seven ☠ voice/text

[lingeringfear]

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

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 40

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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%)

Comments

[Video]

[thechoiceisyours]

[Well, aside from that very initial answer, it doesn't... Actually sound that bad if Fear's positing the idea of taking away phones like they're grounded teenagers or something. Still, Chris kind of hesitates to answer the question, because he's not sure he wants to give the gods any ideas; he likes most of them well enough, and he's on their side in this, but they don't exactly have the best track records in dealing with the inhabitants of this place.]

I dunno, I mean, it kind of depends on what the betrayal is about. Someone cheating on you kind of gets a different sort of reaction than like, plotting to kill you.

[Usually, anyway. Some people are crazy.]

[Video]

[lingeringfear]

And if they, for example, plotted to kill you?

[Since it seemed to be the worse of the two examples and it is what's happening now.]

[Video]

[thechoiceisyours]

Uh, I think that'd be like... Conspiracy to commit murder, and it's a crime, but I dunno what the sentence is. Some sort of prison time.

[But he's neither sure how practical or effective that'd be here, considering the circumstances.]

Also like, I don't think the people who are on the Null's side are exactly seeing it that way. I think to them it's a lot more like self defense, which is not a crime at all.

[Video]

[lingeringfear]

Self defense that ends in murder isn't a crime?

[Your legal system is a bit fucked up.]

Would you not say that what we've done is also self defense?

[Video]

[thechoiceisyours]

I am so not an expert on laws, but I mean... Sometimes? Like, if someone kidnapped you and get you ahold of a weapon and stab them while their back's turned, you're gonna get off with self-defense even though it's sort of murder. Which is uh, I think how a lot of people see this situation.

[He shrugs a little at Fear's last question, and nods.]

Yeah. Or maybe not self-defense exactly, but survival; it's not like this whole thing is for fun. You all legit have to do the events and stuff to survive, and I guess that's why I'm personally not pissed about it anymore; you guys have a right to live too.

[Video]

[lingeringfear]

I appreciate that.

[It's a complicated situation anyway.]

You can consider this investigation to be us not turning our backs on you, then- to avoid that knife.

[Video]

[thechoiceisyours]

Hey, no problem.

[It's not like he thinks it's something that really deserves appreciation; all he's saying is that they don't deserve to die for no reason. Even if the situation's definitely complicated, he wishes everyone could agree on that much at least.]

I guess that's fair, yeah. And I mean, I'm not planning on doing any shanking anyway, back or otherwise.

[So really, this is everyone else's problem, and if they're really considering killing Hope then they kind of deserve the scrutiny as long as it doesn't go too overboard.]

[Video]

[lingeringfear]

I know you aren't.

[He offers a smile, though it's not the most reassuring expression in the world.]

I'll remember this- for later.

[Video]

[thechoiceisyours]

[He'll just take that smile in the spirit it was hopefully meant.]

Ominous, but okay, cool.

[He's half joking on the ominous part.]

I'll uh, let you get back to the planning, though. Thanks for um, listening to the stuff I was worried about.