Advance Australia Fair [Old World of Darkness]
LaRed
Are you stupid or something
- Location
- Mou Ikkai hell
notanautomaton
I've got 99 quests, I've finished one
I guess you're going with relatively high end interpretations of Mage numbers.
[x] Step out into the open.
Maybe we can get Lakshmi to come with. Or at least set the groundwork for her to do so. (Probably not)
[x] Step out into the open.
Maybe we can get Lakshmi to come with. Or at least set the groundwork for her to do so. (Probably not)
- Location
- va
[X] Do nothing.
- Location
- Austria
Some Japanese(Ichiban means "the first" in moonspeak, I think?) Virtual Adept.
Also, I was wrong. I am never, ever badmouthing this Dad again.
About this decision: do we go for rational or dramatic route? Sister must be indoctrinated to the gills, because such things should (at least in Technocratic opinion) be under some control, so we can't trust even her, let alone hope her friends - some of them Enlightened, some constructs, some combat constructs - won't notice us if they tried. Infravision, x-rays, independent drones....if they start looking, they will find us.
So...should we trust indoctrinated thing that may or may not still remain our sister (demigods may or may not be resistant to brainwashing) to not alert any single construct in the area? I think that's spectacularly bad idea.
OTOH. mages are quite the reality warpers and they may or may not run on narrativium which says that bittersweet goodbye scene is certainly a must and will be conveniently ignored by baddies(sort of) until protagonist needs to enter dramatic chase sequence. But relying on this is quite OOC, so...
[X] Do nothing.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Step out into the open.
Just do it.
Just do it.
[X] Do nothing.
If we actually care for Lakshmi, we shouldn't be talking to her, or giving her anything that might be considered evidence of our escape.
Because the Union is going to be trying to figure out how we escaped, and she's one of the obvious people to investigate. Do you think she can lie to them, when that happens?
If she doesn't betray us, do you really want her feeling responsible for whatever atrocities the Union might blame on Meghanada?
Unless you're planning on taking her with us, talking isn't a good idea. And I don't see any good reasons to bring her with us.
If we actually care for Lakshmi, we shouldn't be talking to her, or giving her anything that might be considered evidence of our escape.
Because the Union is going to be trying to figure out how we escaped, and she's one of the obvious people to investigate. Do you think she can lie to them, when that happens?
If she doesn't betray us, do you really want her feeling responsible for whatever atrocities the Union might blame on Meghanada?
Unless you're planning on taking her with us, talking isn't a good idea. And I don't see any good reasons to bring her with us.
- Pronouns
- They/Them
We should obviously take her with us so that she'll outshine us and be loved by everyone else far more than us in wherever we end up next.
We don't want to break tradition, do we?
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
I do believe there's more to this character than knowing technology and being a polyglot.
Chimeraguard
We do deserve to exist.
[X] Step out into the open.
will408914
(slouching towards bethlehem)
- Location
- California
[X] Step out into the open.
Deadly Snark
Tryhard As Fuck
The things we do for family.We should obviously take her with us so that she'll outshine us and be loved by everyone else far more than us in wherever we end up next.
We don't want to break tradition, do we?
shenron
Marengo crossing the Alps
Yes, he may also like Lipstick for men and teriyaki sauce and whatever the hell this is;
How about "because fuck the Union getting our sister. Also, a demigod is helpful," for a reason to take her with us. Taking her with us is why I'm voting this way, at least.
[X] Step out into the open
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
My argument for shwing up is to either be like or not be like Avenger.
I'll wait till the actual update to see which one applies.
I'll wait till the actual update to see which one applies.
LaRed
Are you stupid or something
- Location
- Mou Ikkai hell
I don't think we count as Avenger until we cut off someone's arm.
TenfoldShields
Lounging on a Hoard of Words
- Pronouns
- He/Him
SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE SCHOLAR OF OWOD
Meghanada: "wait what the fuck is this 'reality deviance' shit?"
fucking whelp
fucking whelp
Man. Maaaaaan. God I wish we had been closer to our dad (though in hindsight I think it's sorta clear why we weren't and it's hard to blame the dude for not knowing how to talk to us sometimes) but in a crisis he steps up to the fucking bat. Has pretty much always stepped up to the bat. It's sorta a nice change from the not exactly cliched but more common "yeah whatever bye bye parents HELLO ADVENTURE".
that's a foul, ominous forshadowing
15 yard penalty
repeat dialogue
>clumsy fine motor control
>long sleeves
>metal on the wrist
oh meg honey
looks like your sister asked for this
With what? A piece of paper and pen we pulled out of our interdimensional ass? We've got shit to write with yo.
Nah, just reading through it but I doubt most of the people here are Mages. Like iirc the real strength of Mages isn't necessarily in just being dudes but being dudes who can set up a, like, martial arts school or a James Bond villain lair or a secret underground transhuman city and indoctrinate a bunch of Sleepers/Masses into their particular paradigm. Strengthening it and them.
Dude she's got cybernetics and she doesn't seem to mind her place at this point. You know what's going to happen if we reach out to her? She's going to be confused and glad to see us but she'll want to talk and if push comes to shove she'll wait for her handler or whatever to show up before running off after us. I mean look at us. We're rangey. We're looking more than a little hungry. We don't look well. She's going to think that we're fevered and not in our right mind and she'll cost us time that we can't afford to spend.
Because right now we're being guided out by a dude who's just breached god knows how many layers of Union ICE and shit and is fucking around in what's probably their major Australian base. There's a ticking clock running in the background and the windows he's opened are not going to stay open forever. And don't be cocky, the only reason we haven't gotten gangbanged by security werewolves is because we've got someone throwing up a lot of cover and because nobody's gotten close enough to look at us.
[X] Do nothing.
Also I like this image better. Reach out or do nothing. Meghanada sees his sister all happy and fitting in and makes to reach out and instead just...lets her go before scurrying, scuttling away. It's a good starting point from working back up. The rock bottom so to speak. And the image is more evocative imo than "Meghanada you dumbass what are you doing out of bedjesuschristhowlonghaveyouhadfangs".
cB557
voOOP
This mental image is deeply amusing to me.
shenron
Marengo crossing the Alps
- Location
- Denmark
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I agree with TenfoldShields.
[X] Do nothing.
[X] Do nothing.
- Pronouns
- They/Them
I wonder if we'll ever see our sister again.
Also, they made an interestingly wrong decision. It was entirely rational in one sense, and I understand why the local branch acted as they did, but they were still wrong.
After all, if Meg gets free and joins the RD and becomes a weapon, it could cause mass chaos and death. It's certainly *possible*, they'd think to themselves, judging certainly by a certain human-centric standard and thus having a little distrust built in, that Meg might totally play ball if they just ask him, tell me what's going on, and be nice about it.
Or he might go berserk, break out, and cause mass deaths.
Doing as they did is thus the 'low risk' option that allows them to study the valuable genetic material for more about the so called Rakshasha.
Except they were wrong in their judgements and now he's leaving anyways, but with reasons to be pissed off at them.
Trust was deemed to be a danger, is the way I was reading it. (As in: if you trust him, the range of outcomes ranges from 'somewhat better' to 'vastly worse than anyone could possibly imagine.' Whereas not trusting him and locking him up and harvesting his genetic material seems to have a more baseline 'eh, it'll work' level of outcomes. Except whoops, he's getting away.)
Also, they made an interestingly wrong decision. It was entirely rational in one sense, and I understand why the local branch acted as they did, but they were still wrong.
After all, if Meg gets free and joins the RD and becomes a weapon, it could cause mass chaos and death. It's certainly *possible*, they'd think to themselves, judging certainly by a certain human-centric standard and thus having a little distrust built in, that Meg might totally play ball if they just ask him, tell me what's going on, and be nice about it.
Or he might go berserk, break out, and cause mass deaths.
Doing as they did is thus the 'low risk' option that allows them to study the valuable genetic material for more about the so called Rakshasha.
Except they were wrong in their judgements and now he's leaving anyways, but with reasons to be pissed off at them.
Trust was deemed to be a danger, is the way I was reading it. (As in: if you trust him, the range of outcomes ranges from 'somewhat better' to 'vastly worse than anyone could possibly imagine.' Whereas not trusting him and locking him up and harvesting his genetic material seems to have a more baseline 'eh, it'll work' level of outcomes. Except whoops, he's getting away.)
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