SAMUEL
stretch out my life & pick the seams out
Wessex replied in a way that was notably condescending (at least in tone) but Sam held back from replying angrily or harshly, wanting to avoid an argument he didn't have the energy for right now. Besides...she was likely right, he supposed. What were they going to try this year that didn't fail last year?
"..Alright, I agree that we likely can't reason with them. I still don't think that means we kill them all." He sighed, looked around the room at all the new Ascended that had recently joined their ranks. "We'd not only be killing them, but many of our new family members...I mean...I apologise, but...a lot of you are weak. These monsters are very strong and have no mercy." Sam had had enough close calls with them to know that it would be a miracle if all Ascended involved survived. "I keep my vote." He confirmed. take what you like, but close my ears and eyes,
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04-14-2020, 05:22 PM
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04-14-2020, 06:58 PM
& they said you were the crooked kind that you'd never have no worth The options are listed out, and she’s never been so torn as she is right now. They could help so many people, and yet it falls into the recklessness that her and Bastien had argued about… But at the same time, if they succeed… there would be no danger remaining and the Ascended might stand a better face in the rest of the populace.She sighs, unneeded of course, but almost required as she hears Amun’s response — agreeing with it. And then Sam, dear Sam… Her head snaps toward him with a raised brow, listening while Wessex and Sam have a minor back and forth and she squeezes Bastien’s hand. “Sam… They took my eyes last LongNight.” She utters to him quietly. “They took your fingers too. They cannot be reasoned with.” She frowns slightly, looking back at Wessex before the rest of their family. “I want to fight. But… The Voice is granting Bastien and I a child. We’ll be weak for a while, at least up until just before LongNight, and by then we’ll have a young child to care for.” She sighs again, torn. “Is there a way that we can be invisible to them while fighting them?” A quiet thought, wondering what kind of advantage they might have. Right now, it seems limiting. but you were always gold to me the PeNuMBRA the Wraith
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When Sam finally settles on a good reason, the matriarch falls silent in acceptance. There are other votes to tally, so she pushes her disappoint (though she isn't at all surprised) and nods again. So be it. As for the next speaker... well, Wessex is shocked. Utterly flabbergasted at Rexanna's announcement that they're getting a child.
Perhaps more out of respect for their friendship than anything else, her question comes silently to the Queen. Even in the mental space there's an air of horror, of recoil. The Wraith remembers well that Rex hated being questioned about her choices, but this... this didn't feel like a well thought out thing. It felt like something Bastien would propose. Rex... a child? What if it's stuck in child form forever? Is that... what you want for it? Her glance goes to Clem, who will forever bethe body of a teenager. Why couldn't they just adopt a kid? What kind of selfishness is this? Outwardly, she answers. "I gave Kiada a cloak that renders people in shadow invisible. It should work at night. I also have an invisibility chip still, which I could give to someone. But I don't imagine that we'll get the same gift from the Voice twice. Other than that, I don't know about invisibility for fighting them. That seems to be reserved for letting the Monsters live." WESSEX
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04-15-2020, 06:52 AM
Clemente
Well, fuck. That turned dark fast.
Clem melts into Rexanna's touch while he can, as if he can absorb it like a sponge to hold it all through the tension of this meeting. He can't of course, and while he's proud to be included in such an important decision, he can't help how he immediately picks a side and sticks to it with childlike, stubborn resolve. Eyes darting to Sam with a dark, haunted look far beyond his age, he throws in his two cents. "So yer sayin' you'd rather curse all yer non-Ascended friends an' family to fightin' them every year? To sittin' in the dark, scared and hopin' nobody stupid opens a door? To dyin' every single year?" He has only experienced one LongNight himself, but Dante had arrived just before it, and had told him just how hard it had been. "I'd rather die to save everyone in the Grounds. Ain't the other Old God followers died for their beliefs?" Will the Ascended fail in this aspect as everyone thinks they will in others? Turning his gaze back to Wessex with a flinty stare, Clemente embraces the fact that he of all of them is most likely to be a casualty in this coming war. "Screw that. I'm probably first to die, an' I will if it means we can help The Voice fix this. I ain't gonna sacrifice an entire town to save my hide." A loyalty that only a gutter rat could understand perhaps, the willingness to be a martyr if it means they can step on your fallen body to raise themselves to safety. But also a reminder of his conversation with The Voice. If Clem has to be the martyr, the child sacrificed to end this blight, he will happily put his soul into her hands when his time comes. I've got designer shades just to hide my face And I wear 'em around cuz I'm cooler than you the Lone (Free) Ranger
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04-15-2020, 07:30 AM
Nate Nate is more than willing to stay quiet, to keep his vote close and quiet until he really has to, but... this meeting is kind of turning to shit, and he wants to add his voice to it. Clem brings up a good point, one Nate piggybacks on, wide stare pointed at Sam as he speaks. "Even if you're too selfish to think about non-ascendeds, what makes it okay to have other versions of us out there, running around? What kind of life is it to just have one week of freedom a year?" Nate crosses his arms, turning to look at Clem as the youngest of them continues. And earns a wince. There is no way Clem is going to left alone long enough in the dark to be hurt, no way he's going to be killed, and Nate is positive he's not the only one with that thought. "We could use some good representation anyway. Stopping Longnight had to help our image a little, right?" He turns to look around the group, almost daring anyone to disagree. Do you read fuck-up in my walk? Do you see fuck-up on my face? Do I mean anything at all? the Hailstorm
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04-15-2020, 07:32 AM
WISE MEN WONDER WHILE STRONG MEN DIE
Decisions, votes, revelations aplenty. Neron did what Neron did best, taking it all in with a calculated eye, his gaze moving from person to person, hearing out their decisions and their reasoning. He did raise his eyebrows at Rexanna at the mention that she had implored the Voice to give her a child. Something cold shot through him (not really, of course) - a reminder of a deal made with a much frostier goddess. "Being from Halo, I cannot say I experience Longnight in the same way as those of you in the Grounds," he said eventually. "But there is no guarantee that these monsters will stay in the Grounds forever. It feels disingenuous for me to vote that we fight, given that I will need to be in Halo during Longnight. But if there is a risk that the monsters may spread out in future... putting an end to them does seem logical. Those who are weak can grow to be strong. Does this decision need to be made urgently?" Age: 32 | Height: 5'6" | Race: Ascended | Nationality: Outlander | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds Level: N/A - Strg: 11 - Dext: 13 - Endr: 13 - Luck: 10 - Int:
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04-15-2020, 06:10 PM
your tongue is twisted, your teeth are nails There had never been a time in Letha's life where she wanted to disappear more than she did right now. Those in this room who were new and weak, well, she was the top of them. She wanted to crawl back into the shadows and sink into herself, to not be a part of this. As Amun spoke boldly above her, she moved closer to him some, trying to siphon some of his bravery (stupidity?) for herself. She listened as the others spoke, particularly Nate. She remembered how when Seren, the demi-goddess, had found out about her Ascendedness she essentially ran away from her. Letha bit her lip.
"I think we should fight."
Her voice was not confident, nor brave. It was quiet, breathy, timid.
If anyone were going to die, it was most likely Letha. Was she ready for that? Amun had said they had the potential to live forever, if they were careful. Letha did not think this was a careful decision, but she would never forget the way that Seren had looked at her. If abolishing these monsters made sure that the other Ascended did not get looked at that way, Letha would fight. they drove your voice in your throat Letha the Dionysian
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04-15-2020, 09:30 PM
Heroes always get remembered
But you know legends never die Bastien was quiet for quite a while after Wessex had given her speech to tell them what they were all here for: when Sam spoke he immediately had the same thought as Rexanna about her eyes and was glad when she voiced it before he stood up to call the man out far more ferociously.
Ultimately, his opinion on the matter was rather neutral. He had managed to survive Longnight three times now and was sure they could all do it again, that the people of the Hollowed Grounds could continue as they were and not lose their spirits. He understood the desire to keep their numbers safe. On the other hand, he was always one for a dramatic show of Ascended ability, and what better way than to kill the monsters? It would certainly be a step in earning the trust of the people. "I share an opinion with Rexanna. We should fight, but her and I are weakened and shall soon be parents. We'll need to work around that...I refuse to risk my wife and child when it is clear we would not survive." For the moment he didn't notice Wessex's judging of their decision. mortal kings are ruling castles
Welcome to my world of fun BASTIEN
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04-15-2020, 09:51 PM
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04-15-2020, 10:05 PM
my love affair with water runs deep into my soul,
the serenity as intense as the tides ebb and flow Leaning into Letha a bit as she moved closer to him, Amun had remained quiet after his initial response. As the conversation grew heated, though, and everyone seemed to turn on Sam, the potter cleared his throat. "Let's talk about fighting the monsters, and not fight each other please. As Wessex mentioned earlier." He swept his gaze over the room, and though he wasn't stern and his tone wasn't chiding or admonishing, he was trying to implore them to remain civil.
Then he turned to face the bookmaker. "You're right. Most of the people in this room are Outlanders, and cannot possibly understand what it is like to go through a lifetime of LongNights. And you're right that this is a great risk to everyone in this room." Amun took a deep breath, though it was unnecessary. "But I know many of the Naturals. Or knew them. Maea. Amalia. Evie. Wessex." The Wraith got a careful nod. "I know many of them would choose to fight, if they were given this choice. To prevent future generations of Hollowed Ground of having to live through the horrors you've lived through." Throughout all of this, the potter's voice had been quiet. It rose a bit, in both volume and emotion. "How could we do any less?" nothing is softer or more flexible than water,
yet nothing can resist it AMUN the Wraith
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04-15-2020, 10:38 PM
Laser beams we're about to awesome all your dreams
Ah, here it is. The fighting. Waiting for them to finish their spat (nevermind that she’d had her own earlier), Wessex goes all the way back to
She is proud of Letha and Clem, of Nate, of everyone who wants to step up. Turning to face Finally, she turns to Speaking of, she then turn to her brother demi-god and raises a brow. What does he think? WESSEX Age: 27 | Height: 5'5" | Race: Demi-god | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Nomadic Level: 1 - Strg: 10 - Dext: 11 - Endr: 10 - Luck: 15 - Int:
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04-16-2020, 07:54 AM
Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe
Put your ray gun to my head Osozo has kept quiet through much of the debate, face turning to each new speaker in kind, all of the information listened to, carefully weighed, then moved past as more points are offered. They already have an idea of what their decision is, if only because the voice does not suggest things to be debated on. The choices she offers are requests disguised as such, and the wrong one could have repercussions they can not imagine.
They finally feel ready to speak, when Wessex seems to give a platform, their name on her lips and her eyes on them. "Everyone has good points, I think." A grin is offered Sam's way, Osozo making sure he is included in this as well. "But we have had something suggested by the Voice. Why are we not jumping to fulfil her request?" Press your space face close to mine, love
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04-16-2020, 02:13 PM
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04-16-2020, 03:06 PM
WISE MEN WONDER WHILE STRONG MEN DIE
Raising an eyebrow, Neron could not help but disagree with Wessex's little shrug. One could not simply not rule an entire land because some monsters that Neron had never seen or dealt with needed to be culled. "If that is the case, consider my vote rescinded. I choose to pursue the tasks for the upgrades instead. Halo will close its doors at the end of Deepfrost until the snows ease off in Flowerbirth, and I intend to be there." Whatever else was going on in the meeting went over his head. Honestly, whoever was angry at who was not his concern. If fighting Longnight monsters meant he was forced from home at his people's most vulnerable time... yeah. No. He was out. | ||
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