... I don't know. Either this whole mess will be enough to put people off, or... well. We just proved people can get away with it. What happens tomorrow might sway things either way.
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But once you've pushed a boulder off the edge of a hill, it keeps rolling until it hits something big enough to stop it. Or it gets to the bottom.
I suppose we really do need to be more careful here. Some of the people in this place are rather vicious. And if they think they can get away with murder, then I don't want to end up as their victim.
It was always on the table though. Or, at least waiting in the wings.
[ the pamphlet, just the fact there's nearly 40 people here and every chance not all of them are good, or at least moral in nature and unlikely to murder for funsies. ]
Dangle a big enough prize in front of everyone and see how far we'll go for it.
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Date: 2021-02-14 02:58 am (UTC)But he finds a Yuri instead.]
Well, it looks like I was right about things getting twisted.
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Date: 2021-02-14 03:00 am (UTC)[ he's just sat at the table. maybe looking at it like he might be trying to set it on fire with his mind. ]
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Date: 2021-02-14 03:05 am (UTC)Luca sighs and goes to sit with Yuri, rather than looking for that bottle of liquor.]
This leaves me wondering what we're even going to do. Was this a fluke? Or is it going to happen again?
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Date: 2021-02-14 11:52 am (UTC)... I don't know. Either this whole mess will be enough to put people off, or... well. We just proved people can get away with it. What happens tomorrow might sway things either way.
[ ... ]
But once you've pushed a boulder off the edge of a hill, it keeps rolling until it hits something big enough to stop it. Or it gets to the bottom.
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Date: 2021-02-14 11:32 pm (UTC)[Not that he's too happy about it.]
I suppose we really do need to be more careful here. Some of the people in this place are rather vicious. And if they think they can get away with murder, then I don't want to end up as their victim.
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Date: 2021-02-15 12:07 am (UTC)The balance of not making yourself an easy target, but also not getting so far on the wrong side of someone that they take you out anyway?
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Date: 2021-02-15 12:24 am (UTC)And not being so guarded that you become insular. I get the feeling that would make someone a target too.
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Date: 2021-02-15 01:00 am (UTC)So. Danger all around then.
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Date: 2021-02-15 01:06 am (UTC)[He does seem bothered by it? Though he's not explaining why.]
And I don't think the avatars are going to stop their little party for a few deaths either.
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Date: 2021-02-15 01:29 am (UTC)[ that's... the big sticking point here. ] Catches and all.
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Date: 2021-02-15 01:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-15 01:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-15 02:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-15 02:03 am (UTC)That's more of what I expect from everyone. We're all here because we want something badly enough, after all.
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Date: 2021-02-15 03:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-02-15 11:46 am (UTC)[ the pamphlet, just the fact there's nearly 40 people here and every chance not all of them are good, or at least moral in nature and unlikely to murder for funsies. ]
Dangle a big enough prize in front of everyone and see how far we'll go for it.