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I'll grant you that that line of reasoning is solid, but I'm afraid that Amani isn't exactly going to be reasonable. We are voting on what she's gonna angst over-
Aaaaannnd, ninja'd.
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I'll grant you that that line of reasoning is solid, but I'm afraid that Amani isn't exactly going to be reasonable. We are voting on what she's gonna angst over-
Aaaaannnd, ninja'd.
NothingNow
Corpse Wrangler
- Location
- Tampa
[X] Betrayal and disillusionment over your sister shooting your friend and comrade
UmbraofChaos
Freedom Lets Go
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- They/Them
I agree, I'm just not sure that is how that option will go
Point. But I am seeing it as something we need to get through quick and cleanly, if not with a good bit of pain. Mosi will probably keeping her head down for a while so no meeting in our future so there will be time for Amani to reevaluate what she's going through. Right now I think she just needs to let it all out, and she is talking about it with someone and not just stewing in her own angst. Even better, Lori's brother is on the other side. She could provide some emotional support in this vein that could bring it all together even if Amani is in a bad place.
Cetashwayo
Lord of Ten Thousand Years
- Location
- Across the Horizon
Hmm. Lori's brother being on the other side could help.
I just don't want it go down a bad road. If we have to kill Mosi in the end, we have to kill her; I just don't want the impetus for that to come from our side. I don't want to harden our hearts.
[X] Betrayal and disillusionment over your sister shooting your friend and comrade
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
Mosi is a really interesting case amongst the enemy, namely that she seems to be the only true believer we've actually seen amongst enemy forces. Where everyone else (that I can recall at the moment) seems to have joined the Holy Solar Empire's navy because it was beneficial to them, Mosi seems to honestly believe that the emperor is the rightful ruler by divine mandate (going by her protest that "Command was lead by Divine Will).
And of course she does! Given what Mosi's parents did, every single slip up became an excuse for punishment. If she didn't sing the Emperor's praises with 100% sincerety, well, she probably wouldn't have made it as far as she has.
And despite this, we see that Mosi still manages to have somewhat of a working moral compass. Far from a perfect one, sure, but she has to actively force herself to not think of the rebels who get executed post-surrender and she really didn't like being forced to shoot a girl who just shot at her (and let's be honest, Mosi's chances of surviving getting arrested are slim). And despite what she says now, I really doubt Mosi will be able to face Lady Perbeck in combat without getting a flashback to her sister's tearstruck face.
And now I can't help but imagine Amani walking through every meter of the station waiting for her two-way responder to trigger again...
UmbraofChaos
Freedom Lets Go
- Pronouns
- They/Them
I don't think that's going to be the result despite my first post
why do you hurt me
Cetashwayo
Lord of Ten Thousand Years
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- Across the Horizon
You know what, you convinced me. If Gazetteer betrays us at least we'll know we voted for the right reasons.
[X] Betrayal and disillusionment over your sister shooting your friend and comrade
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- She/Her
Eh, I'll continue to be a paranoid fuck. Doubt the "existential dread" thing will win, barring a good turnaround, but I'd be okay with the current vote winning.
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- She/Her
So, reminder, it's Lori's cousin who sided with the enemy, by surrendering to them and recognising the emperor, but still a close enough relation for it to be relevant.
... probably not much outside of that, though, admittedly. As evidenced by Anja's broken body lying over there.
You can absolutely trust me to try my best to tell a good story and not to be needlessly antagonistic!
... probably not much outside of that, though, admittedly. As evidenced by Anja's broken body lying over there.
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I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry.
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
Remember: The Funny Face can also fit in for someone screaming.
UrsaTempest
Don't Panic!
I mean, they are all awful options, so not much difference right?
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Are they? They're all negative emotions, but there's no avoiding having Amani feel bad right now. This is an opportunity to shape her initial attitudes toward certain things and give me a baseline for precisely how she's feeling bad going forward. (Note: how she feels here will not cement her attitude towards, say, Mosi in stone and there will be further opportunities to shape it, but this is going to affect some stuff)I mean, they are all awful options, so not much difference right?
Also: congrats, SV, you picked the one love interest out of the initial three offerings who is actually emotionally equipped to comfort Amani in this particular circumstance.
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Yay! We didn't completely fuck up!
(Yeah, I know I only joined the quest inside of an hour ago, but semantics.)
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- Nova Scotia
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- She/Her
I'd like to know in what world "having to comfort my emotionally crippled cyborg GF who thought I might have gotten shot and is upset but can't express it" is evidence of fucking up. That's living your best life, frankly.
(there's nothing wrong with Gloriana, mind you, and I really enjoyed writing that last scene after a sequence mostly of bad things happening to both Amani and Mosi)
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
Pfft, I'm sure Ito is more than equipped to handle distressed damsels by now!
... I mean, at least he can't say anything accidentally insensitive?
Tayta Malikai
200% Space Whale
- Location
- Australia
Wait, we could've gotten that instead? Dang iiiiiiiiiiiiiit! :lol
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- Nova Scotia
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He would have been fine at it in general, in the AU where SV votes to kiss boys. But, like, less so when, as in this particular scenario, Anja just got shot and nearly died. If Amani weren't entirely onboard the "yeah, screw Mosi" train then it would have also caused a lot of tension between them.
The cyborg girl was not a secret, you talked to her a few updates ago : p
[X] Fear and existential dread over everything going wrong in an escalating war
Wish we could get an our emotionally crippled cyborg GF in an omake then again it might be possible to do so in the future if Lori go west.
Honesty I really hope we got a way out since the whole thing felt like we're going to be in the middle of a clash etween titans, somebody kill the shit emperor slowly for the whole mess.
Wish we could get an our emotionally crippled cyborg GF in an omake then again it might be possible to do so in the future if Lori go west.
Honesty I really hope we got a way out since the whole thing felt like we're going to be in the middle of a clash etween titans, somebody kill the shit emperor slowly for the whole mess.