Voice Post

[evogirl]

I probably should have done this earlier, but hi I'm Claire. I just wanted to introduce myself to everyone.

I've met a few people so far, but not a lot. So if you want to say hey, and tell me a little about yourselves. Maybe we can all learn about each other.

[Claire's a bit nervous about all of this, and it is pretty obvious in her voice, but she's trying to be confident.]

I'm from Texas and I used to be a cheerleader. I was going to college before I got here, but I kinda...missed a lot.

[Now she sounds a bit sheepish and disappointed.]

I had a lot going on.

Comments

[depressiveoptimist]

I can understand that. What I am--

--there is someone who is trying to use my kind for his own ends, too. I don't know if it is for power, or whatever, but it's all just religious nonsense.

[evogirl]

Who you are, not what. No matter what at the end of the day you're still a person, okay?

[depressiveoptimist]

I know that, but where I come from, the government has stripped my kind of citizenship. We are literally not considered people by them, anymore.

[evogirl]

Oh hell no! That is so wrong.

[depressiveoptimist]

I don't disagree, but it's happened. We're supposed to 'earn' our citizenship back, but I really doubt that's going to happen.

[evogirl]

Earn it? You never should have lost it in the first place.

[depressiveoptimist]

You want to tell the British government that?

[evogirl]

They probably won't listen to me.

[depressiveoptimist]

Yeah well they don't really listen to anyone.