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[hollowly]

Normally, I would think what I'm about to ask is an odd question, but given the location and the circumstances, maybe not so much.

( this is gonna make for a good first poke at the network, innit, sammy? )

How many of you actually know about monsters? Spirits, things that go bump in the night, that sort of thing? Because where I'm from, they're pretty common, and I've noticed from meeting others here that it isn't that way for everyone.

( which is how it should be, if you ask him. nobody should know that the thing in their closet is real. )

Next question. Would anyone be interested in learning about things like that, and how to protect yourself against them?

( there. it's out there. he's doing a good thing. )

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[mismanagement]

Such things exist in my world, though they're far from common. Any additional information you could provide would be helpful, though.

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[hollowly]

What are yours like? You might be able to add some insight, yourself.

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[mismanagement]

As far as I understand it, the majority of these--creatures, appeared to those with what we call Force sensitivity. It's a genetic ability, which grants the individual immense power. They move large objects without touching them, read minds, and cause great pain to their enemies. There are other beings and curses connected to the Force, though I'm afraid there's little I can tell you about it. Such information is not easily available to laypeople.

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[hollowly]

( you keep mentioning the force, and he's trying incredibly hard not to ask any questions - because it can't be what he's thinking of, right? - so he moves on and tries to make sense of the information he's being given. )

What you've said is enough. They sound like something you really wouldn't want to mess with.

We don't have anything like that where I'm from. Mostly what we've come across are things like ghouls, vampires, werewolves - do you have anything like that?

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[mismanagement]

That is correct. Facing such individuals in combat is inadvisable. One can engage thirty and come out victorious. I have seen this.

[She's lucky that the rebels chose not to kill, or she would have lost over a thousand storm troopers by now to that single cell. Two Jedi, one of them just a child, and look what they could do. Look what the Inquisitor did to her own men when they should have been on the same side.]

There are rumors. Ghouls -- yes. I don't recognize the other names.

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[hollowly]

Well, then let's hope nothing like that ever shows up here. I don't think there would be anything left after that.

That's okay. Those are just some of the most well-known ones that I could think of. It's something of a starting point, at least, right? I don't intend to overload anyone with information right from the start.

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[mismanagement]

Likely not.

It's good to share information. We need to work together if we intend to survive.

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[hollowly]

I'm glad people are agreeing with me on that. We're stronger as a unit than alone.

( damn it sam you sound like an ad for the boy scouts of fucking america. )

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[mismanagement]

Very true.