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Richard ([personal profile] traumaticus) wrote in [community profile] expiationnet2025-04-28 02:15 am

004 - video [un:plantogetit]

Greetings, it's me. Richard Plantagenet, the duke of Gloucester.

It seems like the last the events of the last month truly shaken up our community in more ways than just one. And on top of that it appears that the council is back on the move once again, trying to subdue us 'the chosen' under their thumb. There might not be much that we can do in the face of such horrors but i do not believe we are entirely powerless either.

But first things first. If any of you find your housing situation compromised, please, come to the inn. We will allow anyone in need to stay free of charge. However, I must warn you that the standards aren't quite what they used to be with the resources running low, which leads me to my next point.

I call everyone who is willing and capable to gather and join me in the cleaning up and rebuilding our city. The roads are still filled with rubble and debris from the fight and some areas seems to be completely blocked off. Similarly, I will call everyone who is interested in defending our city to join me and the defense squad with patrolling around the borders and woods nearby in case of the monsters still lingering around. The game and other wildlife seems to have left the their usual area, so we need to make sure that it is safe for them to return here if we want to thrive as a community.

As for my last point.

I am aware that not all of you might trust me or have the most positive views on my actions here. Still, I wish you to listen to what I have to propose to you and take it in your heart without being clouded by prejudice and hear me out.

When my homeland was met with great injustice my noble father, the duke of York, took upon his shoulders to set things right. He rallied the people, raised the banners and brought upon a storm like no other to sweep across our country. All just to remove the tyrant, the false king from his pedestal. When I look at the way our state in this city I must admit that I feel compelled to do the same and urge us to take our fates to our own hands. The Council and this AI-entity might loom above us like Gods, but that does not mean we ought to outright submit to them. I am aware that we have already into our own groups and formed affiliations. But I truly do believe we are strongest when we are together and united.

Which is why I propose the following: that we, the Chosen, would form our own governing body. A council of our own, if you will. I do not suggest that we follow one true leader, as I believe that to be fruitless in our situation. However, we would greatly benefit from having chosen representatives to gather and bring out the issues that we might be facing as a community, so that we could coordinate our efforts to match our best interests and needs.

This is, of course, just a suggestion. I would love to hear what all of you think of this.
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[personal profile] bulleting 2025-04-28 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I know gases work, Jinx.

[As if she didn't dive deeply into research about the Grey. As if she didn't take every precaution to prevent anyone innocent from getting caught up in the cross hairs.]

I also know that gases linger in the fissures because of poor ventilation. Cut off the ventilation shafts, cut off the dispersal. But guess what happens when you turn it back on? It disperses. I didn't leave the gas to linger, Jinx. I'm not calloused enough not to care whether or not Zaun could breathe.

[Her and Jinx will never see eye to eye, so she's not going to waste her breath on how precise her strikes were. How she specifically targeted the Chembaron's locations and filled their hideouts with the fumes. But Jinx knows, because she experienced it too, in the arcade. Caitlyn made sure to be careful. Vi could attest to this, too. If Caitlyn was really hurting innocent Zaunites, would Vi have really stood at her side? Look at how she reacted when Caitlyn "almost" shot Isha, even if Caitlyn still stubbornly knew she wouldn't have accidentally done so.]
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[personal profile] opheliac 2025-04-28 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh-huh, whatever you say, Toots. Just don't fall for any more giant ladies, alright? I know they're mesmerizing, but not all of them are good for your health.

[a beat, while the smirk bleeds through her words.]

And between you and me? Yours is going... [cue sound effect of her whistling something plummeting down to the pits of something deep.] Keersplat!
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[personal profile] bulleting 2025-04-29 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, Jinx. It's ever so pleasant to talk to you. But she's going to tolerate you, for Vi's sake.]

Are you done now, or would you like to share more of our dirty laundry on the public network?

[She tries to be civil when others can view it, but clearly Jinx doesn't care. That's the only reason she replied to Richard so openly. She didn't want anyone else to only get Jinx's side of the story.]
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[personal profile] grappler 2025-04-29 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, if there's one thing us people from Runeterra are good at, it's making a scene.

[at least she's self aware.]
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cw: jokingly talking about incest

[personal profile] opheliac 2025-04-29 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Hey there, little Mama. I'm feeling something naughty, naughty. Wanna come dance with me?
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[personal profile] grappler 2025-05-05 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[CUE EYE ROLL.]

Jinx, please.
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[personal profile] opheliac 2025-05-05 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Denying going out with me again, are we?

[she scoffs.]

Typical. Some love I'm getting. Do I need to blast out my eye just to get you to notice me? Is that what you want? To miss a finger and an eye?

— Any more lost body parts you want out of me, sis?
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[personal profile] grappler 2025-05-06 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
You're so weird.

[she doesn't even know what to say.]

I don't even need to remind you that we're sisters, right?
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[personal profile] opheliac 2025-05-06 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Sisters can go on dates, which I'm trying to ask you on.
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[personal profile] grappler 2025-05-06 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, in the weirdest way possible.

[but there's a touch of fondness in her tone, now.]

What're we gonna do?
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[personal profile] opheliac 2025-05-06 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I wanna go to the beach. [how simple.] It's just, well, it was cold before. And now with everything warming up, and how we weren't really allowed to go to the ocean back home...

[she trails off a little, figuring vi is getting where she's goingwith this.]

— Just being somewhere with wide open spaces, no walls, no restrictions. Just us two, the sand, the water, and the sky.
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[personal profile] bulleting 2025-04-29 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Shit. [Well that went off the rails. Thanks Jinx.

There's a long silence, in which Caitlyn is questioning all her life choices and likely pinching the space between her eyes.]


Thank you. I know I shouldn't let her get under my skin, but she always finds a way.
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[personal profile] grappler 2025-05-05 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[she can picture Caitlyn doing just that, honestly.]

It's okay. Silco's like that for me.

[a beat.]

You don't have to be her best friend or anything. Just don't get into a physical fight again, which I know you won't.
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[personal profile] bulleting 2025-05-06 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
I know. It's not like I'm seeking her out. She finds me, pushes my buttons just right and... [Another quiet sigh.]

As if I didn't have enough headaches, these days.

[Quite literally, in fact. Things they don't tell you about traumatic vision loss is the migraines that come from stress and strain on the remaining eye!]
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[personal profile] grappler 2025-05-06 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Well... I could do something for those headaches.

[aka just be a distraction--]