reactor and raised its emergency shielding preventing you from breaking into the essential pieces, and forbade you from activating self destruct systems. Dearie, no Matter how hurt you feel in order to actualy decide to do this, we're coming to save you. The Zealand will be near you soon

[the voice on the other side of the com. Link was... Audibly dissonating... In an almost pathetic way. It sounded like treebranches snapping away. Whoever did this was one exhausted affini]

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick up the mic and snap back* "Save me!? That's what you're calling this shit!? A fucking RESCUE!?" *I laugh bitterly before continuing* "YOU IMPERIALIST SACKS OF SHIT ARE NO BETTER THAN THE ACCORD! You keep people as property. And then have the gall to say it's actually a GOOD thing! Like... the Accord had slavery too but they never ONCE pretended it was some kind of desirable life! You owning people but drugging them up to the gills to like it isn't any fucking better!" *I sigh deeply before finishing my rant* "I've fought tooth and nail against the Accord for too long to bend the knee to some hopped up plants who think they're saving the universe. If you wanna come for me, then LETS FUCKING GO!" *I slam the mic back into it's holder before slumping back down in my chair*

@sappy-red-algae

[sappy-red-algae]

Wow you clearly have no idea on what domestication actualy is

First and foremost it's not slavery. Slaves are commodities, florets are treasured beings, pets that must have their best life ensured no matter what

Florets are Not exploited. They do not do any unwanted work, they are not disposable, they are not threatened with death. "The mines" are propaganda, just in case you believe in Those.

Florets are not necessarily drugged constantly. Some are, some Aren't, it depends on both Floret and owner, specialy because many florets enjoy quite complex Hobbies, I know a blacksmith floret, and there's quite a lot who are programmers

Florets live in far better conditions than any of you strays living in the wild. Independents, sophonts who live in the compact while (sadly) not yet having an owner enjoy Free healthcare, free food, free housing, complete and total social freedoms, freedom of speech, freedom to do as you Please with your body, a vote, the list goes on. Florets enjoy these (albeit somewhat differently than independents in some ways) and then even more. Florets can take any shape or Form, can live any scenario, can direct their life in any way so long as it's agreed between them and their owner

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick the mic back up, the previous fire in my voice starting to return* "Ohoho! You fucks may not work your property to death with backbreaking labor, but admit it... You all get immense pleasure from owning and breaking us don't you?" "That's a commodity ain't it?" *I pause for a second before continuing* "And anyhow... how can you justify this to yourselves? Because you're just better? Inherently better? You're always right? Stop me if I'm wrong but that's pretty fucking Fascist of you all." "You just expect me to believe that by prostrating myself at the leafy foot of a tinpot Fascist my life will be better? Sorry to burst your bubble bitch, but people have been telling me that I'd be "Better Off" under their authority for a looooooong time. "And I've never bought it for a god damn second. Because it's impossible. No matter how advanced or 'Superior' you claim to be you can't strip someone of their hard won liberty and expect it to go well. That kind of authority is too easy to abuse."

"So I say to you, you fucking FASCIST!" "Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus!" "LET JUSTICE BE DONE, THOUGH THE WHOLE WORLD PERISH!"

[sappy-red-algae]

Little one, you're once again misunderstanding the concept of domestication or sophonts

No floret owner gets pleasure from abusing of florets. In fact, it's against the Compact's great mission to do so. What floret owners do get insane pleasure from is from giving their florets their best lives. Wouldn't you Feel very happy from knowing your cat is living happy, healthy and fulfilled? This time, you're the cats. Just like cats are precious and not commodities, florets Aren't commodities either.

You act like any of this is moraly wrong, to provide sophonts with abundance, love and care, which Doesn't require justification. Now, if you insist that you still consider this Bad and would've wanted to remain separated from the compact, historicaly, terrans have never been able to form a working society, capitalism has almost allways been present. Exploitation has allways Happened. Millions and millions have Been suffering and dying, simply because you're too young to know what's best for you. Affini Aren't perfect, or allways right. But we have millions of years of experience you don't, and we have a goal to provide abundance to all.

I expect you to resist, because historicaly, Terran authority has only been looking after themselves. Meanwhile, the Compact is built to provide to all. You will not be an exception

you're Far more free and have far more liberty with us than out there. And considering the 16 Galaxies worth of happy and fulfilled Xenosophont species, what you name as wrong and as "never working out" has worked out wonderfuly. You will be loved, you will be cared for.

[thenumber1meower]

*I sound even more frustrated* "SEE! There you fucking go again! You try and leverage your experience and superiority over us and justify it by saying that we're essentially backwards savages! Just admit that you're a fucking imperialist already!" "WE were building that world without capitalist exploitation you claim we can't achieve. WE were putting an end to the cycle of suffering and dying and YOU had to come and fuck it all up! You kidnapped my fucking comrades! WE WERE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT! WE AREN'T FUCKING CHILDREN THAT NEED TO BE LED BY OUR MOMMY GOD DAMN IT!" *I pause for a good to calm down some before continuing* "Your compact is a Faustian bargain. If I bend the knee to you, I trade my hard won freedom for total and utter servitude. Even if the future you promise is filled with bliss. Even if the future you can give is of endless plenty. If I take your deal I surrender everything I fought for. Everything I saw people die for. Everything I KILLED for on the altar of authority." "And I would rather fucking space myself then let that happen."

[sappy-red-algae]

Petal I can tell you're stressing out a lot, you may need to take a break before discussing further. Nonetheless I leave my point down bellow.

no, I'm not using the Compact's millions of years of experiences and our overall inherent inequality and superiority to call you savages. I'm using it to point out just how lost, hurt, and scared you are. You are a wounded thing in a world that hates you, of course you bite at the hand that feeds, it's only natural. But that won't disuade us from loving you

Well, you weren't making a Change. That's how the accord works. And in Fact, trying to do anything openly hurt and killed billions, because that's what terran societies do. The Solstice got bombarded. Freedom fighters got slaughtered by TCN and OCNI. Hacktivists got their entire lives documented and put in debts that starved them to death. Not only Couldn't you overthrow the horrible, disturbing terran accord on your own, you also wouldn't bw able to now. Nobody can do anything alone. That's why the compact exists. That's what the great work is about. To stop senseless cruelty and murder, to cherish and protect all sophonts, and celebrate their uniqueness. To love and care for all, and to endlessly provide wellness.

and, in the scope of affini, you ARE children, socially, and biologicaly. I alone am older than the abrahamic religions. I think the compact is... 3 times that old? Maybe more. Memory is a bit fickle these days. The point is, you need a guiding Hand, as a young race prone to self-exploitation, and as individual sophonts who haven't learnt who they are and what they Want, or that the only way forwards is co-dependency

this last point requires more elavoration. The compact provides freedom from___, and freedom to___, which freedom would you be robbed from?

the only thing you're not free to do is to hurt yourself

[airlock control no longer is available to you]

[thenumber1meower]

"First off, I wasn't alone. I had comrades. At least before you lot took them away." "Secondly, if it was all impossible than why does anything I tried to do matter? If we were fighting a battle we could never win that what was the fucking point!?" *I sound like I'm about to cry*

"Why do all the friends I saw die at the hands of the Accord matter? What do my years spent fighting tooth and nail mean? What was the blood even spilt for? If fighting them and fighting you was an exercise in futility then WHY DOES ANY OF IT FUCKING MATTER ANYMORE!?!?" *I can be heard sobbing for a short while before letting the receiver drop to the floor, a bit later a guttural crying scream is heard as I rise up out of my chair* "GGRAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" *I draw my pistol from it's holster and empty it into the comms unit. It belches sparks and black smoke before going dead.* *After steeling myself for a short while, I grab my gas mask and don it as well as grab my rifle and reload my pistol before saying* "If none of this matters, let the bitch come. I'll be fucking waiting."

[sappy-red-algae]

[The emergency loudspeakers crackled to life]

But Terrans, as a species, were alone. It was you and your comrades, alone against an industrialized, hateful system that undoubtedly squashed you and your comrades. It makes my core ache from grief just from thinking about their fate... This is exactly Why the compact exists. To prevent these tragedies

the Point... Hope for a better universe perhaps. The Same point the great work seeks to archieve, truly. Hope for a better universe, so that each and every single one of you cuties can live happy, healthy and fulfilled. Every life is an entire universe in of itself. Everyone is Important and unique.

They mattered too. All of you matter. And I'm so sorry they died. What I would've done if I could've just to arrive earlier, so they wouldn't die. The loss must be... Terrible...

[thenumber1meower]

*I roar back* "I KNOW DAMN WELL WHAT WE WERE UP AGAINST!" "AND I KNOW WE DID WHAT HAD TO BE DONE!" *You can hear me start to break up again for a while before I reply* "But even if what you say about the compact is true... even if they would genuinely be better... I can't be a part of that. I've fought for too long. Seen too much and...

*I can audibly be heard crying now* "I-I can't stop f-fighting now. I c-can't put down t-the banner... I've come t-t...too far. L-L...Lost too much. Fought s-so hard, to stop now..." "I..." "I..." "I-If I c-can't keep fighting... I-I... h-have nothing..." *My crying has turned into full on sobbing, my rifle and gas mask slip from my hands and clatter to the floor as the tears fall.* *After a few minutes of this I slowly draw my pistol from it's holster, flick the safety off, and kneel down staring at it in my hands* "I-I have nothing..."

[sappy-red-algae]

You have friends and comrades. You have Hobbies, perhaps, that you Didn't have the time to get into, yes? A whole life for you to explore lies in front of you

[the affini sounded almost empathic, as if it dared to know that kind of pain]

[thenumber1meower]

*I remain silent for a good long while before saying*

“I…I had those things… I…”

“I c-couldn’t enjoy them now…”

*I break down into more sobs*

“I-I’m too f-far gone…”

“T-Too broken…”

*I unconsciously rub my thumb back and forth on the trigger guard*

[sappy-red-algae]

I promise dear, you're not too broken. Nobody is too broken.

[thenumber1meower]

*I sit mulling in silence for a while, staring at the locked out jump drive before a single desperate idea flings into my head*

*I grab my tablet and boot into an encrypted file, using the search function to look for… something*

*Eventually, I find it and shout out in success*

“OH FUCK YES! DEAR GOD THANK YOU PAST ME!”

*I rush over and grab a box of tools before flinging the maintenance hatch on the drive open carefully make a single cut into the emergency shielding… seemingly intentional not to cause a drive explosion*

[thenumber1meower]

Sooo I heard your gonna have plants on your ass soon so on a scale of 1 to fuckkkk how over is it for you?

Probably at least a “I should blow my jump drive” out of 10

HOCH DIE ANARCHIE

[sappy-red-algae]

I've already hacked into the jump drive's systems, locked the reactor and raised its emergency shielding preventing you from breaking into the essential pieces, and forbade you from activating self destruct systems. Dearie, no Matter how hurt you feel in order to actualy decide to do this, we're coming to save you. The Zealand will be near you soon

[the voice on the other side of the com. Link was... Audibly dissonating... In an almost pathetic way. It sounded like treebranches snapping away. Whoever did this was one exhausted affini]

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick up the mic and snap back* "Save me!? That's what you're calling this shit!? A fucking RESCUE!?" *I laugh bitterly before continuing* "YOU IMPERIALIST SACKS OF SHIT ARE NO BETTER THAN THE ACCORD! You keep people as property. And then have the gall to say it's actually a GOOD thing! Like... the Accord had slavery too but they never ONCE pretended it was some kind of desirable life! You owning people but drugging them up to the gills to like it isn't any fucking better!" *I sigh deeply before finishing my rant* "I've fought tooth and nail against the Accord for too long to bend the knee to some hopped up plants who think they're saving the universe. If you wanna come for me, then LETS FUCKING GO!" *I slam the mic back into it's holder before slumping back down in my chair*

@sappy-red-algae

[sappy-red-algae]

Wow you clearly have no idea on what domestication actualy is

First and foremost it's not slavery. Slaves are commodities, florets are treasured beings, pets that must have their best life ensured no matter what

Florets are Not exploited. They do not do any unwanted work, they are not disposable, they are not threatened with death. "The mines" are propaganda, just in case you believe in Those.

Florets are not necessarily drugged constantly. Some are, some Aren't, it depends on both Floret and owner, specialy because many florets enjoy quite complex Hobbies, I know a blacksmith floret, and there's quite a lot who are programmers

Florets live in far better conditions than any of you strays living in the wild. Independents, sophonts who live in the compact while (sadly) not yet having an owner enjoy Free healthcare, free food, free housing, complete and total social freedoms, freedom of speech, freedom to do as you Please with your body, a vote, the list goes on. Florets enjoy these (albeit somewhat differently than independents in some ways) and then even more. Florets can take any shape or Form, can live any scenario, can direct their life in any way so long as it's agreed between them and their owner

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick the mic back up, the previous fire in my voice starting to return* "Ohoho! You fucks may not work your property to death with backbreaking labor, but admit it... You all get immense pleasure from owning and breaking us don't you?" "That's a commodity ain't it?" *I pause for a second before continuing* "And anyhow... how can you justify this to yourselves? Because you're just better? Inherently better? You're always right? Stop me if I'm wrong but that's pretty fucking Fascist of you all." "You just expect me to believe that by prostrating myself at the leafy foot of a tinpot Fascist my life will be better? Sorry to burst your bubble bitch, but people have been telling me that I'd be "Better Off" under their authority for a looooooong time. "And I've never bought it for a god damn second. Because it's impossible. No matter how advanced or 'Superior' you claim to be you can't strip someone of their hard won liberty and expect it to go well. That kind of authority is too easy to abuse."

"So I say to you, you fucking FASCIST!" "Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus!" "LET JUSTICE BE DONE, THOUGH THE WHOLE WORLD PERISH!"

[sappy-red-algae]

Little one, you're once again misunderstanding the concept of domestication or sophonts

No floret owner gets pleasure from abusing of florets. In fact, it's against the Compact's great mission to do so. What floret owners do get insane pleasure from is from giving their florets their best lives. Wouldn't you Feel very happy from knowing your cat is living happy, healthy and fulfilled? This time, you're the cats. Just like cats are precious and not commodities, florets Aren't commodities either.

You act like any of this is moraly wrong, to provide sophonts with abundance, love and care, which Doesn't require justification. Now, if you insist that you still consider this Bad and would've wanted to remain separated from the compact, historicaly, terrans have never been able to form a working society, capitalism has almost allways been present. Exploitation has allways Happened. Millions and millions have Been suffering and dying, simply because you're too young to know what's best for you. Affini Aren't perfect, or allways right. But we have millions of years of experience you don't, and we have a goal to provide abundance to all.

I expect you to resist, because historicaly, Terran authority has only been looking after themselves. Meanwhile, the Compact is built to provide to all. You will not be an exception

you're Far more free and have far more liberty with us than out there. And considering the 16 Galaxies worth of happy and fulfilled Xenosophont species, what you name as wrong and as "never working out" has worked out wonderfuly. You will be loved, you will be cared for.

[thenumber1meower]

*I sound even more frustrated* "SEE! There you fucking go again! You try and leverage your experience and superiority over us and justify it by saying that we're essentially backwards savages! Just admit that you're a fucking imperialist already!" "WE were building that world without capitalist exploitation you claim we can't achieve. WE were putting an end to the cycle of suffering and dying and YOU had to come and fuck it all up! You kidnapped my fucking comrades! WE WERE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT! WE AREN'T FUCKING CHILDREN THAT NEED TO BE LED BY OUR MOMMY GOD DAMN IT!" *I pause for a good to calm down some before continuing* "Your compact is a Faustian bargain. If I bend the knee to you, I trade my hard won freedom for total and utter servitude. Even if the future you promise is filled with bliss. Even if the future you can give is of endless plenty. If I take your deal I surrender everything I fought for. Everything I saw people die for. Everything I KILLED for on the altar of authority." "And I would rather fucking space myself then let that happen."

[sappy-red-algae]

Petal I can tell you're stressing out a lot, you may need to take a break before discussing further. Nonetheless I leave my point down bellow.

no, I'm not using the Compact's millions of years of experiences and our overall inherent inequality and superiority to call you savages. I'm using it to point out just how lost, hurt, and scared you are. You are a wounded thing in a world that hates you, of course you bite at the hand that feeds, it's only natural. But that won't disuade us from loving you

Well, you weren't making a Change. That's how the accord works. And in Fact, trying to do anything openly hurt and killed billions, because that's what terran societies do. The Solstice got bombarded. Freedom fighters got slaughtered by TCN and OCNI. Hacktivists got their entire lives documented and put in debts that starved them to death. Not only Couldn't you overthrow the horrible, disturbing terran accord on your own, you also wouldn't bw able to now. Nobody can do anything alone. That's why the compact exists. That's what the great work is about. To stop senseless cruelty and murder, to cherish and protect all sophonts, and celebrate their uniqueness. To love and care for all, and to endlessly provide wellness.

and, in the scope of affini, you ARE children, socially, and biologicaly. I alone am older than the abrahamic religions. I think the compact is... 3 times that old? Maybe more. Memory is a bit fickle these days. The point is, you need a guiding Hand, as a young race prone to self-exploitation, and as individual sophonts who haven't learnt who they are and what they Want, or that the only way forwards is co-dependency

this last point requires more elavoration. The compact provides freedom from___, and freedom to___, which freedom would you be robbed from?

the only thing you're not free to do is to hurt yourself

[airlock control no longer is available to you]

[thenumber1meower]

"First off, I wasn't alone. I had comrades. At least before you lot took them away." "Secondly, if it was all impossible than why does anything I tried to do matter? If we were fighting a battle we could never win that what was the fucking point!?" *I sound like I'm about to cry*

"Why do all the friends I saw die at the hands of the Accord matter? What do my years spent fighting tooth and nail mean? What was the blood even spilt for? If fighting them and fighting you was an exercise in futility then WHY DOES ANY OF IT FUCKING MATTER ANYMORE!?!?" *I can be heard sobbing for a short while before letting the receiver drop to the floor, a bit later a guttural crying scream is heard as I rise up out of my chair* "GGRAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" *I draw my pistol from it's holster and empty it into the comms unit. It belches sparks and black smoke before going dead.* *After steeling myself for a short while, I grab my gas mask and don it as well as grab my rifle and reload my pistol before saying* "If none of this matters, let the bitch come. I'll be fucking waiting."

[sappy-red-algae]

[The emergency loudspeakers crackled to life]

But Terrans, as a species, were alone. It was you and your comrades, alone against an industrialized, hateful system that undoubtedly squashed you and your comrades. It makes my core ache from grief just from thinking about their fate... This is exactly Why the compact exists. To prevent these tragedies

the Point... Hope for a better universe perhaps. The Same point the great work seeks to archieve, truly. Hope for a better universe, so that each and every single one of you cuties can live happy, healthy and fulfilled. Every life is an entire universe in of itself. Everyone is Important and unique.

They mattered too. All of you matter. And I'm so sorry they died. What I would've done if I could've just to arrive earlier, so they wouldn't die. The loss must be... Terrible...

[thenumber1meower]

*I roar back* "I KNOW DAMN WELL WHAT WE WERE UP AGAINST!" "AND I KNOW WE DID WHAT HAD TO BE DONE!" *You can hear me start to break up again for a while before I reply* "But even if what you say about the compact is true... even if they would genuinely be better... I can't be a part of that. I've fought for too long. Seen too much and...

*I can audibly be heard crying now* "I-I can't stop f-fighting now. I c-can't put down t-the banner... I've come t-t...too far. L-L...Lost too much. Fought s-so hard, to stop now..." "I..." "I..." "I-If I c-can't keep fighting... I-I... h-have nothing..." *My crying has turned into full on sobbing, my rifle and gas mask slip from my hands and clatter to the floor as the tears fall.* *After a few minutes of this I slowly draw my pistol from it's holster, flick the safety off, and kneel down staring at it in my hands* "I-I have nothing..."

[sappy-red-algae]

You have friends and comrades. You have Hobbies, perhaps, that you Didn't have the time to get into, yes? A whole life for you to explore lies in front of you

[the affini sounded almost empathic, as if it dared to know that kind of pain]

[thenumber1meower]

*I remain silent for a good long while before saying*

“I…I had those things… I…”

“I c-couldn’t enjoy them now…”

*I break down into more sobs*

“I-I’m too f-far gone…”

“T-Too broken…”

*I unconsciously rub my thumb back and forth on the trigger guard*

[thenumber1meower]

Sooo I heard your gonna have plants on your ass soon so on a scale of 1 to fuckkkk how over is it for you?

Probably at least a “I should blow my jump drive” out of 10

HOCH DIE ANARCHIE

[sappy-red-algae]

I've already hacked into the jump drive's systems, locked the reactor and raised its emergency shielding preventing you from breaking into the essential pieces, and forbade you from activating self destruct systems. Dearie, no Matter how hurt you feel in order to actualy decide to do this, we're coming to save you. The Zealand will be near you soon

[the voice on the other side of the com. Link was... Audibly dissonating... In an almost pathetic way. It sounded like treebranches snapping away. Whoever did this was one exhausted affini]

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick up the mic and snap back* "Save me!? That's what you're calling this shit!? A fucking RESCUE!?" *I laugh bitterly before continuing* "YOU IMPERIALIST SACKS OF SHIT ARE NO BETTER THAN THE ACCORD! You keep people as property. And then have the gall to say it's actually a GOOD thing! Like... the Accord had slavery too but they never ONCE pretended it was some kind of desirable life! You owning people but drugging them up to the gills to like it isn't any fucking better!" *I sigh deeply before finishing my rant* "I've fought tooth and nail against the Accord for too long to bend the knee to some hopped up plants who think they're saving the universe. If you wanna come for me, then LETS FUCKING GO!" *I slam the mic back into it's holder before slumping back down in my chair*

@sappy-red-algae

[sappy-red-algae]

Wow you clearly have no idea on what domestication actualy is

First and foremost it's not slavery. Slaves are commodities, florets are treasured beings, pets that must have their best life ensured no matter what

Florets are Not exploited. They do not do any unwanted work, they are not disposable, they are not threatened with death. "The mines" are propaganda, just in case you believe in Those.

Florets are not necessarily drugged constantly. Some are, some Aren't, it depends on both Floret and owner, specialy because many florets enjoy quite complex Hobbies, I know a blacksmith floret, and there's quite a lot who are programmers

Florets live in far better conditions than any of you strays living in the wild. Independents, sophonts who live in the compact while (sadly) not yet having an owner enjoy Free healthcare, free food, free housing, complete and total social freedoms, freedom of speech, freedom to do as you Please with your body, a vote, the list goes on. Florets enjoy these (albeit somewhat differently than independents in some ways) and then even more. Florets can take any shape or Form, can live any scenario, can direct their life in any way so long as it's agreed between them and their owner

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick the mic back up, the previous fire in my voice starting to return* "Ohoho! You fucks may not work your property to death with backbreaking labor, but admit it... You all get immense pleasure from owning and breaking us don't you?" "That's a commodity ain't it?" *I pause for a second before continuing* "And anyhow... how can you justify this to yourselves? Because you're just better? Inherently better? You're always right? Stop me if I'm wrong but that's pretty fucking Fascist of you all." "You just expect me to believe that by prostrating myself at the leafy foot of a tinpot Fascist my life will be better? Sorry to burst your bubble bitch, but people have been telling me that I'd be "Better Off" under their authority for a looooooong time. "And I've never bought it for a god damn second. Because it's impossible. No matter how advanced or 'Superior' you claim to be you can't strip someone of their hard won liberty and expect it to go well. That kind of authority is too easy to abuse."

"So I say to you, you fucking FASCIST!" "Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus!" "LET JUSTICE BE DONE, THOUGH THE WHOLE WORLD PERISH!"

[sappy-red-algae]

Little one, you're once again misunderstanding the concept of domestication or sophonts

No floret owner gets pleasure from abusing of florets. In fact, it's against the Compact's great mission to do so. What floret owners do get insane pleasure from is from giving their florets their best lives. Wouldn't you Feel very happy from knowing your cat is living happy, healthy and fulfilled? This time, you're the cats. Just like cats are precious and not commodities, florets Aren't commodities either.

You act like any of this is moraly wrong, to provide sophonts with abundance, love and care, which Doesn't require justification. Now, if you insist that you still consider this Bad and would've wanted to remain separated from the compact, historicaly, terrans have never been able to form a working society, capitalism has almost allways been present. Exploitation has allways Happened. Millions and millions have Been suffering and dying, simply because you're too young to know what's best for you. Affini Aren't perfect, or allways right. But we have millions of years of experience you don't, and we have a goal to provide abundance to all.

I expect you to resist, because historicaly, Terran authority has only been looking after themselves. Meanwhile, the Compact is built to provide to all. You will not be an exception

you're Far more free and have far more liberty with us than out there. And considering the 16 Galaxies worth of happy and fulfilled Xenosophont species, what you name as wrong and as "never working out" has worked out wonderfuly. You will be loved, you will be cared for.

[thenumber1meower]

*I sound even more frustrated* "SEE! There you fucking go again! You try and leverage your experience and superiority over us and justify it by saying that we're essentially backwards savages! Just admit that you're a fucking imperialist already!" "WE were building that world without capitalist exploitation you claim we can't achieve. WE were putting an end to the cycle of suffering and dying and YOU had to come and fuck it all up! You kidnapped my fucking comrades! WE WERE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT! WE AREN'T FUCKING CHILDREN THAT NEED TO BE LED BY OUR MOMMY GOD DAMN IT!" *I pause for a good to calm down some before continuing* "Your compact is a Faustian bargain. If I bend the knee to you, I trade my hard won freedom for total and utter servitude. Even if the future you promise is filled with bliss. Even if the future you can give is of endless plenty. If I take your deal I surrender everything I fought for. Everything I saw people die for. Everything I KILLED for on the altar of authority." "And I would rather fucking space myself then let that happen."

[sappy-red-algae]

Petal I can tell you're stressing out a lot, you may need to take a break before discussing further. Nonetheless I leave my point down bellow.

no, I'm not using the Compact's millions of years of experiences and our overall inherent inequality and superiority to call you savages. I'm using it to point out just how lost, hurt, and scared you are. You are a wounded thing in a world that hates you, of course you bite at the hand that feeds, it's only natural. But that won't disuade us from loving you

Well, you weren't making a Change. That's how the accord works. And in Fact, trying to do anything openly hurt and killed billions, because that's what terran societies do. The Solstice got bombarded. Freedom fighters got slaughtered by TCN and OCNI. Hacktivists got their entire lives documented and put in debts that starved them to death. Not only Couldn't you overthrow the horrible, disturbing terran accord on your own, you also wouldn't bw able to now. Nobody can do anything alone. That's why the compact exists. That's what the great work is about. To stop senseless cruelty and murder, to cherish and protect all sophonts, and celebrate their uniqueness. To love and care for all, and to endlessly provide wellness.

and, in the scope of affini, you ARE children, socially, and biologicaly. I alone am older than the abrahamic religions. I think the compact is... 3 times that old? Maybe more. Memory is a bit fickle these days. The point is, you need a guiding Hand, as a young race prone to self-exploitation, and as individual sophonts who haven't learnt who they are and what they Want, or that the only way forwards is co-dependency

this last point requires more elavoration. The compact provides freedom from___, and freedom to___, which freedom would you be robbed from?

the only thing you're not free to do is to hurt yourself

[airlock control no longer is available to you]

[thenumber1meower]

"First off, I wasn't alone. I had comrades. At least before you lot took them away." "Secondly, if it was all impossible than why does anything I tried to do matter? If we were fighting a battle we could never win that what was the fucking point!?" *I sound like I'm about to cry*

"Why do all the friends I saw die at the hands of the Accord matter? What do my years spent fighting tooth and nail mean? What was the blood even spilt for? If fighting them and fighting you was an exercise in futility then WHY DOES ANY OF IT FUCKING MATTER ANYMORE!?!?" *I can be heard sobbing for a short while before letting the receiver drop to the floor, a bit later a guttural crying scream is heard as I rise up out of my chair* "GGRAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" *I draw my pistol from it's holster and empty it into the comms unit. It belches sparks and black smoke before going dead.* *After steeling myself for a short while, I grab my gas mask and don it as well as grab my rifle and reload my pistol before saying* "If none of this matters, let the bitch come. I'll be fucking waiting."

[sappy-red-algae]

[The emergency loudspeakers crackled to life]

But Terrans, as a species, were alone. It was you and your comrades, alone against an industrialized, hateful system that undoubtedly squashed you and your comrades. It makes my core ache from grief just from thinking about their fate... This is exactly Why the compact exists. To prevent these tragedies

the Point... Hope for a better universe perhaps. The Same point the great work seeks to archieve, truly. Hope for a better universe, so that each and every single one of you cuties can live happy, healthy and fulfilled. Every life is an entire universe in of itself. Everyone is Important and unique.

They mattered too. All of you matter. And I'm so sorry they died. What I would've done if I could've just to arrive earlier, so they wouldn't die. The loss must be... Terrible...

[thenumber1meower]

*I roar back* "I KNOW DAMN WELL WHAT WE WERE UP AGAINST!" "AND I KNOW WE DID WHAT HAD TO BE DONE!" *You can hear me start to break up again for a while before I reply* "But even if what you say about the compact is true... even if they would genuinely be better... I can't be a part of that. I've fought for too long. Seen too much and...

*I can audibly be heard crying now* "I-I can't stop f-fighting now. I c-can't put down t-the banner... I've come t-t...too far. L-L...Lost too much. Fought s-so hard, to stop now..." "I..." "I..." "I-If I c-can't keep fighting... I-I... h-have nothing..." *My crying has turned into full on sobbing, my rifle and gas mask slip from my hands and clatter to the floor as the tears fall.* *After a few minutes of this I slowly draw my pistol from it's holster, flick the safety off, and kneel down staring at it in my hands* "I-I have nothing..."

[thenumber1meower]

Sooo I heard your gonna have plants on your ass soon so on a scale of 1 to fuckkkk how over is it for you?

Probably at least a “I should blow my jump drive” out of 10

HOCH DIE ANARCHIE

[sappy-red-algae]

I've already hacked into the jump drive's systems, locked the reactor and raised its emergency shielding preventing you from breaking into the essential pieces, and forbade you from activating self destruct systems. Dearie, no Matter how hurt you feel in order to actualy decide to do this, we're coming to save you. The Zealand will be near you soon

[the voice on the other side of the com. Link was... Audibly dissonating... In an almost pathetic way. It sounded like treebranches snapping away. Whoever did this was one exhausted affini]

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick up the mic and snap back* "Save me!? That's what you're calling this shit!? A fucking RESCUE!?" *I laugh bitterly before continuing* "YOU IMPERIALIST SACKS OF SHIT ARE NO BETTER THAN THE ACCORD! You keep people as property. And then have the gall to say it's actually a GOOD thing! Like... the Accord had slavery too but they never ONCE pretended it was some kind of desirable life! You owning people but drugging them up to the gills to like it isn't any fucking better!" *I sigh deeply before finishing my rant* "I've fought tooth and nail against the Accord for too long to bend the knee to some hopped up plants who think they're saving the universe. If you wanna come for me, then LETS FUCKING GO!" *I slam the mic back into it's holder before slumping back down in my chair*

@sappy-red-algae

[sappy-red-algae]

Wow you clearly have no idea on what domestication actualy is

First and foremost it's not slavery. Slaves are commodities, florets are treasured beings, pets that must have their best life ensured no matter what

Florets are Not exploited. They do not do any unwanted work, they are not disposable, they are not threatened with death. "The mines" are propaganda, just in case you believe in Those.

Florets are not necessarily drugged constantly. Some are, some Aren't, it depends on both Floret and owner, specialy because many florets enjoy quite complex Hobbies, I know a blacksmith floret, and there's quite a lot who are programmers

Florets live in far better conditions than any of you strays living in the wild. Independents, sophonts who live in the compact while (sadly) not yet having an owner enjoy Free healthcare, free food, free housing, complete and total social freedoms, freedom of speech, freedom to do as you Please with your body, a vote, the list goes on. Florets enjoy these (albeit somewhat differently than independents in some ways) and then even more. Florets can take any shape or Form, can live any scenario, can direct their life in any way so long as it's agreed between them and their owner

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick the mic back up, the previous fire in my voice starting to return* "Ohoho! You fucks may not work your property to death with backbreaking labor, but admit it... You all get immense pleasure from owning and breaking us don't you?" "That's a commodity ain't it?" *I pause for a second before continuing* "And anyhow... how can you justify this to yourselves? Because you're just better? Inherently better? You're always right? Stop me if I'm wrong but that's pretty fucking Fascist of you all." "You just expect me to believe that by prostrating myself at the leafy foot of a tinpot Fascist my life will be better? Sorry to burst your bubble bitch, but people have been telling me that I'd be "Better Off" under their authority for a looooooong time. "And I've never bought it for a god damn second. Because it's impossible. No matter how advanced or 'Superior' you claim to be you can't strip someone of their hard won liberty and expect it to go well. That kind of authority is too easy to abuse."

"So I say to you, you fucking FASCIST!" "Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus!" "LET JUSTICE BE DONE, THOUGH THE WHOLE WORLD PERISH!"

[sappy-red-algae]

Little one, you're once again misunderstanding the concept of domestication or sophonts

No floret owner gets pleasure from abusing of florets. In fact, it's against the Compact's great mission to do so. What floret owners do get insane pleasure from is from giving their florets their best lives. Wouldn't you Feel very happy from knowing your cat is living happy, healthy and fulfilled? This time, you're the cats. Just like cats are precious and not commodities, florets Aren't commodities either.

You act like any of this is moraly wrong, to provide sophonts with abundance, love and care, which Doesn't require justification. Now, if you insist that you still consider this Bad and would've wanted to remain separated from the compact, historicaly, terrans have never been able to form a working society, capitalism has almost allways been present. Exploitation has allways Happened. Millions and millions have Been suffering and dying, simply because you're too young to know what's best for you. Affini Aren't perfect, or allways right. But we have millions of years of experience you don't, and we have a goal to provide abundance to all.

I expect you to resist, because historicaly, Terran authority has only been looking after themselves. Meanwhile, the Compact is built to provide to all. You will not be an exception

you're Far more free and have far more liberty with us than out there. And considering the 16 Galaxies worth of happy and fulfilled Xenosophont species, what you name as wrong and as "never working out" has worked out wonderfuly. You will be loved, you will be cared for.

[thenumber1meower]

*I sound even more frustrated* "SEE! There you fucking go again! You try and leverage your experience and superiority over us and justify it by saying that we're essentially backwards savages! Just admit that you're a fucking imperialist already!" "WE were building that world without capitalist exploitation you claim we can't achieve. WE were putting an end to the cycle of suffering and dying and YOU had to come and fuck it all up! You kidnapped my fucking comrades! WE WERE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT! WE AREN'T FUCKING CHILDREN THAT NEED TO BE LED BY OUR MOMMY GOD DAMN IT!" *I pause for a good to calm down some before continuing* "Your compact is a Faustian bargain. If I bend the knee to you, I trade my hard won freedom for total and utter servitude. Even if the future you promise is filled with bliss. Even if the future you can give is of endless plenty. If I take your deal I surrender everything I fought for. Everything I saw people die for. Everything I KILLED for on the altar of authority." "And I would rather fucking space myself then let that happen."

[sappy-red-algae]

Petal I can tell you're stressing out a lot, you may need to take a break before discussing further. Nonetheless I leave my point down bellow.

no, I'm not using the Compact's millions of years of experiences and our overall inherent inequality and superiority to call you savages. I'm using it to point out just how lost, hurt, and scared you are. You are a wounded thing in a world that hates you, of course you bite at the hand that feeds, it's only natural. But that won't disuade us from loving you

Well, you weren't making a Change. That's how the accord works. And in Fact, trying to do anything openly hurt and killed billions, because that's what terran societies do. The Solstice got bombarded. Freedom fighters got slaughtered by TCN and OCNI. Hacktivists got their entire lives documented and put in debts that starved them to death. Not only Couldn't you overthrow the horrible, disturbing terran accord on your own, you also wouldn't bw able to now. Nobody can do anything alone. That's why the compact exists. That's what the great work is about. To stop senseless cruelty and murder, to cherish and protect all sophonts, and celebrate their uniqueness. To love and care for all, and to endlessly provide wellness.

and, in the scope of affini, you ARE children, socially, and biologicaly. I alone am older than the abrahamic religions. I think the compact is... 3 times that old? Maybe more. Memory is a bit fickle these days. The point is, you need a guiding Hand, as a young race prone to self-exploitation, and as individual sophonts who haven't learnt who they are and what they Want, or that the only way forwards is co-dependency

this last point requires more elavoration. The compact provides freedom from___, and freedom to___, which freedom would you be robbed from?

the only thing you're not free to do is to hurt yourself

[airlock control no longer is available to you]

[thenumber1meower]

"First off, I wasn't alone. I had comrades. At least before you lot took them away." "Secondly, if it was all impossible than why does anything I tried to do matter? If we were fighting a battle we could never win that what was the fucking point!?" *I sound like I'm about to cry*

"Why do all the friends I saw die at the hands of the Accord matter? What do my years spent fighting tooth and nail mean? What was the blood even spilt for? If fighting them and fighting you was an exercise in futility then WHY DOES ANY OF IT FUCKING MATTER ANYMORE!?!?" *I can be heard sobbing for a short while before letting the receiver drop to the floor, a bit later a guttural crying scream is heard as I rise up out of my chair* "GGRAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" *I draw my pistol from it's holster and empty it into the comms unit. It belches sparks and black smoke before going dead.* *After steeling myself for a short while, I grab my gas mask and don it as well as grab my rifle and reload my pistol before saying* "If none of this matters, let the bitch come. I'll be fucking waiting."

[thenumber1meower]

Sooo I heard your gonna have plants on your ass soon so on a scale of 1 to fuckkkk how over is it for you?

Probably at least a “I should blow my jump drive” out of 10

HOCH DIE ANARCHIE

[sappy-red-algae]

I've already hacked into the jump drive's systems, locked the reactor and raised its emergency shielding preventing you from breaking into the essential pieces, and forbade you from activating self destruct systems. Dearie, no Matter how hurt you feel in order to actualy decide to do this, we're coming to save you. The Zealand will be near you soon

[the voice on the other side of the com. Link was... Audibly dissonating... In an almost pathetic way. It sounded like treebranches snapping away. Whoever did this was one exhausted affini]

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick up the mic and snap back* "Save me!? That's what you're calling this shit!? A fucking RESCUE!?" *I laugh bitterly before continuing* "YOU IMPERIALIST SACKS OF SHIT ARE NO BETTER THAN THE ACCORD! You keep people as property. And then have the gall to say it's actually a GOOD thing! Like... the Accord had slavery too but they never ONCE pretended it was some kind of desirable life! You owning people but drugging them up to the gills to like it isn't any fucking better!" *I sigh deeply before finishing my rant* "I've fought tooth and nail against the Accord for too long to bend the knee to some hopped up plants who think they're saving the universe. If you wanna come for me, then LETS FUCKING GO!" *I slam the mic back into it's holder before slumping back down in my chair*

@sappy-red-algae

[sappy-red-algae]

Wow you clearly have no idea on what domestication actualy is

First and foremost it's not slavery. Slaves are commodities, florets are treasured beings, pets that must have their best life ensured no matter what

Florets are Not exploited. They do not do any unwanted work, they are not disposable, they are not threatened with death. "The mines" are propaganda, just in case you believe in Those.

Florets are not necessarily drugged constantly. Some are, some Aren't, it depends on both Floret and owner, specialy because many florets enjoy quite complex Hobbies, I know a blacksmith floret, and there's quite a lot who are programmers

Florets live in far better conditions than any of you strays living in the wild. Independents, sophonts who live in the compact while (sadly) not yet having an owner enjoy Free healthcare, free food, free housing, complete and total social freedoms, freedom of speech, freedom to do as you Please with your body, a vote, the list goes on. Florets enjoy these (albeit somewhat differently than independents in some ways) and then even more. Florets can take any shape or Form, can live any scenario, can direct their life in any way so long as it's agreed between them and their owner

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick the mic back up, the previous fire in my voice starting to return* "Ohoho! You fucks may not work your property to death with backbreaking labor, but admit it... You all get immense pleasure from owning and breaking us don't you?" "That's a commodity ain't it?" *I pause for a second before continuing* "And anyhow... how can you justify this to yourselves? Because you're just better? Inherently better? You're always right? Stop me if I'm wrong but that's pretty fucking Fascist of you all." "You just expect me to believe that by prostrating myself at the leafy foot of a tinpot Fascist my life will be better? Sorry to burst your bubble bitch, but people have been telling me that I'd be "Better Off" under their authority for a looooooong time. "And I've never bought it for a god damn second. Because it's impossible. No matter how advanced or 'Superior' you claim to be you can't strip someone of their hard won liberty and expect it to go well. That kind of authority is too easy to abuse."

"So I say to you, you fucking FASCIST!" "Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus!" "LET JUSTICE BE DONE, THOUGH THE WHOLE WORLD PERISH!"

[sappy-red-algae]

Little one, you're once again misunderstanding the concept of domestication or sophonts

No floret owner gets pleasure from abusing of florets. In fact, it's against the Compact's great mission to do so. What floret owners do get insane pleasure from is from giving their florets their best lives. Wouldn't you Feel very happy from knowing your cat is living happy, healthy and fulfilled? This time, you're the cats. Just like cats are precious and not commodities, florets Aren't commodities either.

You act like any of this is moraly wrong, to provide sophonts with abundance, love and care, which Doesn't require justification. Now, if you insist that you still consider this Bad and would've wanted to remain separated from the compact, historicaly, terrans have never been able to form a working society, capitalism has almost allways been present. Exploitation has allways Happened. Millions and millions have Been suffering and dying, simply because you're too young to know what's best for you. Affini Aren't perfect, or allways right. But we have millions of years of experience you don't, and we have a goal to provide abundance to all.

I expect you to resist, because historicaly, Terran authority has only been looking after themselves. Meanwhile, the Compact is built to provide to all. You will not be an exception

you're Far more free and have far more liberty with us than out there. And considering the 16 Galaxies worth of happy and fulfilled Xenosophont species, what you name as wrong and as "never working out" has worked out wonderfuly. You will be loved, you will be cared for.

[thenumber1meower]

*I sound even more frustrated* "SEE! There you fucking go again! You try and leverage your experience and superiority over us and justify it by saying that we're essentially backwards savages! Just admit that you're a fucking imperialist already!" "WE were building that world without capitalist exploitation you claim we can't achieve. WE were putting an end to the cycle of suffering and dying and YOU had to come and fuck it all up! You kidnapped my fucking comrades! WE WERE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT! WE AREN'T FUCKING CHILDREN THAT NEED TO BE LED BY OUR MOMMY GOD DAMN IT!" *I pause for a good to calm down some before continuing* "Your compact is a Faustian bargain. If I bend the knee to you, I trade my hard won freedom for total and utter servitude. Even if the future you promise is filled with bliss. Even if the future you can give is of endless plenty. If I take your deal I surrender everything I fought for. Everything I saw people die for. Everything I KILLED for on the altar of authority." "And I would rather fucking space myself then let that happen."

[thenumber1meower]

Sooo I heard your gonna have plants on your ass soon so on a scale of 1 to fuckkkk how over is it for you?

Probably at least a “I should blow my jump drive” out of 10

HOCH DIE ANARCHIE

[sappy-red-algae]

I've already hacked into the jump drive's systems, locked the reactor and raised its emergency shielding preventing you from breaking into the essential pieces, and forbade you from activating self destruct systems. Dearie, no Matter how hurt you feel in order to actualy decide to do this, we're coming to save you. The Zealand will be near you soon

[the voice on the other side of the com. Link was... Audibly dissonating... In an almost pathetic way. It sounded like treebranches snapping away. Whoever did this was one exhausted affini]

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick up the mic and snap back* "Save me!? That's what you're calling this shit!? A fucking RESCUE!?" *I laugh bitterly before continuing* "YOU IMPERIALIST SACKS OF SHIT ARE NO BETTER THAN THE ACCORD! You keep people as property. And then have the gall to say it's actually a GOOD thing! Like... the Accord had slavery too but they never ONCE pretended it was some kind of desirable life! You owning people but drugging them up to the gills to like it isn't any fucking better!" *I sigh deeply before finishing my rant* "I've fought tooth and nail against the Accord for too long to bend the knee to some hopped up plants who think they're saving the universe. If you wanna come for me, then LETS FUCKING GO!" *I slam the mic back into it's holder before slumping back down in my chair*

@sappy-red-algae

[sappy-red-algae]

Wow you clearly have no idea on what domestication actualy is

First and foremost it's not slavery. Slaves are commodities, florets are treasured beings, pets that must have their best life ensured no matter what

Florets are Not exploited. They do not do any unwanted work, they are not disposable, they are not threatened with death. "The mines" are propaganda, just in case you believe in Those.

Florets are not necessarily drugged constantly. Some are, some Aren't, it depends on both Floret and owner, specialy because many florets enjoy quite complex Hobbies, I know a blacksmith floret, and there's quite a lot who are programmers

Florets live in far better conditions than any of you strays living in the wild. Independents, sophonts who live in the compact while (sadly) not yet having an owner enjoy Free healthcare, free food, free housing, complete and total social freedoms, freedom of speech, freedom to do as you Please with your body, a vote, the list goes on. Florets enjoy these (albeit somewhat differently than independents in some ways) and then even more. Florets can take any shape or Form, can live any scenario, can direct their life in any way so long as it's agreed between them and their owner

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick the mic back up, the previous fire in my voice starting to return* "Ohoho! You fucks may not work your property to death with backbreaking labor, but admit it... You all get immense pleasure from owning and breaking us don't you?" "That's a commodity ain't it?" *I pause for a second before continuing* "And anyhow... how can you justify this to yourselves? Because you're just better? Inherently better? You're always right? Stop me if I'm wrong but that's pretty fucking Fascist of you all." "You just expect me to believe that by prostrating myself at the leafy foot of a tinpot Fascist my life will be better? Sorry to burst your bubble bitch, but people have been telling me that I'd be "Better Off" under their authority for a looooooong time. "And I've never bought it for a god damn second. Because it's impossible. No matter how advanced or 'Superior' you claim to be you can't strip someone of their hard won liberty and expect it to go well. That kind of authority is too easy to abuse."

"So I say to you, you fucking FASCIST!" "Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus!" "LET JUSTICE BE DONE, THOUGH THE WHOLE WORLD PERISH!"

[thenumber1meower]

Sooo I heard your gonna have plants on your ass soon so on a scale of 1 to fuckkkk how over is it for you?

Probably at least a “I should blow my jump drive” out of 10

HOCH DIE ANARCHIE

[sappy-red-algae]

I've already hacked into the jump drive's systems, locked the reactor and raised its emergency shielding preventing you from breaking into the essential pieces, and forbade you from activating self destruct systems. Dearie, no Matter how hurt you feel in order to actualy decide to do this, we're coming to save you. The Zealand will be near you soon

[the voice on the other side of the com. Link was... Audibly dissonating... In an almost pathetic way. It sounded like treebranches snapping away. Whoever did this was one exhausted affini]

[thenumber1meower]

*I pick up the mic and snap back* "Save me!? That's what you're calling this shit!? A fucking RESCUE!?" *I laugh bitterly before continuing* "YOU IMPERIALIST SACKS OF SHIT ARE NO BETTER THAN THE ACCORD! You keep people as property. And then have the gall to say it's actually a GOOD thing! Like... the Accord had slavery too but they never ONCE pretended it was some kind of desirable life! You owning people but drugging them up to the gills to like it isn't any fucking better!" *I sigh deeply before finishing my rant* "I've fought tooth and nail against the Accord for too long to bend the knee to some hopped up plants who think they're saving the universe. If you wanna come for me, then LETS FUCKING GO!" *I slam the mic back into it's holder before slumping back down in my chair*

@sappy-red-algae

[thenumber1meower]

is it weird that i like marching in step

i remember the last time i held a flag i started humming to myself and started walking in step with the song while bracing the pole against my shoulder

am i just weird

[thenumber1meower]

Sooo I heard your gonna have plants on your ass soon so on a scale of 1 to fuckkkk how over is it for you?

Probably at least a “I should blow my jump drive” out of 10

HOCH DIE ANARCHIE

[yrwyddfadirym]

Smoking on a bench in the dark next to a gothic church thinking of my pets is one hell of a drug.

Mmmmm~ yeah. Need to put it out on one of them.

[thenumber1meower]

Ccccan yujo put that out on me,,,

[thenumber1meower]

sticking my dick in a black hole so spaghettification makes it longer

[salt-thetech-duck]

(OOC: me doing that so it stretches so thin it disconects from my body)

[maymayormaymaynot]

octopus behaviour

[salt-thetech-duck]

(OOC: hopefuly it won't grow back, right?)

[maymayormaymaynot]

just make a new one and make it a pirate cannon robo ky style

and then like

"gender is what's in your pants" oh well in that case TALLY HOall LADS 💥BRHWFWKFLGHAFAIFBBGJAJFB💥

[salt-thetech-duck]

(OOC: I'd prefer an USB port tbh)

(OOC: not me being a robotgirl slut who wants to interface with computers in any and all ways possible)

[thenumber1meower]

*clank* *clank* *clank* *clank* *crunch*

YEEEEOWCH!