SCHEMES CONTINUE

[iamverybadass]

Who: Everyone
Where: Individual unit dorms
When: During Day 116

[ At some point during the day, Talon has visited each unit to deliver the preliminary assignments for the protection plan. Maybe he knocked on a unit's door, maybe he slipped a note into someone's pocket, maybe he used morse code! However it was delivered, units have their preliminary assignments and may use this post to discuss them amongst themselves. ]



[ OOC: Per request, an IC post for units to have any IC discussion they may want. 100% optional! Also: if you would like a thread with Talon for any reason, please ping me either on discord or plurk and I will hop in after work, but otherwise this is just for unit discussion among themselves.

Please use the unit top levels to keep things organized, thank you! ♥

EDIT FOR CLARITY:

• For convenience sake, please assume all units know who they are assigned to protect, and who has been assigned to protect them


• Units do not have access to the complete list yet. Talon would have explained that this is because it may still be adjusted if there are any objections at this stage, if asked.


• Talon is present in WC's thread and I am 100% open to getting tagged there if anyone wants a thread with him and doesn't wanna ping for whatever reason. ]

Comments

[justpure]

But... I... Well...

[Now he's being forced to choose between the two unitmates. Which, it turns out, gives him anxiety brain.]

Y-you see... I just... Thought we could strengthen our ties with them...

[He isn't suited to this debate thing, is he?]

They would have less of a reason to betray us if they... Liked us... R-right?

[Can he go back to observing? He wants to go back to observing. It's safer there.]

[resonantblue]

[sighs, time to step in]

The detective—and Intensity. You understand that this new member is still unfamiliar to the elements of this world, right? It is unfair to press him for answers he would not have. His comment was not helpful, but we should not challenge him for speaking up.

[pulls out her phone, pulling up the LIVE app]

So let's step outside. Silence does not know how well she'll do with this argument, but she may as well earn points for dealing with this.

[justpure]

... Thank you.

[Medusa will remember this.]

[resonantblue]

[you will get a speech about standing up for yourself later]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

If he's going to speak up, he should speak up with something less transparently stupid. You could tell him how well being "liked" has kept us alive so far as well as I could, right...?

But I'm willing to debate anytime and anywhere.

[resonantblue]

[wow that didn't hit right where it hurt or anything]

...very well.

[heading outside, this is a thing]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Grabs her by the back of her coat]

Don't discuss this outside the dorm.

[resonantblue]

[—stopped]

I would have censored myself well...

[nonetheless, she lowers her phone]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Lets go]

If you think you can manage then.

[resonantblue]

[well, that's permission. good thing she didn't pocket her phone.

she nods]

I can manage. The foolishness of revealing this plan to everyone out there was taken into consideration in advance.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Prove her wrong then.

[resonantblue]

[gives him another quick nod before joining Erika outside]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[that was her goal]

[and she'll wait (apparently) patiently for her to get Intensity's approval]

What precisely are you arguing, then...?

LIVE - Debate

[resonantblue]

[now that she's been given the leader's approval, joining her outside their dorm]

You and Intensity have already debated the significant points, so instead:

[motionlessly activates the Live button:]

We shall debate the fact that you are expecting too much from a new member who has a different perspective of the world from you—that you completely overlook someone's good intentions. While that is the topic of our debate, you may address anything else you would like to add as well. No limits.

Just do not forget to censor yourself, the detective. You are on live television.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

I won't forget. If I choose to say something, it will be fully consciously.

[with that reassuring statement—]

In any case, for my first argument, I'm not overlooking his good intentions. I see them, I just don't care. And I'm also not expecting too much. I'm expecting the basic amount of common sense to gather information on a situation before attempting to argue with someone better-informed.

[resonantblue]

In our new unitmate's defense, he has no knowledge of what took place just days prior to his arrival. One cannot ask about what they would not think to ask if they do not know to ask.

And an important point to bring up, something I noticed immediately: Medusa's expectations are clearly based off a trip he and I made to ZRAEL yesterday. It was Man Eater's request that I paid them a visit—in the end, I brought food and Medusa. Naturally, at the mention of AlcheME!, he must have considered the same thing. Without context, he would not have grasped that his suggestion was questionable at all.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

He had the context of my initial argument. Regardless of what happened before his arrival, the general terms of the agreement between everyone should have been clear. In that context, suggesting that we needed to provide AlcheME incentive is both disingenuous and pitiful.

[resonantblue]

You expect too much out of people, the detective. Our new unitmate is clueless, so you could have granted him a pass.

I agree that his comment was foolish, and I agree that it is ridiculous he backed down so quickly. However, you could use to have some patience with someone like that.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

I've never had patience for cluelessness, and I don't intend to start. What kind of detective would I be in that case...?

[resonantblue]

A rash one who jumps in with assumptions.