016 + THESE ARE BUT THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS [video]

[trenchcoatedly]

Can you imagine what it must be like to be an ant?

Problems that humanity deals with would seem irrelevant - the warming of the planet and all it's related consequences, the population explosion and the subsequent issues, including overcrowding and famine, the expansion of information, and the overwhelming perseverance of human violence. But there would be other problems - like the catastrophe of the appearance of an anteater or another predator animal. There would be tasks like to gather food. And there would be nothing but the colony and the queen.

Now imagine if an ant were to become a human. How difficult it would be to grapple with basic bodily functions, and the variety of emotions and chemical responses each action and reaction brings. Even humans must learn to walk - can you imagine if an ant tried to learn to be bipedal? I imagine it would be a task more monumental than for a human to enter space.

It's difficult to think outside your boundaries, no matter what you start as. Difficult to understand something or someone on a scale dimensions different than yours.

This is how I feel the Admiral sees us.

[PRIVATE to Ivy]

How would you feel about beehives in the greenhouse? I think they would benefit the plants greatly.

[PRIVATE to the ADMIRAL]

Would you permit beehives to be added to the greenhouse?

[PRIVATE to DRACULA]

I'm sorry that I killed you.

Comments

[nakesnakecobracobra]

It must be so nice, knowing you can regain it all whenever you wish.

[trenchcoatedly]

If I simply left to regain it, I wouldn't be worthy of it.

[nakesnakecobracobra]

Of course. Angels must be so noble.

Pathetic.

[trenchcoatedly]

You should meet more angels before you judge us so highly.

[nakesnakecobracobra]

You misunderstand. I wasn't speaking of Angels in general.

[trenchcoatedly]

You're right. I don't understand.

[nakesnakecobracobra]

You are pathetic, and weak. Your illusions of nobility only hold you back.

[trenchcoatedly]

And what am I being held back from? Subjugating others?

[nakesnakecobracobra]

You're here. You're being held back from everything.

[trenchcoatedly]

There are many things I can still do here. If I wanted, I could subjugate a fairly large number of barge residents. I can still pray; I can still do the Lord's work in the greenhouse, and I have an inmate I'm attempting to make a better person.

Re: [private]

[trenchcoatedly]

I am always listening, if you need to speak.

[nakesnakecobracobra]

Yawn. Truly you have no imagination.

[trenchcoatedly]

When I was made, it was not considered a necessary addition.

[nakesnakecobracobra]

That much is painfully apparent.

[private]

[nolongerhollow]

I just feel...like everything is suddenly new. I intellectually have the same knowledge I did before, but the emotions I associate with each experience are blurred, like memories lost to the past. Instead I am re experiencing everything, and yet it is new--like the reverse of deja vu.

Private

[bargemods]

I suppose you would like some bees as well?

Re: Private

[trenchcoatedly]

Yes.

Preferably Apis mellifera and/or Bombus terrestris.

Re: [private]

[trenchcoatedly]

Fascinating.

Private

[bargemods]

It couldn't hurt, I suppose. Granted.

[Specifically Irish Dark Native breed because your Admiral today is played by a bee nerd.]

[private]

[nolongerhollow]

Indeed. And confusing. But I don't think sorting myself out will be so very troublesome.

Re: [private]

[trenchcoatedly]

I've had more trouble with that than anything else. Good luck.

Private

[chlorophylliac]

If you're even remotely qualified to do the job you've set yourself, you shouldn't need consultation on a question so obvious.

Re: Private

[trenchcoatedly]

As you live there, I only felt it fair to ask. I'm not asking based on how it would help the greenhouse, only for your comfort.

[Audio]

[theviralsource]

Ants are designed to follow specific behavioral patterns that have been integrated into their systems. They are a hive-mind. They don't have individual though. They must protect the colony, or protect the queen. Even if they were to become human, they wouldn't be able to comprehend the problems humanity deals with on a daily basis.

But to suggest that the Admiral sees us as bugs, small, seemingly defenseless creatures, well, that, I can agree with. But most insects bite, and one day he'll come out from the safety of his control room and get bit.

Re: [Audio]

[trenchcoatedly]

I think it's more a question of scale. For a human to imagine to be an ant, or an ant to imagine to be a blade of grass - it's simply a matter of scale. In many ways, the same applies to any barge resident and the Admiral.