LIVE!

[deicider]

Who: Cardigan
Where: in front of the game tower
When: Day 39

[Here's Cardigan. They're never and full uniform and that applies today, dressed in just a plain undershirt. Even the sword customarily on their hip is missing.]

It's been a long couple of days so I'll try to make this short.

Avante's 'oath' Live hasn't been put to much use yet, but I want to make one now.

The oath is this: I swear to every unit that I will always work to minimize harm, and to do my utmost to prevent death and suffering among all units, as much as the protection of my own unit allows.

[a short pause, oath done.] I know that sounds pretty watered-down, but I think we're better of acknowledging that when it comes down to it, we all want to protect our own units and those we care about above anything else.

[Now,]

I do truly believe the best thing we can do to protect our own units is to protect each other. For that we need to be able to trust each other. Despite some of the outcomes of the last game, I think it was pretty good proof that we can trust each other to do what's right.

But a big part of trust is accountability when trust is broken. Games like the last aren't going to stop while we're here, and there's even been violence outside the games. [not pointing any fingers ZRAEL but you know who you are.]

I've already made this clear to Taisho, but I don't intend to keep it a secret. If Yasuragi again willfully acts to cause death or intolerable suffering to anyone here, I will kill him, outside of the tower. If, before that time, we as a community establish guidelines on how to deal with what violence we can control, or if Taisho presents a reasonable plan of action, I'll happily submit to that instead.

[That appears to be the bulk of the announcement.]

Thanks for listening. I have two things left I want to mention.

First, anyone who prefers to think there's no point in trying because we're helpless victims of the games should remember that it's the same Hosts running the games that make us all better afterward, and the same Hosts that give us our abilities. Consider carefully how much you want to continue to depend on that 'goodwill'.

Second, with that in mind, anyone else who can swear to do their best to protect their fellow idols is fee to join me in my oath.

Comments

[rollwithdisadvantage]

I'm going to laugh if they get to it first.

[Dryly.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Murderous. death. glare]

Watch what you say.

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[He does indeed laugh.]

When you are done being paranoid, come chat.

[And walking off.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[GOD WHAT DO YOU WANT?

A text later]

CEO: Where are you?

[rollwithdisadvantage]

#99: Outside the room to your dorm. Still have the batcave?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[A few minutes later outside the future is now dorm]

Of course I still have the fucking batcave. Where the fuck would it go?

[rollwithdisadvantage]

I don't know. It's your weird technobabble room.

So we have options. Your room. Mine. Or out here by the elevator. Where do you want to have this conversation?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Lab. It's called a fucking lab.

[And storming into his own dorm and lab. No, Nine-Nine, you still don't have access so Intensity has to badge you in]

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[That's fine. He would know something is wrong with Intensity if he actually got access. He sits up on the table.]

First off, I guess it is no surprise to you that I plan to see what 'wish' I can get. Going public isn't going to mess up your plans at all, is it?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Define going public.

And can you at least wait until I finish the deal with Exael?

[rollwithdisadvantage]

I'm thinking of spray painting it on a wall. Member of team hell? Think it is too tacky.

Yeah. Of course. That is too good of a deal to pass up.

I have a bad feeling this place is about to go to hell in a hand basket. Call it a hunch.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

No shit. Really?

I've donated to one of the new members of pep!pep! Did you get a look at their ability list? You can stop worrying that I'll stay a corpse now.

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[Digging out his phone and looking. Okay he laughs.]

Of fuckin' course.

Alright. Then on to observation two. We are flat broke.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I'm guessing no one donated at the last meeting, huh?

[rollwithdisadvantage]

Hurricane. Also after reading the gathered notes, seeing as powers might work outside of this place, well, I plan on investing in some.

So that might put my donations behind schedule in case we end up in another unpredictable situation.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Just. starts. laughing.

You're a cartoon villain, Nine-Nine. You can appreciate]

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[Is there a pen or pencil we can chuck at his forehead?]

So much for fucking unity.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Send the points back to Hurricane. I bet they'll get invested in the cause all the same.

[rollwithdisadvantage]

...

...

What the fuck is going on?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

B's collecting points on his own. And Joker. Hiryuu, too, I imagine. So let them worry about the fucking informationals.

If Heaven and Hell are getting ready to close the opening act, then we should fucking do the same.

1/2

[rollwithdisadvantage]

What? Our help wasn't good enough for them.

[Crossing his arms and scowling.]

If that's how they want to be fine.

[rollwithdisadvantage]

I don't believe in the wish of heaven. I think it is a bunch of bullshit. Hell is obviously going to have chains attached, but that's the bet I'm going to make.

1/2

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Now now. Don't get angry. They just want to do what's right and be spiteful at the same time. These qualities both work well in our favor.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

. . .

Nine-Nine. I'm disappointed. The idea is not to succumb to either fucking side.

[rollwithdisadvantage]

Who said anything about succumbing? These are just the corpses I plan to step on to get what I want.

But if you don't want to collaborate on this, by all means I'll show myself out.