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[lingeringhope]

We need to move. Between the energy from the Door and other concerns, we can't stay here - it's far too dangerous. Thanks to your help, we believe it's possible to use the Door to move the city rather than Fear's powers. This should be substantially easier on you.

Going back underground is still unlikely to be safe. Of the planet surfaces that we've identified as safe, there are two remaining. Sorrow mentioned them before, but I will repeat the gist of what he said, for anyone who wasn't here before - or anyone who simply didn't pay attention.

One planet is rich and lush, with enough cover from the plants and trees that we should be able to effectively hide from the Null. It is warmer and more humid than this world, if you wish for a place with a climate more amenable to your bodies. It will also provide trees, animals, and edible plants.

The other is cold and mainly devoid of life. It would also be a change of climate, but a less amenable one, rather than more. It is the first planet the Null attacked, and where we had embassies. There may still be some information there, but I can't guarantee it. In addition, it may hold dangers we aren't aware of.

These are your choices. I apologize for being unable to offer you more, but it's unlikely that any of the locations we've traveled to in the past are safe any longer.

Please make your choice.

Poll #20672 Where shall we go?

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Where shall we move the city to?

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the jungle planet
40 (50.6%)

the frozen planet
39 (49.4%)

Comments

[tongueamok]

Desth, are you being intentionally difficult? What I should have learned is my lesson in attempting to speak with you at all. All I wanted to know is if you will protect us from the sweltering heat and the bugs any better than you did the desert suns, or guard our plants and homes from the frigid cold that would wither them, but clearly a simple explanation, or even a yes or no, is beyond you, isn't it? The rest of your kind prefer for us to suffer, so why wouldn't you?

[Despite his tantrum, that is probably a genuine question there at the end.]

[lingeringhope]

How long have you been here?

[tongueamok]

Long enough to have seen you betrayed by your own kind, and know you cannot be trusted any more than we can. Long enough to have my life literally drained from me bit by bit, and to nearly succumb to a condition exacerbated by the influence of your brethren. Long enough to know better than to expect a clear answer from you. It is less that my question was foolish and more that I am wasting my time.

[Sorry Hope, he's just kind of like this. There's a reason Sorrow is the only one of the gods he's ever felt like dealing with, and even that was for reasons he had to reconcile within.]

[lingeringhope]

You are wasting my time, as well. It is disappointing to discover you are so blind. We are done here.

[tongueamok]

I believe we are.

[And now he's hanging up, because someone made the mistake of showing Mr. Afraid of Technology how to do that once, and now he does it way too often. Click.]