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ino[dictated while she's sitting in the library! she's quiet, though, so as not to disturb the other people ... reading ...]
So, have you guys heard of the flower Amaryllis? It's a gorgeous red flower. But there's a story about how it came about ... it's said that there was a nymph who was in love with a man, who was really attractive and strong and all that. But her love was unrequited, so she asked this oracle for some advice on how to capture his attention. She heard that the one thing he'd like most in the world was a flower that was so unique that it didn't exist yet.
So, going by the oracle's advice, she came to his door every night for a month, and stabbed herself in the heart with a golden arrow. The guy never even answered the door for a whole month, but when he finally did, all the blood she had spilled had turned into a beautiful red flower.
I guess she died? She must have, right?
Well, whatever. It's kind of weird how so many stories say that beautiful things can only come out of tragedy.
[ooc: open over the journal or in person! tags will be a bit slow, sorry :(]
So, have you guys heard of the flower Amaryllis? It's a gorgeous red flower. But there's a story about how it came about ... it's said that there was a nymph who was in love with a man, who was really attractive and strong and all that. But her love was unrequited, so she asked this oracle for some advice on how to capture his attention. She heard that the one thing he'd like most in the world was a flower that was so unique that it didn't exist yet.
So, going by the oracle's advice, she came to his door every night for a month, and stabbed herself in the heart with a golden arrow. The guy never even answered the door for a whole month, but when he finally did, all the blood she had spilled had turned into a beautiful red flower.
I guess she died? She must have, right?
Well, whatever. It's kind of weird how so many stories say that beautiful things can only come out of tragedy.
[ooc: open over the journal or in person! tags will be a bit slow, sorry :(]
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Feb. 21st, 2012 02:01 pmtres_iqus[It only took Tres .01 seconds to realize that the entire scenery had inexplicably changed and that the Duchess of Milan was no longer slumped over her desk. It was far too long, in his opinion. Quickly scanning the area and finding no immediate threat, the cyborg did a direct perimeter search for his Cardinal. This place was completely unknown; the sudden change of scenery could only be explained by a malfunction of some kind. A data error? Had he somehow been rendered offline right in the middle of demanding medical assistance? It did not compute; he should have at least another millisecond of warning.
He would have to do a recalibration of his systems and a complete data scan to be sure, but his main concern at the moment was the Duchess of Milan’s safety; nothing else mattered, faulty systems or not. As long as he was operational – no, even if he wasn’t – she was to be protected. Finding no connection to Central or Sister Kate Scott, he had to work alone. So with further ado, Tres drew one of his guns and left the room he had shown up in. A lobby, if his visuals were correct. Like a hotel.]
Search mode activated.
[The most logical conclusion was to search the area in a clockwise pattern, but the amount of time between the Cardinal’s collapse and his transportation to this new place was still unknown and he had no data of how long he had before her state would be beyond saving. What he really needed was someone to question, and the traces he picked up showed that the area was inhabited by a large amount of people.
Moving quickly through the hallways, both his large golden pectoral cross and the white stole nearly flowing behind him, robopriest stops the first best person by aiming his gun directly to the new target’s forehead without missing a beat. If the huge gun weren't intimidating enough, one of his eyes glowed red as it focused on the unfortunate castle resident.]
Location input needed. You have 30 seconds to speak.
He would have to do a recalibration of his systems and a complete data scan to be sure, but his main concern at the moment was the Duchess of Milan’s safety; nothing else mattered, faulty systems or not. As long as he was operational – no, even if he wasn’t – she was to be protected. Finding no connection to Central or Sister Kate Scott, he had to work alone. So with further ado, Tres drew one of his guns and left the room he had shown up in. A lobby, if his visuals were correct. Like a hotel.]
Search mode activated.
[The most logical conclusion was to search the area in a clockwise pattern, but the amount of time between the Cardinal’s collapse and his transportation to this new place was still unknown and he had no data of how long he had before her state would be beyond saving. What he really needed was someone to question, and the traces he picked up showed that the area was inhabited by a large amount of people.
Moving quickly through the hallways, both his large golden pectoral cross and the white stole nearly flowing behind him, robopriest stops the first best person by aiming his gun directly to the new target’s forehead without missing a beat. If the huge gun weren't intimidating enough, one of his eyes glowed red as it focused on the unfortunate castle resident.]
Location input needed. You have 30 seconds to speak.
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Feb. 21st, 2012 06:38 pmexanimatus( private )
[FILTERED TO GOOD GUYS; past, present, future PP members, people who have the good of the whole castle in mind, people with generally reasonable moral values, etc, etc.]
I am going to say this as clearly as possible. Legato needs to be let out, now.
Skeptical? Let me give you a little incentive.
For those who might be new to the situation, this man is being held prisoner by the Peace Patrol. He has the ability to take control of other people, with the option of taking away their free will. It's ranged, and probably more familiar to him than his own arms. He's being kept for a number of reasons: murder, mind-control, assisting a bunch of bad guys who nearly got away with it, the list goes on. He's been down there for, oh, seven months now.
He's been locked up and cut off from the outside world. I don't mean human contact--though I wouldn't be surprised if that's in short supply too--he's cut off from his ability, his connection to things beyond that little room of his. He has, more or less, become isolated from any external stimulation. And what no one seems to understand is that people like him don't just turn off. They don't stop because they've been set still. They keep going.
So, now, for the sake of this explanation, assume that there are two kinds of people--players and pieces. Legato was previously a piece. He was incomplete. He did not function well without someone or something to follow. Even if his thoughts were ultimately his own, you could say that he lived to serve others. And that was his weakness--that's why he followed Riful, that's why he went along with all of her plans, that's why he caused so much damage and got himself locked up to begin with.
But that's not the truth anymore. He's been down there with nothing to keep him occupied but his own thoughts. All of his ties have left or failed to live up to his expectations and now, after seven months, he's had plenty of time to rationalize around it. He's had time to rebuild his thoughts, rebuild his dependencies, and rebuild himself. He's had time to complete himself. Now there's nothing to follow but a grander sense that this is all some sort of fucked-up challenge before he goes back home. He is not a piece anymore, he is an independently functioning player, and the longer he's kept down there, the longer you are essentially creating a monster.
Let me put this in another light. With nothing to keep him busy or distracted, he has essentially been trapped in his own head. He is a creature of loathing and disgust, and it doesn't take a psychiatrist to know that seeping in those thoughts isn't going to make him magically get better. He won't suddenly change his mind and become a nice person. He's going to sit and saturate and get worse until he becomes completely unmanageable. Every day he spends down there is another chance for him to become impossible to reason with. How long until he stops listening to people? How long will it take for his hatred to become so consuming that he decides to do as much damage as possible the moment he's out?
You are sitting on a ticking time bomb. If you want to know how I know, consider this: he had to go somewhere during that little stunt last week, and it sure wasn't the ballroom.
[he stops here to... take a breath. let that sink. collect himself and work on sounding a little less like he wants to flip a table or something.]
It's not that hard to figure out. Since the majority of you seem to be against killing him, get him out of there before you run out of other choices. He's not stupid, he's not going to go on a murderous rampage, and he's not going to do anything to get himself thrown right back into the little personal hell you have him locked in. If you don't have the technology yet, fine. If you don't have the precise power yet, fine. If he lashes out, all you need is someone who can shut him down or knock him out, drag him back to the basement, and then let him out again when he promises to behave. I know at least one person who could do it, and there's got to be more. Brainstorm, tag team, whatever. You're supposed to be good at that sort of thing.
The time it takes for him to think up and enact anything remotely devious should be plenty of time to develop one of the proposed methods for keeping him generally harmless. Hell, you might even be able to convince him to go along with it, given his alternatives. Anything is better than letting him fester down there. Let him out while he still has a reason to play nice.
Tch, the fact that I have to point any of this out is depressing. You'd think it'd be common fucking sense.
[ooc: the cut is meant to be as inclusive as possible, so if you can rationalize your character being a 'good guy' then they can totally see this. a-and sorry it's so long, he just has a lot of feelings right now. ;A;// THREADHOP AS MUCH AS YOU WANT, it'd be cool to get some IC decisions out of this! C:]
[FILTERED TO GOOD GUYS; past, present, future PP members, people who have the good of the whole castle in mind, people with generally reasonable moral values, etc, etc.]
I am going to say this as clearly as possible. Legato needs to be let out, now.
Skeptical? Let me give you a little incentive.
For those who might be new to the situation, this man is being held prisoner by the Peace Patrol. He has the ability to take control of other people, with the option of taking away their free will. It's ranged, and probably more familiar to him than his own arms. He's being kept for a number of reasons: murder, mind-control, assisting a bunch of bad guys who nearly got away with it, the list goes on. He's been down there for, oh, seven months now.
He's been locked up and cut off from the outside world. I don't mean human contact--though I wouldn't be surprised if that's in short supply too--he's cut off from his ability, his connection to things beyond that little room of his. He has, more or less, become isolated from any external stimulation. And what no one seems to understand is that people like him don't just turn off. They don't stop because they've been set still. They keep going.
So, now, for the sake of this explanation, assume that there are two kinds of people--players and pieces. Legato was previously a piece. He was incomplete. He did not function well without someone or something to follow. Even if his thoughts were ultimately his own, you could say that he lived to serve others. And that was his weakness--that's why he followed Riful, that's why he went along with all of her plans, that's why he caused so much damage and got himself locked up to begin with.
But that's not the truth anymore. He's been down there with nothing to keep him occupied but his own thoughts. All of his ties have left or failed to live up to his expectations and now, after seven months, he's had plenty of time to rationalize around it. He's had time to rebuild his thoughts, rebuild his dependencies, and rebuild himself. He's had time to complete himself. Now there's nothing to follow but a grander sense that this is all some sort of fucked-up challenge before he goes back home. He is not a piece anymore, he is an independently functioning player, and the longer he's kept down there, the longer you are essentially creating a monster.
Let me put this in another light. With nothing to keep him busy or distracted, he has essentially been trapped in his own head. He is a creature of loathing and disgust, and it doesn't take a psychiatrist to know that seeping in those thoughts isn't going to make him magically get better. He won't suddenly change his mind and become a nice person. He's going to sit and saturate and get worse until he becomes completely unmanageable. Every day he spends down there is another chance for him to become impossible to reason with. How long until he stops listening to people? How long will it take for his hatred to become so consuming that he decides to do as much damage as possible the moment he's out?
You are sitting on a ticking time bomb. If you want to know how I know, consider this: he had to go somewhere during that little stunt last week, and it sure wasn't the ballroom.
[he stops here to... take a breath. let that sink. collect himself and work on sounding a little less like he wants to flip a table or something.]
It's not that hard to figure out. Since the majority of you seem to be against killing him, get him out of there before you run out of other choices. He's not stupid, he's not going to go on a murderous rampage, and he's not going to do anything to get himself thrown right back into the little personal hell you have him locked in. If you don't have the technology yet, fine. If you don't have the precise power yet, fine. If he lashes out, all you need is someone who can shut him down or knock him out, drag him back to the basement, and then let him out again when he promises to behave. I know at least one person who could do it, and there's got to be more. Brainstorm, tag team, whatever. You're supposed to be good at that sort of thing.
The time it takes for him to think up and enact anything remotely devious should be plenty of time to develop one of the proposed methods for keeping him generally harmless. Hell, you might even be able to convince him to go along with it, given his alternatives. Anything is better than letting him fester down there. Let him out while he still has a reason to play nice.
Tch, the fact that I have to point any of this out is depressing. You'd think it'd be common fucking sense.
[ooc: the cut is meant to be as inclusive as possible, so if you can rationalize your character being a 'good guy' then they can totally see this. a-and sorry it's so long, he just has a lot of feelings right now. ;A;// THREADHOP AS MUCH AS YOU WANT, it'd be cool to get some IC decisions out of this! C:]
Circling Back
Feb. 21st, 2012 09:15 pmfredless[Fred's standing in the castle kitchen, a faint flush to her cheeks as she considers the counters and walls. She opens her journal to apologize, realizing she doesn't even begin to know how to filter it. So she doesn't]
To anybody I might've made ... uncomfortable last week? I'm sorry. I'm friendly, but I'm not that friendly.
[But off the word friend, she can't help but think of someone else. A very pink somebody else. You know, while she's here, Fred just might be making cupcakes. Very pink, very sweet cupcakes]
To anybody I might've made ... uncomfortable last week? I'm sorry. I'm friendly, but I'm not that friendly.
[But off the word friend, she can't help but think of someone else. A very pink somebody else. You know, while she's here, Fred just might be making cupcakes. Very pink, very sweet cupcakes]
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Feb. 21st, 2012 09:38 pmpayback[Filtered to anyone who cares about the whole Legato debacle]
The outpost in the dead zone is still intact, just saying, and I will remind everyone in general that the doors do lock. We could just stick Legato out there for a while and make sure he didn't get back into the castle zone. No powers, no forcing townspeople to kill each other and themselves. Of course the risk to him would be vengeance-seekers and he might attempt suicide, but it's a possibility.
[And of course, if Legato attempts suicide, it might be doing them all a favor.]
The outpost in the dead zone is still intact, just saying, and I will remind everyone in general that the doors do lock. We could just stick Legato out there for a while and make sure he didn't get back into the castle zone. No powers, no forcing townspeople to kill each other and themselves. Of course the risk to him would be vengeance-seekers and he might attempt suicide, but it's a possibility.
[And of course, if Legato attempts suicide, it might be doing them all a favor.]