audio; un: srogers

[unshielding]

Hi. My name is Captain Steve Rogers. I wanted to introduce myself to everyone. Where I come from, protecting people was very important to me. It still is. This ship is dangerous and I think we're getting side-tracked from an important conversation here.

I don't think we should worry too much about that roster file we were sent, but it's not a bad idea to have some sort of security team that can respond to a crisis and keep track of everything we have figured out about this place so far. I'd like to help with any effort like that, but it might be best if we wait before assigning rank to anyone. Fighting over who's the boss or throwing baseless orders around isn't going to help anyone or keep them safe. Our priorities should be safety and finding a way to leave.

It's been suggested to me that some of the things that have been happening to us could be some sort of security response from the ship. Does anyone with a better understanding of computers want to weigh in on that? Can anyone try to access those systems? There's still a lot of the station that we can't access and I know some of us have been trying to work on that.

Finally, if there's anything else I can help with, please reach out to me.

[ And a later text that follows: ]

I think people have misunderstood what I want to do. I don't want anyone to have power over the rest of us. This would be for dealing with outside threats and organizing information that would be available to everyone. Anyone who wanted to help would be welcome.

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[unshielding]

[ Okay that's a lot to wrap his head around and Steve can't help but think that he never would have been prepared for this conversation a few years ago. He's thankful he hadn't had to have it until now, when he's had some time to adjust to the world around him and educate himself, because he still feels like he's about to put his foot in his mouth. ]

Okay, but how do you treat people? What do you do when you see other people being mistreated or in pain? That's a lot more important than whether you have a beer before you're old enough.

I've probably done a third of the things on that list and most of them don't seem so bad. Maybe try to keep the vandalism and property damage to a minimum, but what matters is that you aren't hurting people. You don't strike me as someone who goes around hurting people, Venus. I have to admit that I don't understand what devil worship entails for you, though.

And I didn't exactly grow up in a time when being gay or bisexual (or is there another term I should be using?) was something we really talked about, but that's no measure of what kind of person you are. Kissing is definitely not a sin. Neither is being who you are.

[ He hits send and hopes he said the right thing. All the devil stuff seems so fantastical, but Thor is a 'god', so who knows what he's really dealing with. ]

1/2; length incoming, i'm sorry

[wingstosee]

huh.

[ and for a few minutes, that's all that comes through. it takes her an honest to god five minutes to even figure out what else to say. ]

2/2; oh god

[wingstosee]

[ but sure enough, words start trickling through again. ]

i think... you and i are from very, very different places.
maybe it's just kansas. or maybe it's the whole world.
probably the second one? haha.
because, what you're saying... it's a lot for me to take in.

i guess the way i'd put it...
is that you sound kind of like the youth pastors at the church i used to go to
except you believe all of it?
like, you're not just saying this to sound nice.
you really believe all of it.
that not hurting people is the only part that matters, and that liking girls or boys isn't wrong.
no matter what god says.

and i think...
that makes you as bad as me in some ways.
and so, so much more good, in so many others?
haha. i don't really know what to make of it! but i'll try my best.
for now, i guess i'll just say this.

you seem like a really nice guy.
thanks for saying all of that.

also
honestly, i don't really know much about terms or anything like that either. :)
so don't worry about any of that.
i don't think my girlfriends really know what to call it either.

[unshielding]

All I can really say is that I do my best to do the right thing.
I don't always know what that is, but most of the time, I have a good idea.

I don't like seeing people hurt or pushed around. A rule that hurts innocent people isn't a rule worth following, whether it's a law or something another organization tells you to do.

Maybe I am bad in some ways, but I hope they're not in the ways that would hurt anyone who doesn't deserve it.

[ But he knows at least one person he has hurt and it's a heavy weight in his heart. ]

[wingstosee]

i mean. yeah?
i agree with all of that.
i wish everyone did.
but where i'm from, the right thing means doing what god says and not much else.

actually, no. i take that back?
that's what MOST people say the right thing is.
there are always bad kids like us. and i guess people like you?
that's so crazy to think about. haha.

i hope you don't take this the wrong way?
but. if you ever decide to let the devil in, let me know.

[unshielding]

I'm not really sure what that means to you or what that would entail, but I'll keep that in mind.

Take care of yourself, Venus. You're a nice young lady.

[wingstosee]

you take care of yourself too, steve!
you're a lot more of a rebel than you look. :)

um.
that was supposed to be a compliment.
sorry if it wasn't? i sort of just do that without thinking.
whoops.

[unshielding]

Don't worry. I absolutely take it as one.