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Ken Kaneki (金木 研) ([personal profile] anthropophagite) wrote in [community profile] riverview2017-04-06 10:44 pm

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[ baby's first network post and it'll be an anonymous text post, because Kaneki's priority is to know just how bad his situation really is without having others freaking out. He has thousands of questions, but none are as important as these: ]

Does anyone know what Ghouls are? Do they exist in your world? Do they exist here?
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[personal profile] leadintheyoung 2017-04-06 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I do not think I've heard of anything by that name and I'd like to think I'm well traveled. I haven't heard anyone mention them here either. I haven't been here very long, though. What are Ghouls?

[ It certainly doesn't sound like a fruit or flower and her replies will be slow. She's not used to the device and she's having to use audio-to-text to get anything done. ]
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[personal profile] leadintheyoung 2017-04-06 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That is definitely new and a rather unnerving thought. His use of the word 'predator' helps her process it more quickly, though. ]

I have neither heard of, nor encountered anything like that. The predators I'm accustomed to are of the animal variety and many of them are quite formidable.

[ Some Nemedians may fall into that category in the figurative sense, but that doesn't merit speaking. ]

How formidable are they? You're sure there is nothing else that can sate their appetites?
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[personal profile] leadintheyoung 2017-04-06 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
They look like people and live among people and they've tried to find alternatives to eating people. That doesn't sound like a simple animal to me.

[ It sounds like people. That the Ghouls themselves have tried to find alternatives says something about them despite their predator status in her mind. What makes this less of a black and white issue for her is the simple fact that they look like people and live among them, that they'd be part of clans, that they might be family. If a Ghoul is one of your own, how do you reconcile that? Most importantly, how do they, if they care? Oh, and that she and no one she knows has been sized up for a meal also helps a fair bit. ]

If they can be honest friends and family and care for the well-being of the people they live among, then theirs must be a troubled existence. I do not know how my clan would handle the matter, nor am I entirely sure how this place would, being new here myself.

Why do you ask, stranger? Are you concerned there may be Ghouls here?
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[personal profile] leadintheyoung 2017-04-07 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
I would think so.

[ In regard to his being worried. His clarification makes her wonder what sort of past he might have involving Ghouls. He isn't painting them with a broad brush. Most people tend to when they're afraid. She knows that firsthand. ]

If that is the way of things and there are Ghouls who regard people as nothing more than prey, I would speak to the Perimeter Guard. Perhaps they could put you in touch with someone who might be able to figure an alternative for those who would do people no harm.

Is there any way to tell Ghouls apart?
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[personal profile] leadintheyoung 2017-04-08 08:37 am (UTC)(link)
They are members of the Perimeter Guard. If they do not know, I imagine they could put you in touch with someone who does.

[ Not good, huh? Any normal person might consider the danger and think it best avoided. Lí hears them and ponders the challenge. ]

I'll bear that in mind. If they were to want you to see, what would one expect? Besides what I would assume is a keen hunger.
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[personal profile] leadintheyoung 2017-04-08 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I assume they ask everyone for their name. Beyond that, I couldn't say. They seemed more concerned with passing information along and getting me settled than taking anything down.

Do they use this organ to attack? And how strong are humans, anyway?


[ She's heard the term used often enough since arrival to get the idea of what a human is, but she isn't so sure her people and humans are one and the same. The humans she's seen are shorter than Nemedians, for one, and they seem to eat a lot less despite a host of visual similarities. There could be other differences, but given she hasn't had to fight one, she really isn't sure. ]
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[personal profile] leadintheyoung 2017-04-09 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
It could. I suppose that says something about this place.

[ And not necessarily a good something, depending on how one wants to look at it. She can think of some people she'd rather not bump into here or anywhere, really, and just imagine if an Etan arrived from a time before she and Vafþrúðnir convinced their fathers to set their differences aside, not... that she's sure an Etan could fit through the portal. ]

I'll figure it out. What you've shared is helpful enough. With any luck, I won't have to use that knowledge.

[ Then again, it does sound like it could be quite the battle. ]
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[personal profile] leadintheyoung 2017-04-11 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
You put one foot in front of the other. Do what you can now and put it from your mind. If a Ghoul finds his way here, deal with it then. Worrying needlessly will see you unhappy.

[ That's how she'd handle it, anyway. ]
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[personal profile] leadintheyoung 2017-04-14 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Why?

[ It's the simplest question in the worlds and one asked in earnest. There's only so much one can do up to a point, after all, and if one does it, well... ]
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[personal profile] leadintheyoung 2017-04-20 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
I was wondering if that might not be the case. If you are comfortable, you may reach out to me. I do not mind keeping you appraised should I run into any Ghouls.
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[personal profile] leadintheyoung 2017-04-21 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
If you're certain. I wish you good fortune in your endeavors!