What Will It Be, Fabled Heroes?

[unsealthecatbox]

It's barely 24 hours after arrival to the castle that this broadcast comes. There's Ange, currently sitting on a chair in the gardens area, seemingly trying to relax but not really succeeding at that. There's one big matter that must be dealt with, and as she sees it, doing so is going to be necessary right now that they're far from Imladris and therefore can talk without any outside influences, or so she hopes.

"We're here. Let's stop beating around the bush and ask the important question:

What are we going to do?

We have been saddled with this so-called phophecied mission, and we heard the consequences and what the Green said. Let's define where we stand, once and for all, because once we get going I doubt we'll have any time to discuss or change our minds.

Speak now because there probably won't be a second chance"

Ange seems to be in bad mood, mostly because this is a very serious topic and she still hates the Green for getting her involved in this. The whole conversation with them really didn't sit well with her, given some of the Green's attitude. She has to ask and see what happens.

So! How are we doing? Are we going to play along with the prophecies? Will we fight against Sauron and the Unfinished Princess? Are we saving the Wilderlands willingly, tackling this trip with all our might? Are we cherry-picking what we feel is right? Will we just try to get out of this and try to return home?

All opinions are valid, probably.

Comments

[unsealthecatbox]

I'd also like to note that I believe trying to unbind ourselves from this quest we got on our shoulders and returning home once we manage to is an option as valid as any other.

I'll admit it: that's what I'd choose.

[It's not that she doesn't feel bad about the Wilderlands and the worlds out there, or that she doesn't understand what's at stake. It's that she really would rather return to where she came from -- she was in the middle of something really important...for herself, admittedly, and would like to return to that as soon as possible.

Everything else is secondary, as far as she's concerned. Ange has her priorities, and going on a potentially months-long quest is not one of them, not in the slightest. As much as she hates to admit it, and as much as she may feel bad for everything and everyone, her own search for the truth at home is far more important than anything else]

[ferengineer]

I'll admit it sounds tempting to not have to deal with this, but I don't think it would be as simple as that. There's a nonzero chance we'd just end up back here again if our worlds get dragged into this.

Additionally? If the Green wasn't lying and the destruction of this world will destroy them, we'd end up having to deal with this one way or another. Planets with collapsed ecosystems are not a pretty sight.

[zerg_rush]

I hate that nobody bothered to ask, but there's still a lot of innocent people who'll suffer, maybe die if this isn't fixed. I'm not going to walk away from that.

And this Sauron guy really needs to be taken out.

[greyerrant]

Agreed.

[greyerrant]

Of course we fight.

I was made for this, but I cannot choose for everyone else

[kingofneworleans]

Dey never ask. Jus' 'spect you do go t'rough wit' what dey're askin'.

[Remy's not even talking about the Green, really. This sort of thing always seems to happen when you run in his sorts of circles.]

Dat said, I'm wit' you on dis. I ain't one to leave behin' a buncha people dat'll die if we don' help. An' Sauron DOES need to be taken out. Like, a lot.

[zerg_rush]

Yeah, I know.

[S i g h. Child soldier problems.]

[kingofneworleans]

Can't say dat I know much 'bout dis Unfinished Princess. Pro'ly should've asked some questions 'bout her to Gaia, but dere was already a lot goin' on.

[Less child soldier, more superhero for Remy. But man, does it suck sometimes.]

[zerg_rush]

She's just regular power-hungry. You fix that with a bullet to the brain.

[You can take the girl out of the psychic assassin program...]

Sauron's...something else.

[darvit]

Against my better judgement... at the very least I think we should save the Green. And [ she sighs ] we should probably try to do the whole kit and caboodle, if we think we can pull it off.

If the Green dies, our worlds die. My People might survive an environmental collapse even if we'd wish we hadn't. Other worlds clearly wouldn't be even that 'lucky'.

The rest... it's too many lives to just let be snuffed out if we don't do anything. People need our help.

[ If Holly was better at being selfish, she wouldn't be one of the LEP's most notorious rule breakers and her life would be far, far simpler. ]

[talk_radio]

Let's get ready to RUMBLE!

[kingofneworleans]

Unless she's immortal. Dat gets more complicated.

[See...many of his teammates.]

But you ain't wrong. Guess we could try to fin' de Fellowship an' help t'ings 'long. I'd offer to see if I could blow de Ring up, but I'm guessin' narrative structure'd say non.

[zerg_rush]

Yeah, I don't know anything about magic artifacts. They don't exist where I'm from.

[They just have glowing rock technology that might as well be magic. Kerrigan couldn't really explain the difference if asked, but it matters to her.]

[zerg_rush]

[Peck on the cheek. She knows, babe.]

[millenyal_pink]

Yeah... I'm with you on this. If we're going to do this then I'd prefer to do it right. It's a messed up situation but it's the one we're in and we're going to have to deal with that.

Some of the Green seem not to give a shit about the people in the worlds that are being affected, or don't think it's possible to do both and we should focus on just saving them. What better way to stick it to them than by showing we can do both?

[A pause.]

Also, as someone from a world that would probably be straight up fucked if we lost Gaia, I'd really like to not have that happen.

[zerg_rush]

Yeah, it takes generations to re-terraform a world. Better to keep it from happening in the first place.

[ahelpingpaw]

Yeah, I agree.

[Filbo sighs]

I'm...I'm not gonna lie, it's terrifying to think about what's ahead. I know it's gonna be painful and probably will take a while, but we owe it to our homes to do all we can here. I mean, if anything happens our worlds are gonna be affected. And...personally speaking, I know I wouldn't forgive myself if I could do something about a big problem that'd affect everything and I never did. It just wouldn't be right to refuse to do all this.

[It's as he told Saturday: inaction in the face of being able to do something is pretty despicable, in his opinion. Here he can do something, therefore he must put aside his concerns and worries in order to achieve a positive result. It's what he believes in, after all]

I know the Green didn't really make themselves endearing back there? So maybe for some it'll help to think about this as doing it for your home and everything in there, not for the Green.

[darvit]

Right. This is about something far bigger than any single person in the group. It's about our homes and the lives of Frond knows how many others. I'm not sure you can put a number on the entire multiverse.

We don't have an actual Gaia where I'm from, but my People's magic is tied to nature. We'd lose it and more if the ecosystem fell apart. Our science would allow us to live on, but before long... no one would want to and we might die out anyway.

We have everything to lose by doing nothing and nothing to win.

...and it would be very, very satisfying to stick it to the Green, after that display.

[darvit]

...yeah, I wouldn't be able to live with doing nothing either. I never have been able to. I get in trouble for it a lot, back home, actually.

[ She doesn't feel naturally inclined towards admitting such emotions to these people but now she's accepted what's happening here... dammit, she's got to learn to work with everyone for real. ]

Besides, if being kidnapped was a dealbreaker for me I wouldn't have been in the position to save my own world a few times already.

[ It's kind of a joke but no really. But no she will not explain. ]

[wheyoftheadept]

I'd rather not, but I don't see a way out that wouldn't put shame on us. Fair warning, if I get a chance to fuck up our captors without hurting uninvolved people, I'm taking it. So either don't stop me, or keep those chances outta my way.

[myagents]

I feel conflicted on the matter. On one hand, we have good reasons to be uncomfortable with their choice to kidnap children for this endeavour, on the other hand we have to take into account the possibly catastrophic consequences that not going through with the quest might entail for other universes.

It would be wise to start and monitor the situation carefully, gathering as much information as possible and deciding every few steps whether it is more appropriate to persist or abandon the mission...I am inclined to vote for only picking objectives we find feasible and less risky for now, if that is possible.

[unsealthecatbox]

I'd have been surprised if it were simple.

[Sigh. Looks like she's in for the long haul, even though it's really begrudgingly]

Fine. If getting out of this quickly is not what we will choose I hardly will try to force anyone to do it. Good to know where we all stand.

[She's aware she may have made herself sound selfish, but she finds it pretty hard to care about her world in the first place, for reasons that probably shouldn't be talked about here. It's both nice and vexing to see that the general opinion leans towards at the very least helping the Wilderlands]

[millenyal_pink]

[Elle isn't sure how much more she wants to really add to this conversation, but Saturday's comment makes her uncomfortable.]

I'm not sure there's any way to damage them without hurting uninvolved people. Like, in my world, if something happens to Gaia the consequences are pretty far reaching.

[Also Elle would be obligated to stop her and she doesn't want to have to do that.]

[wheyoftheadept]

Let me have my dreams, Elle.

[fucking spirits, can't ever argue with fucking spirits, almost worth it to become a shaman just to learn how - ]

[konman]

I think we need to figure out how to get people home if they're not up for this fight. If we can.

We do have some civilians here. They shouldn't have to face this if they're not used to it. They should have a choice.

But anyone who is willing...I think we need to stay.

People are dying. We've seen innocent people attacked by monsters, the wreckage left behind after two peoples were driven from their homes. And we have to consider that the Green is telling the truth about what will happen to the ecosystems of other worlds.

I don't know that we should do the quests to give power to the Seasons, though. We don't know if we can trust them. We might need to find our own way to do this.