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[insubordination]

So.

[ it is a public message, to the network, that pops up on the circle's watches and roy looks Less Than Pleased (tm) with the sudden state of affairs. the weather in the temple is absolutely out of control, there are apparently weird cakes appearing in the kitchens, and the fighting ring has turned into a magical court. great.

so, that may be the reason why roy's tone is particularly clipped, or even frustrated. but he seems methodical, in his words, and he is sitting at a table with a notebook, a glass of water, and a weird looking lizard on the table that has an odd rainbow-shift to the scales.

( ignore the lizard. it seems roy is. ) ]

The Circle is currently compromised of people of a variety of talents; soldiers, magicians, teenagers . . . all of us have particular skills to contribute to the cause of whatever it is we're meant to do here. I know quite a few people [ like maes, and barabas ] have been keeping track of various magical powers that we have been gifted, and organized some semblance of structure -- all of which is necessary. But we have to acknowledge what happened to Akvos.

[ he pauses, there. ]

Astoria has not been entirely clear with the Circle on what our purpose is. That may be an innocent error, or a purposeful move to win our trust. I'm not here to argue the merits of whether or not we should trust her, but we have no choice but to participate in whatever world she sends us to. Whether we like it or not, we are stuck there until she brings us back, and we have some opportunity to assist whoever is there. We cannot depend on her to figure out what to do in order to prevent another Akvos, or -- it seems, another El Minha, given King Kathashun is no longer in his own world.

[ roy taps the pen against the table once. ]

I don't have any solution as to what we did right, or wrong, or whether or not it was our fault in the first place. But I want to begin the conversation to work to prevent it again, and seeing as Astoria is either not willing or not capable of explaining herself at the moment, we need to learn to work without her. What are we missing? What do we need to work on? And what can we do in order to be more organized before our next world?

[ and, finally, roy feeds the lizard one (1) piece of lettuce, which it lazily seems to chew on. ]

I'm of a mind we need to organize fighters, healers, and transporters, but I'm open to ideas and suggestions -- and questions, about previous worlds to those who were not there to experience them. I have been to El Minha, Struxta, and Akvos. And I'm certain "older" members of the Circle will be happy to share their experiences, too.

( filtered to maes + riza )

[ almost immediately, his expression turns from serious and leaderlike to tired. ]

Who wants to keep notes?

[ PLEASE DON'T MAKE HIM DO IT :( ]

( end filter )

( ooc: please feel free to threadjack in this post! especially if you want to use this to foster CR and/or build "teams" that roy is looking to enlist. c: )

Comments

[spellweave]

Made worse by stripping some of us of our means to defend ourselves and others. [He's real bitter.] The powers Astoria bestowed to make up for it are not often useful for combat either, I've noted. I know not what kind of thinking she does when she makes these decisions but I've concluded it is very little. [It's a polite way to say she sucks at her job, really...]

You may be right but I am starting to become most hesitant to directly interfere in the affairs of these worlds as we have been doing thus far. It may be wiser if we maintain a stance of neutrality so that peace is more easily negotiated if two warring sides emerge again. In establishing something in each world as a "home base" it would be easier to share information and protect those who are more defenseless. It may also establish us as a neutral third party if necessary.

Of course... getting as many people in the Circle as we have to agree to do this may be the more impossible task.

[sendinthecavalry]

Oh believe me, you’re not going to get any argument here. It’s a little funny [Could he be more sarcastic?] that we’d get our effective stuff taken away and replaced by these new, shiny powers. If you’re lucky enough to get one. I’m not going to say I’m some sort of genius, but even I know that this is probably the worst possible way to go about this.

[Neutrality isn’t really his style, but…things are far more grey here in the Circle than back home. It’s a little eerie, he’s always liked to be a go-getter but that usually didn’t involve much more than putting a bullet in the ‘bad’ guys. Who were always bad, of course. None of this political intrigue like Akvos.]

Begs the question though: if I was around and suddenly there’s a bunch of weird people suddenly setting up camp, I’m gonna be pretty suspicious right off the bat. How do we know that the next place we go isn’t going to look at anything we try to establish and decide that it’s easier to just nuke it from orbit right away?

[spellweave]

[Sarcasm he agrees with, at least. The predicament is frustrating and while he initially set out to try and solve the problem of their missing powers he's quickly realizing there isn't a solution.]

Generally we are placed in a position where we can meet with the world's ruler directly. Likewise the rulers of the worlds thus far have welcomed us and seem to be aware of who we are. Should that change we are perfectly capable of meeting with them ourselves and establishing a connection. If they would receive us, of course.

As you say it is entirely possible we could enter a world that is much more hostile towards us than we've ever encountered before. Especially if word of our failure in Akvos becomes known. However I see that as all the more reason to establish a base camp for ourselves. If not for our own protection than potentially for the world's as well.

[sendinthecavalry]

That’s another thing too. I get that we’re always doing the whole ‘save the world’ thing, that’s Astoria’s whole schtick, but why have people been so eager to trust these suddenly new people showing up anyways? I’m not entirely convinced that’s not something to poke into too.

Either way, I think maybe we’re damned if we do and damned if we don’t.

[spellweave]

So you have wondered that as well. [He's pleased he wasn't the only one who noticed that. Not only trust but a lot of them seemed almost familiar with the Circle the work they were suppose to do.]

You may be right but I think it is a worthy long term goal to set our sights on. I have long suspected we are not the first members of the Circle. Perhaps the more we investigate this the more we may also learn about Astoria herself and whether she can truly be taken at her word.

[sendinthecavalry]

More than once, yeah. It's kind of hard to miss the fact that no one has really questioned any of us yet.

[More Circle members though...that's a radical idea, and one that theoretically could make sense. Still, with all the uncertainty flying about he isn't going to give much credit to the idea. Yet.]

Investigate, yeah. But uh. We're kind of being watched all the time, 's far as any of us know.

[spellweave]

Indeed. The very first world we were ever brought to never questioned who we were or where we came from. They even welcomed us fully. After that it became something of a trend. More than that... the willingness we have seen thus far of each world to put their future in our hands strikes me as very odd.

[He can't help but think history is repeating itself. Maybe it wasn't Astoria (or maybe it was) but he's feeling pretty certain the Circle has existed before them.]

Perhaps but that will not discourage me. I would welcome the confrontation, to be honest. It would mean we are on to something should Astoria step in and raise her voice in opposition.

[sendinthecavalry]

I don't like it. The whole welcoming thing. Seems way too easy, given everything that goes on around here.

[He pauses for a moment.]

But if we manage to dredge up some details and Astoria comes a knockin' it would maybe lend credit to that whole theory.