[ that's why it's so hard to stay furious at temenos. it's not as if there wasn't a bond with dion there. nodd has no desire to argue his own as more fervent. that's not how these things work. each connection is individual. and they'll all snap tomorrow, at execution. ]
We don't even know what happens if we vote for the wrong person. For all we know, the brig would have refused me. Nobody would have to die.
[ more smacking on the poor machine. ]
We don't know anything. The senior crew don't even know who they are. On the mission, I saw Amalthea's past--that's not their name. They didn't recognize themself. Going along with the rules of the Eudora could be what's getting us all killed to begin with.
[ he's not here to hurt, either - he's here to listen. so, it's good to see him - well, maybe not calming down, but at least listening. temenos stays calm, watching him smack the machine and folding his own hands together. ]
I don't disagree. [ yeah, the rule following thing is a good point. ] But at the same time, I cannot find myself wanting to gamble that result on Dion's shoulders.
[ not after everything that man has already been through - not after everything he has already lost. dion is so sad. it's hard not to see it. ]
The killing - or at least, whatever contagion was causing people to rage so violently - was present before our time here. I do not know if they had trials, then, but to me, it does not seem so. I don't know if not playing into that system would stop it - not well enough to make a judgement, at least.
[ he sags, at last. the energy remains, brimming under the surface, but nodd's misery is amorphous, easily reshaped. ]
Let's not forget, someone still got away. The video made it seem like they might have been an intended victim of Sora's, but we don't know that for certain. No matter the outcome, we didn't succeed last night. Not even by the rules.
[ beyond just the video - the evidence seemed to line up that way too. he reaches up absently and rubs a hand against the bruise on his forehead, perfectly fine to see the conversation moving away, to see nodd starting to calm. ]
It is no surety, yes. I suppose we will see if we were wrong if that person is still infected.
Then it would have been up to the crowd to decide what to do.
[ a gentle reminder, in that regard - they are a group, and they make group decisions. ] But there's little sense in pondering the hypotheticals too far.
[ though, at the comment... he huffs, a little laugh, mouth tugged into a faint smile. ok. ]
I would have been an awful cleric if I allowed you to throw yourself on the pyre, no matter how badly you wanted to jump on it. I stand by that, and you may be as angry as you like. Though if you want to hit me for it, it will be unsatisfying.
[ this is such a terrible joke but it's clearly a joke, something to lighten the mood a little bit. though if nodd wants to sock him in the nose he can do that. ] ...but, thank you.
[ eying temenos, weighing whether or not it would be satisfying to smack this twink into the shadow realm. like, maybe, but also, noooo. no. despite the fury, the affection lingers. gross. much simpler when one is contending with either/or rather than both/and. ]
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We don't even know what happens if we vote for the wrong person. For all we know, the brig would have refused me. Nobody would have to die.
[ more smacking on the poor machine. ]
We don't know anything. The senior crew don't even know who they are. On the mission, I saw Amalthea's past--that's not their name. They didn't recognize themself. Going along with the rules of the Eudora could be what's getting us all killed to begin with.
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I don't disagree. [ yeah, the rule following thing is a good point. ] But at the same time, I cannot find myself wanting to gamble that result on Dion's shoulders.
[ not after everything that man has already been through - not after everything he has already lost. dion is so sad. it's hard not to see it. ]
The killing - or at least, whatever contagion was causing people to rage so violently - was present before our time here. I do not know if they had trials, then, but to me, it does not seem so. I don't know if not playing into that system would stop it - not well enough to make a judgement, at least.
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Let's not forget, someone still got away. The video made it seem like they might have been an intended victim of Sora's, but we don't know that for certain. No matter the outcome, we didn't succeed last night. Not even by the rules.
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[ beyond just the video - the evidence seemed to line up that way too. he reaches up absently and rubs a hand against the bruise on his forehead, perfectly fine to see the conversation moving away, to see nodd starting to calm. ]
It is no surety, yes. I suppose we will see if we were wrong if that person is still infected.
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[ nodd's bias is clear. he would have voted for the 'innocent' before he voted for dion.
well, not if it was like, shoma. that's a baby. ]
It's ridiculous.
[ when temeno's hand moves, nodd's gaze follows it. ]
I'm pissed at you. But I... am glad the bullets were fake, I guess.
[ tsuntsun ]
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[ a gentle reminder, in that regard - they are a group, and they make group decisions. ] But there's little sense in pondering the hypotheticals too far.
[ though, at the comment... he huffs, a little laugh, mouth tugged into a faint smile. ok. ]
I would have been an awful cleric if I allowed you to throw yourself on the pyre, no matter how badly you wanted to jump on it. I stand by that, and you may be as angry as you like. Though if you want to hit me for it, it will be unsatisfying.
[ this is such a terrible joke but it's clearly a joke, something to lighten the mood a little bit. though if nodd wants to sock him in the nose he can do that. ] ...but, thank you.
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[ eying temenos, weighing whether or not it would be satisfying to smack this twink into the shadow realm. like, maybe, but also, noooo. no. despite the fury, the affection lingers. gross. much simpler when one is contending with either/or rather than both/and. ]
You're safe for now.
[ flat-mouth wink. ]