[ mood but also damn ace hopes that didn't kill the snail inside that is definitely there
crouches near her while still holding onto his phone tightly. he doesn't think she actually wants climbies At This Moment but just in case. he will vibe nearby. ]
[this isn't specifically nimona but there's been a lot of destroying the city talk so he will just.]
Destroying the city is probably just fine with them. A bunch of civilians get hurt, and they get to blame it on villains. Meanwhile, anyone with real authority is going to be somewhere safe with power dampening technology to protect them.
[this is why we don't let nimona be in charge of plans or thinking, because this is a good point.]
I don't get what they're getting out of this, or like, what they're planning to do to make this happen.
It has to be some sort of power play thing right? Like, we don't have any villains anymore so we gotta make them, so people don't think we're useless and overthrow us? Like a gang offering "protection".
I'm not sure. I'm going to talk to the team leaders and see what I can find out, but...
[he's frowning.]
It seems like whoever is calling the shots wants a heroes versus villains showdown. Whatever their reasoning, it must be important to them that the public believes in it.
You can't trust them. [this is instinctive, and he probably knows why after all of y'all heard her shouting at tiger last night.] Whatever they tell you is going to be for their benefit.
I don't know whether we can trust them, either. Some of them have been more helpful than others, but overall - at the least, I don't trust them to keep us safe. That's up to us.
But whether or not I do, they have information we don't have. We might have to sift through it and take some of it with a grain of salt, but we can't ignore it, either.
[he doesn't expect nimona to do that, though. that's something he's capable enough of.]
[all things considered, will definitely can't fault nimona for thinking that.
she may even be right. even if the leaders have good intentions - well, the road to hell is paved with them, isn't it? they may not ultimately be the ones calling the shots, but their hands are tied in ways that may mean there are times when they'll clash with each other.
the jailbreak attempt and the leaders helping to arrest them is just one example of that.]
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Date: 2023-09-25 05:10 pm (UTC)and turns into a cat.]
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Date: 2023-09-25 05:16 pm (UTC)crouches near her while still holding onto his phone tightly. he doesn't think she actually wants climbies At This Moment but just in case. he will vibe nearby. ]
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Date: 2023-09-25 05:19 pm (UTC)she comes up to him and thuds her forehead against his knee.
quietly:]
Why is it always like this?
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Date: 2023-09-25 05:25 pm (UTC)I don't know. But we're not going to just sit tight and play along with this while they try to get us to kill each other.
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Date: 2023-09-25 05:34 pm (UTC)[she says, fiercely.] I'm gonna burn the city to the ground before they can even try.
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Date: 2023-09-25 05:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-09-25 05:42 pm (UTC)[this is a little bit of a joke at least]
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Date: 2023-09-25 06:17 pm (UTC)It is. But you heard the man. Probably for the best we don't prove them right for now.
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Date: 2023-09-25 05:54 pm (UTC)Destroying the city is probably just fine with them. A bunch of civilians get hurt, and they get to blame it on villains. Meanwhile, anyone with real authority is going to be somewhere safe with power dampening technology to protect them.
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Date: 2023-09-25 05:58 pm (UTC)I don't get what they're getting out of this, or like, what they're planning to do to make this happen.
It has to be some sort of power play thing right? Like, we don't have any villains anymore so we gotta make them, so people don't think we're useless and overthrow us? Like a gang offering "protection".
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Date: 2023-09-25 06:02 pm (UTC)[he's frowning.]
It seems like whoever is calling the shots wants a heroes versus villains showdown. Whatever their reasoning, it must be important to them that the public believes in it.
That's something we can use.
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Date: 2023-09-25 06:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-09-25 06:35 pm (UTC)I don't know whether we can trust them, either. Some of them have been more helpful than others, but overall - at the least, I don't trust them to keep us safe. That's up to us.
But whether or not I do, they have information we don't have. We might have to sift through it and take some of it with a grain of salt, but we can't ignore it, either.
[he doesn't expect nimona to do that, though. that's something he's capable enough of.]
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Date: 2023-09-25 05:17 pm (UTC)but he is not a cat. he will sit down next to her in solidarity, though.]
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Date: 2023-09-25 05:19 pm (UTC)... We can't trust any of the leaders, you know.
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Date: 2023-09-26 05:30 am (UTC)she may even be right. even if the leaders have good intentions - well, the road to hell is paved with them, isn't it? they may not ultimately be the ones calling the shots, but their hands are tied in ways that may mean there are times when they'll clash with each other.
the jailbreak attempt and the leaders helping to arrest them is just one example of that.]
I hear you.
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Date: 2023-09-25 05:31 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2023-09-25 05:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-09-25 05:54 pm (UTC)but it's mostly because she wants to pat shame with her paw.]
So it's gonna be like last Thursday again, right?
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Date: 2023-09-25 07:18 pm (UTC)If somebody decides to go after one of us, yeah. I bet it will. So what do we do?