BiT: DEBRIEFING

[tradesecret]

Who: BARiTONES
Where: BiT Dorm
When: Day 195, post-game

[ Dinner and Debriefings, you know the drill ]

Comments

[firstworldproblem]

Wait. How many days prior did you arrive?

[Wifi is quite good truthfully.]

[marsascending]

Mm... a little less than a week?

[firstworldproblem]

Congratulations. You certainly had me fooled!

[marsascending]

I do like to hit the ground running. I tried to talk to just about everyone in my first week and mostly succeeded.

[firstworldproblem]

[Shaking his head with a laugh.]

The whole lot of you have too much energy. Honestly.

[marsascending]

Well, if I have it I might as well use it, after all.

Mm, what's that phrase? "Idle hands do the devil's work"? Or should it be "idol hands"?

[firstworldproblem]

Now you are being simply flippant. Not that I mind, of course.

And what devil's work currently has your interest?

[marsascending]

Information, diplomacy—foundational work for some longer-term projects.

I suppose I'm interested in what one could say people here really want.

[firstworldproblem]

Do you truly think you'll find anything meaningful in that pursuit? Truly there are pockets of oddities - an truly inspiring story here and there, but I doubt the masses are all that interesting.

[marsascending]

Interesting, no; useful, yes.

It's never bad to know where the levers are, you know?

[firstworldproblem]

I believe the term is 'pawn', Miss Paloma.

[marsascending]

I'm hoping some of them will make the promotion past that, so to speak, but yes.

[firstworldproblem]

Now, I am so very curious. Should one elevate themselves above pawn, would you no longer sacrifice them to achieve your goal?

[marsascending]

Well, really, I'd prefer not to sacrifice most pawns. Just because someone's a pawn doesn't mean they don't deserve to have a lovely retirement.

...and neither should the powerful become comfortable, of course. Really I just want to see a great many people get what they want.