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An entire war effort founded on the idea that you can change the past. [Gold sounds a bit amused at the thought. He can see the future- or could. Changing the past, however... well, that's completely out of the realm of possibility.] It's such a lovely notion, wouldn't you agree? The idea that by changing a few things, you can change the entire course of the future.

[He chuckles.] I wonder if it's occurred to them yet that for all their hard work and attention to detail, the future is not so easily bent into shape the way we'd like it to be. Some things simply have to transpire. Fate can't always be altered.

But I could be wrong, and frankly, I am going to be thoroughly disappointed if I'm not. I don't like having my time wasted, especially not for someone else's folly. And I'm aware cynicism has no place in a war, especially one as desperate as this has become. [Because wow Jesse kinda spilled the beans on how phenomenally up Shit Creek we all are.] Besides, some would say the impossible nature of a thing makes attempting to subvert it that much more enticing.

As far as cynical hand-wringing is concerned, I believe we're all nearly spent. And I'd like to think that spectacular introduction to the base I just received [seriously, zombies?] was meant to be a wake-up call for everyone.

It's something to think about anyway. It's not as if we're lacking in time.

[And with that thought-provoking boot up your ass, Gold's out.]

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[ Morgana lounges on a chair as if it were a throne and a crown sits her head. what a refreshing amount of cynicism, she knew she was missing something in her day. ]

Prepare to be disappointed, for all they have done very little has changed.

[well, if he doesn't know that type.]

So we're just going to play war games until something breaks, then? [He smiles a bit too darkly. He'd systematically murder every person in this base if it woke someone up enough to move things along. He was very much prepared to be at his darkest in Neverland.

The downside, however, is he left Belle at home so he could and now that she's here, his restraint has to be shown. Still. Something would give.]

[ isn't it the greatest type? ]

Apparently so. [ a shame that Samhain passed as they sat upon the moon, she would have torn the veil yet again and sat with glee as everything came crashing down around their ears. what a wake up it would have been. ] It is dreadfully boring. Our apparent enemy waits upon the world below and we are left with naught but some rotting corpses so swiftly dealt with.

And they call it "regrouping," I gather. I heard the enemy landed a nearly fatal blow before you found yourselves here. You would think that would serve as reason to bring the fight back.

[Harder and more devastating than before, but that would make sense. It's just as much of a bad situation as Jesse described. He'll simply have to fix it.]

Instead it has served as a reason to mope and grieve for the poor souls left behind. [ a doomed people, who had grown to hate the transports instead of rejoice them. Morgana does not grieve for them, they were were pawns, casualties, ants unworthy of tears. ]

They prefer tears over blood.

Ah yes, the true nature of heroism. Guilty consciences for not saving lives, yet when they choose to be the ones making the sacrifice, it's martyrdom.

It's all death, in the end. And if the Initiative's schemes truly will win the war before it's ever begun, then they have nothing to fret over.

It is a war we were brought here to fight and there is no such thing as a deathless war, people die and they shall always die. Something many here seem to forget.

[ can you tell how utterly impressed Morgana is by everyone here? ]

The Initiative would have more success if they ceased meddling in the past and fought in the now. They have gathered here many capable of tearing down cities, yet they still think their scheme shall work.

My sentiments exactly. Changing the past strikes me as a cowardly tactic. It's no wonder no one can rally behind them fully- if they lack the confidence to make a concentrated strike against the enemy in the present, then how can anyone be expected to keep mucking about in the past for them?

[But if their tactic won't change, then that's that.] But I'm confident the mere suggestion of such a radical action would just end in pearl-clutching and clothes-rending. Am I wrong?

[ she laughs, a sharp sort of sound. almost detached. ] You are quite correct.

So we're left with what we have. And I've learned the only sure way to make a group of people do something is to tell them it's impossible.

[Hence this tactic- of course, it works primarily on the hero types of the Enchanted Forest, but it's not his fault everyone here isn't so easily moved as the people he's used to. He'll have to try harder.]

Are you so sure that will work? [ look Morgana already has her doubts. ] It may spur some but not all are so easily manipulated. [ much to her disappointment. ] It would be easier to force them to move, create a situation where the only solution is to take the desired action.

I haven't ruled out anything yet. [And finally someone here has some sense, though he keeps his the pleased note out of his tone just to keep this purely conversational and not like two people doing some actual scheming.] Well, that's something to consider. You would think the situation here was tenuous enough to support such a tactic without drastic measures, in general, but, alas, here we are. They need a higher calling.

[ naturally, this is just a simple conversation between two parties. idle musings and the such. ] A higher calling. [ she resists the urge the roll her eyes. ] Of course they do, were it so easy to conjure their higher calling and get us all off this rock.

I'm accustomed to those who leap at the chance for thrilling heroics. [He flicks his wrist dismissively.] Sadly, it wasn't a hundred world's worth of heroes they brought to their doors. They don't respond to the safety and stability of their worlds, but they might respond to something else. Something more... personal.

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