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[windsofwar]

Who: resident dragon man and you
Where: Lobby
When: 184 morning

Good morning, everyone! I've decided now is the best time for us all to have another debate, now that our guests have been excused.

As many of you know, most of those guests were like me. Damned from other shows, instructed to take part in the show to make it more entertaining. During the week, we all saw and did many things, and hopefully, no one is holding much of a grudge.

Especially toward Future is Now, because I offered to murder, but they refused, and tried to protect as many people as possible, and we still were victorious, some how. So they should be applauded!

That aside, there was also that. . .live. As someone who has also stabbed a child, it made me think. How exactly do I want to reach my goals, and what should I sacrifice to get there? Personally, I don't think my stance has changed much, but we definitely shouldn't stab children. Only deimos! So I apologize for my brash actions from before.

So my question for the rest of you, even though violence can't be completely avoided here, when is it an appropriate first choice of action? I imagine many of you may have had to make extremely hard calls this week, so I have to wonder. Please discuss.

Comments

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

So he's lacking intelligence and subtlety.

[rollplayinghouse]

Yes, basically. Or that's my read on him.

But that's better than lacking intelligence and subtlety and not caring what happens to your unit.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Why do I feel like there are specific people you're thinking about when you say that?

[rollplayinghouse]

Well, I do still need to deal with my own "child-killing" unitmates, whenever they finally show up again. And I don't expect the conversation to go as well.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

You think a conversation is going to help at all?

[rollplayinghouse]

...It's not going to make them understand the error of their ways, or anything. But I might be able to threaten them into changing their behavior. It's at least worked with God before, a little bit.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

How so?

[rollplayinghouse]

...In the House, I told her I'd never love or acknowledge her if she killed... someone I care about, and she promised not to. And right after, when she was lounging on our couch with that portrait of Azzy and I told her to get it out of my sight before I sliced it to shreds and burnt it in our body-burning wood stove, she at least took it to her room.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

And your back up plan for when you run out of things to threaten them with?

[rollplayinghouse]

I'm still working on that.

It will also depend on what shape they're in when Lady Death is done with them.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

New Hell infusions and a nightmare, most likely.

Guess we'll find out if God is afraid of anything but not living up to her own delusions.

[rollplayinghouse]

Yeah.

I told Requiem I'd try a Nightmare Vision punishment if we thought that was a good idea, but I'm not sure I could do better than her at it.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Do you know what drove her over the edge?

She's usually more talk than anything.

[rollplayinghouse]

It was probably C's live, or something that happened there. I missed it myself, but apparently he was trying to take a hit out on her. As a "prank" or something, because they have some weird mother/son roleplay thing? But I'm not sure that part matters. I'm sure she couldn't let herself be less stupid and dramatic than him.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Of course not.

[Said the hypocrite who also always escalates everything]

So if C calms down, so you think she will? Or has the precedent already been set.

[rollplayinghouse]

I have no idea, but probably not. It's not exactly a competition with him, she just wants attention.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

It's at least somewhat of a competition. If they are both going after the same title.

[rollplayinghouse]

That's where the whole mother/son thing comes from, I think. If she's really god she'd just smite any pretenders to her throne or whatever, but if she pretends he's her son she doesn't have to answer any awkward questions about why she lets him keep doing it. You have to understand that she doesn't actually want to prove herself, she just wants to assert herself and have everyone agree.

And of course C can't help but play along no matter how stupid it is.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

And you have no intention with agreeing with her, of course.

[rollplayinghouse]

I indulged her a little before, but this is where that got us, so... She's clearly not interested in returning the consideration.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

...

Who is close to her on your unit?

[rollplayinghouse]

...Man Eater, probably...

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

They are the only two of the original five.

[rollplayinghouse]

Mm. He gave a live celebrating her when she came back and everything.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

. . .

How is he handling this whole situation?