how we doin, Taisho

[rollplayinghouse]

Who: Taisho (and anyone who wants to check on them)
Where: Taisho dorms
When: Day 66, late morning

[Maki ultimately spent the night at Future is Now, but in the morning she finally takes everyone's advice and returns to Taisho. She is fully grayscale at this point, and also looks... a bit darker, maybe? Like she's standing in a shadow, or someone moved the brightness slider down slightly.

She changes back into a Taisho outfit before coming back to the common area.]

So... does anyone have thoughts on doing better at unit unity.

Comments

[sonof]

Who would you suggest? In theory. I'll be thinking up another suggestion in the meantime.

[rollplayinghouse]

I'm not sure we have anyone who'd both listen to everyone and make a decision based on that rather than their own opinions and not feel unreasonably personally guilty about it.

[sonof]

Is there anyone who could at all, I wonder.

[rollplayinghouse]

It doesn't really seem like it. Maybe that's why leaders don't work out most of the time.

[sonof]

What?

[rollplayinghouse]

The people being lead have to trust the judgment of the leader. That means trusting their choices, not just that they'll reflect theirs. Since that's rarely completely possible, it also means the leader has to have the authority to force it. Which means they make enemies.

[sonof]

That doesn't lead invariably to an ashen wasteland. Even some abhorrent leadership can still be competent enough to manage. Or else we wouldn't have countries, or armies, or even a good deal of businesses. Things which couldn't even exist without it.

[rollplayinghouse]

There are other things that exist, too. Like assassins.

I didn't say anything about an ashen wasteland, anyway. But a situation like this is different than a real organization.

[sonof]

[ for a moment his lip curls, uncharacteristically openly, before he smooths it down into more of a disgruntled look. there's no sarcasm or dryness in his voice, anyway. ]

Yes, it is.

It isn't a perfect solution. But there are times for careful measures, and there are times for drastic ones. Something must change. If not now, then soon.

[rollplayinghouse]

...It's true that I don't think anything less than drastic will help.

[sonof]

Dinner, every night. All of us.