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hey
so me and wash and gene were gonna go on an adventure in the woods
see what we can find, you know?
but we're looking for a couple of people to bring with us
maybe two or three
gene's a medic, wash is a marine, and i'm a wizard with experience dealing with monsters and nasty magic
anyone that thinks they could round that out would be great
but no serial killers or anyone that would like
murder us in our sleep
and sorry, but no kids yet
i know some of you are gonna argue that, but we have no idea what we're dealing with and we don't want that on our consciences
anyway, let us know
thanks

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don't waste your time
just say you don't want to be responsible for babysitting instead of trying to frame it like you're protecting us
not that we need it anyway

[ Nate really doesn't expect pragmatism or logic, knowing how he himself was at this age, but- ]

it's not that. i'm sure some of you probably have really impressive powers or skills

it's that most of us have seen kids 1/2 and 1/3 our age get killed multiple times before, and we have more experience

[ it doesn't help that most of their experiences with adults (especially this one's) have Not Been Great. ]

i've died multiple times before coming here
there's nothing left for me back home so whatever this place throws at me doesn't matter because i'm done

just because you've been around longer than us doesn't mean you can write us off as inexperienced
all the other kids that responded to this post have been through war
one that an adult started
we've all lost something and most of us have died more than once.

so don't talk to us like we don't know what we're saying
don't talk to us like we don't know what we're doing

no one's trying to talk down to you [ Except maybe Rafe, way up there in that other conversation. ] and no one's writing you off.

i've died more times than most people have a right to, too

this is one expedition. there are going to be more.

you sure about that because i'm getting the impression some of you think we're all just a bunch of stupid kids who need supervision to keep us in line

this is one expedition yeah
and we've been on a few since before this post went up
but our problem isn't about this single expedition
it's about the fact that we're being excluded from something where we can help

and maybe i don't know
you're scared about seeing us get hurt or killed or whatever
if that's the case then stick to one story
instead of putting that under the impression of protecting us or seeing if we can follow orders like hicks up there.