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[explosivecombat]

[TEXT; LOCKED TO doitrockapella]

The offer for conversation is always open, should you desire to take me up on it; I can't guarantee that I'll respond immediately, nor will it necessarily be the response you want, but I'll always respond in some way.

In the name of enlightened discourse.

Comments

[explosivecombat]

Ah, but that's the difference, isn't it? I've told them exactly the same thing I've told you, starting at approximately the same time.

[doitrockapella]

Maybe next time you should tell them that you've developed a passion for floral arrangement. How utterly nefarious.

[explosivecombat]

I'm actually willing to consider that, simply because they would assume I'm genuinely baiting.

As aggravating as they can be, it would be worth seeing them panic while they try to work out where I am and how I've managed to weaponize the carnations.

[doitrockapella]

...Could you manage to weaponize the carnations?

[explosivecombat]

Probably not...?

Granted, I've never tried, but...

[doitrockapella]

Well, I suppose we've just established what you'll be thinking about for the rest of your shift, haven't we.

There's something else I wanted to ask you. Does the organization have an established protocol for dealing with traitors?

[explosivecombat]

It depends on the way that they betray the organization, really. Why do you ask?

[doitrockapella]

I'm curious to know how much trouble a rather hapless Romeo is about to find himself in, that's all.

[explosivecombat]

If you're referring to the one I'm thinking about, I've known about him for quite some time. I've also known about the person he's with - lovely girl, really.

[doitrockapella]

I'm going to hope it's the same one, if only because I'd frankly find it concerning if there were more than one.

Were you trying to sound as particularly sinister as you did, there?

[explosivecombat]

That hardly matters, since I'm not under any orders to go after them; I honestly don't care what they do either way. It's entirely possible that someone will be told to deal with them eventually; it's entirely possible that no one will bother because they weren't particularly valuable.

[doitrockapella]

Dare I ask what dealing with them would entail?

[explosivecombat]

That depends on who's sent after them.

[doitrockapella]

That's fair enough, I suppose.

Who knows? Whatever difficulties may come of it, maybe they'll find their impending matrimony to be worth it.

[explosivecombat]

Punishments are cheap in this place, anyway.

[doitrockapella]

Spoken like a true expert in the matter, I'm sure.

I think that's the other thing your opposition has wrong about you, actually.

[explosivecombat]

Oh? Go on.

[doitrockapella]

What good would punishing you do, other than to make them feel better about having enacted some semblance of retribution on a known villain?

It's not going to stop you. It's certainly not going to reform you. And in all likelihood, it's not even going to convince you that you did something wrong.

[explosivecombat]

Perhaps it won't; at the same time, they're justified in seeking their retribution. I'm aware that what I'm doing is both illegal and highly sadistic, and deserves to be punished as such; if I'm stupid enough to get myself caught, then that's my problem.

[doitrockapella]

Would you have gotten caught?

[explosivecombat]

In Olivine...?

Someone caught me, yes. Technically.

[doitrockapella]

Well, you can't very well just leave it at that.

[explosivecombat]

Someone I've spoken to a time or two before over the network found me. He kicked the door down and said he wanted to maim me; I convinced him that that was likely a bad idea for a few reasons.

I asked him why he was doing what he was doing. Whether he was angry with me or just doing some sort of job, or whether he had other reasons for acting as he did. He answered me and then returned the question.

I told him what I've told you, and what I've told the others. About war, and why I partake in it; about my role in the world. I'm not entirely sure what part of what I said made him change his mind, but the fact is that he let me go. I suppose he understood, in a way that most of our noble heroes don't.

[doitrockapella]

And after that is when you came and met me?

I'm honestly not sure what to think of all that.

[explosivecombat]

How do you mean?