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[geass]

A question for the Chosen: why have you not banded together already? Some arrivals go back to almost a year, and yet you're still here. You're not without skill. There are summoners, magic users, and bomb makers in this city. Directed efforts could surely overpower our captors if there was direction.

Possibly there are those who want to stay here. Those who are dead in the world that they come from. But what of the ones who want to go home? What do they say? Are they just content to live their lives here while they have unfinished business at home?

It's possible that some of the lack of action is complacency. But others... may be a lack of leadership. Instead of waiting around for someone to save you, have you considered that you might be able to take charge of your situation? What holds you back? The Council? Jerry? That is one man, and an entity that we haven't seen thus far.

For now, it's food for thought. But I'd be interested to know who would actually be interested in leaving this place, instead of playing house in a world that dictates their actions. For those who may want to stay... what would life be like without the "Council" watching your every move?

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[conflictresolution]

Too busy making peace and setting up a life plus the Chosen are rather free-spirited types who don't particularly take orders well. Some are also do-gooders.

I expect if one tried to formulate quick alliances, someone would take the leader's head off.

[Hint, hint.]

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[geass]

Supposed "do-gooders" would want to be free from tyranny themselves, wouldn't they?

High stakes situations aren't foreign to me. I'm just setting the groundwork and testing the waters -- while I can act quickly if necessary, real coordination takes time.

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[ticket218]

A leader needs trust and respect in order to lead effectively. No one person interested in a leadership position has earned that from enough people to make for a lasting united effort.

[geass]

Trust and respect could also be earned by deeds. Or desperation, if a group of people need someone who will guide them to success.

The situation here might not be conducive to desperation yet, but do you honestly think it'd last forever?

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[drugsnotclubs]

you make this place sound so dramatic.

but you know those frogs a month ago have 'dictated my actions' more than any council or anyone else here. far as i know they dont actually do anything aside from hand out chores every so often.

[geass]

A world where actions and behaviors are controlled and manipulated is dramatic in itself, isn't it?

You don't honestly think that it'll just be something so benign forever, do you?

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[skelters]

I don't think there's anything that can be solved with violence ... If you've seen what's going on, you'd understand that.

[geass]

[bro.............................................. who are you talking to-]

Violence is sometimes necessary for change. Or do you think that pretty words alone will make things easier?

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[opheliac]

hiya! my name is jinx. u might have heard of me, nice to meet u.
u sound pretty ticked that some of us want to stay here.
are u mad that no one wants u as our fearless leader?

[geass]

[oh he has heard of you. seen you too, but he's not going to mention that for obvious reasons.]

I'm not "ticked". Isn't it human nature that one would want to stay alive when they're dead in their own universe?

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[solitarysoul]

we also don't know where to find them. i highly doubt they live in city hall

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[geass]

Has anyone tried to investigate them further?

[baldrshand]

When I thought I had merely been transported to a different continent, I was minded to find a ship and sail back to my homeland. But we lack a vessel that can traverse through space and time.

You don't happen to know where we might find one, do you?

[geass]

Sad to say that I'm lacking in that department. But you never know what you might find when you start digging.

If not a ship, another way of returning home will be in order.

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[heartstopping]

[Rolo is waiting nearby while Lelouch types his whole post up, ready to jump in to help swap people towards his ideas. But actually reading the post has him hesitant. He sits there quietly for a bit while his brother is replying to responses and eventually, he sets his tablet down entirely to fiddle with the charm on his phone, his appetite for the whole endeavor now lost.]

...Do you really want to go back that badly?

[He wants to be as helpful to his brother as possible, like maybe if he does enough then Lelouch will truly love him like Nunnally. But what's he supposed to do if Lelouch getting what he wants here means losing him entirely?]

[geass]

[there's a long pause as he weighs his words. he knows what Rolo wants to hear, and he knows exactly what he wants to say. but he probably should figure out a way to toe the middle for the sake of argument, in this case.]

I have unfinished business with the world. [because that's not dramatic at all.] We don't know what sort of parallel universe this is -- is my absence noticed? Will this affect our timeline? Until I know those answers, it's a priority for me.

[invinciblemikey]

fkn talk like a person first of all

i agree and id lead but u just got here shit keeps coming from all sides

pipe the fuck down

[geass]

I am talking like a person. That is, unless you have no concept of language.

I'm only asking questions. It's up to you on whether you find me abrasive or not.

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[fieldtrip]

I couldn't tell if there was a real question in there or if you just wanted to complain.

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[geass]

I'm not complaining. Just making observations and asking questions.

Maybe you misunderstood.

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[rebellions]

because the only thing more insufferable than the council's constant watching and meddling with my life are dickheads like you who show up thinking they're hot shit and I should follow their orders just because they can write a small novel of meaningless crap trying to sound deep

I'll deal with the council myself. and, who knows, maybe next I'll deal with you too

[geass]

So much anger at someone that you don't even know.

No one's making you follow my orders, [yet] nor am I making them. It's obvious you misunderstood my intentions.

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[laserguy]

I'm assuming that you'd want to lead?

Just saying man, you kind of lose your impact when you say all this anonymously.

[geass]

Not necessarily. If there's someone competent around, why shouldn't they instead?

[lol]

Giving the nature of some of your fellow Chosen responses, it's better to be anonymous.

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[heartofsalvation]

As you have said, for some of us, this is the only time we have left. I do not begrudge those who wish to return, and I know it cannot last forever. But it is the reason I am happy enough to play along for now.

That said, how do you plan to get people home? Are you capable of traversing worlds so easily? 'Tis a rare ability, and one not so easily accomplished by the average man. We also have no concept of the mechanism that has brought us here in the first place...

[geass]

I'm not sure yet. That's something that'd have to be looked into with cooperation from the others. There's power in numbers and a collaborative effort though, which is why I'm gauging interest in how many people would actually like to work together.

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[strength_of_will]

There are efforts being made to get answers from our 'captors', as you put it. There's a time and place for aggression, but it's not right now.

But if you would like to help, maybe you could organise a voyage beyond the horizon and let us know what you find. If nothing else, you might find something to explain how the creature we fought last month came to be infected with that black rot.

[geass]

Oh? And how are those efforts going for you?

[Lelouch is dramatic ok he's always gonna go for the aggression...]

And how do you know that that information isn't right under our noses?

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[querulus]

ok first of all, you seem like you need to touch grass.

second, i assume all the other responses to your little "wake up sheeple" speech have sufficiently answered your question, but just in case you need any more reason to feel like an idiot today, let me give you a little tip: security around here's tighter than jerry's asshole. they've got power dampeners, psychic blocks, memory tampering, reality warping, the works. i haven't been able to punch through any of this shit and if i can't i highly doubt any of these other nobodies have a chance.

[geass]

You think awfully high of yourself, don't you?

The problem most likely is that you're doing it alone.

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[entreats]

Some of us are dead back home and still want to go back anyway.

Stop being exclusionary.

[ Not the post's point in the slightest, but. You know. Ange lives for being pedantic. ]

im crying ange PLEASE

[geass]

My apologies. I'll be more thoughtful of those who are dead and want to remain that way in the future.

[not the sarcasm...]

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[breakin_ur_lore]

I'm not waiting for others to save me. But I'm also not ready to jump straight into antagonistic actions. A group or being with the power to not only know our lives, but also take us from our worlds and keep us here...I don't think it's fair to just assume we understand everything they're doing. Or everything they're capable of doing.

[geass]

Or maybe they're just hoping that that kind of show of power will intimidate us into not striking them back. There's no way that they don't have their own set of weaknesses.