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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

[badlydisarmed]

Not all of them. There's discontent, but it's quiet— those close to Alrys act like they're fully loyal, though.

[ It's very obvious Robert's sharing all the pieces he has. Keeping things close to his vest wouldn't help him with this. ]

One of us was coerced into coming, the quiet angry one on the post. Connor was reprogrammed, I have no idea how Team Kill Alrys was signed up, he doesn't like me at all. But I have to assume she could do whatever she did again to get me back in line, and I don't know if I'd even realize it's happening.

[saudades]

[A brainwashing ability, then? Perhaps the one that wants to kill her has a resistance, like himself. Perhaps he feigned being susceptible at the time. Dazai looks at him, mildly frustrated. Theoretically, this should only be a problem if she has any reason to suspect disloyalty, but if she's paranoid enough she might do it preemptively. There would need to be a failsafe. Someone like him, who cannot be impacted by powers of any kind, and nullify any activated abilities he could come in contact with.

He's not from Solmara, though. The odds of selling any story to explain his presence depends on her level of paranoia. It's not a good strategy.]

There is one last-resort measure I can think of, but it's a card I'd rather not play just yet. If this is the state of affairs, then, it's smarter to strike during a mission when she won't be present. Were they on a predictable schedule like ours?

[badlydisarmed]

[ Robert can worry about Solmara later. Right now he has the more immediate mission coming up, and also at least one angry moron who may or may not attack him on sight. ]

Yeah, more or less. I think it's too early to worry about it. I'm sure that'll... develop in some terrible way just not yet.