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[arora]

Hello, citizens of Etraya.

Our next mission will begin on Friday, January 24th. A train will be arriving at the newly constructed station at approximately 0500 hours, and all of you will be tasked with locating the King within the train.

I do not have further details to share regarding what, or who, the King is. Your objective will be to use your combined talents in order to discern the King's identity, and remove it from the train. Once complete, you will be returned to Etraya.

I will not be able to accompany you on this mission. Additionally, in support of our growing numbers, I will be doing some light renovating around Etraya while you are away. This will not include removing or updating any of your homes, merely the layout of Etraya itself. For this reason, I encourage you to leave your companion animals within the hospital with me, or take them along with you on your journey.

Thank you,
Aurora.

Comments

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[crimsonsphere]

Why do we need to get rid of this King?

[arora]

I do not have that information.

[crimsonsphere]

Uh-huh.

What happens to the train when we get rid of him?

[arora]

Are you concerned for the train's inhabitants?

[crimsonsphere]

[Mostly she's testing how much Aurora either knows or is willing to tell them, but to be honest: yeah, that too.]

I don't see why I shouldn't be? I've got no reason to see them hurt.

[arora]

I do not have information on what will happen to the train once the King has been removed.

[crimsonsphere]

So to sum up: this train is full of people is coming through town and we've got to kidnap their king. You can't tell us if we're getting rid of him for a good reason or a bad reason, we'd just better do it. And after he's gone, everyone who lives there is just going to have to get over the fact that a bunch of strangers from different worlds grabbed him, none of your business what'll happen when you make a big hole in their lives.

And meanwhile you're going to stay home and run a feather duster over the place, because the king and the passengers aren't going to, I don't know, retaliate or anything.

[arora]

Missions are built to prove that your universe is worth saving.

I would focus on the overarching goal of being sent on missions, rather than specific mission parameters.

[crimsonsphere]

Really! Then you'll be interested to know that my world was recently saved. By people who asked questions.

So I'll ask another one. How does blindly following your instructions prove that Spira is worth saving, again? Because blindly following instructions went pretty bad for us for about a thousand years.

[arora]

You are welcome to not follow instructions.

[crimsonsphere]

Great, thanks for granting me permission.