hadriel | 5 ☄ text

All right, folks. We saw what the Null you guys are hiding said - and hey, maybe not the best idea, you know? They're kind of trying to murder us all. But as it turns out, at least some of what it said is accurate. But that doesn't mean it all is, and believe me, the Null are more than smart enough to use half-truths to mess with you - to mess with all of us.

So we're pretty divided on this, to say the least. A lot of us think it's stupid to listen to anything a Null said, since again, they're kind of trying to murder us all. But some of us are willing to try it, since you'd be on the line instead of us (not super nice, but hey) and then Hope pointed out that some of you are already trying to find ways to cross the waters and go searching.

Also probably not a great idea to do that on your own, but y'know, he's the one who'll have to resurrect you, not me.

Long story short, since our opinions are pretty divided, we figured we'd let you weigh in, and as I'm the most neutral, I get to listen.

Convince me that we should go search using the information the Null gave us, and we'll provide crafts for you to use. Or convince me it's a terrible idea, and we won't.

Man, I'm already tired just thinking about it. Not too long-winded, okay? Go.

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[Well, at least that makes sense.]

If Hope and Sorrow are both in agreement about the subject, do the others have really serious objections?

[Because the impression he got was that Sorrow and Hope held a lot of sway.]

Nah, they're not in agreement. Sorrow's fine with you guys going and not opposed to helping if we decide to, while Hope doesn't want you to go at all. And despite what a lot of you seem to think, we could keep you from going. It wouldn't even be that hard.

But we probably won't.

What, you mean you can create events that make us think we're back in our worlds, or change our personalities, or change our surroundings, and you're telling me you could somehow keep us from sailing off into the ocean?

[Surely the sarcasm translates through text. It isn't aimed at Tranquility, though; Lance is no fan of the gods, but he's not super impressed with the overconfident bravado from a lot of the people here either.]

That makes sense about Hope and Sorrow, though. Can you tell us where each of the rest of you stand on this?

Edited 2018-07-15 20:21 (UTC)

Hah! Yeah, that's about right.

Fear doesn't want to trust this information, and neither does Confusion - they're both pretty strongly against it. Love and Rage are both fine with letting you guys go off, I think they figure as long as you're willing to put yourselves on the line we might as well see how it goes. I'm neutral, which is why I'm the one talking to you guys. So yeah, the split's pretty even, and I'm just kind of trying to see if anyone has a convincing reason why we should help.

It's not going great so far.

[He... Can't say he's super surprised it isn't going well, yeah, but now that he's had his fun with sarcasm--which seemed to go over okay at least--it's time for diplomatic mode.]

If we were able to collect all the pieces and they truly did end up being useful regarding the Door, would having more control over the Door provide you and us with any sort of advantage in dealing with the issue of the Null? I think that would be the biggest reason you'd want to help, if so.

Edited 2018-07-15 23:35 (UTC)

The Door's not a weapon, and I'm not sure what Sorrow's hoping to do with it. It'd help just in general, since right now we don't have a lot of control over it, but I'm not sure it'll directly help us against the Null. Still, it's something to think about.

I had thought more along the lines of the reason why Fear used it to begin with, which was to bring in enough people to provide you with the power you need, correct? More control over how it does that could help in that sense, since you need the energy to either evade or fight the Null.

[Not that Lance is exactly advocating for bringing people in to act as batteries, but he's still going to use the logical argument here.]

That's true. I don't claim to know what Sorrow is thinking, but I'm willing to bet that's on his mind. It'd be nice if we could just have it get people who would want to be here.

That would definitely make things less complicated for everyone involved, but even if it isn't possible more control over the Door could also help you in dealing with the people here, in that you can offer what the Null offered us previously and more. Additionally, having the fragments means the Null can't collect them themselves later on, if they come to this planet.

Not sure Sorrow's gonna agree to send you guys home - not sure any of us would, when we still need your energy. But yeah, it would be a bargaining chip.

I don't think the fragments would be of any use without the Door, but it's better we have them anyway.

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