Zeroth Jupi
Sporadic Writer and Haver of Ideas
- Location
- Somewhere
- Pronouns
- He/She/They
[X] Guilt, confusion
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Indeed! Hence I didn't prescribe any outcome.
- Location
- Not the asylum anymore
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Gah.
Oh hell, I don't know what to pick! Cold disdan is the most likely to snap Mosi out of it, but it also might close off any chance at us reconnecting with her.
Meanwhile, guilt and confusion keeps us kinda sympathetic, but won't do jack to stop Mosi.
(Anger is cathartic, but otherwise a worthless option, in my opinion.)
*sighs*
I'm going to take the risk.
[X] Cold disdain
Here's hoping it doesn't backfire.
Oh hell, I don't know what to pick! Cold disdan is the most likely to snap Mosi out of it, but it also might close off any chance at us reconnecting with her.
Meanwhile, guilt and confusion keeps us kinda sympathetic, but won't do jack to stop Mosi.
(Anger is cathartic, but otherwise a worthless option, in my opinion.)
*sighs*
I'm going to take the risk.
[X] Cold disdain
Here's hoping it doesn't backfire.
- Location
- Canada
I'm... not really sure why you took exception to what I said, then? Because I was saying the same thing you are. :/
Well anyway, stealth update arrived, time for some reading.
The Sandman
So Zetta Slowpoke
- Location
- Wherever I am, which isn't where I'm not
[X] Cold disdain
Mosi willingly played a part in murdering a shit-ton of civilians. Amani has limits to how many fucks she's willing to give, and at this point Mosi's going to have a real hard time getting back inside them.
Mosi willingly played a part in murdering a shit-ton of civilians. Amani has limits to how many fucks she's willing to give, and at this point Mosi's going to have a real hard time getting back inside them.
NothingNow
Corpse Wrangler
- Location
- Tampa
[X] Cold disdain
NuclearConsensus
Herald of the Thorned One
- Location
- the Philippines
I'm not quite sure why, but I feel like cold disdain is a good way to get shot. Probably because, at this moment, Mosi consideration of Amanis is still at Sister>Enemy. Going cold feels like it'll flip that to Enemy>Sister.
Cetashwayo
Lord of Ten Thousand Years
- Location
- Across the Horizon
[X] Cold disdain
- Location
- New York
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Guilt, confusion
- Location
- Nova Scotia
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Fortunately, everyone's favourite character who makes Amani's life so much less complicated survived, so that's bound to be some comfort.
UrsaTempest
Don't Panic!
[X] Cold disdain
Everything will be daijoubu.
Everything will be daijoubu.
It's worth noting that Amani doesn't need to convince Mosi, though that would be nice, just stall her until Owusu can send help:
In that respect, emotional arguments may work best: both anger and guilt would likely keep her talking. If Amani is cold to her, Mosi might stop engaging in conversation. That could mean Mosi abandons Amani and escapes, but it could also mean she snaps.
Anger, however, has the drawback of raising tempers. That may not be the wisest choice while Mosi is mentally unbalanced and waving a weapon around, to say the least. Even if Mosi doesn't shoot Amani, she might try to knock her out, or shoot at Owusu's backup when it arrives.
Hence, guilt. It feels like there's an uncomfortably high chance that any of the choices will lead to a violent confrontation with security and Mosi running away, but I think pulling on Mosi's guilty conscience offers the best hope of stalling her without provoking the crazy woman with a gun.
It also occurs to me that Mosi, if pushed to despair and with no ties left to ground her, might turn her gun on herself. While not physically harmful, I imagine that would be mentally traumatic for Amani even or especially if she just told her sister she hated her. Not something you want hanging over you on the brink of battle.
In that respect, emotional arguments may work best: both anger and guilt would likely keep her talking. If Amani is cold to her, Mosi might stop engaging in conversation. That could mean Mosi abandons Amani and escapes, but it could also mean she snaps.
Anger, however, has the drawback of raising tempers. That may not be the wisest choice while Mosi is mentally unbalanced and waving a weapon around, to say the least. Even if Mosi doesn't shoot Amani, she might try to knock her out, or shoot at Owusu's backup when it arrives.
Hence, guilt. It feels like there's an uncomfortably high chance that any of the choices will lead to a violent confrontation with security and Mosi running away, but I think pulling on Mosi's guilty conscience offers the best hope of stalling her without provoking the crazy woman with a gun.
It does make me wonder, too. But to play devil's advocate, if Mosi knew Amani was an officer she might not have tried to abduct her in the first place, instead making straight for a getaway. Though depending on how this encounter plays out, maybe that would have been for the best.
Cold disdain might do that, yeah. It could mean Mosi cuts and runs, which I guess wouldn't be the worst outcome. But given Mosi's mental state, and her attitude towards certain other family members who are "traitors" to the Divine Emperor, the outcome might be messier...
It also occurs to me that Mosi, if pushed to despair and with no ties left to ground her, might turn her gun on herself. While not physically harmful, I imagine that would be mentally traumatic for Amani even or especially if she just told her sister she hated her. Not something you want hanging over you on the brink of battle.
Cetashwayo
Lord of Ten Thousand Years
- Location
- Across the Horizon
[X] Guilt, confusion
Icecoldfunk
Rest in Peace
- Location
- Australia
I absolutely cannot decide on anything except that you should have taken over the screenwriting after BSG got caught in the writer's strike, you write damn fine space opera.
- Location
- London, 1935. August.
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Cold distain is not the choice for snapping her out of anything. She isn't thinking rationally right now and what's slowing her down is the cognitive dissonance of her situation. She expected to find her innocent younger sister who idolized and loved her here, but what she found was an enemy soldier from the side she's been brainwashed to hate and dehumanize. We're trying to hold her here until help arrives, we want to do anything but resolve that cognitive dissonance for her. All that being cold gets us is confirming that our Empire turned us into exactly what her Empire tried to turn her into: a faceless, unquestioning soldier. That is not a recipe to keeping her here, it's a recipe to getting us shot or knocked unconscious.
And on a more meta-narrative level, we're being given this option to decide the overall direction of the next update, which will resolve this scene entirely. We aren't just picking an approach for a single line to throw her off her game, we're picking essentially our emotional response to Mosi as a whole. It's a mistake to think that by picking the attitude that cuts ties and pushes her away from us we're going to get something other than exactly what we asked for. It's the choice for people who want to wash their hands of Mosi, but don't vote for that if that's not what you want.
[x] Guilt, confusion
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- Location
- Illinois
- Pronouns
- Ze/Zer/Zem
[X] Guilt, confusion
I'm going with this option became we were asked to stall for time, and I believe this option would work best. And here is why:
It's the one position isn't used to.
Given how Most was treated by the, well I can't remember what they're called but it isn't really important, Mosi is definitely used to people regarding her with anger an accusation, and so she has a practiced response or set of responses to it. She is also almost certainly used to cold distain, and on a side note, distain is more likely to shut down a conversation than keep it going, which is the opposite of what we want.
Contrast this with the guilt, confusion option, "Ask if she realises the gravity of her actions, how you would have helped her if she'd trusted you." (emphasis mine) How many people do you think asked Mosi that sort of thing in the last 10 years? If I were a betting man, I would say very few, meaning we can catch her off guard with this.
Additionally, I think that the guilt option is a safe option because it contains what Mosi has been yearning for. If we're coming at her from this angle, that means we care, and there is ample evidence tosuggest prove that Mosi still cares about us. If she is acting out of that feeling, she is liable to make tactically unsound decisions out of a desire to be around someone who cares. We are okay with that. Some people would argue that's the point.
I don't want to see anyone else die in this story, and Mosi got dealt a very bad hand, but sisters don't let sisters kill civilians.
I think guilt, confusion is my best option for making those things happen.
I'm going with this option became we were asked to stall for time, and I believe this option would work best. And here is why:
It's the one position isn't used to.
Given how Most was treated by the, well I can't remember what they're called but it isn't really important, Mosi is definitely used to people regarding her with anger an accusation, and so she has a practiced response or set of responses to it. She is also almost certainly used to cold distain, and on a side note, distain is more likely to shut down a conversation than keep it going, which is the opposite of what we want.
Contrast this with the guilt, confusion option, "Ask if she realises the gravity of her actions, how you would have helped her if she'd trusted you." (emphasis mine) How many people do you think asked Mosi that sort of thing in the last 10 years? If I were a betting man, I would say very few, meaning we can catch her off guard with this.
Additionally, I think that the guilt option is a safe option because it contains what Mosi has been yearning for. If we're coming at her from this angle, that means we care, and there is ample evidence to
I don't want to see anyone else die in this story, and Mosi got dealt a very bad hand, but sisters don't let sisters kill civilians.
I think guilt, confusion is my best option for making those things happen.
- Location
- in the trash
[X] Guilt, confusion
