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[ Soon after LILITH hands the decision to Outsiders, Ratio makes a post on the ocular network. ]

I hope you have all had ample time to rest from the aftermath of the kaiju's attack. However, it is time to turn our attention to the future. We have been given an opportunity to decide our next step.

1: Stay in Seoul and assist the city.
2: Chase after the escaped Imugi.

I imagine opinions may be divided on this front, so I would like to open the forum for discussion. Please state your choice and provide thorough reasoning for your decision. You will not convince anyone with a half-baked argument. You may respond to any comment as you please, but remember to stay civil and do not resort to derogatory or inflammatory comments. Should you break this rule, I will revoke your comment permissions.

Keep in mind that your choice will have a grave effect on the people of this planet. It is not one to be made lightly, so do not treat it with levity.

You may use the form below to keep your comment clear and easy to read.

[ ooc: This is meant to be a mingle text log! Feel free to comment on each other's posts, yadda yadda go wild! Also the form is only a recommendation, feel free to disregard Ratio's instructions and annoy him. ]

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yeah and how'd that turn out for my culture?

[ ...granted, she might not know. but. ]

offering extra information and perspective is the idea. it's not a half-truth to say there's about to be more of the fuckers wandering around

whatever you say loverboy

Hm? I read of it. I happen to enjoy learning new things and terms.

But unfair? I am just treating you the way I am observing you wish to be treated. It is not my fault you prefer to have your emotions appealed to like a dog that would exchange its loyalties for a good belly rub.

Say we help Seoul's people — what would be the return investment?

[ lbh he's probably still hopped up on the fury fumes he got hit with from the rift ]

We are not going to see eye to eye on this, death goddess. We simply do not view humanity in the same way, and you may need to come to peace with that fundamental disagreement.

I am still working to save them. I am just tired of having to split hairs over that goal, versus the perception that they are "individually important", or whatever.

( can you get your girl a couple texts down? thanks. )

run 'em through
same as always

( ooc: hi! the mods clarified for me that icly, characters only have 48 hours to make a decision. could we delete our thread up until now so we don't confuse anyone? sorry about that! )

listen, if the kaijus insist on causing trouble and killing people, yeah- ... i will have to fight them.
it's a kill-or-be-killed situation, right?
we all agree on that.

but, we can't act like we're some saviors.
maybe those kaijus were here first! then the humans decided to be assholes and build their city over their land.
it could've happened that way, ya know.

( YEAH... HE CAN TELL. )

yeah?
well, i proved myself plenty out there and got shit for it
so

( don't let her rile you up don't let her rile you up don't let her rile you up don't let her rile you up don't let her rile you up don't let her rile you up don't let her rile you up don't let her rile you up don't let her rile you up don't let her rile you up don't let her rile you up don't let her rile you up don't let her rile you up )

[She's not his girl anymore

it flies. how will you get up there

[wow malkuth? i don't know her. you're on your own izou]

( 😢 )

j... jump off someone?
... look
we just gotta appeal to our strengths

maybe i should just throw you

jump off
not throw

sure if you want

if it doesn't work out throwing is always an option

You got money, which is what you work for, and we've been getting base, weaponry, and quality of life upgrades they don't NEED to give us but HAVE anyway.
This isn't our "home base". But if we help people the operatives in LILITH protect here, then those same operatives will be more likely to help us not only in tracking down the kaiju, but giving us the gear we need to do so now that we understand its patterns a little more and what we can do.
This has never been an individual effort. Don't expect an individual reward, unless you manage to really mess up a kaiju the way others have in the past.

never been better
it's gonna take more than the wilderness to beat a genius like me

[ She would normally agree and just end it there... But Quetzalcoatl is a factor here. She can't just let her boyfriend fall and become a humanity-hating beast! ]

Perhaps if you had spent as much time as I with their souls, you would understand.

I shall no longer speak of this with you today.

I will not abandon you and allow for such hatred to consume you.
It is the least I owe her.

[ Every day, she realizes more and more she's not the person with the worst social skills amongst the outsiders. And that's really sad. ]

And who are you to Quetzalcoatl?

Same than for all others. Humans rejected the gods and went their own way.

[ She can tell he's about to drop some diss against his sister and she's cutting that before it can happen! ]

Tell me, Tezcatlipoca. If someone offered a third solution, one that involved no death and fulfilled both objectives. Would you take it?

((no problem, done!))

( ooc: thank you so much!! )

We have a day or two, right? I know we have a lot going on in the city right now, but we do have healers and people with those nanobots...
And what if she comes back and all of our hard work here is undone?

[wdym isn't he a perfectly sociable guy....]

Oh she was constantly reaching out to me. Wanted to know everything about me. You could say she was invested in my well being.

[ and guess how that effort got repaid]

( ... those are all really nice, well-thought out points.

however, )

those same operatives ain't got a choice whether we put our chase on pause or not
if they wanna protect the whole damn timeline they'll be out there regardless
and if they ain't... then they're depending on us
so damn right i expect all that and more
for their sake, we oughta shut this down now so more don't die

Then we'll send a few.
Surely, that will be enough to take down an entire beast.
If these kaiju were that easy to defeat, we wouldn't be having this discussion now.

(They would have already killed it.)

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had to do that other tag first bc lol,

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he wont stop being scrappy help

she doesn't deserve this

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can she trade him with his sister

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