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Before you run out and get your flu shot, you might want to think about who you're letting inject you. Where did these vaccines come from? How do we know what's in them? Whether they'll work? Whether they're serving some other purpose? Genetic markers. Biological or chemical testing. You never know.
I'm pretty turned off to getting mysterious shots, I'll take my chances getting sick.

In other news, I've heard about the recent occurrences of petrification. If you've got any information on them and wouldn't mind sharing it, I'd like to hear it.

[Police Filter]
Do we have any more information on the explosion the other day?

[ooc: o_o! anonymous person. th-thank you! ::flattered... goes back to cropping screenshots::]

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No, people panic because an army of cybermen who want to 'upgrade' you or a gang of weevils looking to rip out your throat and eat you is terrifying. And we don't know what's going to be coming next. There's all of space and time to contend with, and how can we prepare people for every possible eventuality when we don't even know what might be next? How do you convince people to keep living normal lives if they've the knowledge that there are constant threats from beings so far advanced or so numerous or so plain alien that some days it's pure luck we manage to keep the world from ending at all?

I'm not saying we should try and convince everyone who believes in aliens that they aren't real. But it's hard enough -- it was hard enough just to maintain control of the Rift and manage the threats that got through, without having to deal with public paranoia and misinformation and souvenir hunters and vigilantes and...it'd be chaos.

Not all leaders are like that. Some of them want to do good, protect people. Some of them are worth believing in.

Maybe we shouldn't be living normal lives, if normal lives mean the truth needs to be hidden from us. I understand wanting to protect people, but when protecting people involves keeping them in the dark... I don't like being lied to. I've spent my life feeling like the boy who cried wolf, not because I've raised the alarm when nothing was there, but because every time I've had the proof in my hands it's been taken from me, not to protect people but to protect the men who are working with them, working to aid a hostile extraterrestrial race in the colonization of our planet, in exchange for their own personal safety.

Perhaps that's the sole difference between our points of view. Those who truly want to protect the people are quickly silenced where I'm from, and those who only wish to protect themselves hold power. They're not trying to save the world; they're bringing about the end as we know it, and they'll stop at nothing to protect their interests. Secrecy for the sake of protecting the threat.

You lived in Cardiff we'd have probably wound up recruiting you. If it were only a matter of keeping secrets, that would be different. I agree, I don't think you should necessarily lie to people. But there are only five of us, and a great bloody Time Rift hanging over our heads like a beacon. Not to mention all the things it likes to just drop on our doorsteps. It's a war, and I know it's not fair to fight a war and keep people in the dark, but I don't think we'd have a chance if we didn't.

People like that, what you're talking about...those are the enemies too. I'm glad your world has someone trying to set things right.

You could put out want ads in the paper. "Interested in fighting alien invaders? Understand why you shouldn't kill your own grandfather when you go back in time?" You never know; maybe more people would help if they understood what they were up against. I can understand, though, that you're doing your best. So at some point you're going to explain this Time Rift to me, right?

There are some of us, few and far between, and it's rare that you find anyone to trust. We're trying to fight the future. If nothing else, it lets me sleep at night. ~~Usually.~~

Well, Jack did recruit Gwen because she'd seen us during an investigation and tracked down our secret hidden lair.

...It really was hidden, too. Underground and everything. And of course I'll tell you about the Rift sometime, but only if you promise to trade story for story.

You sounds a bit like Jack. I bet the reason you can't bring yourself to trust another person to lead you is because you're the one filling that role.

It gets harder and harder to keep secret lairs hidden these days, doesn't it? But really, if someone manages to find it underground, they're probably people who'd be useful to you anyway, right? I've never thought about it in practical terms before.

That's a deal. I do have some good stories, and I'm not used to having an audience that actually believes them. You'd be amazed how hard it is to convince your boss that, yes, you really did need to fly to the Bermuda Triangle to keep the Nazis from winning the war.

Trust no one is my motto, except when it suits my purposes to change it to trust everyone. I don't think I'm much of a leader, but I like to know where it is I'm being lead, you know?

Well, the invisible lift helps, but yeah. It was probably a lot easier for her than it should have been. Though in our defense, she was a PC. And I'm always up for a good story. That's the problem with belonging to a secret organization. You can't talk to anyone about what you do. And last time I tried, I wound up almost have my heart eaten by a stranded alien disguised as a human.

Well I've always been a lot better at following orders than giving them. Probably I trust a little too easily though. The aforementioned heart-devouring alien being an excellent example of that.

Don't suppose you play pool, Agent Mulder?

I'm not exactly sworn to secrecy, but people tend to look at me funny when I talk about the things I've seen. Or else, well, they listen too closely because they're using it to their advantage. It's one of the things I like about being here, heh.

I'm probably a bit rusty. I could definitely be convinced to play a game, trade a few stories, though.

Exactly! It's such a relief to say something about aliens, or temporal anomalies, or sonic modulators and not get stared at as though you've spent too much time at the science fiction conventions.

I've lost all my pool partners but Ianto. I could probably be convinced not to beat you too badly the first time, in exchange for some stories. I'll even buy the beer.

Yup. Or, worse, be asked to appear on Jerry Springer.

Sounds like a deal to me.

That one I'm not familiar with, but I can probably guess what sort of thing you're talking about.

Brilliant. I know a good place, just...let me know when you're free.

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