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

[dragonheartedgirl]

As for trust--I understand that it's asking a lot. But... isn't it a lot to ask people to trust as well? .... In the past--it's not as though we ever went out of our way to protect Taisho. And they were also among the number of units who were forced to perform in that Trial. Even now--at least half of us may very well be under some kind of compulsion from Heaven. Who's to say we couldn't become compromised again?

[puzzlekeeper]

. . .

It's not fair to compare your actions to theirs, Hiryuu. They act out of a dark and self-satisfied bloodlust. You don't.

[ But. That's not the point. He just can't let the implication go without commenting on it. ]

As for the arrangement... my trust is not given first and revoked later. It's earned. And it's not something that can be asked of me.

[ . . . ]

But I'll agree to it for now, because it's not as if the outcome can get any worse for us. However, to be clear: should it backfire, I'm not so forgiving as to overlook that going forward. That would be a deliberate act of malice rather than a random mistake.

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ SHE DISAGREES!!! But she also doesn't know about Sekhmet's... deal. And she's not going to argue this with King either. She's tired, he's hurting--and she doesn't want to fight. ]

... If SensitIV betrays us then they'll take responsibility. I will as well.

[ Since. It seems like she's the only one who is actually really willing to put herself on the line for this. MIGHT AS WELL! GO ALL IN! ]

[puzzlekeeper]

—No.

Their actions are not your responsibility. Only theirs.

[dragonheartedgirl]

You're only willing to go along with this because a Special Person of mine and Abi's is on sensitIV, right? You, Mars, and Hurricane. And I'm the only one who seems to be encouraging we accept our assignment. In that case, it's only right that I accept my share of the blame if this leap of faith should end with us on the rocks.

[puzzlekeeper]

[ More firmly this time: ]

No.

You have faith in the people you care about... and there's nothing wrong with that, even if I can't bring myself to share that faith myself. And as long as I'm here, I won't see you punished for it.

[ and also if sensitIV did betray them, he's pretty sure that itself would be worse punishment than anything ]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ inhale





exhale. ]

I suppose we'll see what happens then.