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You are going to have to be a little more specific.
[ roy sounds pretty terrible. disoriented, confused. frustrated, angry. but he still manages to deliver on that pointed indifference, when it comes to ilde. so there is that. ]
[ roy sounds pretty terrible. disoriented, confused. frustrated, angry. but he still manages to deliver on that pointed indifference, when it comes to ilde. so there is that. ]
The exploration groups were completely separated and unable to communicate with one another. Simultaneously, the monster's very presence had an adverse impact on everyone's sanity.
[Spoken quite calmly. She's not telling Ilde to not be angry, so much as she's presenting factors that made keeping track of people difficult. Even in her own exploration group, some people had died.]
[Spoken quite calmly. She's not telling Ilde to not be angry, so much as she's presenting factors that made keeping track of people difficult. Even in her own exploration group, some people had died.]
If you want to get anywhere, yes.
[ tiredly. ]
If you're referring to Astoria, by all means. But if you're referring to us, you're directing your fury at the wrong people.
[ tiredly. ]
If you're referring to Astoria, by all means. But if you're referring to us, you're directing your fury at the wrong people.
we were lost in the dark... we didnt know where anyone else was
[ well, being angry at him is better than screaming at some kid, so roy will take it. but still, he bristles. ]
I was just as dead as you were, Ilde. So were a decent amount of kids.
[ his tone is even, calm. tempered fire, maybe. ]
You aren't the only one who suffered.
I was just as dead as you were, Ilde. So were a decent amount of kids.
[ his tone is even, calm. tempered fire, maybe. ]
You aren't the only one who suffered.
it's not...
we tried to...
most of us died down there too.
we tried to...
most of us died down there too.
Everyone who went down there to seek out the monster put themselves at risk, and quite frankly, we should have been better at protecting one another.
Patronize you?
[ his tone, now, is getting a little more clipped. ]
What do you want me to tell you? What do you need to hear? That going down there was a mistake? Or do you want someone to take the blame for the people who were killed as a result of the plan?
[ there's a cough -- a wet sound, but he continues. ]
It was a mistake. And if you want someone to blame for the fallout, and for mobilizing, and forcing people to consider the concept of working as a team, then by all means, blame me for it. But don't take out your anger on a group of people who tried to do the right thing. It isn't their fault that we were too slow.
[ his tone, now, is getting a little more clipped. ]
What do you want me to tell you? What do you need to hear? That going down there was a mistake? Or do you want someone to take the blame for the people who were killed as a result of the plan?
[ there's a cough -- a wet sound, but he continues. ]
It was a mistake. And if you want someone to blame for the fallout, and for mobilizing, and forcing people to consider the concept of working as a team, then by all means, blame me for it. But don't take out your anger on a group of people who tried to do the right thing. It isn't their fault that we were too slow.
i know that! of course i know that! i went downt here and i couldnt do anything!
[She makes note of that. It's good to know for the future.]
As I was not in the same exploration group as you, I cannot take the blame for what happened, but I am sorry for your suffering all the same. If you would like lessons in the use of a sword, I can offer you that much.
As I was not in the same exploration group as you, I cannot take the blame for what happened, but I am sorry for your suffering all the same. If you would like lessons in the use of a sword, I can offer you that much.
I want to hear some contrition. I want to hear some self-awareness from the rest of this miserable coalition. You can't speak for them.
[ She enunciates that last sentence with terse clarity. ]
You can't accept their failures for them. We will not succeed at any of this with only good intentions. We were too slow and too complacent to kill that thing before it killed us. We were too slow and too complacent to make a choice in Akvos.
How many more, General? Will you leave me to die again?
[ She enunciates that last sentence with terse clarity. ]
You can't accept their failures for them. We will not succeed at any of this with only good intentions. We were too slow and too complacent to kill that thing before it killed us. We were too slow and too complacent to make a choice in Akvos.
How many more, General? Will you leave me to die again?
Edited 2019-03-25 17:07 (UTC)
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