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[beardman]

It's strange. When you're out in the muck and the mess of the war you find yourself dreaming of getting away from it, but then you end up in a place like this with glowing magic traps and you think, "Ah, you know, maybe it weren't so bad back there!"

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[outstandingbalance]

Better the devil you know?

[beardman]

You might say that. Now don't misunderstand, I've no love lost for those lobsters, but they weren't sorcerers by any stretch.

[outstandingbalance]

I get what you're saying in spirit, but you lost me at lobsters. Your enemy back home?

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[mr_englishguy]

not sure it helps but those who live in places with glowing magic traps have war as well. ones where we have to defend ourselves and the muggle world.

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[beardman]

Is that so? I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. I'll be happy then with my normal, everyday warfare.

[what the hell is a muggle world]

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[mr_englishguy]

sad but true. also, the great war had large scale impact, including in our world. my brother fought in the war, both for the muggles and for us.

ours was a single force who thought to change the world, not a nation intent on genocide.

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[kryptomight]

What war?

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[beardman]

I'm told they call it the American Revolution these days.

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[kryptomight]

Between the 1760s and 1780s?

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[fishandclips]

My sentiments exactly. Or close to exactly, as there wasn't a war so much as government conspiracies and near-certain death. But both there and here, I'd like nothing more than to just go home.

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[beardman]

Sounds war-like enough to me. Can't imagine it's any more pleasant, in any case.

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[fishandclips]

It certainly has not been one of my more pleasant experiences. I don't think this will be a trip I'm going to look back on fondly. I'm sorry, I didn't introduce myself. My name is Mahir Gowda. I'm a reporter for After the End Times.

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[suspense_kills_me]

Having seen my share of things from wartime, I think I'd take the magic.

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[beardman]

Can't say it's roses and sunshine, aye, but I can at least count on King George's men not being able to poke around in my head and leave the door open.

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[suspense_kills_me]

Which King George?

[mulletrock]

Which war?

[You'd think it'd be a question that wouldn't need to be asked, but here anything's possible. This guy could've squared away any number of years ago.]

[beardman]

The "American Revolution", I hear it's called.

[mulletrock]

You mean Red Coats and Paul Revere?
Im surprised you can even use the network
How longve you been Wonderland bound?

[mandrakes]

It is very often the case that a terrible situation, once passed through, gains a certain rosy tint once the next set of difficulties is reached. You are most assuredly not alone in those thoughts.

[beardman]

Glad to hear I'm not alone. Someone said it earlier - "Better the devil you know", I suppose.

[mandrakes]

I've heard that said, or something like it, but I don't know that it always holds true.

[geiger]

Tell me about it. Never thought I'd be missing the wasteland.

[beardman]

"Wasteland"? It doesn't exactly sound like a paradise.

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[mucked]

Oh, the muck and mess was certainly 'so' bad. The difference was we could at least damned well shoot at it.

[ and pray to make a difference. unlike here, where everything seems so pointless. they're subjects -- not agents. bystanders, nearly, instead of agitators. it sticks in her craw. ]

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[beardman]

Something I doubt I'll be taking for granted again, that's for sure.