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You should have just killed me.

[Did you expect her to be thankful? Delight's text post comes a little belatedly after the poll has been closed and isn't quite the pleasant cheeriness that some of you have come to expect from her.]

I died the moment you saved Hope. We all did. This is just prolonging the inevitable.

I don't much care what you think of my decision or my actions. I tried to save what I could. I planned Hope's assassination for months, negotiated with the beings that killed everything I knew, traded the life of someone I adore very much- all to save my other allies and to save you. This was not a decision made quickly or lightly and I will not be made to regret doing what I felt was right.

I see now that I was too optimistic. You could not be made to lay down your weapons for a more peaceful arrangement- I suppose I should have known better, considering how antagonistic you've been. Still, I had to at least try. Nobody else would.

There's nothing more to say, save for this- don't rely on the other gods to save you. Fear will turn his back at the first opportunity and Hope will not fight alongside you. The others will use you how they see fit. What opportunity for survival you may have had with the Null has faded now. You're on your own.

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dude, are you serious?
we sure as fuck can't trust you guys, so why the hell did you think we could trust the null?
like, what proof did you have that they'd keep their side of the deal anyway?

Edited 2018-01-20 22:07 (UTC)

The Null don't lie. They may do many reprehensible things, but they are always transparent about their intentions. Did they not leave everyone who remained neutral well enough alone?

Maybe you did do what you thought was right. But just because you thought it doesn't mean it was. You betrayed people who trusted you. I'm not stupid enough to think I'll change your mind, because gods never do, but you could at least try to understand why no one is on your side.

yeah, sure, but even if they get what they want and you all die, you're saying they're just going to send us home because they're fucking honorable and keep their deals or something?

[Bianca turns on the video feed, because she wants Delight to see that she's still camped out at Rage's temple.]

And if you're right, Delight, why should you get a quick death while the rest of us fight to the last? No. You can stay where you are and watch the consequences of your actions.

Pity one of you wasn't named Faith, isn't it?

Edited 2018-01-20 22:16 (UTC)

We wouldn't have died.

And yes. Not that they're honorable, but that there's no point in not following through. Your kind posed no existential threat to them- and they can be very cooperative with species when they have nothing to fear from them. This was a transaction for the Null, one that you failed to uphold- not them.

I understand the opposition, but I find it based in emotion rather than logic. If you think that survival comes cleanly, then you have a very naive idea of war.

wait
are you actually defending them?

I hate them, more than anything. But I know what kind of beings they are. My kind was allied to them for a long time- I'd say that I understand how they work better than you.

Edited 2018-01-20 22:35 (UTC)

If you like. I've already failed to protect you and the others- the when of it doesn't matter anymore.

I didn't say that. I've seen enough people die to know better. But something I've learned recently is that sometimes you need emotion. Without it, you're not any better than those machines.

dude, whatever.
maybe we wouldn't have failed to uphold your bullshit deal if we had any idea what was going on and they didn't have like twenty of us on a hit list before they even showed up.

Did it occur to you that any of us might have considered losing you and Hope too high a price for protection?

For what it's worth, thanks for the booze while it lasted.

[He didn't vote, and he doesn't like the way this thing's been shaking out. Still, what can he really do? She would've been killed in his Family, but at least they wouldn't have made it a freaking spectacle with a vote.]

You are so fucking full of shit. Of course I don't trust any of you but I sure as fuck didn't trust the Null, either. Not when they asked for my death along with a helluvalot of other people's deaths as their price for playing nicely.

And hell, I'm not expecting the fucking gods or the Null to save me or anyone else. I'm looking for us to save us.

Edited 2018-01-21 00:50 (UTC)

They might not lie, but that doesn't mean they tell the whole truth, either. And frankly, they gave some of us no option but to defend ourselves.

[Nick wasn't on their list, after all, but he sure as hell was put in danger when they attacked the Guard HQ and he was still in there. He doubts he's the only case where that happened.]

[Wow, this is all... Something, and there are so many parts he wants to address--and others he doesn't, but wants to keep in mind--but he has to choose the most important subjects and decide how to approach them. What is the goal he wants to accomplish, here?

There's no point in tearing apart her logic, or blaming her for her actions, or even arguing the morality of it. None of that will bring about anything important to useful to anyone involved, and besides, the others here will probably cover all those topics anyway. So instead, he decides to address something different.]

I don't agree with or condone what you did, but desperation and the will to survive can cause people do go to extremes they otherwise wouldn't. I'm sorry, for everyone involved, that it came to that.

But no matter what it feels like, it isn't over until it's actually over; until then, there's always a chance, and even the worst situation can change very suddenly. I hope you have the opportunity to see that happen.

[For everyone's sakes, because the alternative has consequences for them all, but also specifically for her.]

Were you in Westeros, your head would have rolled already. Unfortunately, we're here and the residents have chosen to show you mercy. You might at least pretend to be grateful for it.

Also, I'm not expecting anything out of the so-called gods. How can I, when you all see us as food?

The fruits of a poisoned tree are often fatal in their turn, Lady Delight, and your plot was planted with kinslaying and watered with lies. It would have harmed us all in the end, whether you intended it or not.

As for your warning: we have understood where your people stand for quite some time, and made our decisions despite that. You tell us nothing we did not already know.

Edited 2018-01-20 23:17 (UTC)

good. thats just the way I like it.

Trust me, I wanted to.
Still do.

It's not just us you've disappointed, but them.
You don't turn your back on pack no matter what. I don't expect you to understand, but I also can't imagine turning on one of my own to save the majority. That's not how pack works. You fight for the good of all, not the many.
But now one of them is dead because of you. After watching the Null almost eliminate your kind, how does that make you better than them?

Also, you 'saving' us by sending us home? Would have killed me. So fuck off with that altruistic bullshit.

Edited 2018-01-21 01:14 (UTC)

wait hold up.
was there a vote to kill delight?
and people seriously opted NOT TO?

[Sorry, she's missed a lot since she played Will It Blend? with her phone. Turns out there are consequences to cutting off communication with everyone and everything for a while. Even if it wouldn't have mattered, Rey would have been 500% on board with Team "Kill Delight".]

WHAT THE FUCK

Edited 2018-01-21 01:15 (UTC)

That's one thing some folks just don't get. For some of us, there's no home to go back to, and living here under the Null isn't a better option.

[And this is one reason he went about getting you a new phone, Rey.]

I would die were I sent home as well. You speak for many of us. Thank you.

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