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Afternoon everyone. This is Goro Akechi speaking.

We have come to find ourselves from a quite troubling situation. All thanks to acts of those from Rumpitur. I have heard the talk around the town about what should we do with them. Some of the people of Aldrip seem to be advocating for revenge, while others forgiveness.

Normally, I think the wisest choice of action would be leave the situation behind us and not to get involved in the politics of this world. But this is different. This wasn't a random attack or act of a beast, but carefully planned and intentional action against us. If we hadn't been successful in our rescue mission our numbers would have depleted no doubt. Who knows, the kidnappings could still be ongoing.

[He doesn't really care much for most of you. But this time they had hit where it hurt.]

What do you think, my fellow Chosen? Stay still and leave them be, potentially risking another attack. Or retaliate? Although, I believe it is important to remember that we still don't have all the details. Making this whole ordeal seem just more suspicious.

As for what I think? I believe something needs to pay for this.

[ooc: this post is inspired by december sotg. please! feel free to threadjack and everything! let's get the madness going.]

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so screw the poor people, huh? who cares what they go through as long as its not happening to u. just look away, stick ur head in the dirt and they don't exist. screw off, ragna.

[ holy projection batman. ]

that's not what I
where the hell did you get all that from?

as far as I know, they've been doing just fine before they started the whole human sacrifice bullshit
so if you care about their well-being that much, you probably should be even more pissed at the responsible assholes than I am
they're the ones who didn't mind watching their entire town going to shit and doing nothing to prevent it

what do u think my entire point of my convo was about, moron? i was trying to tell blood thirsty crowhead to take out the LEADER. u know, the one who told his people to sacrifice everyones lil friends. not the damn people themselves! killing the people wont do anything if u dont do something to the one in charge! UUUUGH! im so sick of u losers not listening to a damn thing i say when im actually being serious!

Edited 2023-12-24 00:07 (UTC)

you know what?
fine. I don't give a shit anymore

the snakes can solve their problems on their own
it's not worth my headache

[ So he's gone from "kill them all" to "fuck it, I'm not touching that" like a real, responsible adult. Whether it's for better or worse... that remains to be seen. ]

one question though
you saw that... thing tear through tons of innocent people, and you didn't seem to have a problem back then
so what's different now?

[ This is the first time he's willingly bringing up the whole Black Beast memory, and it's hardly an easy thing for him to do. Truth is, he's making an effort to understand her, even if he's doing it in a somewhat questionable way. ]

huh? what thing?

the black beast

[ Wait, he's never told her what it's called, so that might not clear things up, huh. There's a small pause before he finally adds: ]

me

its different with u because u are u. the monster out in the ocean is a creature with 4 functions. eating, sleeping, reproducing, and shitting. ok humans are like that too but humans are MORE than just 4 basic functions. we have thoughts, feelings, blahblahblah more touchyfeely crap. u DO feel bad about killing those people right? the monster out there? doesnt. thats what makes u different. ure not doing it on purpose.

Edited 2023-12-25 00:32 (UTC)

[ She makes it sound so simple when it's anything but. Does he feel bad about it? Sure, now; but whether he did back when it happened... that's anyone's guess. All he has to go by are vague flashes of memories of that other "him", glimpses of scenes and voices with no context to them. ]

isn't it the other way round?
our seafood friend is just acting on instinct, eating to survive
not killing just for killing's sake

[ The Black Beast only has one function after all, and that's to destroy everything. ]

RIGHT! and our seafood friend's been eating just fine until recently, right? and who is the blame for its new appetite? the leader. so once agaaaaaaiiiinnnnnnnnnnnn. take out the leader. or better yet, FEED the leader to our sea friend! eye for an eye.

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