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[A well dressed rabbit appears on the network today. He smiles as he folds his hands in his lap in front of him. Someone or something else is holding the phone, clearly.]

Good evening, my fellow Otherworlders. I am the White Rabbit. A pleasure to speak with you all. After the events of the blackout, the assault on the main police headquarters, and the release of those criminals, we were all quite busy. Arresting the criminals, battling the vampires that appeared, and the recovery after the fact. What an exciting way to be greeted to a world that has asked us to save it.

Proving, with certainty, it needs our help.

I have a question however. Why does this world deserve saving?

Surely those who have been here for some time have an answer. What reasons have you found to fight, struggle, and persist to help this world to the same? For those more recently arrived, such as myself, what reasons have we chosen to save this world. If you have.

And vice versa. If you have decided to not save this world, what then are your goals here?

Quite the ice breaker, isn't it?

[He chuckles.]

I hope to hear from you soon.

[There is a ghastly hissing noise then the video ends.]

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I dunno why it wouldn't.

[Slow headtilt and blink, and then she smiles.]

Ellipsa is a really nice place. It's fun and full of good people and new things every day. But even if it were bad, it'd still deserve saving. Saving a world is making it better in the first place, right?

Is it?

[His orange-yellow eyes harrow as he smiles at Rinku through the video. Almost like the smile has reached his eyes.]

So no matter how terrible a world and its people are, it deserves to be saved in your estimations?

Of course! Even if it's someplace really awful where people have to hurt each other, saving it would make the world better anyway. And that'd be good for everyone.

[She's thinking of the City.]

And what of the people who harm each other not because they have to, but because they want to? Would you save them as well?

There are people who do awful things. And sometimes we've had to do stuff like fight them, or even kill them... but I think they should be given the chance to do better. Maybe they're still not gonna. Like how there's no cure for Darkness corruption right now. But maybe they could.

I believe we have a fundamental disagreement about whom is worthy or not of a second chance.

Some, their atrocities are too great, to ever be forgiven. There is only one acceptable answer to those types of people. And that is death.

I don't get it. Why do you think someone can just pick who deserves to die?

[That big ol' eye of Chipp's is all that can really be seen, because as always... he's in his darkened shed, working on projects.
But unlike the last time the Rabbit got to see this eye, it's missing a chunk with obvious cracks spidering through it.

At least he got it back in the first place...?]

If I don't save this world, I ain't gonna have a way into other worlds.
'S the only reason I'm gonna bother.

[White Rabbit isn't concerned about the look of that red eye. He can see the damage. Interesting. The voice sounds familiar.]

Ah pragmatism. A reason old as time. And one I find honest and respectable. Not everyone does everything for altruistic reasons.

However it begs the question. Why do you want access to other worlds?

... I met someone here that I care 'bout. They ended up back in they own world - but that world's slowly dissolvin' with them in it.
If I can save this world, that'll let me get into that world. Get'em outta there. Simple as that.

Before I knew they left, I wasn't gonna bother "savin'" this place any.
I mean, don't get me wrong, no... this place is fun, 'n if me fuckin' 'round and havin' fun helps'em out, that's fine - but I wasn't aimin' for savin' no one.
If this place ends up borin' me, I'd prolly move onto somethin' else.

[Chipp generally (generally) only does things for fun. So.
Until he'd made friends here - and lost them - his entire goal was "have fun". It just happened that everything Ellipsa threw his way fell under that pretty nicely.]

I see. A means to save one person in another world, dissolving and doomed. And the others who inhabit that world, given your statement and tone, would be left to their fates.

Pragmatism, indeed.

What makes this person worth caring so much about?

Others in that world're already dead.

[It's... a very dire circumstance. If the rest of Nenonen's family were still alive, sure, he'd grab them for Nen's sake - just their family, mind, no one else would be spared - but they're not.
It's just Nen. In that entire world.]

As for why I care about'em... li'l sappy o' me, admittin' this outright - but I fell for'em.
Which is weird! Ain't never had that happen before, thought I couldn't do it at all!
But somethin' 'bout them is just... different.

Then no worry about anyone else. So long as the one you wish to save holds out.

Was it a feeling of acceptance from this person that won you over, by chance?

Discovering you have the potential to love another being. Must have been quite the emotional journey for you. In that case, I do hope you save this special one. I wish you luck.

Acceptance? ... Maybe. Prolly had a hand in it. But nah -
That ain't what I mean 'bout them bein' different.

If I said someone got "Old God" energy... wouldja get what I mean by that?

[Eldritch. Otherworldly. Not just Heaven or Hell or angels or demons - further beyond that, unknowable.]

Old God? Can't say I'm familiar with the term. Do you mind enlightening me?

I've given that a lot of thought. I gave it a lot of thought when I had to save my own world, at least the humanity portion of it.

It's not the world that we're saving, really. It's people. And people come in all sorts of stripes, from the saintlike to the truly evil. The end I came down on was that it wasn't really my job to decide who among all the people of Earth "deserved" to be saved and who didn't. What I was giving them was a chance. Because at least some of the people definitely did deserve to be saved.

I've met a lot of natives here through my job, and some of them I wouldn't want within ten feet of me. But there are much more that are good and kind. All of them deserve a chance, though, in my view. Because someone who is terrible might be able to find a way to be better. Letting the world die is not only killing off those who are objectively good and deserving, but it's choosing to deny a chance to everyone. And I wouldn't want that fate for me or the people I love. I've made huge mistakes and I still want that chance.

What we're really saving here is the thought of what this world could be. We can either think that a few bad apples spoil the bunch, or we can think that we want to offer everyone a chance.

And then we can always stop the people out there, or monsters or whatever, that need to be stopped. We can do that without sacrificing everyone. Not the other way around.

--Sorry for the long answer, yours is the question I've been asking for a long time.

[The White Rabbit is quiet as he listens to the woman's answer. It is clearly thought out over time and experience. The rabbit can follow Saya's reasoning logically, yet it rings hollow form his own experience. Everyone deserves a chance to better themselves? His mind turns to Lieutenant Arkham and her fellows in DARKCOM. Did they deserve a second chance?

No. No they did not.]

I appreciate the thought out answer. Thank you.

A second chance for some, and for those unworthy or who refuse, they are to be dealt with. Yet I wonder if some are seen unfairly as monsters. The vampires, for instance. I found several examples of them being either incapable of speech, or unable due to their hunger and animalistic tendencies. How can we discern between monsters to be struke down from those who simply need assistance?

It gets complicated, honestly. Who to save and who to rid the world of?

I realize I'm biased, being a vampire myself, [ or close enough to one that the distinction doesn't matter ] but those vampires were attacking people for blood, and worse, turning people against their will. There are plenty of willing donors if they had only thought to ask.

I had no problem killing a vampire who was attacking someone for blood. That's not trying, that's taking.

I observed the same creatures seeming incapable of speech. As if the hunger had diminished them to their most base instincts. Yet others who had fed, who had been turned recently, could speak with eloquence and understanding.

You are right. It is indeed complicated. Perhaps the vampires simply were unaware some would volunteer to provide sustenance. And perhaps some cared not to even ask. I do wonder if they have a society or hierarchy. Perhaps finding what leadership they have, if it exists, could stop another such attack before it begins.

I don't know if deserving is the right word? But I've told you before - this world is the best thing that's happened to me. I like being here, and I don't mind putting in work to make it better and safer for myself and others.

I remember. A refuge. A paradise, compared to what you had before. I can see the potential here. The possibility to paradise. So far no one has stated that this world isn't worth saving.

People tend to do that here. There are people who even think my world is worth saving.

Saving people is the normal answer, isn't it? You'd need a reason not to.

It is for me, at least.

Ah. Yes. Saving people would be considering a normal answer. Yet why do you save people? Because they deserve saving or because to stand by and watch them die is the moral wrong?

If for no other reason, this world deserves saving because we are here. What will happen to us if it implodes? I don't like thinking about that, do you?

[No, he wants to live. He has every reason to fight for it.]

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