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[garganteren]

I wanted to make sure everyone knows: I'm boycotting all my classes. No matter what.

I don't agree with the mission of this school, and I'm being held here against my will! So I'm officially on strike in protest of your unjust policies!

[It's true, as was pointed out to him: if he's protesting, he should let everyone know about it!

He's still not sure about the hunger strike part of his plan, as he needs to eat a lot. But he boycotted Thanksgiving, so that's a start.]

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[thirdarrow]

And what do you intend to achieve by posting this?

[garganteren]

It's no good protesting if you don't let people know about it! I want to be heard.

[thirdarrow]

And are you the only one protesting?

[garganteren]

I don't know about anyone else, but if anyone wanted to join me, they could!

[thirdarrow]

Thus you find it necessary to impose your opinion on everyone in the vicinity, regardless of whether it concerns them?

[garganteren]

You think that expressing my opinion is imposing it on people?

In America, we all have the right to express our opinion. That's called Freedom of Speech! The First Amendment gives me the right to protest!

[thirdarrow]

[ Oh, you poor poor deluded child. ]

You certainly are, with that tone. [ Tsk, do kids these days have no respect for their elders? ]

Having a right to open your mouth does not automatically make everything you say worth listening to. There is a difference.

[garganteren]

No, I'm not. How do you think protests work?

I'm not making people listen to me. No one has to talk to me or even care. But I have as much right as anyone else to state what I believe.

[thirdarrow]

So you are content with repeating your babble until your throat turns raw? What will that even achieve?

[garganteren]

I guess you don't know how protests work. I've stated my intention, and now I'm going to carry it out. This is civil disobedience.

Also, I'm not talking. I'm typing. And if anyone wants to ask me questions, they can. But I've said all I have to say, until the administration is willing to listen to me and release me to my family!

[thirdarrow]

Protestors champion for worthy causes. You are acting like a petulant child, and that will get you nowhere.

And I has the opposite effect. If you behave, you will be released.

[ Eventually. ]

[garganteren]

I'm being held against my will in violation of my civil rights.

[thirdarrow]

And have you considered why you are to study at this institution?

[garganteren]

I don't want to study here. I don't like it, and I don't trust it.

[divine_spirits_universe]

How are you here against your will? I was under the impression everyone was given a choice of being here or not.

[thirdarrow]

What is the reason?

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[garganteren]

I'm here against my will because they brought me here and they won't let me leave. So now you know better.

[voice]

[soundandfurry]

-Screw text. With nails like her, and a general lack of competent literacy, she prefers talking. Just not video talking...-

Did you rethink not eating, though?

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[divine_spirits_universe]

And why won't they let you leave? Technically they can't do that unless they're your legal guardian you know.

[voice]

[garganteren]

[Eren switches to voice for her. And it would be weird typing in reply to a voice post.]

Yeah. I did. I need to eat a lot because of the—thing.

[Storing the potential energy to grow to the size of 50 feet in an instant takes some extra calories.]

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[deadlyjuliet]

And exactly which policies have your feathers so terribly ruffled that a boycott seems to be your only recourse?

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[garganteren]

[Eren does have a major flaw (or two) in his plan, having been officially removed from his adoptive parents' custody and made a ward of the school.]

I know that! Technically, they are. But I don't want them to be.

[garganteren]

I don't want to be brainwashed, for one thing.

How can I trust what someone teaches if I don't trust them?

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[garganteren]

Lots of them! But specifically the one where I can't go home and have to stay here.

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[deadlyjuliet]

I don't recall that exact edict, although I did skim through that part of the manual. They're all so dreadfully long and dull to read.

Although I suppose you could leave if you so desired, wouldn't that be a bit ill-advised for most?