video; a community poll

[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!)

Comments

[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.

[solitarysoul]

[Kill or be killed. Especially those last few days in Prehevil...but those weren't the actual rules. Except in Rher's festival.]

I guess the basics? Don't kill each other, don't steal or take more than your share. Do what you're told to. Obey your superiors. Stuff like that.

[strength_of_will]

That sounds an awful lot like the sort of rules I would expect in a military setting. Were you living through a war?

[solitarysoul]

Yes. I was a soldier. I think it was like that for other people though...just they didn't always know who was in charge.

[strength_of_will]

Ah... I understand. Without a clear chain of command, an army can quickly fall to pieces.

Anyway, I suppose being a soldier would certainly give you a different perspective on what constitutes a crime. I've led other adventurers and warriors on dangerous expeditions before but it's not quite the same.

[solitarysoul]

I...guess? It showed me what one side considers a crime the other side might not.

[At least he hopes some of the things the Bremens were rumored to do were crimes in the Eastern Union. But with the bunkers in Prehevil and the horror that went on within them he's not so sure.]

[strength_of_will]

Yes. Since war is the only time when the murder of another man is permissible.

[ His smile is wry but understanding. ]

People will do terrible things when their lives or the lives of their loved ones are at stake.

cw: ritualistic sacrifice

[solitarysoul]

That's...not true.

[The festival was an aberration, but human sacrifice still happened sometimes in his world. It wasn't common, it wasn't talked about, but at least in Prehevil everyone knew it still happened. Or it did to his class of people. Sometimes he'd hear the rumors and wonder if the orphanage was just a farm of sorts.]

But it is true that people can do terrible things, especially if they think its them or whoever else. I've seen it, even outside of war.

[strength_of_will]

[ Kid, human sacrifice isn't generally appropriate either!! ]

You're right that some people do terrible things to one another, but that doesn't mean that it's permissible. It shouldn't be. That's why laws exist: they're something like an agreement that everyone abides by in order to maintain a functioning society.

[solitarysoul]

[Not where he comes from! It even had official church procedures if they wanted to be fancy about it.]

R-right...but that's not really what we want to know here. We can assume things like murder or assault are against the rules, but what else?

[strength_of_will]

Theft, I would think? Hmm... Destruction of other's property?

[solitarysoul]

Are you assuming the same rules apply to everyone?

[Because neither of those applied to certain groups in his world.]

[strength_of_will]

[ He smiles sheepishly. ]

Sorry. No, I suppose they might not. I just can't fathom a world where that would be freely allowed, I guess.

[solitarysoul]

...

...I guess all that matters is what applies to us anyway.

[strength_of_will]

Yeah. I'll make a note of what you've said. I hope we get some answers from the Council.

[solitarysoul]

...yeah.

[He's not optimistic about that.]