Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 8:14:45 PM)
(This user has entered Ais' Place) (IP = 68.53.135.79)
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 8:15:57 PM)
Jareth was.. by now.. at the kitchen table with his notebooks spread out, tapping a pencil as he tried to sort out plans.
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 8:16:26 PM)
*Alex comes home from work and some errand running, parking his bike in the garage, slipping his shoes off as he enters, standing there for a moment as he slips off his socks, all the while holdign an opaque black plastic bag. He looks around, checks to see if he sees anyone, and if the door to teh basement was open or not* Hey Jareth. Wicked game of D&D this weekend?
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 8:17:02 PM)
"What?" He blinked a few times, looking up, and looking distracted.
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 8:18:22 PM)
You got the maps and the pencils, man. All you need is the giant bag of dice. *Alex nods, for being so much of a musclebound ex-soldier, he really is a big old nerd on the inside*
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 8:21:06 PM)
"Er.... I dunno man.. can't really focus on games while I got -real- shit to deal with."
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 8:21:37 PM)
*He is sort of nonchalantly, flying casual, not looking like he is up to somethign as he makes his way to the bedroom he shares with Aislinn to put hsi shopping bag down hurriedly before makign his way back out to the kitchen.* This is the blueprint for the building I take it?
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 8:22:05 PM)
He shook his head.. "Don't have one yet."
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 8:23:06 PM)
Darn. That would be beyond words usefull. So, is this the plan you are workign on if not the map?
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 8:25:14 PM)
"Yeah.. roughly.. I don't have all the peices I need, not enough people are stepping forwards so we're gonna have to improvise." He rubbed his eyes.. "Apple's getting me together a shopping list of some chemicals for a homemade bucket of knockout gas."
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 8:27:27 PM)
We will never have all the peices we need if we are waiting for some of the people here to step up, and I am comfortable with improvising in the belly of the beast. Do we have the team line up yet? And Knockout gas? *he arches an eyebrow*
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 8:28:41 PM)
He shook his head.. "Yes.. Which means less people shooting at us, less confused innocents, and less chance we kill one too many people for them to ignore."
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 8:31:56 PM)
*Alex shakes his head* Jareth, one death is a tragedy, a hundred deaths is a statistic. If we kill a couple, they send reinforcements, if we -anihilate- them, their base, and their support network, they have to either decide to commit resources they can't afford to since the war ended or leave us alone for ever. If we fight to win this battle, we win this battle, but have to finish the war. If we can score a descisive victory, a truely one sided nasty, ugly meat grinder of a victory, We win the battle and the war in one fell swoop.
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 8:34:14 PM)
"Alex... do you know what happened here with Katrina?"
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 8:38:22 PM)
Yes, and it was a crying shame, but I will point out when you live below sea level, you shouldn't be surprised by massive flooding. I didn't say it would be easy, or pleasant, or even soemthign any right minded person should ever -want- to do, but the Union is like a cancer. If you have to remove some good, healthy tissue to make sure it doesn't grow back, This is what they taught us to call "Acceptable losses." I hate that term, but this is why military men and policemen suck at trading jobs. Police enforce laws with minimal casualties period. The military makes some other poor son of a bitch die for his flag. I hate myself for even putting these ideas forward, but we have to deal with the union permenantly or we will deal with them forever.
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 8:38:37 PM)
*he shakes his head and looks down* And one of these days, i really want to put my blades down.
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 8:39:12 PM)
"And.. what did they do during katrina?" He smiled, there were fangs in that smile.
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 8:40:04 PM)
Oh, you meant the techies? Hell man, when Katrina hit, I was still impersonating Old Ben in the florida swamps. I couldn't tell you waht was happening beyond the storm wiped out a lot of mosquitoes for me.
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 8:41:58 PM)
He rustled in his bags a bit, and then handed Alex some papers. A copy of this report http://www.sinful-illusions.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1295 that he's had since the password was cracked and Kaydence emailed them out.
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 8:42:43 PM)
"It was their horrible nasty ugly meat grinder of a victory." A pause.. "As you can see.. We came back. Just like they would."
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 8:46:26 PM)
This report is inacurate. They obviously didn't wipe us out. They may have tried, but that's why we have to be sure. We fight to win. And quite frankly, I am sorry this happened, but you want to call this the scarry, big bad technocracy... *he sets the report down* This is watered down mickey mouse after school special crap. You show me one eighty foot tall robot with plasma weapons, and I might get concerned. *he shakes his head* The problem is the technocracy thinks we act like them. They hold up in their labs, they may have a few outlying cells, but we hit them hard, we hit them fast, we keep a watchfull eye on the borders so they can't return in numbers. If we don't win in a way the technocracy will be concerned about risking resources on, they will send more.
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 8:46:52 PM)
More men, more machines, more guns, then tanks, the BFRs and any starfighters they have left that still fly.
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 8:47:15 PM)
"We don't -have- borders right now, Alex.. We don't have any kind of structure.. The meeting I called Clearly shows that.
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 8:47:18 PM)
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Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 8:49:07 PM)
We have to show them this peice of dirt isn't worth the effort. We have to choke them on every square inch of ground they take. *he shakes his head* Then welcome to Freedonia, I herebye nominate Aislinn Titular Monarch, and say that those who are working on this problem have full citizen ship. I also propose our borders should be at least that of the city of New Orleans with a five mile DMZ that extends in all directions. We have borders and structure. next problem?
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 8:50:23 PM)
He shook his head.. "A handful of words don't make structure appear, Alex. If you want to blow this place to fuck.. I'm not really opposed to it.. to be honest, i'd drink a beer and watch the fucker burn.. but.. we need structure before we try winning any big victories. Or at least high ground, we have neither right now."
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 8:53:37 PM)
I will make you a deal, Jareth. You give me the chance to do this my way, and if I am right, and we can wave the banner of our victory under our so called awakened allies faces, when they flock to us, seeing what great thing we have acomplished, I will not say even one tiny I told you so. If I'm wrong, and they go Code: Ragnarok on our asses, I let you have all the "I told you so's" you could ever dream of. We don't have structure or highground because the people doubt. One way or another, we need an Iwo Jima or an Alamo.
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 8:59:07 PM)
"I don't make deals with the safety of an entire city." Another direct look. "Especially not with ones that are that much of a gamble. This is a rescue mission, not a show of force. Save the show of force for when we can back it up."
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 9:02:51 PM)
It's not the highest stakes I've ever played. It is more than a rescue mission, this is a symbol. The Union has crafted this perfect image of unity of thought and purpose to make them appear to be a massive, megalithic untoppable force. They are jsut as petty and foolish as our side can be. We can back this show of force up. These people need hope. They need something that makes them stop, slackjawed, and believe truely for one heartbeat that we can do -anything.- We wipe them out, we leave a calling card, and they will be as scared of us as we are of them right now.
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 9:07:43 PM)
He shook his head.. "I'm not scared of them, but I've been reading Sun Tsu.. Striking a heavy blow now is NOT going to win... Odds are that's not even their only installation, just the only one we know about." A pause. then, from memory. "..'The victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.' ....and I don't plan on losing."
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 9:12:42 PM)
I don't plan on losing either. If you want to throw Sun Tsu at me, don't think I'm not a student. This is an enemy I know better than any of you. Where you here when they purged after Katrina? If so you know that their proaganda is a lie, if you weren't, how many union bases have you laid to waste? I know this enemy, and I know my self, and I have faith in the few voices who have said "let's do this." We go in, we take them out, and if they come back with anything less than an army, we take them out, too. It's how we won World War Two. Make the cost of fighting us so nightmarish they -have- to concede the teritory.
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 9:13:49 PM)
"We -don't- have the people... we have ten at most who aren't to fucking chickenshit to step up."
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 9:15:48 PM)
I can do this with four. All we have to do is fight carefully and cleanly. we hit them with the nock out gas, we take anyone down who isn't incapacitated, we kill the ones that are down, we blow the place to hell. We've been told they jsut have ten. Ten of us, ten of them, I like those odds, and if we can be just a little sneaky, we can get those odds more lopsided in a hurry.
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 9:16:26 PM)
"That's in the factory. Not the main installation, and we're going to have to go through the latter."
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 9:17:20 PM)
We blow the factory, when they send a team to investigate we use them to find the main base, and we don't stop untill the job is done. Simplicity itself.
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 9:22:42 PM)
he shook his head.. "Alex, maybe if there were four of you.. but .. we're not like you. We're not hardened fighters and killers.. in fact, i'm about as against killing unnessecarily as it gets." A hot look shot at him. "I just understand this is a fucking jungle, and people are gonna die for life to go on. That's not the issue here. The issue is that we need to focus on our goals. Get Jerid out. Him and any others that are in there... we can worry about actually blowing the place up later, after we've taken care of Ma."
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 9:27:43 PM)
I am -not- a killer by choice. *He speaks angrily through clenched teeth* But teh enemy doesn't even think of us as people. I wasn't a soldier before I went to war, I was a glorified cop and a body guard. You don't need four of me, you need me and a handfull of people who can dig deep and do the impossible when it has to be done. That makes us mighty. *he opens the dossier and stabs his finger at the words where it says all the RD were wiped out* They said they killed us all, and we have made liars of them, shown them they are in a place of pride waiting for a fall, and we will push them from the precipice -easily- if we have faith. We will hold this city. It will be -ours- and it will be -safe.- and it will be safe -soon.- Never leave an enemy at your back, never fight the same battle twice if you don't have to. All of that comes from Sun Tsu as well. *Alex shakes his head, frustrated beyond words* These bastards have taken everything that ever meant a damn to me, and it stops here, and it stops now
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 9:28:00 PM)
(( Hit the buffer and lost the ending . ))
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 9:28:24 PM)
(take yer time)
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 9:28:35 PM)
(( No, It chopped off the period, it's done. )0
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 9:28:43 PM)
(LOL)
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 9:33:05 PM)
"This isn't your war, Alex." Quietly. Just watching him.
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 9:34:39 PM)
If not mine, then who's? This is all of our war. They want to drag us from our homes, brain wash us at best, and they can do things far worse than kill us. This looks an awefull lot like we are living in occupied France mon ami, and by the Dark Father, Vive La Resistance.
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 9:38:28 PM)
He shook his head.. "That one's over with, and it doesn't matter who won. We all lost the day the avatar storm hit. They don't know what they've done, and for the most part neither do we. We're never going to wipe them off the map, and they'll never wipe us off it either. There's got to be a better solution, and we're not going to find it with the same methods. Right now we need time, and if we can keep this from escalating, we have it."
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 9:42:27 PM)
*He slams his hand down on the table* Dammit, Jareth, if we remain in detante, if we fight to maintain the status quo, we might as well surrender! That strategy plays into teh fears of the other magi who believe we can't even -hope- for victory. Battles are won or lost before anyone sets foot on the field, And I have too much at stake to let those slimey transistorized -dicks- breathe free air in my home town. The Ascension war is over, but this, this is the War for New Orleans, and it's been going on since Katrina, and we have been on teh run that whole time. It's time we got off our heels, got on our toes, and shoved these bastards back so they know they can't walk all over us, poison our water, steal the very vital essence of the natural world around us that should be free for -anyone- who knows how to tap it. If you half ass this, you condemn us all to a slow death at their hands.
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 9:51:57 PM)
(This user has entered Ais' Place) (IP = 76.114.25.65)
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 9:52:15 PM)
(I like how my place was already made)
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 9:52:31 PM)
(...goddamn... if they give me surgery in 3 weeks... I... need to plan)
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 9:52:35 PM)
*Alex and Jareth are having a discussion at the table. Alex is agitated but still sitting*
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 9:52:49 PM)
(( We left the light on for ya. ))
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 9:54:06 PM)
He looks at Alex's hands for awhile, less impressed by said show of emphasis than one might guess. "I'm not half-assing this. You're suggesting we blow up a technocratic installation when we have nowhere to run, no supplies to fight with, and less than a handful of people capable or WILLING to put up a damn fight." He was looking mighty irked. "Further more you're not -listening- to what I'm saying. I haven't said -don't- move.. I've said don't move NOW.. don't show them our hand before we get enough cards to actually make a dent in things. I get you're angry, I get your upset, and you want to watch these fucks burn. We ALL do.. but if you do this you WILL wind up with an Alamo, and there isn't an army left in this city worth -spitting- at. We're going to have to make one, and there isn't time or resources enough."
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 9:59:40 PM)
We have all the resources we need, and we won't need a place to run. I am listening to what you are saying jareth, but what you are sugesting is bad tactics. You want to leave an enemy behind us, you want to give them aid and quarter, a place to lick their wounds and after they figure out we can get in there, you are sugesting we give them time to fortify and maybe some day down the road try and go back in there when we have to go back to square one. We have to move becasue I for one will not allow this to drag on any further, they are torturing -children- because we are -letting- them. We don't have to have anything more than people willing to stand up and say "This is enough!" And we have a few, and when we succeede we will have more. You don't make an army. You either have the will to fight for your homes and your loved ones, or you don't! I, for one, do, and Dark Father help me, had I not been ordered to the contrary, I have half a mind to go in there myself just to show you it's doable! We are -w
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 9:59:54 PM)
::Aislinn made her way in a few moments later, amused that the door was open, and she could hear voices... a gross change from just a few weeks ago. She had her arms full with groceries and closed the door with her foot. She had on a calf-length skirt, low on her hips, with her flip flops, and a tank top, with a little cardigan on, her long hair was down, lightly curling at the ends and she pauses, the smile sliding off her face as she saw her two favorite boys::
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 10:00:40 PM)
We are -willworkers- and it is high time we started acting like we had the will we claim to, or we may as well give up on our magics!
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 10:04:37 PM)
"-What- Resources?!" Snarled now. Alex was pissing him off. "Dammit, Alex. Stop spewing war propaganda and start giving me facts!"
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 10:05:45 PM)
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Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 10:07:08 PM)
We have Me, and you, and Aislinn, and Dempsy, and all those other names you mentioned, we have courage, we have the knowledge that this is -our- home, we have our magic, we have our friends and our families and our loved ones that we want to come back to. He have strength, and will, and heart, and a GED witha give 'em hell attitude. That is a lot more than some people ever have. We dont' need weapons and armor, we -are- weapons and armor. And as we fight and we win, we take what they leave behind.
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 10:09:15 PM)
(( OH CRAP Why is my employer not witholding taxes from my pay?! ))
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 10:10:55 PM)
(because they're assholes is the standard answer._
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 10:11:32 PM)
(.......)
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 10:12:02 PM)
"And here we go again.. back to 'we have us, that's enough for a sustained campaign.'..." He facepalms, sighing, and muttering rather unkindly in mandarin.
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 10:13:37 PM)
What the hell more do you want Jareth? What the hell more do we need? In the war, all we had was what we could carry! *hearing him switch languages enfuriates him* God dammit, if you want to call me names, call me names in a language I can understand!
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 10:14:41 PM)
::she watches between them, and she shakes her head, heading for the kitchen and she starts to unload the groceries::
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 10:17:17 PM)
"English doesn't have -enough- terms for this level of pigheaded idiocy! I am -not- watching another trainwreck like Craig happen! Not to YOU." A glare from dark eyes. "He's too fucking caught up in his own private wargame to listen to anyone else, and you're dancing your way down the same fucking road."
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 10:18:23 PM)
::and Ais pauses, looking between the two:: Hey! ::...... that... was Aislinn raising her voice....:: Enough. We can discuss tactics later... but both of you need to chill before we do. ::walking from the kitchen to stand at the door, watching them both::
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 10:19:01 PM)
This isn't a private wargame, Jareth, The Union is kidnapping kids OUT OF MY FUCKING ARMS and doing ... *And as soon as Ailsinn speaks, he is silent sitting at attention and seething.*
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 10:22:54 PM)
Jareth just... GLARES at him for a moment, his eyes somehow darker, and his teeth somehow sharper, though he ground them a moment in frustration. Snatching up his papers and putting them away.
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 10:24:38 PM)
*Alex quietly gets up from the table and forcing himself under the tightest mental controll he has he walks out of the room through the back door into the yard.*
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 10:26:12 PM)
Please... both of you. Enough. ::her tone back to its usual softness and she looks between them:: Thank you... We obviously have a few things to decide... we can weigh the pros and cons amongst everyone.... -once-... we have more information. And not until then.
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 10:29:42 PM)
(woot! Tri tip is almost ready. Tri tip and baked tato, and cesar salad!)
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 10:29:53 PM)
(oooooo... jealous)
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 10:30:23 PM)
*Alex moves out into the back yard looking for a big solid rock or tree.
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 10:30:44 PM)
(........................................ you're going to hit something in -her- backyard?)
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 10:32:54 PM)
(( Alternatly, he could hit the house. What ever he hits, it's going to break him before he hurts anything. ))
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 10:33:54 PM)
(as you were)
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 10:35:39 PM)
Jareth just mutters some more in mandarin, and heads up to his room.
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 10:36:28 PM)
::watches the two of them separate and grins, shaking her head a bit, then moves back to unload groceries::
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 10:36:34 PM)
*Alex finds a nice, big flat rock, something that isn't alive, but is part of the earth, something grounding, griping it tightly in his handstrying to find a way through this rage, this frustration and the Jack doesn't have one, and the soldier's way is unacceptable*
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 10:43:33 PM)
*doesn't come down* (afk a few)
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 10:45:00 PM)
::Ais gets a bottle of water and starts to drizzle her cocktail in as she stirs a little::
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 10:45:40 PM)
*Alex wants to be violent, Alex wants to lash out at any one and anything, but he fights that urge. he grits his teeth hard and the noise he makes starts out low, and builds to a primal frustrated scream as he visualizes all of his rage and anger soaking from him, though his hands, into the rock and into the earth, spreading, dissapating. He slumps to his knees, and rests his forehead on the rock, having shouted himself hoarse*
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 10:49:03 PM)
::Ais is nice and quiet, just moving to sit down in the front room, kicking her legs up, listening to the seething anger that's just managing to calm down in the house, and resting back, closing her eyes::
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 10:52:29 PM)
*Alex stays slumped at teh stone for a moment and then pads back into the house looking for Aislinn. She can feel him kinda gently probing her through the tatoo, the mystical equivalent of trying to see if "Mom is making the icky face" and the trouble making child should avoid her.*
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 10:56:19 PM)
(hay wonder twins, can demps come in?)
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 10:57:51 PM)
(( I suppose. ))
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 10:58:37 PM)
(( still kinda working on the tax thing so I may be slow posting. ))
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 10:58:49 PM)
(finish your taaaxesss)
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 10:59:43 PM)
::Ais is lying on the couch, eyes closed, just... resting. The house was quiet, and she was just lounging around::
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 11:00:10 PM)
Jar hadn't even left a pencil on the table.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:02:01 PM)
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Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:02:44 PM)
*He walked up to the door looking his old self again a green zip up hoodie a greatful dead t shirt ripped jeans and some chucks he knocked on the door casually and waited*
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:03:16 PM)
*He was carrying a box in his hands*
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:03:54 PM)
*Seeing Aislinn resting, he looks to her and speaks softly* I'll get it. You stay there. *Alex makes his way to the door, and opens it for dempsy. Alex is looking tired, stressed, and frustrated* Come on in, Dempsy.
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 11:04:19 PM)
::Ais' eye opens, then closes it, sprawled on the couch::
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:04:37 PM)
*He simply nodded carrying the box and slipped off his shoes in the door way he offered the box out to Alex it's a fairly decent sized box*
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:06:17 PM)
*Alex takes the box and looks down to it. His voice is hoarse* What's this? *he quirks an eyebrow and tries to clear his throat. It just seems painful*
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:06:50 PM)
Rest of your costume...*He quietly walks past to let Alex look at the contents of the box and finds Ais and leans down to talk quietly to her*
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:08:17 PM)
*Alex moves to set the box on the table, openign it carefully and goign through it slowly. What ever had pissed him off, this seems to go a long way to helping calm him down*
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 11:09:43 PM)
(-luuuuurk-) **He does not appear to be here.**
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:11:39 PM)
*Alex takes a utility belt from the box, and begins going through the little pouches. He pulls out a little grappling hook launcher and gives Aislinn a little look* If I go in the back yard, try and use this to get up on the roof, fall and hurt myself badly, you are just going to let me suffer, right? Don't answer that. I know you will.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:12:10 PM)
Well I suffer every time I fall...and its not like you can't fix yourself but it won't support you.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:12:14 PM)
It's prop quality.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:13:34 PM)
*He slowly sat down on the floor next to the couch and rested his head on Aislinn's arm*
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:13:40 PM)
I have so got to make friends with an etherite...*That statement should not give anyone a sense of calm in the remotest.*
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:14:14 PM)
I know three of them and one crazy enough to build you the toys...*He said his eyes half closed as he rested his head on Aislinn's arm*
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:14:19 PM)
*He seems back to himself*
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:15:25 PM)
Which one is crazy enough to actually stock a utility belt? *wheels are turning in Alex's head, and these are not sane wheels.*
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 11:15:27 PM)
Yes, I will let you suffer, Alex. I might even make it worse. ::she nods to Dempsy, eyes opening as she glances around:: As you wish... ::she was slumped comfortably on the couch::
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:16:24 PM)
*he makes a funny face* I told you not to answer that! *he sighs and puts the grapple gun back in teh belt, opting to fiddle with the safer batarang, as long as he doesn't throw it in the house*
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:16:43 PM)
*He continued to rest his head on Aislinn's arm as he fiddled with his phone* I'm not going to tell you which etherite...until something changes.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:17:06 PM)
*He looked to Aislinn with his mismatched eyes and spoke softly again* I made it back on my own no meltdowns...
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 11:18:23 PM)
Eventually the black fox comes back out of his room, only to detour into the kitchen. His hackles had not in the least bit gone down as he got himself a drink of water, didn't look at anyone, and heads for the back door. "Bah. Humbug."
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:18:48 PM)
*Said something quietly to Aislinn*
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:20:49 PM)
Do I have to preform my duties again oh might couch queen? *he asked with a half smile to Aislinn*
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 11:21:08 PM)
::her eyes looked between Jareth and Alex and nodded:: Probably wouldn't hurt. I acted in your stead a little earlier.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:21:29 PM)
You got a space for the circle?
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 11:22:14 PM)
Is soon in the henhouse, telling a rather frightened egglayer exactly what for in his native tongue.
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 11:23:00 PM)
::she nods:: Outside... the little courtyard I have, surrounded by trellises...
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:23:16 PM)
*He nodded* Alex do you agree to let me adjudicate this matter?
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:24:28 PM)
Look, if you are talking about mediating between me and Jareth, he doesn't think I'm listening to him, and he thing's I'm a pig headed idiot spouting propaganda. We don't need mediation. I'm just going to stay out of the planning portion of events because my thoughts aren't heard. I will execute what ever plan anyone wants to put in to motion, whenever they want to put it in to motion, but I can't participate in planning at all. Period. End of statement. Moving on.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:25:20 PM)
*He sighs* Oh yes because the one person experience in this matter isn't needed in planning. Alex, I love you as my own flesh and blood and you know what I do...at least let me attempt to try.
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:27:27 PM)
The one person with experience isn't needed in this matter. My experience doesn't matter, because my experience leads me to conclusions that are unpopular to say the least, but my conclusions dont' change, I'm tired of yelling, and I am really tired of being told I'm a gung ho moron. When the plan is finished, someone will tell me what to do, and I will be a good little soldier and obey my orders, but my particiapting in planning only makes things worse.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:28:41 PM)
*He takes a deep breath then looks to Ais* I can only do my job if people let me...so mote it be...*He slowly got up to get himself a glass of water to drink and sat back down near Ais to rest his head on the couch again while sitting on the floor*
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 11:30:28 PM)
::she looks to Alex:: So... being just as stubborn and refusing to even speak on it... is a better option?
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:32:57 PM)
*he looks to her* IF people have specific questions I will answer specific questions, but every general question I have been posed ends the same way, with me getting called names and told to shut up. It reduces needless yelling, saves my feelings from getting hurt, and doesn't actually change the outcome of any planning session I have been in so far, because they all seem to lead into the next one. It seems like a great option to me.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:33:18 PM)
I have never told you to shut up...not once Alex.
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:34:05 PM)
I didn't say you did. I said someone has, and every time, someone has. And every time someone has also called me a moron. Not either of you two, but... still, less shouting, less anme calling, less me wanting to punch people, how is that not win win win?
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:34:58 PM)
I have only denied you to do your position on 2 occasions and one was for your own safety. This is your job defense...I would not deny you but if they go in there with someone that isn't going to be flexible with the plan they come up with we all know they are as good as stoned.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:36:54 PM)
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Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:38:17 PM)
(hit a cable)
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 11:38:54 PM)
(wb)
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:38:58 PM)
I never said I wasn't going in. I am looking forward o going in, and have made it clear how long ago I think we should have just gone in. I will go in, I will stick to the plan up untill contact with the enemy nescesitates a change, but my expertise is useless if no one will listen. No amount of mediation will change what my experience tells me, therefore, this isn't a true mediation, because my stance will nto be changing at all. i cannot be negotiated into using bad tactics.
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:39:34 PM)
I... can however be ordered to.
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:39:46 PM)
*That's an obvious bad trip down memory lane*
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:39:47 PM)
*He takes a deep breath* You shouldn't need to be ordered to Alex you have a spine use it...
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:40:03 PM)
*He finished his water and slowly got up looking long at Aislinn*
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:41:44 PM)
Dempsy, you take that back... I am not the spineless one here. I am not the one that wants to bemoan our lack of weapons or tanks or god only knows what. I want to break in, sneak in as far as I can, slit as many throats as I can as quietly as I can before we have a stand up fight, blow the doors of the hinges of those cages, set teh palce to blow and run like hell before the blast wave catches me. And I would have done that the ngiht they took that boy out of my arms.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:42:57 PM)
*He pauses and looks to Alex a long moment* Slitting throats isn't nessessary that's just revenge. As for a blast wave we don't even know what is going on sufficently enough...I think part of you takes this stance because of past afflictions in your spirit...and that is what I think others see... PTSD of the soul.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:43:18 PM)
You once told me "training wheels"
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:43:34 PM)
Now see it from someone elses side as well...there are many facets to things...
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:44:36 PM)
It -is- nescesary because we face an enemy that doesn't even acknowledge weare people! We are just Reality Deviants to them. There can be not truce, no negotiation with an enemy who's only idea fo victory is anihilating you! You have to anhiliate them first!
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:45:40 PM)
*He takes a deep breath* Alex...if you take on a kill them all attitude you are ending up just as they are because they are Reality's Enforcers so they all should just die for that? I'm not saying we shouldn't be doing something I agree with you it should have been done weeks ago.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:46:58 PM)
But arguing over something like tatics with someone that is your family isn't going to solve the problem...I wish many would learn to just agree to disagree...
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:47:24 PM)
I'm fairly certain both of you has valid points and that is what I was going to mediate.
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:47:27 PM)
*he throws up his hands in frustratioN* That's what I am trying to do!
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:48:04 PM)
I think this plan is going to doom us all, but no one will listen to my poit of view as anythign but the raving looney of a shell shocked vet, so I am agreeing to disagree and shutting my God Damned mouth!
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:48:16 PM)
*He takes a deep breath* This is where I point out your training wheels Alex...your thoughts are sound your social follow through lacks things.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:48:43 PM)
Notice I said your thoughts are sound.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:49:25 PM)
*He looks to Alex* But the way you put forth your ideas is barbed and hard edged.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:49:50 PM)
When people talk about these things you get manic and twitchy which only projects what others see.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:50:46 PM)
I understand that you only want to protect those around you as well as Aislinn does but other's don't see that they see what they want to see...
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:51:51 PM)
I get twitchy because I hear people tell me "Let's leave a nest of murderous child tortures alive so they can regroup and get revenge!" I bet they won't be bringing knockout gass to the party they throw, unless they kill us all in our sleep.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:52:40 PM)
I realize your decision they are like Jenga blocks if we leave them peices they will rebuild. But the way you just put that statement would put anyone's teeth on edge.
Alex Steele (Apr 15, 2011 11:54:02 PM)
*Alex looks a little shocked* Why wouldn't people who torture and kidnap children and want us all dead put people's teeth on edge? That... seems like a sane response to knowign the technocracy is actively trying to kill us all. Sets my teeth on edge too, and makes me want to stop them.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:54:10 PM)
Especially some of the individuals here...But we don't even know exactly who is inside. I believe they want to use the knockout gas to determine once uncioncious friend or foe...and after that if a culling is needed and there are those too weak of heart to do it I'll join you in removing the problem and pruning the tree...but don't TELL them that plainly.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:55:12 PM)
They need training wheels from the atrocity or they will never acomplish anything...they don't understand the pruning process like you do.
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:55:40 PM)
(AANd the players can't do fuck all till the st's get stuff going.)
Aislinn Connelly (Apr 15, 2011 11:55:43 PM)
::Ais watches the two of them, remaining silent for now, leaning against the couch.:: (sorry, baked potato is -delicious-)
Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Apr 15, 2011 11:56:24 PM)
(i want baked potatO!!!)
Dempsy Winson (Apr 15, 2011 11:56:25 PM)
Just as you lack social nuances they do not understand the atrocity as intimately as you do. They don't want to see the blood and the gore...