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[explosivecombat]

[Well, good evening, network - it seems Seth's device is active again, though at the very least he's not inviting everyone to war like he's throwing the world's most unasked-for party this time around.]

You know, one of the things I've always found most fascinating about human morality is the idea that we're higher beings due to our natural inclination to put others before ourselves. It's generally accepted in society that we should be willing to sacrifice ourselves before harming another; I've always found adhering to that sort of notion to both vaguely admirable and sickeningly saccharine. If you must kill one to save another, that's still a life that's lost; why shouldn't the reward go to the one who's willing to fight for it, rather than the one who did nothing to earn it but sit there in pious devotion to doing nothing wrong?

We claim superiority for suppressing our instincts to survive; if anything, I think that would put us lower than dogs, not above them. All this intelligence and no will to live; it's pitiful.

But then, I suppose my lack of understanding of these things is why I can't be considered one of you.

For the time being, however, say I were to humor you in discussion for a while. Do you think your will to fight to ensure your survival actually needs to be tested? Since I suspect the answer will overwhelmingly be "No," I have another pre-emptive question for the heroic types.

Is there anything outside of arrogance and so-called moral superiority that makes you say so?

[...O...kay that's really not any better but apparently, it's just that kind of night.

You know, full of misanthropy.

Because some nights are like that.]

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[sadisticwarfare]

[Well, well, look who it is. Archer doesn't even bother responding to Seth's 'Gear, instead he directs the reply to Kimblee's, locking it down immediately before he begins speaking.]

I'm sure you're having a good time provoking the heroes, but I have to wonder if there's something else behind your message to the network. Are you getting bored, Kimblee?

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[explosivecombat]

[Oh. Well, hello there -

...are you seriously going to make him talk at this device

you know he doesn't like to talk at the

device

it feels stupid and Carmen accidentally convinced him it'll give him a brain tumor besides so let's just

...awkward skypeing is go, he's typing at you.]

I'm not trying to pose any criticism of our activities lately, if that's what you're getting at. Though it would be entirely fair to say that I'm getting a bit restless.

[sadisticwarfare]

[The reason why he went with audio is because it's easier for him to keep writing research notes while he's talking as opposed to texting but fine, we'll text if you really want!!]

That isn't what I was getting at, actually. I've been growing bored as well. I believe it's about time we did something about it.

[explosivecombat]

[Tumors, though...

...that said, ooh.]

Is that so?

You have my attention.

[sadisticwarfare]

[What is it with you and thinking technology is going to kill you??]

I'm sure you've spoken with Greed already. He's been in contact with me and he seems more than eager to do something "fun". I haven't told him anything about what we've been doing and I have no intention of letting him in on that until I know I can trust him, but it might be amusing to pull off simultaneous attacks. Of course since he would be working on his own, he would have to have a smaller target, and preferably one that's out of the way so he wouldn't have every single hero out for his blood.

[explosivecombat]

We are not letting Greed near anything we're doing. Have you spoken to the man? He can't keep his mouth shut. About anything.

[sadisticwarfare]

Who said anything about letting him know about our plans? If he can't keep his mouth shut about his own plans then fine, he can spend time in jail and perhaps that will teach him a lesson.

[explosivecombat]

True... So how are you proposing we do this, then?

[sadisticwarfare]

First we need to decide what our target will be. It should be easy enough to convince Greed to go wherever we want him to go, and as long as he's out of the way he can't possibly mess us up. I intend to make it sound as though I'm merely testing his capabilities - if he suspects that we're behind the second attack, he shouldn't be able to prove it.

I've been devoting the majority of my time to training Psychic-types, but considering what happened when we attacked the Gym in Violet, I doubt we'll be doing anything like that again. Is there any place in particular that's been bothering you lately?

[explosivecombat]

Whether he can prove it or not hardly matters if he starts talking, is my concern. Say something to enough people and it's as good as true, and that's the last thing we need.

As for places that are bothering me, Ecruteak's existence always bothers me, but if you want somewhere else I can't say I mind, either.

[sadisticwarfare]

You do have a point. Would you prefer it if we spaced the attacks out a bit, then? Considering that Seth just posted to the network, it's not unbelievable that he'd decide to attack a city not long afterwards.

Ecruteak it is. I've never been fond of it and I'm fairly certain that the Kimono Girls have my Pokémon again.

[explosivecombat]

I would vastly prefer it, at least until we know if he's trustworthy or not.

Do you have any preference for what we do to the place, or do you want me to volunteer something?

[sadisticwarfare]

Do you have something in mind?