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lingeringfear ([personal profile] lingeringfear) wrote in [community profile] hadriel2019-02-03 05:50 pm

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Right. Okay. We need to get in front of this and make a plan. I'm the one who has to put my neck out there so I'm the one who has to talk about options.

If they've got Tranquility, they're probably using him in their machines as a power source until we get there. Now, if we can forget that this is all Sorrow's fault for a minute here, we've got to come up with a plan and he has some pretty good ones, so- here goes I guess.

First option is do nothing. We sit on our thumbs and probably let Tranquility die, but it means that we won't be handing over their ally and it means that we won't be playing into whatever trap they're setting for us. As much as I don't want to advocate for this one... well, if they're setting a trap and they want me there, I don't like my chances of walking away from it. This is probably the safest option, but- damn.

Second option is to go ahead with the transfer. I go with some of you, we give them Delight, we hope that they don't trap or kill us during the whole ordeal and get three gods for the price of one. I don't like this at all, but this is probably the best way to get Tranquility back safely- if we don't do this one then I can't guarantee that he'll make it out of there.

And the third was presented by Rage herself. If we assume that they're going to trap us, we go there and trap them instead. Rage can disguise herself to look like Delight and we go through with the transfer. They'll be expecting Delight to work with them- I hope- and so we'll launch a surprise attack during the exchange with Rage's help. We take them out, save Tranquility, keep Delight. If they're expecting this then we lose, big time- but if they're not, then we could win out more here than otherwise.

I don't... I don't really like any of these options. There's risking myself and then there's being stupid- but what other option do we have? I'll hear your concerns or alternate ideas if you have them, as well as any volunteers to go with me.

It doesn't need to be said that if we die at the meeting point... well, Hope won't be able to gather our essences or your bodies for a resurrection when it's so deep into the Null territory. For all intents and purposes, a death there would be permanent. Keep that in mind while you make your choice.


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What should we do?

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Do nothing, let them keep Tranquility
7 (10.6%)

Make the exchange, lose Delight, risk that they're true to their word
33 (50.0%)

Strike with Rage, risk losing Rage, Fear, and Tranquility in the battle
26 (39.4%)



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synthedick: (♦ from within)

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[personal profile] synthedick 2019-02-04 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Personally, I think getting Tranquility back is worth the risk. They haven't shown themselves to be liars yet, but I'm not about to assume that's entirely off the table.

What do you think the odds are that a group of them attacks the city while you and whoever else is gone on this exchange?
circumitus: (u smel)

[personal profile] circumitus 2019-02-04 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
first of all does delight know about any of this yet?

if not, then what are the chances sorrow can convince her to split so she'll be weak/useless to the null?


[She already brought this up with Julie, but why not bring the question to someone who might actually have an answer?]

either way we shouldnt lose tranquility, so option 'a' is off the table.
firstreturned: (Aɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴜsᴛ)

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[personal profile] firstreturned 2019-02-04 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
We don't give them Delight.

[The response is snarled into the mic, the ferocity of it crackling the speaker with static.]

I don't care what it takes. I'm ready to fight a thousand of them if I have to, I don't care. Don't-

[Her voice gets lower, through gritted teeth.]

-don't do this.
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uptightness: (pb } stare)

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[personal profile] uptightness 2019-02-04 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
How good is this disguise?
Would they have some means to see through it?
shithefuckup: a druid is sobbing into his pillow (Somewhere)

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[personal profile] shithefuckup 2019-02-04 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
I say we go for the last option. They don't get to tell us what to fucking do, so of course we have to fuck them up!
abyssalarcana: (they drown in the magmatic pool)

[personal profile] abyssalarcana 2019-02-04 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
You're underestimating your pets if you think they'll want those first two choices. I've seen how stubborn they get.
synthedick: (♠ amoral combat)

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[personal profile] synthedick 2019-02-04 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
You could be right that they want you out so that we can't run, though if they can break into the network and even keep you gods from seeing messages, they can probably find a way to read these posts. And if that's the case and they hadn't already known about moving with the Door, they do now.
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firstreturned: (Cʀɪᴍɪɴᴀʟ)

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[personal profile] firstreturned 2019-02-04 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
Our forms are just what we choose to look like- I can look like anything.

They're likely able to track us by energy signature. That will be more complicated to fool, but Fear can shield my true nature and they wouldn't be able to tell unless I was scanned. At that point I'd be in a position to attack anyway.

What I'm saying is, it'll get us through the front door.
abyssalarcana: (I saw there a great abyss)

[personal profile] abyssalarcana 2019-02-04 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
Do they call you Fear because you're afraid, then? Given what I've heard about how you ran this place before Hope, that seems rather fitting.
circumitus: ...it got messy. (i did a shot of seamonkeys)

[personal profile] circumitus 2019-02-04 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
sounds like rage would rather not lose delight at all.
but if even now she is set that your people are better off as slaves than dead, theres not much point in keeping her around if all shes going to do is stay locked up right?
abyssalarcana: (prone to wander endlessly)

[personal profile] abyssalarcana 2019-02-04 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
Well you certainly don't have a sense of sarcasm or humor

The Null are simple to fight and die as easily as any mortal from the few I've run across. Take the fight to them. Live a little.

if you sit around and wait for them to kill you, you'll get to experience your excruciating death without ever having tried to take a few down with you
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[personal profile] hot_mes 2019-02-04 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
the second option is prudence. the third is risk. I'm a practical man so I would vote that way, but I won't discourage taking risks. after all, the greater the risk, the greater the reward.

but choose your battle companions wisely. Hope's mistake is that he believes we're all fragile and weak. there are many here who can probably pull your asses out of a fire much more easily than you think, so if you're going in guns blazing, at least pick the strongest here.
synthedick: (♠ underground undercover)

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[personal profile] synthedick 2019-02-04 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
Then let's hope you're right as we figure out what to do next. Either way, we need to make sure that anyone who doesn't go to this exchange -- or surprise attack -- is ready to defend themselves.

How would you decide who goes with you? Or are you leaving that up to us to decide, too? You're bound to get at least a few bites, but not everyone who volunteers ought to go.
marmoron: marmoron (the hell am i looking at)

[personal profile] marmoron 2019-02-04 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
There are a few people here who are capable of teleporting. Is there a reason a mission to infiltrate Null territory and retrieve Tranquility wouldn't work?

What are the Null's offensive capabilities should a direct confrontation be necessary anyway?
uptightness: (face } offward)

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[personal profile] uptightness 2019-02-04 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Are you fully certain as to the range that you can be scanned at? Because you might not even make it through the front door.
synthedick: (♠ brother against brother)

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[personal profile] synthedick 2019-02-04 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like we're on the same page.

[And then, he decides to switch it to a private channel.]

I'd take at least one of the mechanical folks here in town. When the Null attacked, they had some kind of a device that could cripple organic folks with a high-pitched frequency, but didn't do anything against fellow machines. Last thing you need if this heads south is for half the party to be put out of commission by a box, or anything else they've cooked up in the meantime.

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