lilis la killis (a LiliS post)

[worthathousand]

Who: LiliS (and visitors)
Where: LiliS dorm
When: Day 112, around noon

[ A lot can happen in just 24 hours, it turns out. Half of LiliS dying (again), for example.
Amaranth has sent a message out to LiliS on Dissonance: ]

Demeter: We have much to discuss, don't we?
Demeter: I've made a pot of tea for all of us, if you'll come meet me at the dorm.

Comments

[worthathousand]

[ Amaranth, for her part, has just finished bringing a pot of boiling water up from the kitchen, as well as a stacked collection of small teacups.

She's at the main table, spooning out a portion of green tea leaves from a tin. The motions have a precise, deliberate quality to them. ]

[maleficafe]

[lav comes in and sets down her helmet on the table]

Hi... do you want some help?

[theyregooddogs]

[did come back from the game around four in the morning, ftr. going to go stand out of the way for this meeting, h-hmm]

[worthathousand]

[ coming to find him before they begin ]

I'm sure you know what this is going to be about.

Sometime after Day 113

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[[ooc: Stealing this spot for a backdated thread about going to heaven]]

[Hope you answer your texts, John]

CEO: Hey Doc.
CEO: Got a minute?
CEO: I have a proposal for you.

[youpoorthing]

[Hellebore stayed in the dorm last night since. Yes. So he's here, he just actually comes out of his room to hang around in the main one when Amaranth calls.

He looks tired. Like most of them, probably.]

[worthathousand]

[ She doesn't say anything, but she does come by to set a cup of tea beside him. Shincha, to be specific, if he gives it a taste. ]

[phoni]

[ Gladiolus replies to Amaranth's message, promising to be there soon and slips in a short while later, tired but wide awake.

once everyone is present she squares her shoulders and speaks up, a slight tremble in her voice. ]

I... I want us to play harder, when our lives and safety are on the line. Because if we don't, what happened last night is going to keep happening.

[rootoflove]

[quietly:]

I agree.

[worthathousand]

[ she reaches over to give Gladiolus's shoulder a reassuring squeeze; Iris's agreement doesn't seem to surprise her, either ]

That's what I wanted to discuss together.
Right now, there aren't enough units who have close connections to us. When others are forced to choose, they will do everything they can to save the ones dearest to them.

All of you are the ones dearest to me.

[youpoorthing]

...Last night... we played one out of three at first, then two for the remaining rounds. Because we were in danger.

...By "harder", do you mean you'd rather play two from the beginning, or three?

[maleficafe]

[lavender wasn't at the game, but she comes by and sets her helmet down on the picnic table, if anyone wants to catch her]

[phoni]

[ watches Lavender move about, looking like she wants to say something but isn't sure how to say it. ]

[rootoflove]

[iris is here, sitting down and folding her hands in her lap

she has a lot to say, but she doesn't want to be the first to speak]

[nihilmancy]

[knock knock a Sensitiv is dropping in sometime today, let's pretend it was retconned from last night.]

[rootoflove]

[opening the door for her]

...Sekhmet-san. Hello.

DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

[ Once everyone has arrived (and has tea), Amaranth calls them over to the table together. ]

It is a hard thing, but I think we should each, one at a time, discuss how we are feeling, and what we want to do in the future.

There are multiple options available to us—such as making formal or informal alliances with other units, or choosing to be more aggressive in games. The most important thing is that we support each other.

[ a thin smile ] Like the game with the collars: The hardships here are better endured if we fully stand by the principles we have decided to believe in.

Re: DISCUSSION

[letgrow]

[Blowing on her tea to cool it down]

[foolishjourney]

[quietly:]

If we want to do an alliance, Bad End might be a good choice. They could probably use back-up, anyways.

[he's still conflicted about the idea of being more aggressive...]

Re: DISCUSSION

[phoni]

[ Gladiolus props her head up on a hand, fingertips brushing right below her eye, right where the scarring would be if she wasn't using Who Killed Cock Robin to conceal it. ]

I've already said how I feel about playing in the future. All of us deserve to live and we're worth protecting just as much as anyone else.

[ if no one else will, you do it yourself. ]

Ah, and how does everyone feel about BARiTONES...?

Re: DISCUSSION

[theyregooddogs]

Again, for the group, I don't have an opinion on what way to go, but I can help figure out the best options for the route once we've figured it out, though.

Re: DISCUSSION

[maleficafe]

I still... don't like the idea of sacrificing others for ourselves. I don't. But I don't think we can keep playing like this, either.

If we could find a unit that would be willing to help us, I think that's our best option right now.

Re: DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

[ after the others have had a chance to talk, Amaranth speaks up again ]

For my own part, I have an interest in working with avante en garde, if we choose to pursue an alliance—so I'd like to add their name to our list. Their principles are very similar to our own, when it comes to saving as many people as possible. And it's something I think they would be open to.

...And, as I have said in the past, I am comfortable playing more aggressively, if our survival is on the line.

and— VOTE

[worthathousand]

[ Well, that went.... well? Some... definition of well? It sure... went, at least. ]

It seems like the units we're considering an alliance with are BAD END=DEAD END, BARiTONES, and avante en garde.

There's no guarantee of agreement from any of them, but— [ she spares a look at John, attempting to gauge his approval ] —we at the very least need to decide who to approach first. A vote seems best, for that.

What do each of you think?

[ididntsaybanana]

[ This one is visiting to see how Amaranth is. Knock knock ]

[worthathousand]

[ He probably arrives between when Amaranth sends out the message to the rest of her unit and when they manage to sit down to discuss, so Amaranth has a tin of tea in her hands when she opens the door. ]

—Yes?
Ah, good afternoon, Baron. [ she has a slightly tired look about her, but smiles when she sees him ]