[ video | un: redpaladin ] - backdated to July 8

[tempredmental]

I guess this is what you do when you're new? Introduce yourself on the network. So, yeah. I'm Keith, the Red Paladin of Voltron.

Uh... nice to meet everyone, I guess.

[All the awkward. What is this 'being social' you speak of?]

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text @frankenstein bc he's paranoid and hates video

[500gallontank]

[I-introduce yourself? Is that...normal? Well, fuck, Frankenstein's doin' it rong.]

where the hell is voltron
?


[And why should he care? Guy talks like this Voltron place is important or something. Never heard of it. ]

[tempredmental]

well its not here thats for sure otherwise id use it to get out

[500gallontank]

[ What the what now? ]


thought it was a place

is it the company that sponsors you

?

[tempredmental]

[A place? A company? Sponsors? Keith frowned a bit as he read that. Huh. This made him curious where this guy was from.]

no

its a large weapon tha was built to defend the universe

[500gallontank]

[Frankenstein's wondering the exact same thing--where the hell is this guy from? His marketing guys must have their hands full. ]

universe isn't worth saving

least my part of it isn't

[tempredmental]

[That... was... an odd response...? Keith frowned.]

what makes you say that

[500gallontank]

what makes you say otherwise

?

[Oh, heck no, he's not falling for you.].

[tempredmental]

[Falling for what? It was a legit question!]

because it is?

i dont get why anything would NOT be worth saving

[500gallontank]

[Falling for any of this hero optimism nonsense stuff. Weirdo. ]

you haven't seen the UCA

people don't have anything

don't want anything

don't care about anything

other than being entertained

[tempredmental]

[Not everyone was a jaded ball of pessimism, either. Not that Keith didn't have his moments of that, either, but still... he had to have a goal of some kind.]

no

i havent seen that

what is it?

[500gallontank]

[ You say jaded ball of pessimism like it's a bad thing. ]

United Corporations of America.

what's left of the US after the war
drought
famine

[tempredmental]

corporations

like companies? private business?

im from the us

its not like that for me

[500gallontank]

businesses

America's owned by the Chairman of the UCA.

he's a dick.


and you're lucky

[tempredmental]

owned

that sounds kind of creepy

[500gallontank]

it's how it is.

Who's in charge where you're from

?

[tempredmental]

well

i was in the galaxy garrison

the academy was lead by a guy named iverson

kind of a jerk

but its a government

like elected people

theyre in charge of things in general

laws and stuff

[500gallontank]

guys in charge tend to be jerks


[In Frankenstein's experience. Which isn't much.]

someone elects the chairman

i think

or did

they make whatever laws yield the best profit.

[tempredmental]

so you have no say over who's in charge of the country?

[500gallontank]

do i look like i have that kind of money
?

[tempredmental]

money?

you have to pay to vote?

[500gallontank]

to be on the board of directors

even then, not sure they really tell the Chairman what to do.

[tempredmental]

so

theyre the only ones who can vote

[500gallontank]

yeah

Not that anyone else even knows what to vote for.

They just want their holo vision.

[tempredmental]

i guess

that sounds pretty bleak

have you tried doing anything about it

you cant be the only person annoyed by it

[500gallontank]

leike what
?

there's the resistance, but they're full of shit.