babel_hacker | Day 45

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[Compared to his post last week, this one is...reasonably less silly. After all, a glance at the date told him all he needs to know. Well, he’s reminded of it again after remembering a friend’s--who’s not even here--birthday the other day.

Hahah...yet another friend’s birthday went by.

And it was so close to his anniversary here.]

This is more for long time residents, but others can pitch in if they want.

I’ve been here for almost three years, with my anniversary being practically tomorrow. I could go all sappy and type out a lot of stuff here, but I guess I’m reminded of how long I’ve been here. Between travelling and staying in each cities for some time (a couple less than others, because not all of them are as convenient as the bigger cities).

I’m still travelling around Kanto right now, but once I’m done, I might get a house for my Pokemon and myself.

Basically, any suggestions or advices for seeking a house? Ideally somewhere where my bigger Pokemon can go around, but I can handle a good backyard for Unit 01 (my Golurk, by the way).

...Also, friendly to slimes from our slimey friends.

[HELLO, GOOMIES.]

I’m looking at either Goldenrod, Celadon or Saffron because of the department stores and/or train station.

Otherwise, well, this is Atsuro Kihara, still here for the third year in a row.

[Or...less? That time when he literally blinked out of existence for a month was still freaky as hell.]

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...The chaos would be an issue, but why is the lack of power so problematic?

The hospitals use electricity to keep their fridges powered. And they have a lot of medicine that needs to stay cold...

Would it not be possible to use ice? Natural ice, if it cannot be created magically.

A lot of our ice are made by freezing water using technology. Since the power's out, we can't use our freezers for it.

There's magic, but a lot of people are already wary of people who can use it because of power abuse.

...Considering that wariness can easily turn to violence, it might be best for those with that power to use it openly.

It might be. That would still leaves people who do abuse their power for their own greed.

But with those powers known to the public, with most of their mystique lost and their limits revealed, those who only wish to help others could counter the abusers openly. If someone abused them now, how many people would know how to stop them?

Just fellow users who are still alive, or maybe the local soldiers who manage to shoot them dead.

[Which he's uneasy about. Gun are fast and very human to use.]

So you would suggest a world where people with powers live in public without hiding them...

[It's probably not likely for demons, but the techniques they can cracked from demons might work.]

It's served my world well, if nothing else. Not everyone can cast magic, but those who can are respected for their talents, and have plenty of specialized career opportunities in all towns.

[Let's... just not mention his father, who was apparently killed for only wanting to teach others peaceful, practical spells.]

Something like that might take a while to set down in my world, but it's one possible way it can go.

[It depends on the government's choices after he succeeds in his goal for demon control.]

Otherwise, people, especially the government, would hide it from the public and everything went back to the old status quo.

...Would it not take a government with mystical powers of its own, to hide the existence of people that can create magical ice in front of as many witnesses as they wish?

Well, the government doesn't need mystical powers if they can literally cook us alive with technology.

And cover it all up by saying everyone's hallucinating to the rest of the world.

That sounds like particularly unpleasant technology, compared to what can be seen here. But you should know by now that 'everyone was hallucinating or dreaming' is not an excuse that people accept.

It really is. We figured out it's a counter-terrorism method to kill the enemy without damaging the buildings.

[Tokyo is the capital.]

I know that, but the government's a hide it and pretend they have it in control type. It does help they put the situation under a controlled media blackout. So if it's like I imagine, they'd use both the media blackout and the hallucination excuse to muddle the truth.

...I'm not quite certain that would suffice to counter humanity's love of talking to everyone they meet, expecially of their grievances against their leaders.

Yeah. Which is probably why they try to minimise attempts at taking physical evidences. Dunno how they will handle cameras and digital phones that can take photos.

That might be interesting for me to see their damage control if I'm home.

[Give it a few more months until your canon update coma, Atsuro.]

Plus the news would love this sorts of stuff. "Government Subject Citizens to Suffering for a cause! Failure?"

It'd certainly make a popular story than 'Government Raises Taxes Again! Our Money, Wasted?' Even if that particular complaint is always popular.

I imagine I'd make similiar complaints if I'm home and living independently. [His parents are still paying the bills for him.] People really don't want to waste their money, so they'd complain if they see their government using their money for something that looks stupid.

Raising taxes to support the nobility's lifestyle is foolish and worthy of criticism. But raising taxes to improve the port and repair the damaged caused to a nearby village is a worthy sacrifice.

[Especially when the previous and current kings were responsible for destroying the village in the first place.]

Pretty much, especially if the government let people know about it. Instead of just raising taxes without any official announcement.

Even if they blatantly lie during the announcement.

No self-respecting ruler should ever lie to their people, blatantly or not, but self-repect can be less common than you'd imagine.

You would think more people should have it. But pride and greed can just overpowers it very easily, along with a healthy dose of self-preservations.

What is the point of preserving yourself, if you lose even the trust of others to do so?

Because people really don't want to die, so they do whatever it takes to survive. Even if it means doing bad things.

And in doing so, they risk drawing the world's hatred. Surviving a dangerous situation is important, but it's worthless if other survivors murder you later out of revenge.

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