ellipsanet | UN: TrueFreedom || Video || Post Event

[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'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.

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