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captain kathryn janeway. ([personal profile] directives) wrote in [community profile] poly_chromatic2014-01-20 07:33 pm

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Hey, City. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Not everyone ends up doing what they wanted, or finding it as fulfilling as they thought they would once they get there.


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[personal profile] deuterium 2014-01-22 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
here in the city or back home wherever it is you're from?
recognize_an_opportunity: (have a seat please)

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[personal profile] recognize_an_opportunity 2014-01-22 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
I own a casino here, I run a card game back home. Effectively the same thing.

And are you going to answer your own question?
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[personal profile] recognize_an_opportunity 2014-01-22 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Impressive. I've always been fascinated by physics. Did you become one?
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[personal profile] deuterium 2014-01-22 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
yep, and i've got the doctorate to prove it.
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[personal profile] recognize_an_opportunity 2014-01-22 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
Seems like we've got a lot of people around here with advanced degrees. A city full of geniuses, maybe.
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[personal profile] deuterium 2014-01-22 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
or really ambitious nerds. i wear that badge proudly.
recognize_an_opportunity: (I'm not sure about this)

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[personal profile] recognize_an_opportunity 2014-01-22 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps, although I'd consider myself to be an ambitious nerd, and I certainly don't have one.
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[personal profile] recognize_an_opportunity 2014-01-22 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
A degree? Not particularly. I think it's a bit late for that now, anyway.
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[personal profile] deuterium 2014-01-22 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
i for one don't believe in late.
recognize_an_opportunity: (yeah tell me another one)

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[personal profile] recognize_an_opportunity 2014-01-22 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think they let just anyone into college.
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[personal profile] deuterium 2014-01-22 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
oh, right. i forget that universities used to rely heavily on tuition costs and a number of other variables that are no longer applicable.
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[personal profile] recognize_an_opportunity 2014-01-22 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
Financially speaking, I'm not sure it would be an issue. However, do you mean to imply that it doesn't cost money to get a higher education, in your time?
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[personal profile] deuterium 2014-01-22 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
humanity has evolved beyond the acquisition of wealth in my time, yes.
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[personal profile] recognize_an_opportunity 2014-01-22 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry, I find that very hard to believe. People have always been inclined towards acquiring wealth. When, exactly, are you from?
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[personal profile] recognize_an_opportunity 2014-01-23 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I admit, I have less than no idea what things that far in the future are like, but still...
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[personal profile] deuterium 2014-01-23 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
you'd be surprised what time and nuclear fallout can do.
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[personal profile] recognize_an_opportunity 2014-01-23 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
I can't imagine they'd do anything good.
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[personal profile] deuterium 2014-01-23 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
they did. forced humanity to open their eyes and see what they were doing to one another, to the planet. and first contact opened doors that we never had access to be fore, bound us together in ways we never thought possible.
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[personal profile] recognize_an_opportunity 2014-01-23 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
Fascinating. And humanity actually managed all of that without fucking things up worse? Impressive.