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foundationmods) wrote2019-06-27 11:00 am
foundationmods) wrote2019-06-27 11:00 am
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Round 4: confessions camera
This is where you can post anything your character says in the confessions camera room. The room is soundproof, and nobody on-site will be able to see or hear anything they say in there. Everyone outside of the site will see what is said, though.
We're keeping this post unlocked so everyone can see, since previous round characters will be able to see anything said here. Just remember that stuff mentioned in here won't be known to characters participating in the round unless the character tells someone about it outside of the confession room.
We're keeping this post unlocked so everyone can see, since previous round characters will be able to see anything said here. Just remember that stuff mentioned in here won't be known to characters participating in the round unless the character tells someone about it outside of the confession room.
Week 1, Thursday
After a moment she seats herself in the chair, giving a soft sigh.]
...What am I even doing here...?
[Her gaze drifts upwards, away from the camera.]
...My people are descended from scientists. I think it's probably inevitable that we would thoroughly test the limits of our home. We changed the land, the animals, the plants, all of them to suit our needs. Our crops grew large and nutritious; the only animals we permitted were safe and docile creatures. Anything undesirable was removed or eliminated.
[She falls quiet for a moment.]
It was a fragile community. My people were actually afraid all along. We worried that if anything impulsive or uncontrollable was permitted, it would bring ruin to everything. Even now, I still understand why they thought that way.
[Her eyes slowly fall to the camera itself, and her expression remains neutral.]
Still, docile lambs cannot lead themselves, nor can beasts, kept in check with chains. But that was never the problem in the first place, was it?
We are not beasts.
[Her tone becomes firm.]
There will always be certain base instincts. But what sets people apart from beasts isn't that we do not share those characteristics, but rather our ability to suppress those instincts, because we understand and seek order. History tells us that people have always formed communities. We make rules and laws to bring order to chaos, so we can live and survive.
The longer I stay here, the more I feel as if I am being tested. To see if I am a person, or a beast. But from the very beginning, thinking that way is flawed.
We are not beasts. Because in the end, the actions of people will always be the actions of people, and the actions of beasts will always be beasts. The deciding factor is whether or not you acknowledge personhood, or if you try to make excuses by claiming "it was only a beast."
[With that, she closes her eyes and tips her head in a slight bow before standing and striding out of the room.]