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[badlydisarmed]

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Hello Etraya, a few of the newest arrivals are originally from wherever we told you we're from, but before coming here we were in Etraya's sister city, Solmara. Solmara has overthrown their AI and is ruled by a woman named Alrys. She sent us here on a recon mission to steal supplies, and while some of us were considering it, upon arrival we decided not to.

I can't speak for the others, but I know for a fact if Alrys got wind of what this place is like, she'd start a war. I'm not interested, not because I'm kind and noble (I'm not) but because making two whole cities miserable would be stupid.

Aurora has been informed of everything, but in the interest of transparency I'm letting the rest of you know too.

We will be answering questions but only if they're not stupid and you're super nice about it. Keep in mind we're probably gonna get tortured then killed then tortured again for snitching. 😃❤️🥳👍🚀🦈

PS: Any magical healers out there?

(The PS is not included on the things we will be answering questions about)

Comments

[fortitudosalutis]

She kill them?

[badlydisarmed]

I think she turns them somehow. Killing isn't very useful since the AI brings them back.

[fortitudosalutis]

It can be if she does it slow. You being funny about the torture or is that SOP?

[badlydisarmed]

Can't I be funny about standard procedure?

[fortitudosalutis]

you can do whatever you want, man, I'm not stopping you
just trying to figure out what we're dealing with

[badlydisarmed]

you know authoritarian military regimes. that's what we're dealing with.

[fortitudosalutis]

yeah
but there are degrees
they true believers? or just going along with it because they're hungry and they'll get the shit kicked out of them if they don't?

[badlydisarmed]

there's a cult-like following, she's very well-liked by people close to her. I'm thinking there's some kind of brainwashing going on.

[fortitudosalutis]

what makes you say that?

[badlydisarmed]

Thinking back I'm not all that sure of why I agreed to participate. It felt like a good idea at the time.

[fortitudosalutis]

interesting
it's possible to condition someone to accept ideas, want them
but it takes time
it doesn't always work

[badlydisarmed]

I don't remember being indoctrinated, but between magic powers and whatever the hell, I guess I wouldn't.

[fortitudosalutis]

question now is whether it just wore off or if it was designed that way
if it can be retriggered

[ Because that might be a problem. ]

[badlydisarmed]

An alarming thought. I have no idea.

[fortitudosalutis]

yeah

[ Does beg the question of what to do about it. There’s no clear answer. ]

time to go to war, then
Or soon enough

[badlydisarmed]

The Kill Alrys team is very gung-ho about it.

[fortitudosalutis]

assuming she can be killed, it'd be the simplest solution

[badlydisarmed]

she's human as far as I know. Maybe human+ but I don't know what the + is.

[fortitudosalutis]

cool. Then cutting her head off should work. I’m going on the assumption you need that for the resurrection machine or whatever

[badlydisarmed]

Pretty sure resurrection's up to the AIs and why would they bother?

[fortitudosalutis]

i'm not taking anything on faith with them

[badlydisarmed]

That's smart. I wouldn't either, but this one thing boils down to of Alrys gets killed and the AI brings her back, then Alrys immediately goes back to fucking with the AI so why would it?

[fortitudosalutis]

depends what the big picture is, which we don't know. not for sure.