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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I don't know, I prefer torture to reason when it comes to something that wants me and mine dead. [ Or manipulate her. Or use her. Yikes. Sharon has a damned bookshelf of issues. ] They've already stated they can't promise even those that side with them survival so, down they need to go.

Of course.

[He offers, reasonably. This is such a reasonable conversation, after all.]

They won't fear your reality. I can change that.

[Sharon provides the horrorshow, Fear provides the means to be afraid. A match made in heaven.]

I'm not a big fan of having someone play with the Otherworld but if it'll fuck the Null over, I'm down for it. How will you do it?

It's just proximity to me.

[He shrugs.]

Trap them in my temple and it'll happen sooner rather than later.

...So, you'd have to be in there with them? [ Shut up, that's not concern! ] Won't that put you in danger? Not to mention, we need bait.

Their physical location, yes.

[Hmm.]

It works at a distance. If we're in the same area, it could work- but probably not anything further than this city's length apart.

You won't have to be in the temple, then. [ That's good, she supposes. ] How will I get them there? Is infecting one good enough to spread to the whole? They seem kind of hive-minded.

I don't think so.

[But he doesn't really know.]

It's worth an attempt.

You are being real fucking helpful here, Fear. I'm trying to think of a way to save you, remember? Work with me, think.

You're trying to think of a way to torture them.

[He points out- which, while helpful, he's not sure is actually going to be the thing that saves them.]

But alright. I don't think emotion will spread to them through their shared connection since they technically deleted the process that allows them to feel in the first place. We'd need to do it individually. As far as how we get them here.... [He shudders.] I'd rather focus on keeping them out. If one stumbles in, that's a different story, but this feels more like a Plan C instead of Plan A or B.

People torture themselves in that place. [ She tries to keep the hurt or fury from her voice that's there but it comes like a tidal wave and then spreads. ] Granted, I created it for the whole torture aspect, but that's what happens when you fuck up creating a god. [ Or even try to. She can smell the scent of burnt flesh again and breathes out slowly. Calm. She's calm.

No, she furious. She needs a better handle on her emotions. She's offended even though she's trying hard not to be because Fear's thoughts are logical but Sharon rarely is. ]

Fine, whatever. I hope you're not afraid the next time they come knocking. [ Because :| she's not helping next time. ]

Sharon.

[He says, vaguely chastising.]

Be reasonable. I want to make them feel fear more than anything, but how would we do that without risking ourselves?

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