hadriel | seven ☠ voice/text

Well... seems like there's a few of you who are ready to sell us out.

[His voice is soft- not really angry, but there's a sinister lilt to it.]

And here I thought we were all growing to be one big, happy family. I can't say I'm fond of the necessity of weeding out spies in our city, but... listen, we're all in a flurry about this. We need to do something, and everyone wants a say in how we're supposed to move forward from here.

[Which has been a headache and a half for all of the gods. Sure, they get along in the grand scheme of things, but there's definitely a little clash of ideals going on, and frankly, Fear is tired of the arguing.]

So what I thought we'd do is to have you vote on who's in charge here. Who takes action and comes up with a game plan on how we're going to suss out what the Null are planning. Obviously, Sorrow wants to be our fearless leader, but his methods are a little... direct. Delight and Rage would probably have a little murder mystery party when they get back, Tranquility and Confusion- I'm not sure if they'd actually do anything at all, come to think of it.

[Christ, this is a mess.]

As far as Love and myself go... I can think of a few people I'd like to personally interrogate.

Anyway, cast your votes or ask your standard slew of questions. Yes, I realize that some of the dissenters will be voting, yeah I know that you all want to be in charge instead- there's probably a few of us who might bend our ears to you, but as we can't put a hundred people in charge, it's gonna be one of us.

[A pause.]

Sorry.

[Happy voting?]

Poll #18652

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Who should lead the investigation?

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Sorrow and Hope
23 (57.5%)

Rage and Delight
2 (5.0%)

Fear and Love
7 (17.5%)

Confusion and Tranquility
8 (20.0%)

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You guys ever consider turnin' to good old fashioned magic for this "interrogation" thing? Usually works out great for me. N-- oh, which one are ya, anyway? I probably got it written down somewhere, but hell if I keep that on me.

[ "paying attention and working things out on his own"? he can't read suddenly, he doesn't know. ]

Edited 2017-08-05 01:39 (UTC)

I was planning on using my abilities, yes.

[Not all of us have a Zone of Truth, Merle.]

My name is Fear.

[ There is zero guarantee that he won't suggest Zone of Truth before this is over. ]

Fear, huh? How do fear powers usually treat ya when you're trying to get answers? Y'know, I gotta admit, this whole... emotions as gods thing isn't my wheelhouse. I've already got a whole pantheon I'm in with-- a pantheon. A lot more trees and a lot less cave cities.

You're a religious man?

[Makes sense.]

I admit that I haven't really attempted interrogation before. I think I'm suited for it, though.

Suited is probably good. When you wanna interrogate someone, confidence is key. Confidence. The way I used to do it, I always took my shirt off, too. Kind of a, uh, spiritual move. I'm a cleric of Pan, so definitely pretty religious.

...

But I mean, if you've got his number, tell him to hit Merle back. That'd be swell. I don't know where you guys sit on the holiness level.

...I think I'll be keeping my clothing on.

[But.]

Wait- your god? You're asking me to pass a message to the being you worship? It doesn't work like that.

[ Pan-blocked. ]

Well, hold on, why wouldn't it work? You guys are the ones who own the big planar door. We can't shove a letter under the crack?

We aren't-

[Boy, this is awkward.]

There aren't really cracks. We're not omnipotent.

Nobody's perfect, huh? I get it.

[ There's no interdimensional mail slot. That makes sense when he actually gives it even a single thought. ]

Well, that's okay, buddy. Just gotta take those long shots sometimes! You can't know if you don't ask. And I sure had nothin' to lose by asking.

Of course. Is there anything else I can do for you?

Nope! Don't think so. Mostly wanted to see what your deal was, maybe give you a few suggestions. If you can look up Zone of Truth, try givin' it a whirl! You'll be surprised how much smoother it makes things go!

I'll keep that in mind.

[Thanks dwarf grandpa.]

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