video; un: brickfuckingmaster

[giraffic]

There's no fucking way this works--

[ the tablet is set up in some basic room, Ellie's face way too close to it as she gets it set up, and still. she handles it with the utter lack of finesse of someone who's never experienced technology before. it immediately falls over, enjoy watching her sideways.

she's practically shouting. ]

Hey! Does this work? Can you guys hear me? Someone said I could talk to, like, everyone on this. Hellooooo? Houston, we have a problem, over. Uhhh...Echo five-niner? Testing 1, 2?

Okay, whatever, but if you can hear this, what the fuck is 'manslaughter'?

[ she's trying to sit it back up ]

I mean I shot some dudes, but they deser--

[ aaaaand it's accidentally shut off, thanks for coming to her TED talk ]

Comments

video; un: fuckoff

[avitus]

Did you shoot any guys by accident? Because that's the manslaughter one.

Re: video; un: fuckoff

[giraffic]

It was definitely on purpose, but they were trying to kill me and my friend.

[avitus]

Huh. Pretty sure that's just self-defense, but I guess I'm not a lawyer or whatever.

Audio; un: senpai

[drugsnotclubs]

Yeah, and you're loud. It's like a phone, you don't gotta...

Wait, are you even from a place that's got phones? I forgot some people show up here out of ancient history and shit.

Re: Audio; un: senpai

[giraffic]

Used to, don't now. Never used one. We got walkie-talkes though.

[drugsnotclubs]

That's close enough. They're like that, except across the whole city and then some. And you figured out the video part, some people like using that.

I'm guessing man slaughter's what you got accused of here?

Text | un: shortstack

[jaganshi]

It means you didn’t plan their murder before you did it.

Re: Text | un: shortstack

[giraffic]

ohhh

so i guess it counts they were trying to kill me first

[jaganshi]

That makes it justified.

But the law disagrees.

video. @wild.flower

[hasitsthorns]

Uh, well- It depends on who you ask, I guess, but the law defines it as more or less murder.

Like, uh- Vehicular manslaughter! Killing someone with a car even if you accidentally ran them over or something.

Re: video. @wild.flower

[giraffic]

...Pretty sure I've done that too, actually. Guess they wanted to get everything.

[hasitsthorns]

Yeah, well! At least yours was more clear than some I've been.

I'm in for 'dishonesty,' like. Come on! Everyone tells white lies and stuff, what's that supposed to mean?

Text; un: eyeofzaun

[conflictresolution]

Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a person without malice, or the specific intent to kill the victim. It's divided into two categories: voluntary and involuntary.

And if you handle the outside of the device, it is unlikely to shut down the feed. A hands on lesson is usually best with technological introductions.

[giraffic]

dont touch the outside of the weird box phone thing got it

how is it illegal to kill someone trying to kill you thats so stupid

[conflictresolution]

There are buttons on screen which allow you to record and type, as I'm certain you've discovered.

That's not manslaughter. That's self-defense. How many people have you killed?

video; un: deadboydetective

[incorrigibles]

[ well, this is — ]

... Right. Um, guessing you sort of answered yourself, there, about the manslaughter. But more importantly — you okay?

[ because if she shot some people who deserved it, then, well. must've been for a reason, and a deserved reason is never good circumstances. ]

Re: video; un: deadboydetective

[giraffic]

I've got more food than a whole QZ combined. I'm great.

video UN:Sora

[valiantarms]

[The sudden yelling made her stop and blink for a moment.]

Um... I think it's when you kill someone accidentally. [Hesitant because there's a lot to take in here. She'd shot someone? But why?]

Is this from those papers? I got vandalism...

[giraffic]

Vandalism? Did you graffiti a wall?

text | un: g.akechi

[murderingjustice]

i would not worry about the semantics too much if i were you. they rarely make any sense in this place.

Re: text | un: g.akechi

[giraffic]

that's what it's starting to sound like

Voice; un: IDRILA

[paragonknight]

The dangers of leaving evildoers unpunished cannot be ignored. When the opportunity arises they would no doubt return to hurt others.

[So he's taken the time to read some of the things that she's already told others on this post. So guess instead of getting admonished Ellie is getting praised for shooting some guys actually.]

Miss — are you safe now?

Re: Voice; un: IDRILA

[giraffic]

The hunters definitely would, so, uh. Sure, I guess.

[ there's the sound of a gun cocking ]

Safe as anyone can be, I guess. Four walls, a roof, and a gun's pretty fucking good.

text | un: gwenstacy

[arachnerina]

i was going to say just ignore the paper its usually a load of crap but
um
anyway
manslaughter is killing someone just
without planning it ahead of time

[it would be so easy to judge, but it could be said that she's just as guilty of that, too. she's been here long enough now to realize just how shitty a lot of other worlds are, too.]

Re: text | un: gwenstacy

[giraffic]

i'd say it's still a load of crap that's not even a law