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[uncalled_for]

[There's a bitter 'tch' as she turns the tablet on. Her eyes hold an underlying, anger that just seems to be slowly seeping outward. But beyond the look of her eyes, her face seems mockingly relaxed. This is all some horrible sour joke. Every word is laced with venom and sarcasm. Tread lightly.]

Obviously, no one here likes this Maker forsaken rock we've found ourselves on. I wasn't present while the chaos was occurring, but I understand getting us here came at a great cost. I won't even say it could or couldn't have been prevented. At least we're here, aren't we?

But does everyone truly think we're safe simply by running and hiding? If those Initiative bastards can send us here then what is stopping any other force from trying? We're safe, for now. But then what? We simply wait and send all our hopes to those bastards who dragged us here in the first place?

Oh, I'm sure the Initiative is just full of what they believe to be brilliant schemes of how to fix this. But I doubt I need to remind anyone how beneficial relying on their genius has been in the past.

So. Anyone here actually capable of thinking on their own or shall we simply wait and see?

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[highhealplz]

Oh, there's a lot of thinking on our own going on, actually. I'd highly recommend a talk with Donny, Ibin, Kanaya, Saul, Billy, Meliantha, Caesar, Ella, or... well, there's a lot of people working on organizing things. They have to, since we don't have much of an Initiative left.

[uncalled_for]

[She just doesn't trust them to stay gone. Her tone softens just barely. But it's a decent difference than her previous bitterness.]

For the time being, perhaps. If sending us through time again and again has proven anything it's that things can change with consequences, don't you think so?

[highhealplz]

I don't just think so, I hope so. If we managed to bring back the population of Exsilium without the Initiative, I don't know that we'd be very well off for it.

[uncalled_for]

[Even with the video focused mostly on shoulders and face, it's easy to see the exasperation in her expression as she readjusts to cross her arms over her chest.]

So they'll come back and then what, do you think?

[highhealplz]

Then we strike back at the UE for killing five-hundred thousand innocent people, and destroying an entire other world.

[uncalled_for]

And do we allow them to make such decisions or do we finally make them on our own?

[highhealplz]

It would be a unanimous decision if there's any sense of justice in any of us.

[uncalled_for]

Then you miss my point. Justice will come, that's something everyone can agree on as you've said. My point is, how? Do you expect us to sit and wait for others to make our decisions for us or do we act on our own? It's not exactly hard to understand.

[highhealplz]

I didn't miss your point, I just didn't think it was more important than genocide. We can establish leadership in any way we want as we work to undo the bombing, but it's definitely the lesser of our concerns.

[uncalled_for]

[Sarcasm coats her words again.] I think you did. This isn't about leadership or picking a leader, this is just the transports, us, finally learning not to let others make the decisions for us.

[highhealplz]

Well, you're in luck. [ He smiles, but it's more tired than warm. ] There's no one else around to make decisions for us now.

[uncalled_for]

[Whoops, there goes her patience...]

Did you miss the part about this is a concern for when they return. Or are you simply choosing to ignore it?

[highhealplz]

Definitely the latter. [ The smile falls, and he sighs instead. ] I'm glad you have a lot of drive for this, but it's a bad time. What we could use is that kind of energy to help us get back to Exsilium in the first place. It's not going to be easy, and there are a lot of steps left to go.

[uncalled_for]

[She almost growls with frustration. You people are so hard to talk to whydoessheevenbother. She snaps back,]

I never said I wasn't going to help.

[highhealplz]

Glad to hear it.

By the way, from the list I gave you, you probably want to look into Saul most of all. Saul Goodman. He and Medusa are heads of the Initiative-Transport relations.

Or, you know, were. There might not be enough Initiative left for that anymore.

[uncalled_for]

Asshole. If you're quite finished I think I'm done talking to you. [She won't even wait before turning the tablet off.]