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@ parker

Uh, hey. For anyone that's just arrived, my name's Peter and I've had the dubious honour of having been here since the beginning of this group, so if you've got any lingering questions about how, why and what, I can't promise I can answer them, but I can do a very good job at pretending I can answer them.

Failing that, if you haven't already seen them, there are a few guides on the tablet that cover what we've been through a little more succinctly, which—

[ followed by a pause and the vague sound of movement — for what it's worth, peter's outside, as evidenced by the sound of wind in the background. for the more observant, or perhaps those with super-senses (oy), it might sound as if peter's somewhere a little higher up. ]

—is actually kind of my point.

[ a beat. ]

What I'm getting at is: this isn't the first time we've been caught on the back foot by the spirits. I don't really want to get into whether their actions were right or wrong, or whether they're operating on a morality that we can't comprehend because that doesn't really matter. The point is what we've been doing hasn't worked, so maybe we need to rethink tactics.

—But does anyone else think it kind of weird how the importance of unity has been touted since the very beginning, and then suddenly we've got two different groups vying for our attention? [ a beat and a huff of breath that's almost a laugh. ] I'd say something doesn't smell quite right, but that might be tempting fate a little.

Threaded | Flat

[what up Peter it's about time they had a real chat]

Unity has been put forth as the primary protection against getting reset. However, I have thought for some time, as we learn more about our true foe, that people would eventually split into camps depending on who comes up with which tactic that seems the best for defeating the World Eaters. Of course, I did not anticipate that one idea would be so extreme.

[he puts all his snark on that word to convey that he's not down with it]

But then, the spirits themselves are not unified. We have since learned that the smaller ones fear and force themselves to obey the green-eyes. It is the nature of thinking creatures, I suppose.

[ oh, great. Politics. She's just arrived and everything's finnicky, so let her test the waters: ]

Where do you stand on the whole shebang?

That's the sharpest thing I've ever heard you say.

And what two groups are we talking about?

It isn't that strange. The louder someone in power preaches unity, the more certain you can be that there are dissenting voices that might actually have the power to push their own cause.

Nice introduction. Okay, so that said? About the groups and the sales pitches that's been coming our way lately? [there's the sound of Quentin exhaling through his nose] The timing is suspicious? As was the ... uh, help? Sure, why not. Let's call what they did help. And whatever else I'm thinking about this? I'm really not all that willing up put up in public like this.

So you think it's, what? A trap? A plot to divide and conquer?

[ it honestly doesn't sound far-fetched but it does sound like bad news for all of them. ]

I'm still getting up to speed here, but I've got...had a friend who was keen on third options. What's our either/or here, so we can consider the middle?

I don't like it either.

[She doesn't think they should be splitting up, even ideologically right now.]

I don't think we should give up either.

Hi Peter! I'm Ventus, but everyone calls me Ven. It's nice to meet you.

[ That needed to be said first because he's been taught it's important to be polite, but pressing right on: ]

Maybe it's because I just got here, but I don't get it. Aren't we all supposed to work together?

Isn't it real bad if we start picking sides and fighting?

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