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Hey, it's Simon Chance. I know this is out of the blue and all, but you're the least irritated with me so far, seems, with the best head on your shoulders. I'm looking for someone to help me out with a bit of PR. I wanted to make an apology for my choice of words before, and I'd like to run it by someone first.

What do you say?

Hey, man, don't worry about it being out of the blue. I'm not really doing much at the moment anyway, so I'm glad you chose me to help you out with this.

I feel like I should probably be up front with you about a couple of things before you decide I'm the right person to run things by though. The first being that I'm seventeen and literally just started taking my adderall again a couple days ago and it hasn't kicked in yet. The other thing is that I can't actually... read at the moment, so I can only really help you if you run it by me by reading it out loud. I'm not illiterate or anything. It's psychological. Or maybe supernatural, I dunno, maybe both.

Anyway, if none of that bothers you, then I'm all for helping you out!

I can deal with that. I'm better at speaking than typing anyway. Not too worried about age, either. Back home the teens were always the ones who knew what was up. You guys are clever. More clever than I am, that's for sure.

None of it bothers me in the slightest. Don't be gentle either. I need all the help I can get. Alright, give me a moment to get my game face on and I'll give you what I've got.

Aah okay forgive me if this is a little awkward. I never do this sort of... talk before a talk thing.

Okay. Here goes.

I know last time I didn't make the best impression with a few of you. Chose my words poorly, and that's on me. I'd like to start this message by apologising for that. I'm sorry. I'm not used to thinking before I speak and I should have. The way it came out was wrong. I made it sound like I got a kill wish for certain groups of people, and I don't. I was trying to make a point and I made the wrong one.

My point was, I've seen a lot of bad in my life. The world I come from, it's gone to hell. A lot like this place. Law and Order aren't really the things they used to be. In fact, they're barely a presence at all other than the central unified survival states of the world. But we were rebuilding, pulling ourselves back together and starting a new civilisation.

Last time I got on here, I made a bad call. I got a little boastful because I thought a fighter was what you guys needed. I've seen now, that that isn't exactly true. I'm no advocate of blindly killing anything by species. When I said what I said, what I really meant is that I take down killers. Proven killers. And yeah, that still might sound bad to some of you, but the truth is, you're not home any more than I am. Not here. None of you are. You're dealing with things no one should have to deal with, in a world where all you have to look to is each other.

And it might be you're not gonna like what it is I have to tell you next, but someone needs to say it. And seeing as I've already tossed out the vote for mr. popular, I might just be the best person to step up and say it. These towns? They're not towns. You can try all you want to hold onto law and order, to govern this place like your own personal hometowns, but it isn't going to work. And here's why.

This place is war. It's a death trap and a shitpot. You try to hold onto your old laws and processes here and all it's gonna do is keep getting you killed, keep breaking you down, and keep getting thrown back in your face. You're holding on to the politics of a world this place ain't. You need to adapt and realise this place isn't civilization. Northtown and Southtown aren't TOWNS any further than their names. They're camps. Clustered shelter spaces. The sooner you shrug off those old ideals of law and order and learn that this is about survival and not about control, the better.

It takes a different kind of mindset to live in a world where everything is out to get you and that mindset isn't pouring all your focus into hunting down a single problem, be it a killer or an antagonist of some kind. Or even just the source of a monster. It's like the woman on the network earlier today said. Learning how not to get killed. And being prepared with the knowledge that you ARE NOT safe. It's learning to survive. Grouping together in community, not government. Becoming the close knit survivalists who watch each other's backs, not the arbitrary rise to power of a group of protectors. Because for every killer they catch or kill, more will just pop up to take their place.

This is a grim mindset. It's not sunshine and hope. It's the hard, gritty truth. It is very likely that at any given day you could die. Am I trying to tell you all to throw in the towel? No. The opposite in fact. I'm telling you you can't afford to. You have to get tougher, stronger and smarter. You need to be prepared for the worst. And in the times between? There's nothing wrong with trying to live what can pass for a normal life. But life is never going to be normal again. And the sooner you accept that, the sooner you can learn how to live life as a survivor.

You can still have fun. It has never stopped me. But you can't afford to sit around trying to pretend like death isn't always waiting for you to drop your guard.

Because it is. And from here on out, it always will be.

[He pauses and clears his throat]

So. What do you think?

Yeah, man, that sounds good! Some people might think you're being kind of a buzz kill towards the end though, so maybe point out that they can still live normal lives here. But that means a different kind of normal than they're used to and in order to achieve any kind of normalcy, they're gonna have to fight for it and accept that things just aren't gonna be the way they were where they come from. You can make a home out of pretty much anywhere, even this shithole, but it means adapting to the situation. People need a huge dose of reality but they also need hope, since that's usually what gives people the strength to keep going.

Also you say you a lot when we and us would probably go over a lot better. It'll give the sense that we're all in this together as a community. And just remember that not everyone is going to like what you say and that's fine. Don't get defensive and don't backtrack. Someone disagreeing with you doesn't necessarily make you wrong.

All in all, I think this speech makes you sound a lot more relatable than your last one.

You make a good point, yeah. I really don't want to distance myself any more from everyone than I already have. Alright. We and Us. I can do that. And yeah, sprinkling some hope in is a good idea. I had a lot more in mind, but back home, people get sick of my life-goes-on optimism pretty fast.

I was censoring myself a bit in the wrong area.

You think they'll take it any better? I'm a pretty tough guy, I can handle it if they don't. But people tend to listen a bit more when they don't hate you, you know?

There's really nothing wrong with optimism as long as you're realistic about it. My best friend's an optimist and everyone likes him. It's part of what makes him an awesome leader. Just sprinkle in a little more hope and us and we and you'll be good.

Yeah, I think they'll take it better. I think the main issue they were having before was the thing with the ghosts and zombies anyway. So like, just don't say anything that might come across as racist or discriminatory and you should be fine. There seems to be a lot of supernatural creatures here, including yourself, so just remember that they want to be treated like everyone else. Also you should give some serious thought to whether outing yourself as a wolf shifter to random people is really something you want to do. There's nothing wrong with what you are, but it could be dangerous. You never know who might just decide you must be evil just because you're not completely human. Be careful with that.

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