1st Morph - Anonymous Text

[guerrilla_morph]

[ When Marco learn of Canada's cursed island and the monsters and the companies, he knew he has to go on the network and learn everything.

First thing's first: ]

Ok is it really 2012???!?!?!

what happen in the last 14 years

[ Wait. Marco deleted that part, thinking. He's not sure why, but for some reason, he thinks that asking the year of his timeline would not be . . . best.

And when it comes to his gut, that gut it usually always right. He tries again, sending out a more polished text message. ]

what happened in the last 16 years i need to know



Comments

[encourage]

An acronym for the United States of America, if I remember correctly. Large in size, often used as a front line for... what was it? World policing. You'll have to forgive me, discussions of Earth politics have never been high on my to do list.

[ They've been largely irrelevant her entire life. ]

[guerrilla_morph]

what are you supposed to be an alien?

[ 'Cause this person sounds a lot like the Ax-man. ]

[encourage]

Alien implies someone not from your world, right? Then yes. But I'm human, if that's what you're going to ask next. Look human, act human, genetically identical to Homo sapiens right down to how much of a percentage my DNA shares with that of a mouse. Fascinating stuff, really!

[guerrilla_morph]

no i mean if you are giant head green skinned alien thing that's what.

[ But okay. Marco would have preferred to see this person talking, but safety first in all that. ]

So no Backstreet Boys were you from?

[encourage]

I'm sure that whole question was there in the subtext.

No Backstreet Boys. What are they? Some sort of gang?

[guerrilla_morph]

the most terrible of gangs.

[encourage]

[ She's getting a feeling from earlier sarcasm that this kid may or may not be terribly serious on this point. ]

Lucky me, in that case. What terrible things are they known for?

[guerrilla_morph]

bad music.

[encourage]

The absolute horror. Any relation to Britney Spears?

[guerrilla_morph]

you said you weren't from my world!!!!!

alien!!!!

[encourage]

Not from your world, Alien! Exposed to parts of your culture?

Bingo. (That's another reference. In case bingo isn't a game you play where you're from.)

[guerrilla_morph]

how can you be exposed only parts of my world

is your world a giant jigsaw puzzle

[encourage]

Slow down and try to let some of the confusion from just showing up around here bleed out. I think you can answer your own question then.

[guerrilla_morph]

President Clinton. Independence Day. Spice Girls. Mad Cow disease. All that in 1996.

[encourage]

Not ringing any bells with this. Mad Cow disease? What was that?

[encourage]

Sorry, I'm letting you distract me. I mean slow down to think what Siren's Port actually is, cowboy.

[guerrilla_morph]

mad cow disease makes cows mad.

hit me what is siren's port

[encourage]

The place you're standing in right now. This city. Siren's Port.

[guerrilla_morph]

I noticed.

but WHAT is it?

[encourage]

According to people around here, a fine example of Canada. Are you looking for specifics on the politics? The demographic breakdowns? A better answer than the place you're trapped in until the means to figure out what's up with the Core are found?

[guerrilla_morph]

[ Marco got all the info from the pamphlets, including the AGI one that is denying the existence of the "Core", whatever that is. ]

all the above

[encourage]

Politics: two major companies, one city, a government that attempts to hold an equilibrium that's more like preventing a slide into total monopoly by AGI or SERO. One known for their more physical and entertainment indulgences and slave-trade dealings, the other for scientific advancement, human experimentation, the fine print in the brochures. The companies are what hold the most influence over the way this city runs, if they don't outright "run" things. Or maybe they do by now. I'm a little more rusty on what's going on around that.

Demographic breakdown? A few hundred people pulled in by the Core, some device, energy something down under the diamond you woke up in. Which the companies want, to destroy or study, your pick per which company you look at. Places of origin span from Earth, Earth, and more Earth, to different worlds with vastly different species and natural talents that have little to do with what powers people manifest after showing up here.

Anything else?

[guerrilla_morph]

[ Okay. So far, Marco is the only one here from Yeerks-Invading-Earth as far as he is concerned. Which makes Marco incredibly jealous of all the other Marcos who don't have to put up with the bull he had to deal with for the past few years. ]

why is AGI saying the core doesn't exist in their pamphlets

[encourage]

Ten to one you can answer that question yourself.

[guerrilla_morph]

[ Actually, Marco can, but he 's pretending to be a dumb kid here. Plus he wants a second opinion on this.

what do you think