Optimism. A lack of pessimism probably isn't sufficient to classify myself an optimist. But realist has a certain philosophical connotation that isn't right, either. I'd say mostly I'm curious. There's an incredible potential to meet people and learn new things here that it wouldn't even be possible for me to be exposed to, normally. If that's all I get out of this, I'll still be pretty satisfied.
Not particularly, no. I'm more of a behind the scenes kind of person.
I'm hoping that I'll be able to do that, too. I'm on my way, I think, having met a few interesting people, yourself included. Ideally, it's real, but if it isn't, I'll take the irreplaceable experiences, too.
Me, too. I'd rather stay in front of the white board.
I count as interesting? [ Reid would not have pegged himself as particularly interesting. He's weird, sure, and probably memorable, but as he'd said, he doesn't get the most attention and he doesn't look for it, either. ] You're the one with the superhero making particle accelerator.
[ It just... needs to be anonymous if he wants to start a support group. It's the only thing that had gotten Reid to go to his in the first place, so he's not about to break that rule now. ]
Me, too. We're always on call. Crime doesn't wait for vacations. Except here?
Yeah, that's pretty accurate. It's almost disquieting that there's no crime happening here. It makes me wonder if there's crime that's just hidden a lot deeper than back home...there has to be something, right?
It does seem extraordinarily unlikely that there's no crime at all, but being able to kick people off the island whenever they don't follow the rules would help. Probably there's a consistent rate of petty crime and misdemeanors. The selection process must rule out the majority of violent crimes and major transgressions.
Assuming the selection process itself doesn't have blind spots. If there is a significant incident, they presumably would be ill-equipped to handle it due to lack of experience, like an isolated rural town would be.
Assuming that everyone here is like us and that locals don't technically exist, that would make sense, yeah. I wonder what the selection process actually is, now that you mention it...
( Especially if Caitlin made it past the selection process when she's got Killer Frost hiding deep down. )
Well, that's not necessarily true, either. I mean, think about it. You work for the FBI back home. Another friend of mine here used to be a CSI for CCPD. Another of my friends is a consultant for CCPD and that's just the people I know. And that's excluding the superheroes. So maybe they chose you guys so that they wouldn't, in fact, be unprepared. Or maybe I'm overthinking it.
That's a good question. I wonder if I could come up with a set of criteria just by speaking with people...
[ He's definitely going to consider it and see if he notices any commonalities. Even if this is a technique he'd normally reserve for people who are all victims of the same crime. ]
That would be positing that some individuals are selected for reasons other than their ability to contribute to the Energems, or at least that there's a secondary consideration to the selection process some of the time. It would be logical to consider the skill set composition of a closed society when selecting new immigrants. On the other hand, it can be assumed that there's a preponderance of people with a predisposition to help others that would end up in law enforcement or 'superheroing'. It could be a case of reverse causation-- we perceive a pattern because there's an existing association in the other direction.
I don't see why not. I'd be interested to see the results of a study like that, to be honest.
That's a good point, too, now that you mention it. They say people come and go here a lot. I wonder how true that is and whether the pattern holds true for our predecessors... That could be interesting to note, no?
I might be here for a while, so while I won't hold my breath, I still might get a little excited.
I don't actually know. I've just heard in passing that people come and go, but I haven't known anyone to go, yet, so I'm not the best source of information there, unfortunately.
[ Reid is a little flattered by that, but essentially too awkward to make it obvious. ] I'll let you know if I find anything.
But someone must be. There must be some people who had such substantial wishes they've been here for some time. They would be a good resource if we could identify them.
Yeah, I mean...provided they're willing to divulge their wishes to some degree (even if it's just to admit that it's something pretty big), you could always survey people...?
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Optimism. A lack of pessimism probably isn't sufficient to classify myself an optimist. But realist has a certain philosophical connotation that isn't right, either. I'd say mostly I'm curious. There's an incredible potential to meet people and learn new things here that it wouldn't even be possible for me to be exposed to, normally. If that's all I get out of this, I'll still be pretty satisfied.
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I'm hoping that I'll be able to do that, too. I'm on my way, I think, having met a few interesting people, yourself included. Ideally, it's real, but if it isn't, I'll take the irreplaceable experiences, too.
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I count as interesting? [ Reid would not have pegged himself as particularly interesting. He's weird, sure, and probably memorable, but as he'd said, he doesn't get the most attention and he doesn't look for it, either. ] You're the one with the superhero making particle accelerator.
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Yeah, I know I do, but you work for the FBI in the Behavioral Analysis Unit. That's kind of awesome, I don't know if you realize.
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I think it's awesome, but I signed up for it. And I don't really socialize outside of work.
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You're socializing outside of work right now and so what if you signed up for it? It's still awesome.
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[ Oh God, how is he supposed to accept compliments? Persistent compliments. On things not his brain. Uhhhhh. ]
I didn't really think through the not being at work for an indeterminate number of months part of this.
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( She smiles a little and nods to the device she's on. Yeah, she knows that feeling. )
I didn't either, to be honest. I wonder if we're the only ones.
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I've heard other people enjoy and look forward to vacations.
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I do, too, but...you know. Short ones. Ones when I'm still on-call.
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[ It just... needs to be anonymous if he wants to start a support group. It's the only thing that had gotten Reid to go to his in the first place, so he's not about to break that rule now. ]
Me, too. We're always on call. Crime doesn't wait for vacations. Except here?
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Yeah, that's pretty accurate. It's almost disquieting that there's no crime happening here. It makes me wonder if there's crime that's just hidden a lot deeper than back home...there has to be something, right?
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Assuming the selection process itself doesn't have blind spots. If there is a significant incident, they presumably would be ill-equipped to handle it due to lack of experience, like an isolated rural town would be.
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( Especially if Caitlin made it past the selection process when she's got Killer Frost hiding deep down. )
Well, that's not necessarily true, either. I mean, think about it. You work for the FBI back home. Another friend of mine here used to be a CSI for CCPD. Another of my friends is a consultant for CCPD and that's just the people I know. And that's excluding the superheroes. So maybe they chose you guys so that they wouldn't, in fact, be unprepared. Or maybe I'm overthinking it.
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[ He's definitely going to consider it and see if he notices any commonalities. Even if this is a technique he'd normally reserve for people who are all victims of the same crime. ]
That would be positing that some individuals are selected for reasons other than their ability to contribute to the Energems, or at least that there's a secondary consideration to the selection process some of the time. It would be logical to consider the skill set composition of a closed society when selecting new immigrants. On the other hand, it can be assumed that there's a preponderance of people with a predisposition to help others that would end up in law enforcement or 'superheroing'. It could be a case of reverse causation-- we perceive a pattern because there's an existing association in the other direction.
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That's a good point, too, now that you mention it. They say people come and go here a lot. I wonder how true that is and whether the pattern holds true for our predecessors... That could be interesting to note, no?
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Do they supposedly leave when their wishes are fulfilled? Do we have any data on what occurs when that happens?
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I don't actually know. I've just heard in passing that people come and go, but I haven't known anyone to go, yet, so I'm not the best source of information there, unfortunately.
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But someone must be. There must be some people who had such substantial wishes they've been here for some time. They would be a good resource if we could identify them.
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