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[strength_of_will]

Hello again, everyone. I have something to ask you all.

If you were given the chance, what sort of questions would you ask of the Council? What sort of demands, if any, would you make of them? I will be gathering responses from everyone who replies and compiling them into a concise list which will hopefully be presented to the Council at a later date.

If you'd prefer to give your answer in person, I'll be making a rotation of the other-worlder housing area as well as the inn.


(ooc: For characters who can't/won't etc. answer a network post, William can be spoken to in-person! Feel free to assume he came knocking on the character's door or they can approach him at the new Church of Many Faiths he established earlier this month.

For players who are too busy to thread anything out, feel free to send me a PM with your character's answer. I understand we're heading into a busy/tiring month but it will be helpful to have as many IC answers as possible before the start of the new year!)

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[entreats]

[ Dryly: ]

It'd be nice to know if they could just, you know, chill.

[ Don't worry, Ange will.. probably.. have something a little more insightful to add in a moment. But she can't help this deadpan kneejerk response at the mention of the Council first. ]

[strength_of_will]

'Chill'. Right. You mean that as in being less harsh, I assume?

[ He's looking down as he writes her response on some paper he has ready. ]

[entreats]

That's one way to put it.

[ For a moment it almost sounds like she'll leave it at that entirely unhelpful piece of clarification, but then Ange does say more, seeming to have actually thought for a moment. ]

It's like they don't understand that the way they do things without bothering to explain anything to us only makes some among us want to make their life harder. [ Not.. Ange, really. She's not part of the crew that loves to harass the Council people.

But she's sure seen it, and she can kind of understand where the sentiment is coming from. The Council sure don't seem to care about making themselves popular. ] It'd be in their best interest too if they were more communicative.

[strength_of_will]

Communication is important between those who lead and the people they lead, it's true. Is there anything you would like them to communicate specifically or would you simply like to hear more from them?

[entreats]

Them being clearer would be one step.

[ She'd take it. Not that it would improve her opinion of the Council a whole lot, especially with how hard Ange generally is to please, but..

.. well, it'd be better than nothing, right. ]

But I'd especially want them to be more clear about why they're doing any of this. Whether they really believe we've committed the crimes this place assigned us. If they're reporting to some sort of higher source.

so sorry, week has been horrid

[strength_of_will]

I imagine they do believe we've committed whatever crime is on our slip of paper. Then again, I've yet to be called for sentencing and what I've heard about it has come second-hand...

[ He thinks for a few moments. ]

Actually, I always wondered how that paper appeared with us. It doesn't seem to rip or tear or burn at all. I'd assumed the gods were the one who left them with us, but I wonder if the Council knows anything about them.

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[rebellions]

Put me back where I belong and we can all be on our merry way.

[ Straight to the point! It probably sounds dangerously close to a threat, but don't worry about it. ]

[strength_of_will]

[ At this response he has to chuckle a bit in sympathy. ]

I think a lot of people feel the same way. I've been trying to keep myself busy but I'd really like to go back home.

[rebellions]

Dunno, some people seem oddly compliant with how this place operates.

[ Almost to an annoying degree. Sure, they can stay here for all he cares, but the Council should at least give him and others who'd rather go home an opportunity to do so. ]

[strength_of_will]

I don't know about everyone else, but I think it's best to pick your battles. There's not much point wasting energy on something that will have no effect.

[ He smiles grimly. ]

That said, when you do find an opening, you should seize it as soon as you can.

[ Just like if you were fighting a monster! ]

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[solitarysoul]

What rules they expect us to obey would be a good start.

[strength_of_will]

That did get brought up before, I saw. I'd assumed the general things like "Don't kill" were obvious at least though.

[solitarysoul]

I don't know. I don't know what people here consider 'obvious.' But, um, they don't seem to eager to kill each other so that's probably still correct.

[strength_of_will]

Oh, well...

[ He considers for a bit. ]

I suppose rules like... "Don't murder others" and "don't steal from others" are the basic expectations of any society. It would be difficult to live in a community where that is permissible.

[solitarysoul]

I guess.

[Don't steal wasn't always a rule where he came from. Well, it was a rule but often ignored. Murder though was still mostly wrong, unless the victim was on the other side of the war. Or the gods wanted blood.]

[strength_of_will]

I'm curious - what sort of rules are you used to following? I promise I won't judge your answer.

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[coordinatroll]

Oh, there is so much! Why we're the ones who were chosen for this chance at redemption, how they assign the crimes, how they managed to reach into other worlds to pull us into this one...

[ The girl taps her finger on her chin thoughtfully. Really, at this point they still have way more questions than they do answers. ]

Another thing I've been thinking about lately is... how many Chosen have there been before the ones currently here? Surely, we can't be the first ones, considering how well-prepared Aldrip was to deal with our arrival.

[strength_of_will]

[ A lot of questions! This is very good. William nods along as he jots them down. ]

I think you may be right about people having been 'Chosen' before us. There was a town in the desert we visited some months ago and it seemed to have been abandoned. But they had technology that didn't match with anything in Aldrip. It made me think that they could have been the first ones brought over by the gods.

[coordinatroll]

Oh, would that be where the tablets have come from?

[ She'd been wondering about those! Especially since it feels like having one of those is frowned upon in Aldrip itself... ]

I was under the impression the residents of Aldrip aren't too fond of those... and if that's the case, then one has to wonder if the people of that town turned their backs on Aldrip's approach, or perhaps even sentencing system as a whole.

[strength_of_will]

Yes. A lot of them were brought back from the journey and someone managed to fix them up enough for a few to use. I'm still using my charm though; I don't want to be caught somewhere where I can't use the device or risk having it broken.

Even if Aldrip had shunned this technology, the gap in advancement is oddly wide. You would think that some conveniences would be shared, wouldn't you?

[ Then again, the desert had been quite far away... ]

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[baldrshand]

I would ask what gives them the authority to judge people from different worlds--worlds with completely different ideas of justice and retribution.

And I would like to know how they bring people back from the dead.

[strength_of_will]

Bring people back from-- they can do that?!

[baldrshand]

They did with me.

[strength_of_will]

I'm sorry... I didn't realise.

Those are fair questions. If they can bring people back from the dead in order to judge them, then that's troubling indeed.

[baldrshand]

You don't need to be. I kept very quiet about it for a long time. It was only after going through the labyrinth that I realized I can't hide from it anymore.

I actually thought I had arrived in the afterlife when I awoke in the fields outside Aldrip. I'm certainly more troubled by the notion that we're being brought here at the behest of other mortals who still haven't explained why.